Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "star-witness"

1. Animal Kingdom (2010)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A seventeen-year-old navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.

Director: David Michôd | Stars: James Frecheville, Guy Pearce, Joel Edgerton, Bryce Lindemann

Votes: 60,559 | Gross: $1.04M

2. The Enforcer (1951)

Approved | 87 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

A crusading district attorney finally gets a chance to prosecute the organizer and boss of Murder Inc.

Directors: Bretaigne Windust, Raoul Walsh | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia, Everett Sloane

Votes: 5,653

3. Murder, Inc. (1960)

Not Rated | 103 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The rise and fall of a 1930's Brooklyn crime syndicate, known as Murder Incorporated, led by mobster Lepke Buchalter.

Directors: Burt Balaban, Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Stuart Whitman, May Britt, Henry Morgan, Peter Falk

Votes: 1,673

4. The Rose Garden (1989)

PG-13 | 112 min | Drama

In Germany, an old man attacks another old man and is arrested. The attacker refuses to speak. A female lawyer is appointed to him. She discovers that the attacker has numbers tattooed on his arm and the attacked man was a German officer.

Director: Fons Rademakers | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Maximilian Schell, Peter Fonda, Jan Niklas

Votes: 465

5. Pamela Smart: An American Murder Mystery (2018)

126 min | Documentary, Crime

This three part special explores the story of Gregg Smart, whose wife Pamela Smart plotted his murder at the hands of four teenage boys in 1990.

Stars: Paul Maggiotto, Diane Dimond, Dan Pelletier, Cecelia Pierce

Votes: 246

6. Das Engelsgesicht

Drama | Announced

The true story of the German mafia hitman, Giorgio Basile, AKA "Angel Face", who was connected to the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate and became a state witness against the Italian mafia in 1998.

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Star: Moritz Bleibtreu

7. Grand Jury (1959– )
Episode: Conspiracy (1959)

30 min | Drama

When the star witness at a political corruption hearing disappears, Driscoll and Stone are ordered to locate him.

Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Lyle Bettger, Harold J. Stone, Douglass Dumbrille, Clarke Gordon

8. The Loretta Young Show (1953–1961)
Episode: Dangerous Verdict (1958)

30 min | Drama

A man who is to be tried for murder tries to escape across the Mexican border since he was not granted a change of venue. His concern was that the judge, being a woman, would allow emotion to influence the verdict.

Director: John Newland | Stars: Loretta Young, Barney Phillips, George Keymas, Clark Howat

Votes: 8

9. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Line of Fire (1988)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A drug kingpin on trial for murder puts a million dollar contract out on a punk rocker who is the star witness for the prosecution. The FBI want Crockett and Tubbs to safe house the witness, but keeping him alive is going to be a challenge.

Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 322

10. The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode: Star Witness (1960)

52 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An accountant with a brilliant mind for numbers agrees to testify against the mob. But keeping him safe before the trial keeps Ness and his men on the run.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Robert Stack, Marc Lawrence, Jim Backus, Jerry Paris

Votes: 102

11. Murder, Mystery and My Family (2018– )
Episode: Episode #2.3 (2019)

44 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Jeremy and Sasha examine a curious case of poisoning in Croydon in 1907 that caused the demise of an innocent family. The great-grandsons of the man convicted of the ghastly deed want to learn the truth about their ancestor.

Directors: James Brailsford, Simon Cooper | Stars: Tony Hirst, Sasha Wass, Jeremy Dein, David Radford

12. True Crime Authors (2003– )
Episode: The Westies (2003)

Documentary

Adapted from the critically acclaimed true crime bestsellers, each author tells their infamous stories on-camera. Each story is told only from the author's perspective. Even among the Mob, ... See full summary »

Stars: T.J. English, Brian Bogulski, Jimmy Coonan, Roy DeMeo

13. Locked Up Abroad (2007– )
Episode: The Real Goodfella (2011)

TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, Drama

Henry Hill--who inspired the movie Goodfellas--relays the true story of his rise and fall as a drug dealing wiseguy in the New York mob.

Director: Mark Lewis | Stars: Henry Hill, Cale Epps, Carissa Dalton, Joe Jones

Votes: 56

14. Chicago P.D. (2014– )
Episode: The Ghost in You (2023)

TV-14 | Action, Crime, Drama

State's Attorney Nina Chapman pursue a drug runner who dodged prison years ago after Chapman's informant disappeared. Voight uncovers a damaging secret from Chapman's past threatening the investigation and Chapman's career.

Director: Benny Boom | Stars: Jason Beghe, Tracy Spiridakos, Marina Squerciati, Patrick John Flueger

Votes: 305

15. Scary Tales of New York (2023– )
Episode: Haircut for a Mob Boss (2023)

Crime

Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, once the chief of the notorious "Murder Incorporated" crime firm, winds up the target of a mob hit in a barber shop chair.

Director: Steve Maher | Stars: Frank DiMatteo, Michael Cannell, Colm Meaney, Shane Serrano

16. Get Gotti (2023)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2023)

Documentary, Crime

As the FBI and OCTF race to bring Gotti to trial, someone else gets there first. But will any charges stick to the slickest criminal in the city?

Director: Sebastian Smith | Stars: Diane Giacalone, George Gabriel, Jim Kossler, Eric Shawn

Votes: 116

17. The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
The Government Floods the Country With Criminals and Punishes You If You Defend Yourself Against Them (2024 Podcast Episode)

News, Talk-Show

Matt Walsh criticizes a case where prosecutors targeted an elderly man defending his property against illegal aliens, illustrating broader governmental failures and overreach.

18. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Vito Genovese (2012)

TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Raised in the slums with terrifying gangs. He grew to inherit a Mafia entity; only to be faced with murder, the electric chair and fierce rivalry.

Director: Gerry Pomeroy | Stars: Selwyn Raab, Joseph Coffey, Thomas Reppetto, Douglas Valentine

Votes: 13