Highest-Rated Movies about 'Attempted Murder', Sort by Popularity

Beware the Slenderman (2016), Walkabout (1971), Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), The Hidden Room (1949), Pursuit to Algiers (1945), U Turn (1997), Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941), Goldtown Ghost Riders (1953) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Attempted Murder movies.

#16. Having Wonderful Crime (1945)

Storyline: Lawyer Malone's two zany friends embroil him in detective work once too often, and the police are after all three. So Malone must accompany Jake and beautiful Helene on their honeymoon at rustic Lenhart Lodge. There, they plunge into a broad burlesque of murder mystery cliches, with rapid-fire wisecracks, double takes, and every sight gag known to Hollywood.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: husband, wife, lawyer, magician's assistant, magician, hotel owner, playful ...

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#17. Sing Your Worries Away (1942)

Storyline: This package for comedy and the musical numbers has Luke Brown being drugged by the gangster operators of the swank Boathouse Inn; most notably Roxie a sexy pickpocket. Brown has information that Chow Brewster and his cousin have inherited $3,000,000. The owner of the Inn intends to keep Brown under wraps until they can drive Chow to suicide. He will then marry Chow's cousin before she finds out about her inheritance.—Jeffrey Ewing

Plot Keywords: nightclub owner, hatcheck girl, songwriter, cousin, best friend, girlfriend, madcap ...

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#19. The Land That Time Forgot (1975)

Storyline: After a German U-Boat sinks their ship, several survivors manage to take control of the boat. Bowen Tyler is the son of an American shipbuilder and Captain Bradley an experienced seaman. After several tussles with the German crew, they find themselves on a strange island. There they find a place where several stages of Earth's evolution co-exist at the same time. As a result several types of humans are found as well as prehistoric dinosaurs. There are also active volcanoes which all add up to a challenge to survive.—garykmcd

Plot Keywords: sailor, soldier, captain, pretty woman, german, suspenseful, engaging ...

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#20. Last Passenger (2013)

Storyline: Dr. Lewis Shaler and his son Max are traveling by train to London. Lewis will leave Max to attend the funeral for victims of a great accident at the hospital where he works. When Max accidentally spills coffee on Sarah Barwell, Lewis offers to pay for the cleaning, and soon they start a talking. When the train stops, Lewis sees a man on the track apparently fixing the brakes. When the trains moves, he sees another man crawling on the tracks. Lewis seeks out the train conductor and finds he's missing. When the train bypasses a stop, he tries to contact the driver. After talking with the few passengers onboard, they realise the train has no brake and the driver's suicidal.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: worker, passenger, train passenger, driver, father, son, young woman ...

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#21. The Man Called Noon (1973)

Storyline: Noon is a gunfighter who has become amnesiac. Helped by Rimes, an outlaw who has befriended him, he tries to figure out who he is actually. It gradually appears that his wife and kid have been murdered. As time goes by, Noon also recalls a fortune hidden somewhere. Niland, a scheming judge, and Peg Cullane, a greedy will do everything to prevent Noon and Rimes from achieving their end while Fan Davidge, a woman living in a ghost town, will support them.—Guy Bellinger

Plot Keywords: amnesiac, outlaw, beautiful woman, judge, gunslinger, engaging, emotional ...

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#23. Piercing (2018)

Storyline: Outwardly, Reed leads a typical yuppie life living in a stylish apartment with his wife Mona and their newborn daughter, it afforded by a white collar professional career. But Reed has a need not only to kill, but kill in a specific way, with an ice pick. Rather than his initial target, he instead chooses as his victim an English speaking prostitute. On the pretense of an out of town conference, he leaves home, and instead checks into an upscale hotel, goes through the motions of the murder to ensure that that part of it goes off without a hitch, and hires his target prostitute through a service, the intended victim named Jackie. What Reed does not anticipate is that Jackie has her own agenda for their time together, which he at times believes is on her knowledge and acceptance of her fate at his hands. Regardless, what ensues is a psychological cat and mouse game between the two, it never clear who is the mouse and who is the cat.—Huggo

Plot Keywords: wife, child, murderer, call girl, prostitute, unfaithful husband, uneasy ...

