Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "stolen-art"

1. The Midnight Sky (2020)

PG-13 | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

This post-apocalyptic tale follows Augustine, a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to stop Sully and her fellow astronauts from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.

Director: George Clooney | Stars: George Clooney, Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Caoilinn Springall

Votes: 89,339

2. The Monuments Men (2014)

PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, War

An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from German thieves and return them to their owners.

Director: George Clooney | Stars: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett

Votes: 141,011 | Gross: $78.03M

3. Big Eyes (I) (2014)

PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter

Votes: 99,028 | Gross: $14.48M

4. Trance (I) (2013)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An art auctioneer becomes mixed up with a group of criminals partners with a hypnotherapist in order to recover a lost painting.

Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel, Danny Sapani

Votes: 117,666 | Gross: $2.32M

5. The Train (1964)

Not Rated | 133 min | Action, Thriller, War

In 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to send to Germany. The Resistance must stop it without damaging the cargo.

Directors: John Frankenheimer, Arthur Penn | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon

Votes: 18,819 | Gross: $7.41M

6. Twist (2021)

R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A Modern take on the classic tale of Oliver Twist.

Director: Martin Owen | Stars: Dominic Di Tommaso, Lena Headey, Samuel Leakey, Sally Collett

Votes: 3,051

7. A Night in Casablanca (1946)

Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Family

The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.

Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Charles Drake

Votes: 7,462

8. Huntress: Spirit of the Night (1996)

R | 86 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A present day erotic horror about an aristocratic woman who inherits her family's castle and with it the werewolf curse.

Director: Mark Manos | Stars: Jenna Bodnar, George Alexandru, Virgil Andriescu, Constantin Cotimanis

Votes: 541

9. Brush with Fate (2003 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Drama

The story of a painting as it moves from owner to owner through the centuries.

Director: Brent Shields | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Glenn Close, Thomas Gibson, Phyllida Law

Votes: 487

10. The Art of More (2015–2016)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama

The Art Of More exposes the crime and intrigue behind the glamorous facade of New York auction houses.

Stars: Christian Cooke, Kate Bosworth, Cary Elwes, Dennis Quaid

Votes: 851

11. Police Python 357 (1976)

Not Rated | 126 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An inspector is having a secret relationship with a woman. When she is murdered by his boss, all proof is against him.

Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Yves Montand, François Périer, Simone Signoret, Stefania Sandrelli

Votes: 2,074

12. Monsieur Batignole (2002)

100 min | Comedy, Drama, War

In 1942, in occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in the building of his grocery. When Pierre-Jean Lamour, his future ... See full summary »

Director: Gérard Jugnot | Stars: Jules Sitruk, Gérard Jugnot, Michèle Garcia, Jean-Paul Rouve

Votes: 3,449

13. Where is Gilgamesh? (2024)

90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Post-production

A priceless tablet of Gilgamesh, the oldest and most important work of literature is stolen from a Museum. A security guard vows to do whatever it takes to get it back from a group of smugglers. Along the way, he face his own inner demons.

Director: Karzan Kardozi | Stars: Barzan Yunis, Goran Dlshad, Ragash Kizhan, Yasin Omar

14. The Light Touch (1951)

Approved | 93 min | Crime, Drama

After a professional art thief steals a religious painting from an Italian museum, he tries to cheat his partner by claiming the painting was accidentally destroyed but his suspicious partner and the police are determined to find it.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli, George Sanders, Kurt Kasznar

Votes: 503

15. Cloportes (1965)

Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Crime

Three petty criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they lack the starting funds to buy the required welding torch. So they persuade their successful ... See full summary »

Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Lino Ventura, Charles Aznavour, Irina Demick, Maurice Biraud

Votes: 596

16. Tempesta (2004)

R | 96 min | Thriller, Drama

American art expert Patrick Donovan (Scot Williams) is offered a deadly choice and runs the risk of being framed after a famous masterpiece goes missing in Venice.

Director: Tim Disney | Stars: Scot Williams, Natalia Verbeke, Rutger Hauer, Valentina Cervi

Votes: 305

17. Nancy Drew: Labyrinth of Lies (2014 Video Game)

E10+ | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew investigates a series of thefts from a museum in Greece.

Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Julia Stockton, Katherine Grant-Suttie, Beau Prichard

Votes: 45

18. The Safecracker (1958)

Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama, War

A British safe cracker goes to prison but when World War II starts he's recruited by army intelligence and is sent to German-occupied Belgium to crack the safe of a German Abwehr unit located in a chateau.

Director: Ray Milland | Stars: Ray Milland, Barry Jones, Jeanette Sterke, Victor Maddern

Votes: 450

19. Nancy Drew: Danger by Design (2006 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew goes undercover in Paris to determine the cause of a famous fashion designer's bizarre behavior.

