Why women kill

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows why women kill

poster She's No Angel
She's No Angel
(2.6/5)
90mn - Drama, Thriller, Short
A young woman with a troubled past finds herself in a car accident and seizes an unexpected opportunity. She allows grieving parents to believe she's their late son's wife, finding comfort in their embrac…
poster Whispering City
Whispering City
(3.1/5)
98mn - Drama, Thriller
After hearing that a famous actress is dying in a hospital after being hit by a car, a reporter goes to the hospital to interview the actress. She then tells the reporter that her wealthy fiance, who was …
poster Young and Innocent
Young and Innocent
(3.4/5)
83mn - Thriller, Crime, Romance
Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to prove that he is not the killer. A young woman becomes…
poster Last Seen in Idaho
Last Seen in Idaho
110mn - Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A woman awakens from a coma after a car accident and begins having shocking visions of her future murder. It's a race against the clock as she tries to solve and prevent her own murder.
poster X's & O's
X's & O's
93mn - Comedy, Drama, Romance
Relationship issues arise between a researcher with a theory to explain away all his failed dating experiments, a player who wants out of the game, a deejay whose head spins with thoughts of God, a hoodra…
poster Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
(3.2/5)
103mn - Drama
A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.
poster Don't Say Its Name
Don't Say Its Name
84mn - Horror, Thriller
After environmental activist Kharis Redwater is called back to the living world by her mother Mary Lynn after a questionable “accident” that cost Kharis her life, an ancient spirit is reborn outside of a …
poster Lady Gangster
Lady Gangster
(2.9/5)
62mn - Crime, Drama
An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the money from her partners and hides it, thinking to use it as a b…
poster Mae West
Mae West
(3.2/5)
95mn - Drama, Short
Biography of the curvaceous and sharp-witted actress who scandalized Broadway and Hollywood in the 1920s-30s with her frank approach to sex.
poster The Cradle
The Cradle
107mn - Horror, Thriller
When Frank and Julie move to a small isolated town with their son Sam, both Julie and Sam become ill. Driven by terrifying nightmares of torture that come true Frank begs a local midwife Helen to care for…
poster The Last Fling
The Last Fling
(3.1/5)
95mn - Comedy, Romance, Short
A young woman decides to have one more romantic escapade before marrying her dull fiancé.
poster Too Late for Tears
Too Late for Tears
(3.7/5)
99mn - Crime, Mystery
Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.
poster Don't Go in the House
Don't Go in the House
(2.8/5)
82mn - Horror
As a child, Donald was tormented by his mother who used fire as a punishment. Now a deranged adult, Donald stalks women at clubs, then takes them home where he kills them with a flamethrower.
poster Lady of Burlesque
Lady of Burlesque
(3.2/5)
91mn - Comedy, Music, Mystery
After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.
poster Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
(2.7/5)
71mn - Fantasy, Horror
A young woman discovers she is the daughter of the infamous Dr. Jekyll, and begins to believe that she may also have a split personality, one of whom is a ruthless killer.
poster All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
(2.8/5)
90mn - Short, Crime, Drama
A teacher is arrested and jailed for raping her 13-year-old student, and twice gives birth to his child.
poster Dial M for Murder
Dial M for Murder
(3.2/5)
98mn - Thriller, Short
A London businessman concocts an intricate plan to murder his unfaithful wife for her money.
poster Buried Alive
Buried Alive
62mn - Crime, Drama, Romance
A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it, and loses parole, becomes embittered, and gets blamed fo…
poster Mary White
Mary White
(3.3/5)
102mn - Drama, Short, Family
The true story of the relationship between famed author William Allen White and his teenaged daughter Mary, who died in a horseback-riding accident at age 16, and the powerful effect the tragedy had on th…
poster The Farm
The Farm
80mn - Thriller, Mystery, Horror
The young couple Nora and Alec are on their way back from a long road trip. In a desert town they want to take a break, but when they wake up the next morning, they are no longer in the motel where they …
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