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Cold Case Files (1999)

Crime · Documentary

Explore compelling cases that have gone cold for years, chronicling the journeys of the detectives who reopened them. The detectives relive the events of the crimes, reveal new twists and startling revelations, relying on breakthroughs in forensic technology and the influence of social media to help crack these cases.

IMDb rating
8.0 (2,112 votes)
Episode average
7.2 -0.8 vs IMDb
Seasons
5
Streaming (US)
Amazon Prime Video · Disney+
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1999)

7.35 avg 24 episodes 7.6 → 7.2 46 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 20 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 41 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 23 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 18 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 19 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 39 votesEp 7: 7.1 · 22 votesEp 8: 7.2 · 17 votesEp 9: 6.9 · 16 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 24 votesEp 11: 7.4 · 28 votesEp 12: 4.6 · 14 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 22 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 31 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 28 votesEp 16: 7.3 · 28 votesEp 17: 7.5 · 18 votesEp 18: 7.6 · 23 votesEp 19: 7.3 · 17 votesEp 20: 7.7 · 21 votesEp 21: 7.1 · 16 votesEp 22: 6.9 · 21 votesEp 23: 7.6 · 23 votesEp 24: 7.2 · 17 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Hour 17.620
2The Boy and the Monster/Secret in the Cellar7.741
3The Texas Drifter/The Fingerprint File7.323
4The Answer in the Box/Maternal Instinct7.418
5The Hunter Homicides/The Skulls of Stanley Park7.919
6Through Eyes of a Child/The Killer Next Door8.239
7One Night on the Bayou/The Buckeye Misdemeanor7.122
8The Mark of Cain/Death on the Freeway7.217
9Terror in Telluride/Signature of a Killer6.916
10Diary of a Serial Arsonist/The Lost Clue7.524
11Killer on the Strip/The Doll Murder7.428
12Murder Illustrated/Blood Relations4.614
13The Burning Secret/Justice Delayed7.722
14Reconstructing Murder/Fire Flicks7.831
15The Missing Informant/Man's Best Friend7.828
16Killer in the County7.328
17Presumed Dead/The Tow Truck Killer7.518
18Portrait of a Killer/The Tortured Truth7.623
19Vanished7.317
20The Missing and the Dead7.721
21Silent Witness/Innocence Lost7.116
22Frozen in Time/Little Girl Lost6.921
23Family Secret/Blood Trail7.623
24Bodies in the Bay/Cold Hit7.217

Season 2 (2000)

7.50 avg 25 episodes 7.2 → 7.2 43 min avg

Ep 1: 7.2 · 21 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 23 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 21 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 27 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 26 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 25 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 26 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 23 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 22 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 24 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 28 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 25 votesEp 13: 6.8 · 18 votesEp 14: 7.1 · 21 votesEp 15: 7.7 · 20 votesEp 16: 6.8 · 21 votesEp 17: 6.9 · 13 votesEp 18: 7.4 · 22 votesEp 19: 7.2 · 26 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 23 votesEp 21: 7.1 · 17 votesEp 22: 8.2 · 31 votesEp 23: 6.9 · 13 votesEp 24: 8.6 · 37 votesEp 25: 7.2 · 18 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Operation Jambalaya/Footprints in the Snow7.221
2The South Side Rapist7.523
3Mark of a Killer/Dead Ends7.521
4The Baiting Game7.427
5Ticket to Nowhere/The Paper Route7.826
6Traces of Murder/The Bathtub Killer7.525
7Pride and the Fall/The Nail File7.826
8In the Care of a Killer/Deadly Lies7.523
9Lady in the Box8.122
10Crimes of the KKK7.724
11Murder on the Menu7.928
12The Widow and the Wolf/Unicorns and Alligators8.025
13Vintage Murder/Trouble in Paradise6.818
14The Perfect Murder/Death of the Innocents7.121
15The Unluckiest Man/The Deadly Triangle7.720
16Cat and Mouse/Final Fare6.821
17The Cuff Link/Graveyard Shift6.913
18The Good Samaritan/Gun Shy7.422
19A Map to Murder/Life on the Run7.226
20Soft Kill/Unsolved7.823
21License to Kill/The Tell-Tale Mark/The Super7.117
22The Original Night Stalker8.231
23Cold Hit/Silent Kill6.913
24Mommy Rules8.637
25A Sealed Fate/Deadly Divorce7.218

Season 3 (2001)

