Why women kill

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows why women kill

poster Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
(2.9/5)
100mn - Crime, Drama, Short
Pamela Smart knows exactly what she wants and is willing to do anything to get it. She is fed up with teaching, and her marriage offers little excitement. Looking for a way out she applies for a job at a …
poster The Killing Secret
The Killing Secret
(3.1/5)
86mn - Mystery, Thriller, Short
A pregnant teen is murdered and a popular high-school senior is suspected. But will his girlfriend stick by him to prove his innocence despite the fact she has bonded with the victim's mother?
poster How to Murder a Millionaire
How to Murder a Millionaire
(2.6/5)
87mn - Comedy, Short
A Beverly Hills housewife suspects that her husband of thirty years is trying to kill her.
poster The Woman Who Sinned
The Woman Who Sinned
100mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller
A woman contemplates having an affair, which leads her into a web of deceit, suspense, and murder.
poster Every Woman's Dream
Every Woman's Dream
(3/5)
100mn - Comedy, Crime, Drama
A man suffering from borderline personality disorder is married to two women, who don’t know the other exists. As bills pile up and cracks start to show, the women independently start to suspect something…
poster Death in Small Doses
Death in Small Doses
(2.8/5)
88mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller
One night Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after - poisoned with arsenic. Her family immediately suspects her husband Richard, who left her temporarily the year before because of an affair. Espe…
poster Violation of Trust
Violation of Trust
(3/5)
89mn - Crime, Drama, Short
Single mother Susan Essex admirably picks up the pieces after the split from her husband Matthew, and she can depend upon her daughter Justine for support. When Justine learns that her friend Vicky has be…
poster Deadly Vows
Deadly Vows
(3.0/5)
87mn - Short, Crime, Drama
Tom Weston is a short tempered truck driver who has always aspired to live big. He begins dating Bobbi Gilbert, who is half his age and plans on marrying her, which is a problem since he's already married…
poster Blood on Her Hands
Blood on Her Hands
(2.6/5)
94mn - Thriller, Crime, Short
A beautiful and deadly seductress destroys any man whose passion threatens her independence.
poster Deadly Family Secrets
Deadly Family Secrets
95mn - Thriller
A New York executive, Martha, witnesses a murder and discovers that the killer is her new brother-in-law. When her sister is nearly killed and her sister's children kidnapped to silence her, she must unra…
poster Dead Before Dawn
Dead Before Dawn
(3/5)
120mn - Drama, Thriller, Short
Based upon a true story. Wife with young family finds life becoming unbearable with her successful, but violent and abusive, husband. After filing for divorce, she quickly learns that her husband, through…
poster Hooded Angels
Hooded Angels
102mn - Action, Drama, Western
A gang of women wreak vengeance upon the society that failed them.
poster A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
(3.6/5)
96mn - Short, Thriller, Drama
After sixteen years of marriage and four children, Betty Broderick's high-powered attorney husband decides to leave her for a younger woman with whom he's been having an affair. Hurt by his betrayal and f…
poster AWOL
AWOL
(2.8/5)
82mn - Drama
A young woman in the Army must make tough decisions when her love for an older woman causes her to question just where she is going. Adapted from Deb Shoval's 2011 short film of the same name.
poster Chained for Life
Chained for Life
81mn - Drama
A Siamese twin kills the husband who left her. The courts have to decide if she is convicted of murder, how can they punish her sister, who had nothing to do with the crime?
poster False Arrest
False Arrest
(3.2/5)
192mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller
A luxury home, a handsome husband and terrific children. But it all comes crashing down when she is accused of being a mastermind behind a brutal triple-homicide and is arrested and handcuffed in front of…
poster Vows of Deception
Vows of Deception
(2.9/5)
94mn - Short, Drama, Thriller
When a prominent lawyer is found murdered, his wife is promptly arrested and charged with the crime. She swiftly accuses her stepson, with whom she claims to be having an affair. This sheds enough reaso…
poster Shootdown
Shootdown
(2.9/5)
100mn - Drama, Short
Nan Moore is a U.S. government employee whose son is killed when Korean Air Flight 007 is shot down by Soviets on September 1, 1983. While the "official" story maintains that the flight accidentally veere…
poster Hannie Caulder
Hannie Caulder
(4.5/5)
82mn - Drama, Western, Crime
Hannie enlists the aid of bounty hunter Tom Price to teach her how to be a gunfighter so she can hunt down the 3 men who killed her husband and raped her.
poster The Execution
The Execution
(2.9/5)
90mn - Drama, Short
The members of a San Diego Wednesday night womens' mah jongg club are five survivors of a Nazi concentration camp. They recognize the owner of a local restaurant, Walter Grossman, as a doctor from the cam…
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