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#24. Spooks Run Wild (1941)

Storyline: The boys are sent to a mountain camp. Stranded in a small rural town, they hear about a "monster killer" roaming the countryside. At night, they sneak out. Peewee is shot by a grave-digger, and they are forced to seek aid at an old mansion. The owner of the mansion (Lugosi), insists that the boys spend the night. After seeing PeeWee walk around the house in a trance, the boys decide that the man turned him into a zombie. They gang up on him and tie him up. The nurse at the boys camp (Dorothy Short) sets out to find the missing boys with Von Grosch (Dennis Moore), who has come to rid the town of the killer- or has he?—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: young man, mysterious man, nurse, lawyer, writer, magician, creepy ...

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#25. The 15:17 to Paris (2018)

Storyline: In the early evening of August 21, 2015, the world watched in stunned silence as the media reported a thwarted terrorist attack on Thalys train #9364 bound for Paris, an attempt prevented by three courageous young Americans travelling through Europe. This movie follows the course of the friends' lives, from the struggles of childhood through finding their footing in life, to the series of unlikely events leading up to the attack. Throughout the harrowing ordeal, their friendship never wavers, making it their greatest weapon and allowing them to save the lives of the more than five hundred passengers on-board.

Plot Keywords: terrorist, train passenger, train conductor, victim, soldier, hero, intense ...

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#26. Throttle (2005)

Storyline: Every day, millions of people descend into underground parking garages, get into their cars and drive to the safety of their homes. But tonight, five levels down in a deserted corporate parking structure, financial analyst Tom Weaver won't be going home. After finishing a late night business deal, Tom arrives at section E5 of the garage only to discover his car won't start. Worse yet, the elevators are shut down and every stairwell has been locked. Trapped in the bowels of the garage, Tom realizes he's not alone. Something else is down here. Watching. Waiting. A monstrous 6000 lb Truck whose driver sits hidden behind a veil of tinted glass. A lethal killer with only one agenda: Not letting Tom get out alive. Over the next six hours, a terrifying game of cat and mouse ensues, testing Tom's will to survive and rattling his sanity. He must outwit his pursuer while trying to figure out who wants him dead: Has his business partner Gavin turned on him and could his wife Molly part of the plan? Or is it simply a case of extreme road rage after he cut someone off earlier in the day? As he fights his way to the surface, discovering horrifying new clues on each level of the garage, Tom realizes the Truck Driver is playing for keeps. Either he outsmarts the mysterious killer behind the wheel... or he won't live to see the light of day. E5 is an unrelenting paranoid suspense thriller that turns an everyday situation into a terrifying nightmare. Parking your car will never be the same again.—KLange

Plot Keywords: financier, banker, businessman, stalker, wife, partner, frightening ...

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#28. Inspector Clouseau (1968)

Storyline: Detective Inspector is borrowed from the Surete on special assignment for Scotland Yard in hopes that a fresh outlook will help the government recover the loot from the Great Train Robbery, which is being used to underwrite a new crime wave. What they don't count on, however, is having more than one Closeeau on the job.—duke1029@aol.com

Plot Keywords: inspector clouseau, prime minister, kidnapper, bank robber, police officer, corrupt cop, madcap ...

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#29. Lone Star Law Men (1941)

Storyline: Duke is the leader of a gang of border bandits. When Marshal Brady is sent to investigate, he is shot. Found by Tom and sidekick Lopez, Tom gets Brady to make him his deputy. Duke makes Tom Sheriff and Tom sets a trap to capture the gang. But Duke is suspicious and changes plans and Tom quickly finds himself Duke's prisoner.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>

Plot Keywords: marshal, rancher, sidekick, young woman, gang leader, outlaw, rousing ...

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