Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "innocent-victim"

1. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)

R | 150 min | Action, Biography, Crime

A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings, and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.

Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Bruno Ganz

Votes: 40,160 | Gross: $0.48M

2. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)

PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama

Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

Director: Tom Stoppard | Stars: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Livio Badurina

Votes: 23,881 | Gross: $0.74M

3. 5 Days of War (2011)

R | 113 min | Action, Drama, War

A drama set centered around the war between Russia and Georgia, and focused on an American journalist, his cameraman, and a Georgian native who become caught in the crossfire.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Richard Coyle, Heather Graham

Votes: 14,312 | Gross: $0.02M

4. Cartel Land (2015)

R | 100 min | Documentary

Filmmaker Matthew Heineman examines the state of the ongoing drug problem along the U.S.-Mexican border.

Director: Matthew Heineman | Stars: Tim Foley, José Manuel 'El Doctor' Mireles, Paco Valencia, Chaneque

Votes: 18,833 | Gross: $0.70M

5. Drone (I) (2017)

TV-MA | 91 min | Thriller

Ideologies collide with fatal results when a military drone contractor meets an enigmatic Pakistani businessman.

Director: Jason Bourque | Stars: Sean Bean, Patrick Sabongui, Mary McCormack, Maxwell Haynes

Votes: 6,768

6. Dagger Eyes (1983)

84 min | Horror, Thriller

Assassins are after a prostitute who has come into possession of a cigarette lighter that, unbeknownst to her, contains the negatives that show a politician's assassination.

Director: Carlo Vanzina | Stars: Carole Bouquet, Phil Coccioletti, Duilio Del Prete, John Steiner

Votes: 284

7. Ajami (2009)

Not Rated | 124 min | Crime, Drama

Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.

Directors: Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani | Stars: Fouad Habash, Nisrin Siksik, Elias Saba, Youssef Sahwani

Votes: 6,536 | Gross: $0.62M

8. The Beast of the City (1932)

Passed | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick ruthlessly goes after organized crime and is prepared to use brutal and violent methods to fight it.

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford, Jean Hersholt

Votes: 1,419 | Gross: $0.89M

9. The Sandman (1991)

10 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy

Upstairs, in the moonlit and empty room, a little boy scared of the dancing shadows, encounters a figment of his vivid imagination: the horrible Sandman.

Director: Paul Berry

Votes: 1,538

10. Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (1953)

Unrated | 75 min | Drama, Western

Professional killer Bus Crow is hired by cattlemen to eliminate squatters. When Marshal Sam Rochelle is sent to investigate, saloon owner Hallie becomes a reluctant witness.

Directors: Lee Garmes, John Ireland | Stars: Macdonald Carey, Joanne Dru, John Ireland, Tom Powers

Votes: 94

11. When Gangland Strikes (1956)

Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Faced with blackmail, a town's prosecutor intentionally throws the case of a big-time mobster.

Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Raymond Greenleaf, Marjie Millar, John Hudson, Anthony Caruso

Votes: 95

12. The Kidnapping of Natalie Nice (2011 Video)

49 min | Adventure, Romance

A beautiful blonde feels remorse for cheating on her husband with a handsome but ruthless gigolo. When she tries to end the affair, the grifter reacts angrily kidnaps the trophy wife and ... See full summary »

Directors: Eric Holman, Eliot Shear | Stars: Odette Michelle, Nikki Nefarious, Natalie Nice

13. Prvi splitski odred (1972)

82 min | War

A Partisan unit goes into battle with the enemy twice stronger, somehow resists detachment to attack deep into the night, where the fraud are captured combatants from all units and thrown ... See full summary »

Director: Vojdrag Bercic | Stars: Toni Laurencic, Zarko Radic, Miha Baloh, Antun Nalis

Votes: 41

14. Execs Snared in Rope and Silenced with Tape (2011 Video)

44 min | Short, Adventure

Whistleblowing secretaries, kidnapping victims and their valiant friends, innocent girlfriends, loyal office workers and unlucky embezzlers are captured, bound and gagged by their wily ... See full summary »

Stars: Rebecca Blue, Bree Daniels, Angel Dark, Melissa Jacobs

15. Lethal Enforcers (1992 Video Game)

T | Action, Crime

A first person shooting with light gun game where you are a cop who has different assignments. You must shoot criminals while protecting innocent bystanders.

