Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "perfect-murder-scheme"

1. 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: 167,671 | Gross: $5.72M

2. The Two Jakes (1990)

R | 137 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The sequel to Chinatown (1974) finds J.J. "Jake" Gittes investigating adultery and murder, and the money that comes from oil.

Director: Jack Nicholson | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe

Votes: 15,514 | Gross: $10.01M

3. Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin

Votes: 28,684 | Gross: $0.11M

4. Love Crime (2010)

Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ruthless executive Christine brings on young Isabelle as her assistant taking delight in toying with her innocence. But when Christine starts passing on her protege's ideas as her own, things take a dark turn.

Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Ludivine Sagnier, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patrick Mille, Guillaume Marquet

Votes: 5,639 | Gross: $0.53M

5. A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010)

Not Rated | 113 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Ulrik's released from prison after 12 years for murder. Will he go straight? He gets a room and a job as mechanic. He hooks up with his old gang. His son introduces him as uncle to his pregnant fiancée.

Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Bjørn Floberg, Jorunn Kjellsby, Gard B. Eidsvold

Votes: 7,327 | Gross: $0.04M

6. Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)

93 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

Jan is a decent, boring man, living a decent, boring life as a rocket designer. When his adventurous twin brother dies in a breakfast accident, Jan decides to impersonate him, unwittingly becoming a part of a Nazi time travel conspiracy.

Director: Jindrich Polák | Stars: Petr Kostka, Jirí Sovák, Vladimír Mensík, Vlastimil Brodský

Votes: 1,473

7. Roman de gare (2007)

R | 103 min | Drama

A popular novelist researches unlikely sources to find characters for her next bestseller.

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Dominique Pinon, Audrey Dana, Michèle Bernier

Votes: 2,583 | Gross: $1.85M

8. You Are a Widow, Sir! (1971)

97 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be ... See full summary »

Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Iva Janzurová, Olga Schoberová, Eduard Cupák, Jirí Sovák

Votes: 857

9. Murdertown (2018– )
Episode: Middlesborough (2019)

43 min | Documentary

The story of Reginald Wilson, who planned to carry out the perfect murder. He selected Dr David Birkett to be his victim and posing as a courier entered his home killing him with a hammer. But Wilson made a fateful mistake.

Directors: Murray Donaldson, Charlotte Hobday | Star: Katherine Kelly

Votes: 13

10. Murder by the Sea (2018– )
Episode: Michael Peacock (2023)

60 min | Documentary, Crime

In order to avoid paying for an expensive divorce while having an affair with a much younger woman, Michael Peacock planned what he thought would be the ideal murder.

Star: Nell Darby