Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "police-whistle"

1. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

R | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.

Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody

Votes: 887,117 | Gross: $59.10M

2. Absolutely Anything (2015)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A group of eccentric aliens confers a human being with the power to do absolutely anything, as an experiment.

Director: Terry Jones | Stars: Simon Pegg, Kate Beckinsale, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Rob Riggle

Votes: 48,339

3. Papillon (I) (2017)

R | 133 min | Adventure, Biography, Crime

Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter, Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.

Director: Michael Noer | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Damijan Oklopdzic, Christopher Fairbank, Jason Ryan

Votes: 86,262 | Gross: $2.34M

4. What Happened to Monday (2017)

TV-MA | 123 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own.

Director: Tommy Wirkola | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, Willem Dafoe, Marwan Kenzari

Votes: 134,555

5. From Hell (2001)

R | 122 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

After five ritualistic murders are committed in 1888 London, Inspector Abberline's assignment is to investigate the "Jack the Ripper" murders. Along with a string of mutilated prostitutes, he uncovers a conspiracy involving the government.

Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane

Votes: 164,249 | Gross: $31.60M

6. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)

G | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

An apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical magician conman search for the missing component to a magic spell to be used in the defense of Britain in World War II.

Directors: Robert Stevenson, Ward Kimball | Stars: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe

Votes: 40,735 | Gross: $18.53M

7. Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)

R | 80 min | Comedy, Horror

A sex-changed slasher returns as a camp counselor.

Director: Michael A. Simpson | Stars: Pamela Springsteen, Renée Estevez, Tony Higgins, Valerie Hartman

Votes: 13,356

8. Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Crime

The Police Academy's commandant will be honored at a police convention in Miami Beach. At the airport he picks a wrong bag with stolen diamonds. The "owners" want them back.

Director: Alan Myerson | Stars: Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook

Votes: 38,390 | Gross: $4.24M

9. The Cheerleaders (1973)

R | 84 min | Comedy, Sport

A group of cheerleaders from the local high school decide to show their school spirit for their football team by sleeping with the opponents the night before the game so that they can be so worn out the opposition won't be able to play.

Director: Paul Glickler | Stars: Stephanie Fondue, Denise Dillaway, Jovita Bush, Brandy Woods

Votes: 1,495

10. Time After Time (1979)

PG | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th Century when the serial murderer uses the future writer's time machine to escape his time period.

Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, David Warner, Charles Cioffi

Votes: 20,647

11. The Raven (I) (2012)

R | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality.

Director: James McTeigue | Stars: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson

Votes: 88,298 | Gross: $16.01M

12. The Ladykillers (1955)

Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Crime

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom

Votes: 31,410

13. The Trouble with Angels (1966)

PG | 112 min | Comedy, Family

Two high-spirited young students at St. Francis Academy keep things hopping for the challenged Mother Superior and her staff of bewildered Sisters.

Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills, Binnie Barnes, Camilla Sparv

Votes: 5,780

14. What's New Pussycat (1965)

Approved | 108 min | Comedy

A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own.

Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine

Votes: 11,065 | Gross: $18.82M

15. Apollo 11 (I) (2019)

G | 93 min | Documentary, History

A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilots Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins.

Director: Todd Douglas Miller | Stars: Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Deke Slayton

Votes: 27,223 | Gross: $9.04M

16. Murder by Decree (1979)

PG | 124 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Sherlock Holmes investigates the murders commited by Jack the Ripper and discovers a conspiracy to protect the killer.

Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings, Susan Clark

Votes: 6,600

17. Act Naturally (2011)

Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

When two estranged stepsisters inherit their father's nudist resort, getting back to nature has never been so completely unnatural. A FilmBuff Presentation.

Director: J.P. Riley | Stars: Katie L. Hall, Liz Lytle, Susan May Pratt, Alan Cox

Votes: 1,127

18. Dirty O'Neil (1974)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A police officer has very little work as there is virtually no crime in his small California town...until three hoodlums appear and rape a young woman.

Directors: Leon Capetanos, Lewis Teague | Stars: Morgan Paull, Art Metrano, Pat Anderson, Jeane Manson

Votes: 448

19. State Park (1988)

R | 91 min | Comedy

A business man plans to dump toxic waste in a state park, but it doesn't go according to plan.

