Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "life-insurance-beneficiary"

1. I Can Only Imagine (2018)

PG | 110 min | Biography, Drama, Family

The inspiring and unknown true story behind MercyMe's beloved, chart topping song that brings ultimate hope to so many is a gripping reminder of the power of true forgiveness.

Directors: Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin | Stars: John Michael Finley, Madeline Carroll, Dennis Quaid, Trace Adkins

Votes: 18,371 | Gross: $83.48M

2. Killer Joe (2011)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When a debt puts a young man's life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church

Votes: 83,462 | Gross: $1.99M

3. Out of Time (I) (2003)

PG-13 | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A Florida police chief must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion.

Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Denzel Washington, Sanaa Lathan, Eva Mendes, Dean Cain

Votes: 65,810 | Gross: $41.09M

4. The Killers (1946)

Passed | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Hit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.

Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker

Votes: 23,698

5. Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)

PG | 96 min | Drama, Sport

The story of the friendship between a worldly-wise star pitcher and a half-wit catcher as they cope with the catcher's terminal illness through a baseball season.

Director: John D. Hancock | Stars: Michael Moriarty, Robert De Niro, Vincent Gardenia, Phil Foster

Votes: 6,249 | Gross: $0.35M

6. Same Time Next Week (2017 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A widow and a widower struggle to let go of the past as their friendship blossoms into romance.

Director: Monika Mitchell | Stars: Jewel Staite, Travis Milne, Stephanie Bennett, Chris McNally

Votes: 602

7. Murder Most Likely (1999 TV Movie)

96 min | Drama, Crime

A Mountie is accused of killing his wife in a fatal fall from a luxury condo in 1981.

Director: Alex Chapple | Stars: Paul Gross, Marie-Josée Croze, Janine Theriault, Kim Huffman

Votes: 332

8. The Death Kiss (1932)

Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Murder during film shoot sparks search for a killer.

Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Adrienne Ames, John Wray

Votes: 1,421

9. High Tide (1947)

Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A fast-moving automobile fails to make a sharp turn of the highway from Malibu to Los Angeles. It overturns and its occupants, Tim Slade, Newspaper man turned private investigator, and Hugh... See full summary »

Director: John Reinhardt | Stars: Lee Tracy, Don Castle, Julie Bishop, Anabel Shaw

Votes: 645

10. Retour de manivelle (1957)

Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama

An unemployed Frenchman who saves the life of a rich man is hired as a chauffeur by the grateful man but gets caught in a murder-for-life-insurance-money scheme.

Director: Denys de La Patellière | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Daniel Gélin, Michèle Mercier, François Chaumette

Votes: 262

11. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Room Service (2005)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An up and coming movie star is found dead in his hotel room after partying with groupies. In another case, a dead cab driver leads the team to a string of deaths involving immigrant workers.

Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 749

12. Suspense (1949–1954)
Episode: Post Mortem (1949)

Not Rated | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Following the sudden death of her husband, Josie marries Doc Archer, the man named beneficiary of her husband's life insurance policy. Investigator Westcott is suspicious after learning the... See full summary »

Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Sidney Blackmer, Peggy Conklin, Richard Coogan, Julian Noa

Votes: 52

13. The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science (1996–2005)
Episode: Betrayed (2002)

TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, Crime

The cases of the Row Family, who were murdered by arson in Boise, Idaho in 1992; and 18 year old Nicholas Howard, who was strangled to death in Yolo County, California in 1997.

Director: Greg Francis | Stars: Gene Galusha, Rachel Abraham, Sandra Buttimer, Larry Cecchettini

Votes: 9

14. Murder by the Book (2006– )
Episode: Lisa Scottoline (2006)

Documentary, Crime

The case of 37-year-old schoolteacher Susan G. Reinert, who was murdered by morphine injection in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1979.

Directors: Emma Webster, Gabe Torres | Stars: Ron McLarty, Floyd Baxter, G. Larry Butler, Ben Feuer

15. Power, Privilege & Justice (2002– )
Episode: Over the Edge (2007)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime

Lake Tahoe investigators spent two and and a half years building a case of premeditated murder against wealthy Peter Bergna, claiming he staged the accident that left his wife, Rinette ... See full summary »

Director: Tom Murray | Stars: Dominick Dunne, John Henry Kurtz, James Beltron, Peter Bergna

Votes: 10

16. Murder by the Book (2006– )
Episode: Faye Kellerman 2 (2007)

Documentary, Crime

On the Yom Kippur holiday in 1985, an affluent Jewish-American couple is shot to death in the parking garage of their Brentwood, California condo.

Directors: Scooter Yancey, David Cargill, Brian Coughlin, Gabe Torres | Stars: Ron McLarty, Daniel Bloom, G. Larry Butler, Alexis Campanella

17. Crime Stories (1998– )
Episode: The Doctor of Death (2009)

46 min | Documentary, Crime

When neurologist Richard Boggs called 911 early in the morning to report a patient's death, paramedics immediately had their doubts. However, it took a clever insurance agent and a private ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Allen | Stars: Bill Courage, Catherine Candisky, Craig Harvey, Albert MacKenzie

18. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Jessica Walter (1975)

TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights include: guest Jessica Walter performing "Could It Be Magic"; and a salute to composer Dorothy Fields.

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway

Votes: 32

19. The Investigators (2000– )
Episode: A Deadly Enterprise (2002)

Documentary, Crime, Drama

The case of Isom and Jimmie Turquitt, two brothers who hired homeless alcoholics to work for their bricklaying business in Bessemer, Alabama throughout the 1990s. They took out life ... See full summary »

Stars: Les Marshak, Debra Barger, Sabrina Blaikie, Ron Brunson

Votes: 8

20. America's Estate Planning Lawyers (2016– )
Episode: Eight Things Not to Put in Your Will (2020)

11 min | Documentary

Your last will is not an all powerful document. Financial beneficiaries you designated directly in financial accounts and trusts take precedent over bequests in your will. It is also ... See full summary »

Star: Paul Rabalais

21. Homefront (2012)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2012)

TV-14 | 46 min | Drama

When Joe returns from Afghanistan for a fortnight's leave Louise confronts him over the picture,which he claims is a doctored fake. At a charity day to commemorate Matt Louise sees the ... See full summary »

Director: Terry McDonough | Stars: Lorraine Ashbourne, Luisa Bradshaw-White, Philip Broadbent, Warren Brown

Votes: 9

22. Cold Justice (2013– )
Episode: Home Town Hero (2013)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, Reality-TV

Siegler and McClary head to Kelly's hometown of Blessing in Matagorda County, Texas, to investigate the murder of 48-year-old widow Charlene Corporon, who was shot to death in her own home in 1982.

Stars: Kelly Siegler, Yolanda McClary, Johnny Bonds, Nubbin Chamlee

Votes: 66

23. The Investigators (2000– )
Episode: Toy Soldier (2007)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama

The case of Carole A. Garton and her 8-month-old unborn baby, who were shot to death in Cottonwood, California in 1998.

Director: Amy Baxt | Stars: Gene Galusha, Emily Marie Grant, K.S. Haddock, Alex Plant

24. Cold Justice (2013– )
Episode: Death by Design (2014)

TV-14 | 39 min | Documentary, Crime, Reality-TV

The case of Diann Jean Hoelscher, whose skeletal remains were found in Waller County, Texas in 1997, eleven years after she went missing.

Stars: Susan Armitage, Alan Brown, Cathy Davis, Don Davis

Votes: 51