The BEST episodes of The FBI Files
Every episode of The FBI Files ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The FBI Files!
Through re-enactments of high profile cases involving the FBI, the show reveals how agents solve these crimes behind the scene. The show producers work with FBI special agents and examiners in high tech crime labs to portrait each case accurately. You will learn how the FBI protects the lives of Americans and brings the most notorious criminals to justice. The FBI was originally established to address crime that covered cities, counties, and spread across state lines. The country needed a federal law-enforcement entity to do those investigations. And over the years, as the country has grown and as the world, by the same token, has grown smaller, the FBI's mission has changed to meet the various threats.
#1 - Atlanta Prison Riots
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/3/2004
In 1987, Cuban prisoners at the Atlanta Federal Prison used homemade weapons to overthrow the staff. Soon, the inmates controlled most of the buildings, taking over 100 hostages. The FBI was forced to negotiate with the hostiles to end the standoff.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - Independence Day Breakout
Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/24/2006
On July 4, 1987, seven inmates broke out of a high-security prison in New Mexico. Murderer William Wayne Gilbert orchestrated the escape. In a manhunt, authorities and scientists used the Bureau’s crime laboratory to catch these dangerous criminals.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - Robin the Hood
Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/17/2006
When notorious bank robber Byron Chubbuck escaped from New Mexico State Penitentiary in 2000, he almost immediately began stealing again. Though he claimed the stolen loot went to the poor, it was clear to the FBI Chubbuck was no folk hero.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - The Shootist
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/26/2005
In the 1980s, the FBI targeted a sharp bank robber known as the Shootist. He had performed more than 50 robberies across California, Texas and Washington with military precision, claiming the longest string of unsolved bank robberies in history.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Unlawful Flight
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/15/2002
Two transported prisoners fleed from a sheriff's department.They moved from state to state in a wave of abduction and car theft. Now the FBI agents believed believed the pair were growing more violent and more victims would cross their path.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Without Mercy
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/30/2004
In Richmond, VA, two bank robbers escaped after opening fire on officers responding to the call. When the FBI arrived, agents found one bank teller dead, another wounded; the bank’s security guard had been shot four times, yet was still alive.
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#9 - The Great Philadelphia Mob War
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/19/2005
In 1990s Philadelphia, a ruthless grab for power led to a full-scale mob war. Using informants and high-tech surveillance, the FBI infiltrated the most powerful mob family in the city and sought to bring it down before innocents were killed.
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#12 - Hired Gun
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/1999
A multiple murder-for-hire plot that was meticulously planned and executed. A mother, her 8-year-old son, and a live-in nurse were brutally murdered by an assassin. the FBI was able to zero in on Larry Horn, the father of the 8-year-old.
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#14 - Vanished
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/27/2001
A wealthy Mississippi woman disappeared from her home in broad daylight. Left behind was a mysterious ransom note listing twelve names and no specific instructions. FBI and local police struggled to find answers in the cryptic message so they could find the kidnapper and retrieve the victim before her time ran out.
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#15 - The Crazy Don
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/8/1998
The reputed boss of the Genovese crime family, Vince Gigante wandered the streets of New York wearing only pajamas and a bathrobe, but the FBI was convinced he was anything but crazy. The FBI helped convict Gigante of murder and murder conspiracy.
Watch Now:Amazon#16 - Stolen Identity
Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/1/2005
When an 80-year-old woman is found barely conscious next to the body of her murdered son in an abandoned van, the FBI was brought in and linked the crime to a teenager and middle-aged man.
#17 - John Gotti: Convicted
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/23/1999
By December 1985, John Gotti had assumed his place as the new Don of the Gambino crime family in New York with the assassination of his boss, Paul Castellano. When the FBI convinced Gotti's underboss, Salvatore Gravano , to testify against him, the jury came back with their verdict: guilty on all counts, including the murder of Castellano.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - Criminal Enterprise
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/4/2003
In 1993, a robber surprised unsuspecting customers by dropping through the roof of a California bank. A local resident led police and FBI agents to the perpetrator. However, they learned that he had also masterminded a kidnapping – and had a hostage.
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#20 - The Killing Zone
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/17/2004
In the 1980s, an illegal drug operation known as the “K Street Crew” opened its doors in Washington, DC. Leader Vincent Hill ran the organization without mercy. The FBI created a task force to put an end to their deadly dealings.
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#25 - The World Trade Center Bombing
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/9/1999
On February 26, 1993, an explosion rocked the World Trade Center parking garage. Six people died and more than a thousand were injured in the bomb blast which tore a 5-story crater in the building. Mohammed Salameh, Nidal Ayyad, Mahmud Abouhalima, Ahmad Ajaj, Ramzi Yousef and Eyad Ismoil were convicted and will spend the rest of their lives in prison.
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