Directors: Kerry Feltham, Rafal Zielinski | Stars: Kim Myers, Isabelle Mejias, James Wilder, Jennifer Inch

Votes: 521

20. Man in the Attic (1953)

Approved | 82 min | Mystery, Thriller

After an enigmatic, self-described pathologist rents the attic room of a Victorian house, his landlady begins to suspect her lodger is Jack the Ripper.

Director: Hugo Fregonese | Stars: Jack Palance, Constance Smith, Byron Palmer, Frances Bavier

Votes: 1,976

21. The Scarlet Claw (1944)

Approved | 74 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

When a gentlewoman is found dead with her throat torn out, the villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gerald Hamer, Paul Cavanagh

Votes: 5,843

22. What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)

Approved | 116 min | Comedy, War

In World War II, a strategic Italian village agrees to surrender to the Allies only if it's allowed to organize a celebratory festival while giving aerial reconnaissance the false impression of fierce ground fighting.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: James Coburn, Dick Shawn, Sergio Fantoni, Giovanna Ralli

Votes: 2,253

23. Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)

Passed | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

In this episode captain Drummond tries to find the killer of various people. All assassinations were provoked by a diamond of great value, but Drummond will face the danger.

Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: John Barrymore, John Howard, Louise Campbell, Reginald Denny

Votes: 655

24. Kundo: Age of the Rampant (2014)

Not Rated | 137 min | Action, Drama

A period action film centered on a militia group who turn against an unjust nobility.

Director: Yoon Jong-bin | Stars: Ha Jung-woo, Gang Dong-won, Lee Sung-min, Cho Jin-woong

Votes: 3,876 | Gross: $0.28M

25. Carry on Constable (1960)

86 min | Comedy

With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. They manage to totally wreck the operations of the police force and let plenty of criminals get away.

Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Eric Barker, Kenneth Connor

Votes: 2,822

26. The Lodger (1944)

Passed | 84 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A landlady suspects that her new lodger is Jack the Ripper.

Director: John Brahm | Stars: Laird Cregar, Merle Oberon, George Sanders, Cedric Hardwicke

Votes: 4,105

27. Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (1966)

82 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Disgraced SIC agent Bill Dexter teams up with bumbling doormen Franco and Ciccio to stop Dr. Goldfoot from using his bikini-clad robot girls to blow up high-ranking NATO generals.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Vincent Price, Fabian, Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia

Votes: 1,474

28. The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)

Unrated | 94 min | Comedy, Crime

In London, Australian gangsters disguised as Bobbies rob the local criminals, making the panicked British mobsters seek an alliance with Scotland Yard in order to eliminate the foreign competition and return things to "normal".

Director: Cliff Owen | Stars: Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries, Bernard Cribbins, Davy Kaye

Votes: 2,324

29. The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)

Unrated | 110 min | Comedy, War

In 1943, a group of captured Allied military can't agree on an escape plan, The allies headquarters develop a plan and send in a man who they hope is captured, to coordinate the captives' escape.

Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Paul Newman, Sylva Koscina, Andrew Duggan, Tom Bosley

Votes: 1,784 | Gross: $7.70M

30. The October Man (1947)

Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Mystery

When the murder of a young woman happens, her next-door neighbor is under suspicion due to his previous stay in a mental hospital.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: John Mills, Joan Greenwood, Edward Chapman, Kay Walsh

Votes: 1,500

31. The Trygon Factor (1966)

M/PG | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Scotland Yard Superintendent Cooper-Smith investigates the suspicious looking Emberday estate where the Emberday family and an order of nuns reside.

Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Stewart Granger, Susan Hampshire, Cathleen Nesbitt, James Culliford

Votes: 475

32. Fluppy Dogs (1986 TV Movie)

TV-G | 45 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

A band of dimension hopping humanoid dogs need the help of two kids to return home.

Director: Fred Wolf | Stars: Marshall Efron, Carl Steven, Cloyce Morrow, Hal Smith

Votes: 350

33. The Crooked Circle (1932)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Mystery

A group of amateur detectives sets out to expose The Crooked Circle, a secretive group of hooded occultists.

Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Zasu Pitts, James Gleason, Ben Lyon, Irene Purcell

Votes: 380

34. The Phantom Fiend (1932)

Passed | 67 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

A landlady suspects that her new lodger is the madman killing women in London.

Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Ivor Novello, Elizabeth Allan, A.W. Baskcomb, Barbara Everest

Votes: 360

35. Matri-Phony (1942)

Approved | 17 min | Short, Comedy

The stooges are potters in ancient Rome during the reign of Emperor Octopus Grabus. When the emperor orders all beautiful red-headed women to be brought before him so he can select a wife, ... See full summary »

Directors: Harry Edwards, Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Marjorie Deanne

Votes: 433

36. Do Qaidi (1989)

158 min | Action, Thriller

Two petty thieves who hate each other escape from police custody while being chained together and go on the run.

Director: Ajay Kashyap | Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Govinda, Farha Naaz, Neelam Kothari

Votes: 139

37. Dog Pounded (1954)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Sylvester Cat tries to catch Tweety Bird, who is up in a tree in the middle of the city dog pound.

Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 434

38. Der Zinker (1931)

64 min | Drama

Scotland Yard receives anonymous letters at regular intervals, which contain precise details about planned jewel thefts or wanted criminals. Inspector Elford believes that the informant is the so-called Zinker.

Directors: Karl Forest, Martin Fric, Karel Lamac | Stars: Lissy Arna, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Fritz Rasp, Peggy Norman

Votes: 123

39. A Woman's Revenge (1915)

Short, Drama

Effie Dorgan has just completed her toilet. Slim enters and asks her for money, which she refuses. He grabs her purse and takes what he wants. Subsequently, the pair meet in a restaurant, ... See full summary »

Director: Langdon West | Stars: Miriam Nesbitt, Frank McGlynn Sr., Bigelow Cooper, Mabel Dwight

40. The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode: Cousin Itt Visits the Addams Family (1965)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror

Parks Commissioner Fiske visits the Addams house seeking contributions for expansion of the city zoo. Gomez believes visiting Cousin Itt - all hairy and gibbering four feet tall of him - ... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy

Votes: 295

41. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: The Hands of Mr. Ottermole (1957)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

A murderer has been strangling people in the London fog. A reporter manages to continually make it to the crime scene before the police.

Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Theodore Bikel, Rhys Williams, Torin Thatcher

Votes: 595

42. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode: Opie and the Spoiled Kid (1963)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Opie's friend Arnold seems to have it all--a new bike, fat allowance, and plenty of leisure time. When the pressure's on, though, Opie learns that these assets are actually Arnold's greatest weakness.

Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Ronnie Dapo

Votes: 418

43. Batman (1966–1968)
Episode: True or False Face (1966)

TV-G | 25 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

False Face traps Batman and Robin, and binding them to a subway track just minutes before a train is scheduled to come by.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton

Votes: 543

44. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: L.D.S.K. (2005)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The team chases a sniper in Des Plaines, Illinois who for some reason only wounds his victims.

Director: Ernest R. Dickerson | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Thomas Gibson, Lola Glaudini, Shemar Moore

Votes: 3,197

45. Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode: Aunt Emma Visits the Wilsons (1963)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Concerned that Eloise will be destitute if he should pass away suddenly, John Wilson hopes that his Aunt Emma will leave her money to him, so that he can in turn provide for Eloise. However... See full summary »

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Jay North, Gale Gordon, Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry

Votes: 41

46. Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode: Dennis Goes to Camp (1961)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Mr. Wilson is eager for Dennis to go to summer camp. And when Henry is unexpectedly unable to take Dennis and several of Dennis's friends to visit the camp, Mr. Wilson is happy to step in, and takes them there himself.

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

Votes: 37

47. Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
Episode: Mr. Wilson's Uncle (1962)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

George is expecting a visit from his Uncle Ned, a rocker-chair addict. When Ned arrives, he is active, fit, and energetic. Ned forces George and Henry into a fitness program.

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, Billy Booth, Robert John Pittman

Votes: 30

48. Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode: Roz in the Doghouse (1995)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

After Roz sustains an injury, Frasier makes an offensive remark that prompts her to accept Bulldog's offer to be his producer.

Director: James Burrows | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin

Votes: 970

49. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996)
Episode: PSAT Pstory (1991)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy

Will and Carlton take the PSATs with surprising results, while Geoffrey is up for his annual raise.

Director: Ellen Gittelsohn | Stars: Will Smith, James Avery, Janet Hubert, Alfonso Ribeiro

Votes: 755

50. Green Acres (1965–1971)
Episode: A Royal Love Story (1970)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Lisa gives yet another conflicting version of how she and Oliver met. She tells Lori that she was sharing a Paris apartment with her father, the deposed King of Hungary. While he was ... See full summary »

Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor, Tom Lester, Frank Cady

Votes: 76