Director: Yoshiaki Hatano

Votes: 83

16. Yesterday went with Yesterday (2019)

90 min | Drama

Roots, long lost, are found; family, separated by civil strife, is reunited; a man learns to trust by facing his worst memories.

Director: Issam B. Makdissy | Stars: Mazin Saba, Nancy Matar, Issam Al Achkar, Tony Bechara

Votes: 48

17. Al filo de la muerte (1993 Video)

89 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A group of terrorist take hostages and battle against the Mexican authorities.

Director: Alejandro Todd | Stars: Hugo Stiglitz, Roberto 'Flaco' Guzmán, Antonio Zubiaga, Bruno Reynoso

18. To Save Christmas (2015)

6 min | Short, Comedy

In order to save Christmas, Little Lucy is going to need to make a tough decision.

Directors: Nick Murphy, Paul Ritchey | Stars: Jacquie Baker, Matthew Schmid

19. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Das seltsame Leben des Herrn Richter (1984)

58 min | Crime, Drama

Martin Richter calls his son and plans a meeting with him. It's about life and death. Sure enough, Martin is shot soon after they meet.

Director: Theodor Grädler | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Klaus Behrendt

Votes: 65

20. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Der Augenblick der Wahrheit (1990)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Two men abduct a bank manager from his home and use him to get to the money.

Director: Alfred Weidenmann | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Jochen Horst

Votes: 51

21. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Die Tänzerin (1985)

59 min | Crime, Drama

The staff of a boarding school celebrate the 16th anniversary of the school. Suddenly a loud bang echoes down the corridors, and Mr. Wenk is found dead in front of a dorm room.

Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Heinz Bennent

Votes: 63

22. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Kaffee mit Beate (1978)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Beate and Helga are anxious about their trial for theatre. To calm Helga's mind, Beate gives her a cognac confection. But how had the candy become laced with poison?

Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Helga Anders

Votes: 93

23. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Pfandhaus (1975)

59 min | Crime, Drama

A pawnshop owner deeply lusts one of his young, pretty employees.

Director: Dietrich Haugk | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Johanna von Koczian, Max Mairich

Votes: 101

24. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode: Hello and Goodbye (1993)

TV-PG | 47 min | Drama

Paros represents a widow suing a newsman for allowing her husband to kill himself as the cameras rolled. Meanwhile, Mullaney maintains a hospital bedside vigil for his dying father. Morales... See full summary »

Director: Andre R. Guttfreund | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker

Votes: 23

25. Night Visions (2001–2002)
Episode: Reunion/Neighborhood Watch (2001)

TV-14 | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

The reunion of his old unit causes a Gulf War veteran to have a waking nightmare about his p.o.w. days. / Worried parents form a neighborhood watch to scare away a recently released pedophile, but they don't know what he looks like.

Directors: Bryan Spicer, Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Ron Canada, Lauren Diewold, Ray Galletti, Chuma Gault

Votes: 91

26. A1: Britain's Longest Road (2017–2019)
Episode: Episode #4.4 (2019)

44 min | Documentary

The innocent party in a three-car smash ends up on the wrong side of the law. A huge operation is launched to move a 300-tonne load up the A1. Police rescue two motorists caught short of fuel.

Star: Michael Jibson

27. Dangerous Missions (1999–2002)
Episode: Counter Terrorist Teams (2001)

Documentary, War

Reviews the history and evolution of terrorism and counter terrorism. Primary focus is on the more dramatic successes and failures since the 1972 murders of Israli Olympians in Munich by Palestinean terrorists.

Director: Annie Azzariti | Star: Beau Billingslea

28. Ukraine on Fire 2 (2022– )
Episode: Last Call: Indian Son (2022)

Documentary, Drama, War

There are some 77K foreign students in Ukraine. Naveen S G of India is one of them, studying in Kharkiv and hiding in a shelter. On 1 March, as he goes to buy some food, he becomes the first foreign student killed by Russia in this war.