Director: Mike Paganini | Stars: Lani Minella, Amy Broomhall, Megan Hill, Shawnmarie Stanton

Votes: 84

20. The Queen's Man (2019)

88 min | Documentary, Crime

Steve Talt used to bodyguard Farah Pahlavi, the exiled Queen of Iran. So when he discovers that her art was stolen by the Mafia in 1980, he sets out on a quixotic quest to recover it.

Directors: Daniel Claridge, Andrew Coffman | Stars: Steve Talt, Frank Keetz, Thomas McShane, Edgar Robb

Votes: 12

21. Exhibit A: Leary Verses Hicks (2007)

Not Rated | 21 min | Short, Biography, Comedy

EXHIBIT A: Leary Vs. Hicks is an experimental documentary meditation on the dangers of artistic theft in the world of stand-up comedy, and an expose on the little-known yet long-standing ... See full summary »

Director: Andy Gately | Stars: Bill Hicks, Denis Leary

Votes: 86

22. Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice (2008 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew goes undercover in Venice to track down an art thief known as "The Phantom".

Director: Mike Paganini | Stars: Lani Minella, Adrienne MacIain, Jonah Von Spreecken, Gin Hammond

Votes: 67

23. Fastlane (2002–2003)
Episode: Wet (2002)

Not Rated | 44 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A masked female assassin makes an attempt on Wisdom Baileys life, so Van must try and get into the suspects life to prove it was her, but as usual he gets a little too close.

Director: Chris Long | Stars: Peter Facinelli, Bill Bellamy, Tiffani Thiessen, Jamie Anne Allman

Votes: 58

24. Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode: A Tsar Is Born (1999)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy

The rift between Martin and his sons' tastes is bridged when they find they are all fans of "The Antique Roadshow." The boys have a great time watching it on TV, and when the Roadshow comes to Seattle, they all go.

Director: Pamela Fryman | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin

Votes: 975

25. Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode: The Collector General (1968)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War

A collection of stolen art comes to Stalag 13 and Hogan decides to steal it back for the Allies.

Director: Bruce Bilson | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary

Votes: 167

26. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: Art (2001)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A pair of art critics are found dead, leading Goren and Eames to discover a series of forged paintings.

Director: David Platt | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 504

27. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: The Lost Madonna (1989)

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

When a drug bust nabs artwork instead of drugs, Crockett and Tubbs enter the underground art scene, but a cop from New York (Michael Chiklis) takes control of the operation to protect the artwork.

Director: Chip Chalmers | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 345

28. Sword of Freedom (1957– )
Episode: The Pagan Venus (1957)

25 min | Adventure, Family

In order to raise money to buy expensive brass cannon, De Medici connives with the Artists' Guild leadership to ban the possession of classical and pagan art, then plans to sell the confiscated works to an Milanese art dealer.

Director: Anthony Squire | Stars: Edmund Purdom, Martin Benson, Adrienne Corri, Roland Bartrop

29. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode: Heretic (1986)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Arrogant art "dealer" Harte buys an expensive 16th century tempera painting from an art fence, then lands in a Court of Inquisition to face judgment for his act.

Director: Gerald Cotts | Stars: Roberts Blossom, Bruce MacVittie, Michael O'Hare, Alan Scarfe

Votes: 203

30. Without a Trace (2002–2009)
Episode: Trials (2004)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jack and the team search for Peter Dusek, a wealthy, 72-year-old murder trial juror, whose disappearance could cause a mistrial. Although the agents initially suspect that the defendant may... See full summary »

Director: David Von Ancken | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Poppy Montgomery, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Enrique Murciano

Votes: 150

31. Adventures of the Seaspray (1966– )
Episode: The Surfers (1967)

26 min | Adventure, Family

After the Seaspray docks in Sydney, Australia, Mike and Sue Wells immediately head for Bondi Beach to learn how to surf. Their pretty instructor turns out to be part of a gang responsible for stealing a valuable art collection.

Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Walter Brown, Susanne Haworth, Gary Gray, Leoni Lesinawi

32. The Adventures of Batman (1968–1969)
Episode: The Cool, Cruel Mr. Freeze/The Joke's on Robin/Can a Luthor Change His Spots?/Superboy Meets Mighty Lad (1968)

23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

All of Gotham's water will turn to ice unless Mr. Freeze can be stopped but will posing as a criminal work for Batman? / Batman decides to go solo after Robin gets in his way while trying to apprehend the Joker.

Directors: Hal Sutherland, Anatole Kirsanoff | Stars: Bud Collyer, Bob Hastings, Jackson Beck, Jack Grimes

Votes: 59

33. Mr. & Mrs. North (1952–1954)
Episode: Jade Dragon (1953)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

When Jerry receives a letter written entirely in Chinese, he and Pam go to Chinatown to find someone who will translate the letter. Instead they find the proverbial hornets' nest.

Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Richard Denning, Barbara Britton, Francis De Sales, Richard Loo

Votes: 19

34. Monk (2002–2009)
Episode: Mr. Monk Takes a Punch (2008)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A boxer narrowly avoids a bomb, and Stottlemeyer believes it won't be the only attempt with a championship bout coming up. Meantime, Monk splits his time between the case and contemplating ... See full summary »

Director: Barnet Kellman | Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Traylor Howard, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine

Votes: 1,159

35. Whitstable Pearl (2021– )
Episode: Random Acts (2021)

TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Working with local cop DS Nikki Martel, Mike investigates the death of a diabetic estate agent force-fed marmalade. When a woman hires Pearl to look into a large sum of cash left in her ... See full summary »

Director: David Caffrey | Stars: Kerry Godliman, Howard Charles, Frances Barber, Isobelle Molloy

Votes: 222

36. P.J. (1997–2009)
Episode: Virage (2008)

Crime, Thriller

The police commissioner Chantal Saboureu has come back to the police station: the team of the police station must be more present in the neighborhood and must taken in more people for ... See full summary »

Director: Pierre Leix-Cote | Stars: Charles Schneider, Valérie Bagnou-Beido, Raphaëlle Lubansu, Jalil Naciri

37. S.W.A.T. (2017– )
Episode: Provenance (2022)

TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Crime

After an armed robbery crew invades a downtown auction house, the case quickly turns personal for Hondo when his sister, Winnie, is taken as one of the hostages.

Director: Billy Gierhart | Stars: Shemar Moore, Alex Russell, Lina Esco, Kenny Johnson

Votes: 293

38. Britain's Underworld (2010– )
Episode: Dublin Gangland (2011)

Documentary, Crime, History

Lifting the lid on Dublin's brutal history of organised gangs, including leader Larry Dunne who became Ireland's first millionaire drug kingpin.

Director: Anouk Curry | Stars: Gerry O'Carroll, Cathal Cryan, Christy Dunne, Tony Hickey

39. Castle (2009–2016)
Episode: Eye of the Beholder (2011)

TV-PG | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Jealousy arises when an insurance investigator helps the team.

Director: John Terlesky | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas

Votes: 1,329

40. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Painting Theft: Parts 5-6 (1962)

TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Painting Theft" Part 5 of 6, Fractured Fairy Tales "The Flying Carpet", Peabody's Improbable History "The First Bullfight", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Painting Theft" Part 6 of 6.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 29

41. TopTenz (2010– )
Episode: The Most Amazing Treasures Ever Discovered (2022)

11 min | Documentary

From advanced deep-sea expeditions to your schlubby neighbor armed with only a metal detector he got on sale at Walmart, treasure hunters all share a common goal of someday striking it rich... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

42. Switched at Birth (2011–2017)
Episode: To the Victor Belong the Spoils (2015)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Family, Romance

With Mingo's help, Daphne holds a fundraiser to help support a sign-language school in Mexico. Bay is livid when a student starts using her art to sell crude t-shirts. Regina deals with the... See full summary »

Director: Jaime Eliezer Karas | Stars: Sean Berdy, Lucas Grabeel, Katie Leclerc, Vanessa Marano

Votes: 70

43. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Painting Theft: Parts 1-2 (1962)

TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Painting Theft" Part 1 of 6, Fractured Fairy Tales "Red White", Peabody's Improbable History "Charge of the Light Brigade", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Painting Theft" Part 2 of 6.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 22

44. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Painting Theft: Parts 3-4 (1962)

TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Painting Theft" Part 3 of 6, Fractured Fairy Tales "Cutie and the Beast", Peabody's Improbable History "Royal Mounted Police", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Painting Theft" Part 4 of 6.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 22

45. Switched at Birth (2011–2017)
Episode: Relation of Lines and Colors (2017)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Iris starts a protest demanding a fight against racism, but it could cause her trouble. Bay gets caught in a love triangle between Travis and Emmet. Bay learns that her work is being plagiarized by her boss.

Director: Carlos González | Stars: Lucas Grabeel, Katie Leclerc, Vanessa Marano, Constance Marie

Votes: 84

46. MacGyver (2016–2021)
Episode: Packing Peanuts + Fire (2017)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Mac and the team must steal a priceless painting in order to draw out a black market art dealer; Bozer attends a spy training academy; Riley must deal with the return of her estranged father.

Director: Stacey K. Black | Stars: Lucas Till, George Eads, Isabel Lucas, Tristin Mays

Votes: 596

47. Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode: Get the Picture (2018)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Murtaugh and Cole investigate after a robbery of a truck filled with fine art. Cole deals with lingering feelings for Natalie after a development in her life. Meanwhile, Riana blackmails ... See full summary »

Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Damon Wayans, Seann William Scott, Keesha Sharp, Kevin Rahm

Votes: 716

48. Reef Break (2019)
Episode: Despot (2019)

TV-PG | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a mysterious general arrives with an illicit cachet of stolen art and jewelry, Wyatt questions Cat's involvement and who she is really loyal to.

Director: Grant Brown | Stars: Poppy Montgomery, Ray Stevenson, Desmond Chiam, Melissa Bonne

Votes: 89