7.00 avg 25 episodes 7.0 → 7.2 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.0 · 19 votesEp 2: 7.1 · 39 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 19 votesEp 4: 6.9 · 13 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 19 votesEp 6: 6.8 · 16 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 27 votesEp 8: 6.5 · 12 votesEp 9: 6.2 · 9 votesEp 10: 7.2 · 18 votesEp 11: 7.3 · 16 votesEp 12: 7.4 · 17 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 20 votesEp 14: 7.1 · 30 votesEp 15: 6.4 · 11 votesEp 16: 6.6 · 17 votesEp 17: 6.6 · 11 votesEp 18: 6.6 · 20 votesEp 19: 7.0 · 18 votesEp 20: 6.8 · 12 votesEp 21: 6.7 · 7 votesEp 22: 7.2 · 16 votesEp 23: 6.6 · 13 votesEp 24: 7.1 · 15 votesEp 25: 7.2 · 18 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Cop Killer/Evil Twin7.019
2The Zodiac Killer7.139
3The Accidental Killer/Little Sister Lost7.719
4The Merry Widow/The Bad Cop6.913
5Daddy Knows Best/Dawn of the Dead7.819
6The Killer's Tatoo6.816
7The Green River Killer7.427
8A Hitchhike to Murder/Never Forgotten6.512
9The DNA Link/The Secret Slide6.29
10Death Before 'I Do'/Hollywood Homicide7.218
11Blood Money/Precious Doe7.316
12Unholy Bible/A Daughter's Justice7.417
13Officer Down/Secret Twin7.720
14Weepy-Voiced Killer/The "Mr. Big" Sting7.130
15Bump in the Night/Blood on the Badge6.411
16The Lady Killer/A Husband's Secret6.617
17Mistaken for a Killer/A Woman Scorned6.611
18The Missing Hunters/The Flashlight Rapist6.620
19Cowboys on the Case/Office Politics7.018
20The Flaming Gorge Falls/Caught in the Mail6.812
21Murder Checks In/Killer in the City6.77
22The Shopping Cart Killer7.216
23The Hitmakers/Favor for a Friend6.613
24Lil' Miss/Skeletons in the Closet7.115
25Innocent Prey/The Punishment7.218

Season 4 (2002)

7.32 avg 25 episodes 6.9 → 6.7 44 min avg

Ep 1: 6.9 · 19 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 15 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 17 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 18 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 14 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 20 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 18 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 19 votesEp 9: 7.3 · 50 votesEp 10: 7.3 · 46 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 44 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 17 votesEp 13: 7.3 · 15 votesEp 14: 7.1 · 13 votesEp 15: 7.4 · 37 votesEp 16: 7.2 · 30 votesEp 17: 7.3 · 36 votesEp 18: 6.9 · 30 votesEp 19: 7.5 · 17 votesEp 20: 6.9 · 12 votesEp 21: 7.4 · 32 votesEp 22: 7.5 · 13 votesEp 23: 7.3 · 36 votesEp 24: 7.0 · 34 votesEp 25: 6.7 · 18 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Love Triangle/2nd Story Rapist6.919
2The Calling Card/Carol's Diary7.215
3Beauty Queen Killer/The Fingerprint7.517
4Friend of the Family/Remains of Murder7.718
5Under a Spell/Justice for Lisa7.414
6A Man Scorned/The Dungeon7.920
7A Killer Named Korn/The Night Watchman7.518
8The Bedroom Basher7.619
9Baby for Sale/The Barrel7.350
10The Bitemark/Justice for Eglena7.346
11Sex, Lies & Murder7.744
12The Monster/A Cousin's Promise7.617
13A Brother's Burden/The Midnight Attacker7.315
14The Well/The Deadly Ex7.113
15Deja Vu/Secret in the Well7.437
16The Tourniquet/Burning Desire7.230
17Manhunt7.336
18The Family/The Clue That Stuck6.930
19Man in the Shadows/The Hitchhiker7.517
20A Confession for Carmen/The Girls6.912
21A Sister Lost/Rumors of Murder7.432
22Smoky Mountain Mystery/A Drop of Blood7.513
23Rear Window/The Peeper7.336
24The Closers/Caught by an Eyelash7.034
25Kidnapped6.718

Season 5 (1999)

6.79 avg 27 episodes 6.9 → 6.4 44 min avg

Ep 1: 6.9 · 40 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 28 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 12 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 32 votesEp 5: 6.7 · 18 votesEp 6: 6.7 · 12 votesEp 7: 6.5 · 14 votesEp 8: 6.7 · 14 votesEp 9: 6.6 · 10 votesEp 10: 6.3 · 9 votesEp 11: 5.8 · 8 votesEp 12: 7.1 · 16 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 13 votesEp 14: 6.1 · 10 votesEp 15: 7.5 · 14 votesEp 16: 7.0 · 14 votesEp 17: 6.0 · 9 votesEp 18: 5.8 · 9 votesEp 19: 7.5 · 15 votesEp 20: 7.0 · 27 votesEp 21: 7.0 · 27 votesEp 22: 7.4 · 23 votesEp 23: 6.3 · 9 votesEp 24: 6.1 · 10 votesEp 25: 6.0 · 8 votesEp 26: 7.2 · 12 votesEp 28: 6.4 · 9 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Obsession: Dave Reichert and the Green River Killer6.940
2Finding BTK8.028
3Death of a Deacon/A Wife's Mission7.312
4Snatched/A Detective's Promise7.332
5The Sunday Morning Slasher6.718
6Caught on Tape/A Son to Remember6.712
7On the Case: Nacole's Killer6.514
8Killer on Campus/The Bow Hunter6.714
9Something Snapped/A Killer's Dream6.610
10Daddy Dearest/A Pastor's Wife6.39
11A Killer's Skin/Where's Peggy5.88
12Innocence Stolen/Danger at the Door7.116
13The Interrogation/The Slide8.013
14The Taunt/Death in Deadwood6.110
15On the Case: A Child Remembers7.514
16The Black Dahlia7.014
17The Deadly Stroll/Unholy Secret6.09
18A Deadly Affair/The Sting Operation5.89
19NCIS/Exhuming the Truth7.515
20Cross Country Connection/Eyes at the Window7.027
21Abandoned Houses/A Son's Memory7.027
22A Knock at the Door/Shattered7.423
23A Deadly Pattern/A Desperate Housewife6.39
24Muder He Wrote/Caught by the Past6.110
25Left for Dead/On the Case6.08
26The Execution of Michael Johnson7.212
28Evidence Kit6.49
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