Director: Vyacheslav Bihun | Star: Shekarappa Gyanagoudar Naveen

Votes: 17

29. Ukraine on Fire 2 (2022– )
Episode: Russian War Crimes: Destroying Grozny - Aleppo - Izium... (2022)

Documentary, Drama, War

As in Grozny and Aleppo, Russian army almost destroyed the town of Izium near Kharkiv. Killed people are buried in the streets. Schools, hospital, shops, housings destroyed. Unnecessarily destruction of civilian property is a war crime.

Votes: 15

30. Ukraine on Fire 2 (2022– )
Episode: Bombs as Russia's Killing Culture 8: Phosphorus Munitions (2022)

Documentary, Drama, War

How does Russia set towns on fire? As in Syria, Russia in the first months of the war in Ukraine used what appear to be phosphorus munitions (witnessed in around ten towns). Air-dropping phosphorus over inhabited areas is prohibited.

Star: Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Votes: 11

31. Ukraine on Fire 2 (2022– )
Episode: Save My School: 125 Hopes Destroyed (2022)

Documentary, Drama, War

Within the first 70 days of war and genocide in 2022, Russia destroyed around 125 and damaged 1500 educational institutions in various parts of Ukraine.

Star: Andriy Sadovyi

Votes: 10

32. Ukraine on Fire 2 (2022– )
Episode: Save My School 2: 12 Hopes of Chernihiv (2022)

Documentary, Drama, War

In its war and genocide in 2022, Russia destroyed 12 and damaged 121 educational institutions in Chernihiv Region of Ukraine (the size of Belgium or state of Maryland). Some children and adults survived, sharing their story of hope.

Votes: 11

33. Ukraine on Fire 2 (2022– )
Episode: Minute's Silence (2022)

Documentary, Drama, War

What is the cost of freedom? Since 2014, Russia has been waging a bloody war on Ukraine. It killed tens of thousands in the fire of war. Every day Ukraine honors them by minute's silence, and the free world honors unconquered Ukraine.

Votes: 11

34. Ukraine on Fire 2 (2022– )
Episode: Kharkiv 26 May Mass Murder (2022)

Documentary, Drama, War

Kharkiv and its civil infrastructure are under constant Russian attacks. On 26 May Russian forces again attacked the city, killing 9 people, injuring around 20. The story of 5-month-baby blown into pieces is also metaphoric.

Votes: 10

35. Ukraine on Fire 2 (2022– )
Episode: Hero City Okhtyrka 1: Sun Attacked (2022)

Documentary, Drama, War

Okhtyrka is a glorious 48K town, historically of Scythians and Cossacks, now near Russia's border. In 2022, failing to capture it on first days, the Russian forces attack. On 25 February, they killed 6, injured 8 civilians near nurseries.

Votes: 10

36. Ukraine on Fire 2 (2022– )
Episode: Children of War 35: 500 Angels (2023)

Documentary, Drama, War

Children are the beauty of the Ukrainian people. In memorium: The photos give a chance to look into their open eyes for the last time: more than 500 children died as a result of Russian aggression (from 24 February 2022 to August 2023)

Stars: Anna Aksenchenko, Yulia Aksenchenko, Dmytro Chaus, Ilya Chekh

Votes: 5

37. The Punisher (2017–2019)
Episode: The Dark Hearts of Men (2019)

TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

As Madani and Krista debate who's worth saving, Frank prepares to storm Russo's territory. A brutal encounter pushes Pilgrim back into old habits.

Director: Alex Garcia Lopez | Stars: Jon Bernthal, Ben Barnes, Amber Rose Revah, Jason R. Moore

Votes: 4,724

38. The Punisher (2017–2019)
Episode: The Abyss (2019)

TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Amy rushes to protect Frank, who lies defenseless in a hospital. Pilgrim gets some crushing news, and Karen Page calls in a favor.

Director: Meera Menon | Stars: Jon Bernthal, Ben Barnes, Amber Rose Revah, Jason R. Moore

Votes: 4,345