Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "dead-body-in-a-closet"

1. The Faculty (1998)

R | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

When Casey Connor, Herrington High School's newspaper photographer, witnesses the murder of a nurse and sees her alive again, he decides to investigate the bizarre happenings.

Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett

Votes: 135,215 | Gross: $40.06M

2. Seed of Chucky (2004)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

Chucky and Tiffany are resurrected by their innocent gender-confused child, Glen/Glenda, and hit Hollywood, where a movie depicting the killer dolls' murder spree is underway.

Director: Don Mancini | Stars: Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, John Waters, Billy Boyd

Votes: 49,924 | Gross: $17.08M

3. Pieces (1982)

Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The co-eds of a Boston college campus are targeted by a mysterious killer who is creating a human jigsaw puzzle from their body parts.

Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Frank Braña, Edmund Purdom

Votes: 12,847 | Gross: $2.03M

4. American Psycho II: All American Girl (2002 Video)

R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller

A girl named Rachael Newman has developed a taste for murder and will stop at nothing to become a college professor's assistant.

Director: Morgan J. Freeman | Stars: Mila Kunis, William Shatner, Geraint Wyn Davies, Robin Dunne

Votes: 17,870

5. Cutting Class (1989)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

A murderer is loose in a high school in this 'whodunit' movie.

Director: Rospo Pallenberg | Stars: Donovan Leitch Jr., Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt, Roddy McDowall

Votes: 5,918

6. The Cat and the Canary (1927)

Passed | 108 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Relatives of an eccentric millionaire gather in his spooky mansion on the 20th anniversary of his death for the reading of his will.

Director: Paul Leni | Stars: Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley, Tully Marshall

Votes: 3,375 | Gross: $0.33M

7. Slumber Party Massacre III (1990)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Horror

Jackie Cassidy and her friends are stalked by a serial killer while having a slumber party.

Director: Sally Mattison | Stars: Keely Christian, Brittain Frye, Michael Harris, David Greenlee

Votes: 3,452 | Gross: $1.24M

8. XX (2017)

R | 80 min | Horror

This all-female horror anthology features four dark tales from four fiercely talented women.

Directors: Roxanne Benjamin, Sofìa Carrillo, Karyn Kusama, St. Vincent, Jovanka Vuckovic | Stars: Natalie Brown, Jonathan Watton, Peter DaCunha, Peyton Kennedy

Votes: 12,398 | Gross: $0.03M

9. Q&A (1990)

R | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Dirty cop, Mike Brennan thinks he got away with murder. But during a routine Q&A, the righteous assistant DA finds a clue that sets them both on a collision course.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante, Patrick O'Neal

Votes: 7,008 | Gross: $11.21M

10. Beyond the Darkness (1979)

Unrated | 94 min | Horror

A disturbed young taxidermist exhumes his recently deceased girlfriend, brings her body to his family villa and proceeds to embalm her corpse, with help from his strange housekeeper. But his bouts of insanity are just beginning.

Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Kieran Canter, Cinzia Monreale, Franca Stoppi, Sam Modesto

Votes: 5,671

11. The Cat and the Canary (1939)

Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

When an eccentric family meets in their uncle's remote, decaying mansion on the tenth anniversary of his death for the reading of his will, murder and madness follow.

Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery

Votes: 3,770

12. Meet the Applegates (1990)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Modelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the intent of getting access to the nation's nuclear resources.

Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Ed Begley Jr., Stockard Channing, Dabney Coleman, Bobby Jacoby

Votes: 2,616 | Gross: $0.49M

13. Madhouse (1974)

PG | 89 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution. But the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will.

Director: Jim Clark | Stars: Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, Adrienne Corri

Votes: 4,520

14. Keep an Eye Out (2018)

Not Rated | 73 min | Comedy

Louis just found the corpse of a man in front of his apartment building. Taken in for custody by Captain Buron, he finds himself on the wrong end of a surreal interrogation. But how can you prove you are innocent when the cops are crazy?

