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The Best Episodes of The FBI Files

Every episode of The FBI Files ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The FBI Files!

Witness the crime busting techniques and forensic science used by the FBI to break the most baffling cases. From crime scene analysis to the most up-to-date laboratories, FBI agents relentlessly comb through mountains of evidence to narrow their search, ultimately prevailing over the perpetrators and bringing them to justice.

Genres:DocumentaryCrimeReality
Network:Discovery

Top Episode Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The FBI Files" is "Killer Abroad", rated 7.7/10 from 37 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Killer Abroad" aired on 4/2/2000 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Crazy Don".

  • Killer Abroad
    7.7/10 37 votes

    #1 - Killer Abroad

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 4/2/2000

    The bodies of several women began turning up in and around the city of Vienna, Austria. Viennese police turned to the FBI for help.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Crazy Don
    7.6/10 57 votes

    #2 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • First and Kennedy Street Crew
    7.6/10 33 votes

    #3 - First and Kennedy Street Crew

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2000

    Street gangs in Washington D.C. enforced their territories with lethal violence. Authorities vowed to bring the entire gang to justice while the gang leader had fled to Africa.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Predator
    7.6/10 48 votes

    #4 - The Predator

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 12/4/2000

    A stranger snatched an eight-year-old girl as she played in her Tucson, Arizona neighborhood. Within hours, a drifter who was out on parole for abducting and molesting children, but he was nowhere to be found and time had run out.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Forced Entry
    7.6/10 24 votes

    #5 - Forced Entry

    Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 11/27/2004

    In 1994, a rash of home invasions plagued the Detroit area. Each time, masked men disguised as police officers broke in with assault rifles and stole money and jewelry. But when one homeowner shot back, the identity of the intruders was revealed.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Model Killer
    7.5/10 58 votes

    #6 - A Model Killer

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1999

    Posing as a fashion photographer, serial killer Christopher Wilder lured young women from shopping malls with promises of fame and fortune. Most ended up dead. national publicity that the FBI created led to the capture of the suspect.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Stranger in Town
    7.5/10 49 votes

    #7 - A Stranger in Town

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/1999

    The body of an unidentified young woman turned up on a highway in a small Pennsylvania town. Agents persisted to identity the body and to find the killer.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cop Killer
    7.5/10 38 votes

    #8 - Cop Killer

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 5/9/2000

    Two officers had been shot and one had been murdered in Washington, D.C.. Each had been sitting in their patrol cars when a man sneaked up and opened fire. The FBI was brought in to help catch the cop killer, and this led to a violent gun battle.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Driven to Kill
    7.5/10 49 votes

    #9 - Driven to Kill

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/2000

    A 14-year-old girl ran away from her mother's home and disappeared without a trace. A farmer later discovered the young girl's remains in an Illinois barn.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Deadly Obsession
    7.5/10 42 votes

    #10 - Deadly Obsession

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/2000

    A woman vanishes, and police suspect that her powerful ex-lover, a married man, was responsible. When investigators can't find the woman's body or the murder weapon, the FBI's only hope was to go undercover and turn brother against brother.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Deadly Stranger
    7.5/10 35 votes

    #11 - Deadly Stranger

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 4/24/2001

    Police and FBI agents track a serial killer in a cross-country manhunt.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Manhunt
    7.5/10 37 votes

    #12 - Manhunt

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 7/17/2001

    A California man was found dismembered. The murder suspect was found six months later when he was caught robbing an Arizona bank and sentenced to life. When he escaped from prison, the FBI led a manhunt for the killer.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Betrayed
    7.5/10 35 votes

    #13 - Betrayed

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 4/17/2002

    A mother discovered her 10 year-old son was missing from his school. The search would cover a thousand miles. Agents were raced to find the kidnapper and the missing child.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dangerous Gamble
    7.5/10 25 votes

    #14 - Dangerous Gamble

    Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 8/31/2004

    In a suburb of Las Vegas, two robbers ambushed an armored car, killing both guards and seizing thousands of dollars. Authorities linked the crime to a series of armed robberies on gambling houses, including the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Final Takedown
    7.5/10 29 votes

    #15 - Final Takedown

    Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 3/24/2006

    In the 1990s, a gang based in the U.S. Virgin Islands smuggled large amounts of cocaine into mainland America. In an investigation spanning from Georgia to South America, the FBI and DEA were able to identify the leader and bring down the drug ring.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cat and Mouse
    7.4/10 50 votes

    #16 - Cat and Mouse

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1999

    Young women were being abducted from their own front yards in broad daylight. The FBI was determined to put an end to the serial killer's deadly game of cat and mouse.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hunter's Game
    7.4/10 51 votes

    #17 - Hunter's Game

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/23/1999

    The bodies of several young women began turning up in shallow graves in the Alaskan wilderness. FBI profilers mapped the criminal's mind.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Crime Spree
    7.4/10 40 votes

    #18 - Crime Spree

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/11/2000

    A couple engaged in a gruesome crime spree that spanned six states and left eight people dead-including children.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Firefight
    7.4/10 47 votes

    #19 - Firefight

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 3/26/2000

    A series of brutal bank robberies and murders led to an exhaustive eight-month investigation by the FBI. What followed was the bloodiest firefight in FBI history.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Evil Intent
    7.4/10 33 votes

    #20 - Evil Intent

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 3/19/2002

    A young woman was snatched from her home on a bright spring morning. After several days of searching, a former FBI profiler narrowed the suspect list to one.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Without Remorse
    7.4/10 32 votes

    #21 - Without Remorse

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 4/3/2002

    An Indiana town was turned inside out when an officer was gunned down at point-blank range. A psychotic killer led investigators across the Midwest.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tracks of a Killer
    7.4/10 36 votes

    #22 - Tracks of a Killer

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 2/4/2003

    The hunt for serial killer Angel Resendiz, also known as the "Railroad Killer."

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Death in Alaska
    7.3/10 61 votes

    #23 - Death in Alaska

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/14/1998

    A young mother and her two daughters were sexually assaulted and brutally murdered in Anchorage, Alaska. With only one piece of forensic evidence, a wash rag carrying pubic lice with which the killer used to clean himself, the FBI helped convicted the woman's nephew, Kirby Anthoney on all three counts of murders.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Murdering Cowboy
    7.3/10 67 votes

    #24 - Murdering Cowboy

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/2/1999

    Claude Dallas lived the life of a cowboy -- a loner and distrustful of authority. When two game wardens confronted Dallas about his deeds, they were shot and killed. After a massive manhunt , Dallas was captured and convicted, but he escaped prison within months.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Shattered Shield
    7.3/10 44 votes

    #25 - Shattered Shield

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/14/1999

    Lured by the easy wealth of the narcotics industry, crooked cops in the New Orleans Police Department began breaking the laws they were sworn to uphold in the early 1990s.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A