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

1. A Simple Favor (2018)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Stephanie is a single mother with a parenting vlog who befriends Emily, a secretive upper-class woman who has a child at the same elementary school. When Emily goes missing, Stephanie takes it upon herself to investigate.

Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells

Votes: 163,262 | Gross: $53.55M

2. The Craft (1996)

R | 101 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A newcomer to a Catholic prep high school falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft, and they all soon conjure up various spells and curses against those who anger them.

Director: Andrew Fleming | Stars: Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True

Votes: 108,062 | Gross: $24.88M

3. 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: 83,463 | Gross: $1.99M

4. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

Passed | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A married woman and a drifter fall in love and then plot to murder her husband.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn

Votes: 22,949 | Gross: $8.33M

5. Forgotten (2017)

TV-MA | 108 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

When his abducted brother returns seemingly a different man with no memory of the past 19 days, Jin-seok chases after the truth behind the kidnapping.

Director: Jang Hang-jun | Stars: Kang Ha-neul, Yeon Je Hyung, Kim Mu-yeol, Nam Myung-ryul

Votes: 46,394

6. Double Indemnity (1944)

Passed | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Byron Barr

Votes: 167,801 | Gross: $5.72M

7. 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: 65,812 | Gross: $41.09M

8. Trespass (2011)

R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As they're held for ransom, a husband and wife's predicament grows more dire amid the discovery of betrayal and deception.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Cam Gigandet, Ben Mendelsohn

Votes: 45,614 | Gross: $0.02M

9. Suspicion (1941)

Approved | 99 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce

Votes: 42,546 | Gross: $4.50M

10. 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

11. Revenant (2023– )

60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Ku San Young works and studies at night to become a public officer. After receiving a relic from her dead father mysterious deaths take place around her, and she finds herself slowly changing.

Stars: Hong Kyung, Kim Tae-ri, Oh Jung-se, Kim Hae-sook

Votes: 2,793

12. Cover Up (1949)

TV-14 | 83 min | Film-Noir, Mystery

An insurance company investigator goes to a small town to probe into a case of supposed suicide. The natives are not very cooperative and some turn hostile, leading to suspicion of foul play.

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: William Bendix, Dennis O'Keefe, Barbara Britton, Art Baker

Votes: 1,380

13. 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

14. The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970)

Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The wife of a struggling businessman is blackmailed by a mysterious man into having a sadistic affair with him, or he will leak evidence implicating her husband of murder.

Director: Luciano Ercoli | Stars: Dagmar Lassander, Pier Paolo Capponi, Simón Andreu, Osvaldo Genazzani

Votes: 2,153

15. Not Cinderella's Type (2018)

97 min | Drama, Romance

A kind-hearted orphan lives with her emotionally abusive relatives until a popular boy takes an interest after accidentally killing her cat.

Director: Brian Brough | Stars: Paris Warner, Tim Flynn, Tanner Gillman, Scott Christopher

Votes: 2,877

16. The Wave (2019)

R | 87 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

An insurance lawyer goes out on the town to celebrate an upcoming promotion with his co-worker, Jeff. But their night takes a bizarre turn when Frank ingests a hallucinogen that completely alters his perception of the world.

Director: Gille Klabin | Stars: Justin Long, Tommy Flanagan, Katia Winter, Donald Faison

Votes: 6,728

17. Obsession (1943)

TV-14 | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna, and they plan to get rid of her older husband.

Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani, Elio Marcuzzo

Votes: 8,299

18. LX 2048 (2020)

103 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A fatally ill man tries to secure the future of his family in a world where the toxicity of the sun forces people to stay inside during the daytime.

Director: Guy Moshe | Stars: Juliet Aubrey, Anna Brewster, Gabrielle Cassi, James D'Arcy

Votes: 1,999

19. Sins of the Night (1993)

Unrated | 85 min | Crime, Thriller

Abused wife of a mobster, who runs a luxury brothel, tries to get the insurance investigator, hired by her ex-lover to track her down, to help her kill her husband and get the insurance money.

Director: Gregory Dark | Stars: Nick Cassavetes, Deborah Shelton, Miles O'Keeffe, Richard Roundtree

Votes: 294

20. Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

R | 127 min | Documentary, Crime, History

An examination of the social costs of corporate interests pursuing profits at the expense of the public good.

Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, William Black, Jimmy Carter, Elijah Cummings

Votes: 43,893 | Gross: $14.36M

21. Gold Digger Killer (2021 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Crime, Drama

Multimillionaire Steven Beard, a retired broadcasting executive, falls hard for Celeste, an attractive waitress who serves him his nightly cocktail at his local country club in Austin, Texas.

Director: Robin Hays | Stars: Julie Benz, Roan Curtis, Georgia Bradner, Eli Gabay

Votes: 459

22. A Life at Stake (1955)

Not Rated | 78 min | Drama, Film-Noir

An unemployed architect meets a married woman with a business proposition. The architect soon suspect her interest isn't just financial - and might be deadly.

Director: Paul Guilfoyle | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Keith Andes, Douglass Dumbrille, Claudia Barrett

Votes: 987

23. Desperate (1947)

Approved | 73 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

A young married couple flee both the police and a gangster out for revenge.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Steve Brodie, Audrey Long, Raymond Burr, Douglas Fowley

Votes: 2,620

24. Strange Bargain (1949)

Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In order to cash-in a life insurance policy, a failing business owner asks one of his employees, who has financial woes of his own, to aid him in disguising his suicide into a robbery-murder.

Director: Will Price | Stars: Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan, Katherine Emery

Votes: 868

25. Blind Faith (1990)

190 min | Thriller

A wealthy businessman is accused of murdering his wife to collect insurance money to pay gambling debts. Although his three sons initially believe his innocence, his actions and court evidence soon begin to prove otherwise.

Stars: Robert Urich, Joanna Kerns, David Barry Gray, Jay Underwood

Votes: 398

26. The Bride Walks Out (1936)

Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Romance

The ups and downs of newlyweds on a tight budget.

Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Robert Young, Ned Sparks

Votes: 709

27. I'll Be Seeing You (2004 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A young woman must identify the body of her exact double and ends up discovering the details of her father's disappearance.

Director: Will Dixon | Stars: Alison Eastwood, Iris Quinn, Bo Svenson, Derwin Jordan

Votes: 367

28. Grace Quigley (1984)

PG | 87 min | Comedy

Grace Quigley, living alone in her New York apartment, is nearing the end of her life. One day she witnesses a murder being committed by top hitman Seymour Flint. She decides to blackmail ... See full summary »

Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Nick Nolte, Kit Le Fever, Chip Zien

Votes: 914

29. Winter of Frozen Dreams (2009)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama

Barbara Hoffman is a University of Wisconsin science student. She is a part-time employee at a local massage parlor. She is also a killer. Now all Detective Lulling has to do is prove it.

Director: Eric Mandelbaum | Stars: Thora Birch, Keith Carradine, Brendan Sexton III, Leo Fitzpatrick

Votes: 906 | Gross: $0.01M

30. A Little Trip to Heaven (2005)

R | 98 min | Drama, Thriller

A husband and wife tangle with an investigator over her dead brother's million-dollar insurance policy.

Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: María Fernández Ache, Kharl Anton Leigh, Peter Coyote, Forest Whitaker

Votes: 5,110

31. Hate Crime (2005)

R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Robbie and Trey are gay, middle-class, suburban professionals. Life is good. Until the son of a fundamentalist preacher moves in next door.

Director: Tommy Stovall | Stars: Seth Peterson, Bruce Davison, Chad Donella, Cindy Pickett

Votes: 1,608 | Gross: $0.04M

32. Betrayed by Passion (2006)

R | 86 min | Drama, Thriller

A paralyzed woman goes missing after she and her husband travel to India for specialized medical attention.

Director: Jag Mundhra | Stars: Jason Flemyng, Nicholas Irons, Tamzin Outhwaite, Andrew MacBean

Votes: 153

33. Wish You Were Dead (2001)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Two bad women fight over one man in a back-stabbing, money-grabbing, insurance-hustling, double-dealing, two-timing caper.

Director: Valerie McCaffrey | Stars: Cary Elwes, Elaine Hendrix, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen

Votes: 502

34. Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)

Approved | 72 min | Mystery

While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received.

Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, George Brasno, Olive Brasno

Votes: 1,811

35. 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: 1,420 | Gross: $0.89M

36. Indiscreet (1998 TV Movie)

R | 100 min | Thriller

A multi-millionaire client of a detective agency hires an investigator to get dirt on his wife, so he can divorce her. What the investigator finds instead is that the wife takes care of her... See full summary »

Director: Marc Bienstock | Stars: Luke Perry, Richard Rosenberg, Gabriella Hall, Vladimir Nemirovsky

Votes: 336

37. The Green Years (1946)

Passed | 127 min | Drama

An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a doctor. However, the boy's harsh grandfather stands in his way.

Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler, Hume Cronyn

Votes: 1,080

38. I'm Losing You (1998)

R | 100 min | Drama

Nearing his 60th birthday, a movie producer discovers that he may have less than a year to live as a result of inoperable cancer. The effects of his disease take the toll on him and his ... See full summary »

Director: Bruce Wagner | Stars: Frank Langella, Daniel von Bargen, Rosanna Arquette, Andrew McCarthy

Votes: 504 | Gross: $0.01M

39. Dead Eyes of London (1961)

Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

Wealthy, heavily-insured men are being murdered at an alarming rate. Scotland Yard investigates and finds clues that lead to a ring of blind men, led by a mysterious "reverend."

Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal, Dieter Borsche, Wolfgang Lukschy

Votes: 1,317

40. 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

41. An Unknown Friend (1978)

90 min | Crime, Thriller

The cold and ruthless Bruno is married to Karen. Together they seek out poor and defenseless people offering them life insurance policies. Bruna and Karen make sure that it pays off.

Director: Lars G. Thelestam | Stars: Kate O'Mara, Bruno O'Ya, Åke Lindman, Anne Marie Pohtamo

Votes: 110

42. Kolmas laukaus (1959)

116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A police inspector on his summer vacation is dragged into a small town murder case.

Director: Yrjö Norta | Stars: Ismo Kallio, Antero Karres, Mirja Karisto, Severi Seppänen

Votes: 55

43. Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode: One for the Road (1986)

Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

In 1934, a couple of South Bronx barflies try to kill drunk Mike Malloy for his insurance money and find they're tangling with much more than they bargained for.

Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: James Cromwell, Geoffrey Lewis, Joe Pantoliano, Al Ruscio

Votes: 322

44. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Phil Silvers and Jean Stapleton (1975)

TV-G | 51 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights of this show with guests Jean Stapleton and Phil Silvers include: another spoof of TV commercials including for Mr. Coffee, sleeping pills and life insurance; and a feminist (... See full summary »

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Jean Stapleton

Votes: 46

45. The Fall Guy (1981–1986)
Episode: The Lucky Stiff (1986)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A loser whose money making schemes always go wrong, is thrown out by his wife. And wanting to make it up to her he takes out a contract on himself so that his wife could get his insurance. ... See full summary »

Director: Georg Fenady | Stars: Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, Heather Thomas, Rebecca Balding

Votes: 44

46. Two and a Half Men (2003–2015)
Episode: Ate the Hamburgers, Wearing the Hats (2004)

TV-14 | 20 min | Comedy, Romance

Charlie is offended when Alan chooses their married, responsible cousins as Jake's guardians.

Director: Andrew D. Weyman | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones, Marin Hinkle

Votes: 1,568

47. 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

48. The Red Green Show (1991–2006)
Episode: The Bad Check-Up (1992)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy

Glen is denied RV insurance.

Director: Larry Schnur | Stars: Steve Smith, Patrick McKenna, Bill Carr, Kevin Frank

Votes: 17

49. Claimed and Shamed (2012– )
Episode: Episode #11.5 (2019)

44 min | Documentary, Crime

A driver claiming for disability is caught out. A missing phone turns one dodgy claimant into a super sleuth. An opportunist claiming to be multiple people catches himself out.

Star: Naga Munchetty

50. Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode: Dennis' Tool Chest (1961)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Mr. Wilson has his car trunk open to use the car jack to change a flat tire. While no one is looking Miss Cathcart's cat jumps in and then Dennis closes the trunk.

Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Jay North, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Joseph Kearns

Votes: 34