Movies and TvShows featuring "motive" theme.
The Sinner is a psychological thriller TV show that follows the investigation of a murder committed by a seemingly ordinary woman. As the police dig deeper into the case, they uncover hidden motives and a complex web of secrets. The show explores themes of guilt, trauma, and the human psyche.
Crossfire is a film noir from 1947 that follows a group of soldiers who are implicated in the murder of a Jewish man. The film explores themes of anti-Semitism and prejudice as a detective and a district attorney investigate the case. The story is set in Washington D.C. and delves into the complex social dynamics and internal conflicts within the group of soldiers.
Brendan, a loner teenager, delves into the world of a high school crime ring to uncover the truth behind his ex-girlfriend's disappearance.
A comedic exploration of one of life's big milestones, four sisters who have lost their parents and are packing up the family home to sell. But even in grief their messy lives go on.
The key to solving the toughest homicides lies somewhere in the final hours of a victim's life. In each one-hour episode, determined investigators must piece together events during this critical window to reconstruct the timeline, unlock the motive, and ultimately close in on the killer.
Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the story. Girard and lawyer Redfield throw a party for the news men where Murdock romances a mystery woman who confronted Girard in front of him, but Murdock's fiancée Hester shows up. After they return to his apartment, have a fight, and she leaves, the mystery woman slips in and begs for his help. Police Inspector Bacon and the cops show up, looking for the mystery woman; Murdock hides her. Murdock goes with the cops to discuss the murder the woman is suspected of. Bacon explains (in flashback) how some photogs were setting up a shot with Girard and Redfield. When the flashbulbs popped, Redfield keeled over dead and the woman, Meg Archer, fled while the newsmen ran out to phone their papers. The newsmen (who were rounded up later as thoroly as possible) are taken into police custody, except for Murdock (who wasn't at the scene), who is given a cap on the sly by rival McGoogin. Altho ...
The Suspect is a film-noir crime thriller from 1944. After being wrongfully accused of murder, a man must navigate the dark underbelly of London to uncover the true killer. With the help of a Scotland Yard inspector, he races against time to find the evidence that will clear his name.
Varg Veum, a private detective, is hired to find a missing twin. As he delves deeper into the case, he uncovers a dark conspiracy involving murder, rape, and child abduction. With the clock ticking, Veum must navigate through a web of deception and desperation to bring justice to those involved.
Rehearsal for Murder is a thrilling drama about a playwright who suspects foul play in the death of his fiancee. On the one-year anniversary of her suicide, he gathers the suspects for a play rehearsal, where events take a twisted turn. With false flashbacks and surprising revelations, the opening night becomes a real-life stage thriller.
When a play's two producers are murdered, the playwright tries to solve the crime.
Carrie, Mitzie, and Chicago get in trouble a lot in the women's prison, but are offered early parolement if they agree to become subjects of a study on human aggression and antisocial behavior at a Kansas City college. Dr. Blalock, the professor in charge of the study, is accepting money under the table from a shady government contact to use an experimental drug on the women. The drug induces the same hostile behavior the doctor is supposedly trying to cure, and after a while the women have a hard time conducting themselves in a civil manner.
A detective hunts a serial killer who resides within the fashion and modeling industry.
The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it appeared to be.
In Athens, Greece, a stern naval officer becomes a widower and struggles to maintain control of his household. Chaos ensues when a blonde vixen is hired as the housekeeper and disrupts his orderly life.
Nicholas Rood, dishonest mine owner, finds a Black Doll on his desk and knows that vengeance is about to overtake him for murdering his former partner. He is knifed as he talks to his daughter Marian. She summons her fiancé Nick Halstead, a private detective. He finds that six people had a motive for the murder; Rood's sister Mrs. Laura Leland; her son Rex; Rood's associates Mallison and Walling; Esteban, a servant and Dr. Giddings. Sheriff Renick and his deputy Red get the clues all mixed up, but Nick finally narrows the search down to one suspect...
Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. He grabs the plans with Archer's signature, but is captured by police before he can escape. Deported he comes back to America and plans to confront Archer, but Archer is found dead in his locked bedroom with a gun in his hand. While it looks like a suicide, Vance knows better and the coroner finds that Archer has been shot, hit with a blunt instrument and stabbed - making suicide unlikely. But Vance is on the case and is looking to see if government secrets have been sold and who has murdered Coe. This is a remake of "The Kennel Murder Case" using aircraft designs and espionage instead of Chinese porcelain and dog shows.
Siblings, Brad and Lisa Carpenter, along with two lifelong family friends, Will and Vanessa, set out road-tripping to an annual family reunion. They make the decision to find a place to stop and camp for the night. What ensues is a violent disturbance by six masked assailants, without motive or reason. The group find themselves living a night of psychological games and physical terror, and as morning dawns; the reality of what will come is more terrifying than anything the group could have ever imagined.
True crime documentary series with unique access to the video footage that leads to the conviction of killers around the world. Experts explain how the latest technology builds a visual montage of evidence.
A woman is tormented by dreams that she is the reincarnation of a dead countess. Her father, trying to get her to stop the dreams, takes her to a village near the castle of the late countess. In the village she meets a reporter who is investigating reports of the deaths of two young women who it is believed were killed by a creature that lives in the castle.