Director: Quentin Dupieux | Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Grégoire Ludig, Marc Fraize, Anaïs Demoustier

Votes: 5,380

15. Bang! Bang! You're Dead! (1966)

92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

One of six travelers who catch the bus from Casablanca airport to Marrakesh is carrying $2 million to pay a local operator to fix United Nations votes. But which one?

Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Tony Randall, Senta Berger, Herbert Lom, Wilfrid Hyde-White

Votes: 885

16. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)

PG-13 | 87 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

Paris...at the turn of the century. Inspector Vidocq investigates a series of unexplained murders at a Grand Guignol-type theatre...where the players have suddenly become real-life victims. Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe.

Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann, Adolfo Celi

Votes: 1,552

17. How to Frame a Figg (1971)

G | 103 min | Comedy

Don Knotts is Hollis Figg, the dumbest bookkeeper in town. When the city fathers buy a second-hand computer to cover up their financial shenanigans, they promote Figg to look after things, ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Rafkin | Stars: Don Knotts, Joe Flynn, Edward Andrews, Elaine Joyce

Votes: 1,025

18. The Skull (1965)

Not Rated | 83 min | Horror, Thriller

A collector comes into possession of the skull of the Marquis de Sade and learns it is possessed by an evil spirit.

Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Peter Cushing, Patrick Wymark, Christopher Lee, Jill Bennett

Votes: 3,583

19. The Attic (1980)

PG | 101 min | Horror, Thriller

A librarian devotes her life to caring for her wheelchair-bound tyrannical father after being stood up at the altar. She fantasizes about causing deaths of the men who most wronged her and ... See full summary »

Directors: George Edwards, Gary Graver | Stars: Carrie Snodgress, Ray Milland, Ruth Cox, Rosemary Murphy

Votes: 868

20. The Kennel Murder Case (1933)

Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette, Ralph Morgan

Votes: 4,081

21. The Leech Woman (1960)

Not Rated | 77 min | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi

An endocrinologist in a dysfunctional marriage with an aging, alcoholic wife journeys to Africa seeking a drug that will restore youth.

Director: Edward Dein | Stars: Coleen Gray, Grant Williams, Phillip Terry, Gloria Talbott

Votes: 2,145

22. Scream Bloody Murder (1973)

R | 90 min | Horror

A deranged kid murders his father and has his arm crushed by the farm tractor. After being discharged from the mental hospital with an amputee, he discovers that his mother has remarried, prompting him to go on a homicidal rampage.

Director: Marc B. Ray | Stars: Fred Holbert, Leigh Mitchell, Robert Knox, Ron Bastone

Votes: 1,200

23. For Better or for Worse (1989 Video)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

A honeymooning couple become entangled in a plot to recover plates for counterfeiting U.S. dollars. She thinks she's just retired from a government "dirty jobs" department, but her ... See full summary »

Director: Gene Quintano | Stars: Kim Cattrall, Robert Hays, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jonathan Banks

Votes: 418 | Gross: $0.05M

24. 6ixtynin9 (1999)

R | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

A woman, fired from a financial coorporation during the Asia crisis, returns home with no money. However, she finds a box with a fortune in front of her door, and decides to keep it. ... See full summary »

Directors: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Tom Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Stars: Tasanawalai Ongartittichai, Black Phomtong, Lalita Panyopas, Sirisin Siripornsmathikul

Votes: 2,411

25. Berserk (2019)

85 min | Comedy, Thriller

A movie star and his unsuccessful friend are desperately trying to finish a new script for a zombie film. When a prank leads to an accidental death, the friends must keep their cool as they try to figure out the best way to hide the body.

Director: Rhys Wakefield | Stars: Nick Cannon, Rhys Wakefield, Nora Arnezeder, James Roday Rodriguez

Votes: 340

26. Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1967)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy

A domineering mother and her sheltered son fly face first into love, murder, and the meaning of family in this black comedy based on Arthur Kopit's Broadway play.

Directors: Richard Quine, Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Robert Morse, Barbara Harris, Hugh Griffith

Votes: 324

27. Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)

Approved | 71 min | Mystery

When a strategically important new aerial guidance system is stolen, Charlie traces it to the Berlin Olympics, where he has to battle spies and enemy agents to retrieve it.

Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Warner Oland, Katherine DeMille, Pauline Moore, Allan Lane

Votes: 1,834

28. Ghost Catchers (1944)

Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Two zanies get mixed up with a Southern colonel, his beautiful daughters, a nightclub and a haunted mansion.

Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Gloria Jean, Martha O'Driscoll

Votes: 205

29. Signore e signori, buonanotte (1976)

105 min | Comedy

An episodic satire of the social and politic status of Italy in the 1970s through the programming of a television channel.

Directors: Leonardo Benvenuti, Luigi Comencini, Piero De Bernardi, Agenore Incrocci, Nanni Loy, Ruggero Maccari, Luigi Magni, Mario Monicelli, Ugo Pirro, Furio Scarpelli, Ettore Scola | Stars: Senta Berger, Adolfo Celi, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi

Votes: 921

30. My Scary Girl (2006)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A young man in love for the first time discovers his girlfriend has a nasty secret in her refrigerator.

Director: Jae-gon Son | Stars: Park Yong-woo, Choi Kang-hee, Jo Eun-ji, Kyung Ho Jung

Votes: 726

31. One Thrilling Night (1942)

Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Mystery

A honeymoon couple in New York for one night of wedded bliss before he's to join the army, become involved with gangsters after they find a cadaver under their bed.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: John Beal, Wanda McKay, Warren Hymer, J. Farrell MacDonald

Votes: 180

32. Mr. and Mrs. North (1942)

Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Jerry North (William Post Jr.) and his wife, Pam (Gracie Allen) return home after a night away in a holiday spirit. That soon vanishes when the body of a man falls out of the liquor closet.... See full summary »

Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Gracie Allen, William Post Jr., Paul Kelly, Rose Hobart

Votes: 338

33. Entrei em Pânico ao Saber o que Vocês Fizeram na Sexta-feira 13 do Verão Passado (2001)

75 min | Comedy, Horror

Goti and his friends Marcelo, Eliseu, Tomás, Ido and Geison will graduate on a Friday the 13th. To celebrate, they decide to make a party in Goti's house with booze, drugs and some girls. ... See full summary »

Director: Felipe M. Guerra | Stars: Rodrigo Guerra, Niandra Sartori, Eliseu Demari, Marcelo Ferranti

Votes: 34

34. Anniversary (I) (2016)

16 min | Short, Horror, Mystery

Nadine is having a recurrent dream about her husband's death and causes some sleepless nights. Her friend suggested consulting a psychic who can help her remember the shattered memories of ... See full summary »

Director: Archie Enriquez | Stars: Emil Barcenilla, Honey Cocson, Ahzer Ebora, Jay Mesina

35. Scarred by the Dead (2014 Video)

38 min | Short, Horror

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Stars: Abby White, Jessica Fildes, Beth Fisher

36. I peina (2002)

15 min | Short, Horror

Quentin seeks to create a zombie out of an unsuspecting young man. He intends to find a perfect young male companion and re-wire his brain, thereby turning the victim into a mindless sex slave.

Director: Giannis Tsitsimis | Stars: Sotiris Tahtsoglou, Despoina Tahtsoglou, Makis Akritidis, Anny Toumouzi

37. There Goes Kelly (1945)

61 min | Mystery, Comedy

Two young men working as pages at a radio station try to get an audition for a girl they know who wants to be a singer. When the station's star singer is murdered, they decide to solve the crime themselves.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Jackie Moran, Wanda McKay, Sidney Miller, Ralph Sanford

Votes: 54

38. Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode: Death on the Nile (2004)

TV-14 | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A wealthy American heiress honeymooning on a Nile cruise ship is stalked by a former friend, whose boyfriend she had stolen before making him her new husband.

Director: Andy Wilson | Stars: David Suchet, James Fox, Emma Griffiths Malin, JJ Feild

Votes: 4,150

39. Charlie's Angels (1976–1981)
Episode: Target: Angels (1976)

Not Rated | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

When it becomes open season on the Angels, the ladies must figure out who's behind the attacks before someone on the team loses their life.

Director: Richard Lang | Stars: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, David Doyle

Votes: 320

40. Once a Thief (1996–1998)
Episode: Trial Marriage (1997)

R | Action, Comedy, Crime

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Director: Peter D. Marshall | Stars: Ivan Sergei, Sandrine Holt, Nicholas Lea, Jennifer Dale

Votes: 9

41. Whispering Smith (1961)
Episode: Double Edge (1961)

Approved | 26 min | Western

While pursuing an outlaw gang, Smith rides up to an abandoned house, hears a shot and sees a body come crashing through a second story window. Police Chief Richards is incredulous when ... See full summary »

Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Audie Murphy, Guy Mitchell, Sam Buffington, Lori Nelson

Votes: 21

42. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: The Ark in Space: Part Two (1975)

TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The Doctor and Harry revive the Ark's medtech, Vira, to help Sarah.But when station commander Noah is revived, he becomes suspicious of the newcomers.

Director: Rodney Bennett | Stars: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter, Wendy Williams

Votes: 797

43. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: Black Orchid: Part Two (1982)

TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Ann escapes her Harlequin-clad abductor but it's The Doctor whom she accuses. Strangled bodies mount and The Doctor is arrested along with "accessories" Tegan, Nyssa and Adric. Will Lady Cranleigh's secret come out?

Director: Ron Jones | Stars: Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding, Matthew Waterhouse

Votes: 510

44. Front Page Detective (1951–1953)
Episode: The Little Black Book (1951)

26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Upon returning from two weeks of investigative reporting in Washington, David Chase discovers his room ransacked and a dead body lying in his closet. Before he can investigate, two thugs ... See full summary »

Director: Arnold Wester | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Joe Besser, Jean Willes, James Craven

Votes: 22

45. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Over a Barrel (2004)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Crime

Murder of a retired couple in California. It took 10 years to bring their killer to justice.

Stars: Peter Thomas, Clifford Merck, Alma Merck, Betty Turner

Votes: 83

46. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: Belly Speaker (2008)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a drunken, philandering wastrel is found dead in his room, having had varnish forced down in his throat, his estranged disturbed ventriloquist son is found in a wardrobe.

Director: Farhad Mann | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris

Votes: 391

47. Dollhouse (2009–2010)
Episode: The Target (2009)

TV-14 | 49 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A man requests Echo as his companion on a camping trip, but his true intentions are far more deadly. More backstory on the Dollhouse, Alpha, and Boyd's first encounter with Echo.

Director: Steven S. DeKnight | Stars: Eliza Dushku, Harry Lennix, Fran Kranz, Tahmoh Penikett

Votes: 1,166

48. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Conflicted (2009)

TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Male college students on spring break are being raped and murdered, presumably by a man and a woman working together. The BAU are called in and suspect a shy hotel cleaner and a receptionist.

Director: Jason Alexander | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler

Votes: 3,217

49. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Illegitimate (2009)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The DA's office tries to prove that a businessman who believes that he is the illegitimate son of President Kennedy was the mastermind of a plot that ended with three dead bodies.

Director: Joshua Marston | Stars: Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson, S. Epatha Merkerson, Linus Roache

Votes: 263

50. Women Behind Bars (2008– )
Episode: Lutrische Dancy & Anita Gonzales (2009)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary

A mother of three pleaded guilty to fatally shooting her husband after many failed attempts at disposing of his body. A woman was convicted of robbing and murdering her elderly friend along with her son and his two friends as accomplices.

Director: Richard Swindell | Stars: Ashley Crary, Melba Pearson, Rolando Garcia, Lutrische Dancy

Votes: 13