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90
8.5
/775682/
82
/14137/
84
/10669/
4.3
/1221397/
97
/118/
95
/10324/
97
/18/
cc age 14+

Psycho (1960)
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
poster
Kanopy
88
8.1
/372717/
79
/6251/
79
/4098/
4.3
/440711/
98
/144/
93
/5230/
92
/23/
cc age 15+

Chinatown (1974)
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
poster
87
7.9
/172975/
77
/2886/
77
/1805/
3.9
/135929/
99
/111/
91
/2982/
97
/16/
cc age 12+

The Maltese Falcon (1941)
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
85
7.9
/34582/
76
/786/
75
/512/
4.0
/36173/
98
/47/
93
/969/
86
/17/
cc age 10+

The Thin Man (1934)
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
7.9
/94628/
76
/1627/
76
/1114/
4.0
/75195/
96
/68/
91
/1676/
86
/19/
cc age 12+

The Big Sleep (1946)
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
poster
Disney Plus
84
7.7
/230620/
77
/10611/
75
/5993/
4.0
/402953/
96
/76/
85
/13280/
83
/15/
cc age 12+

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
7.5
/112363/
73
/2547/
72
/1555/
3.9
/181689/
94
/113/
88
/2192/
84
/33/

Blood Simple (1985)
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
poster
JustWatchTV
80
7.5
/23428/
73
/473/
72
/396/
4.0
/30880/
98
/41/
84
/463/

Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.
poster
MUBI
80
7.4
/13994/
73
/490/
71
/368/
3.9
/27341/
96
/136/
80
/31/
84
/26/

After the Storm (2016)
Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.
poster
80
79
7.6
/12913/
79
/345/
73
/187/
3.8
/11293/
96
/27/
90
/209/
76
/12/

After the Thin Man (1936)
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer and her dark brother, the cousin's forsaken true love, and Nora's bombastic and controlling aunt.
poster
MUBI
79
7.0
/29668/
69
/664/
69
/588/
3.7
/63170/
92
/52/
81
/709/
92
/7/

Alphaville (1965)
Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”
poster
79
7.7
/12338/
75
/197/
74
/172/
4.0
/12534/
90
/51/
89
/587/
66
/17/

Shall We Dance? (1996)
A bored accountant spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home late smelling of perfume.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.2
/54506/
72
/2192/
73
/1252/
4.0
/400669/
86
/42/
77
/411/
75
/10/

Possession (1981)
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.
poster
78
7.6
/77563/
74
/1267/
73
/1280/
3.7
/31446/
79
/146/
85
/3689/
76
/39/
cc age 17+

A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
78
76
7.5
/16016/
73
/345/
72
/244/
3.7
/12338/
89
/18/
86
/220/

Murder, My Sweet (1944)
After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
poster
76
6.8
/3726/
65
/66/
62
/62/
3.5
/4261/
95
/40/
78
/50/

The Late Show (1977)
Over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who was involved in a case concerning a murdered broad, stolen stamps, a nickel-plated handgun, a cheating dolly, and a kidnapped pussycat.
poster
76
7.1
/20756/
69
/573/
66
/337/
3.8
/46499/
78
/85/
72
/193/
82
/9/

Night Moves (1975)
Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case - a former Hollywood actress wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.2
/102419/
72
/2560/
71
/1649/
3.7
/78524/
82
/34/
81
/1420/
61
/14/

Angel Heart (1987)
A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.
poster
74
7.2
/83872/
72
/3273/
70
/1471/
3.8
/87809/
70
/57/
73
/1297/
66
/30/

Strange Days (1995)
Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reality-like recordings that allow users to experience the emotions and past experiences of others. While they typically contain tawdry incidents, Nero is shocked when he receives one showing a murder.
poster
74
7.1
/16341/
69
/424/
67
/298/
3.8
/51299/
80
/30/
67
/178/
63
/9/

Hardcore (1979)
A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in search of his runaway teenage daughter who’s making hardcore films in the pits of Los Angeles.
poster
74
6.8
/27059/
69
/851/
64
/438/
3.7
/40998/
92
/123/
71
/379/
78
/21/
cc age 15+

Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.
poster
74
7.3
/238360/
73
/5107/
72
/3707/
3.7
/319797/
76
/59/
77
/2728/
73
/9/
cc age 17+

Cape Fear (1991)
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
poster
Peacock Premium
72
6.7
/12965/
70
/1353/
69
/212/
3.2
/14947/
92
/24/
78
/138/
65
/6/

Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie (2023)
Monk steps out of retirement as his stepdaughter's wedding turns tragic when her fiancé dies in a bungee jumping accident.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
72
6.7
/56251/
72
/3649/
66
/1115/
3.3
/24119/
80
/137/
78
/1130/
62
/35/
cc age 14+

Veronica Mars (2014)
Years after walking away from her past as a teenage private eye, Veronica Mars gets pulled back to her hometown - just in time for her high school reunion - in order to help her old flame Logan Echolls, who's embroiled in a murder mystery.
poster
81
71
7.5
/13612/
76
/1403/
74
/460/
4.0
/69007/
100
/28/
86
/8/
76
/7/
cc age 15+

Mars Express (2023)
In 2200, private detective Aline Ruby and her android partner Carlos Rivera are hired by a wealthy businessman to track down a notorious hacker. On Mars, they descend deep into the underbelly of the planet's capital city where they uncover a darker story of brain farms, corruption, and a missing girl who holds a secret about the robots that threatens to change the face of the universe.
poster
80
71
7.4
/6247/
72
/113/
72
/121/
3.8
/7291/
100
/17/
84
/118/

Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
Before he left for a brief European visit, symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter casually asked his staid brother-in-law August to look out for his young wife, Daphne, during his absence. August has hired a private detective to keep tabs on her. But when the private eye's report suggests Daphne might have been canoodling with his secretary, Sir Alfred begins to imagine how he might take his revenge.
poster
73
71
7.1
/18183/
72
/322/
70
/325/
3.6
/17387/
79
/28/
78
/300/
73
/9/

Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Lovestruck conservatory student Ariane pretends to be just as much a cosmopolitan lover as the worldly mature Frank Flannagan hoping that l’amour will take hold.
poster
Netflix
71
69
7.6
/25280/
72
/299/
67
/100/
3.5
/6753/
67
/15/
78
/61/

Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015)
Byomkesh, fresh out of college, agrees to investigate the disappearance of Bhuvan, a chemist. Assisted by Bhuvan's son Ajit, Byomkesh links the case to a larger conspiracy that will unsettle Calcutta.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
6.8
/25452/
68
/657/
66
/421/
3.4
/19292/
77
/26/
72
/580/
67
/13/

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.
poster
68
6.8
/65626/
70
/3626/
66
/1536/
3.2
/46952/
65
/220/
80
/677/
60
/36/
cc age 16+

Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.
poster
Netflix
74
67
7.1
/28104/
72
/1466/
73
/779/
3.6
/59650/
77
/13/
79
/17/
cc age 15+

God's Crooked Lines (2022)
Alice Gould, a private investigator, pretends to be mentally ill in order to enter a psychiatric hospital and gather evidence for the case she is working on: the death of a patient in unclear circumstances.
poster
70
67
6.8
/12018/
70
/230/
66
/180/
3.5
/9845/
95
/21/
73
/152/
51
/6/

Harper (1966)
Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
poster
67
6.4
/2575/
67
/55/
57
/37/
3.4
/1783/
88
/16/
53
/19/

The Big Fix (1978)
Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results.
poster
Kanopy
67
6.7
/39265/
67
/1523/
65
/790/
3.5
/19477/
84
/114/
67
/416/
73
/30/
cc age 18+

Cold in July (2014)
While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
66
6.4
/11278/
61
/439/
62
/416/
3.0
/36134/
84
/91/
77
/37/
64
/17/
cc age 13+

Coup de Chance (2023)
Fanny and Jean have everything of an ideal couple: fulfilled in their professional life, they live in a magnificent apartment in the beautiful districts of Paris and seem to be in love as on the first day. But when Fanny crosses, by chance, Alain, a former high school friend, she is immediately capsized. They see each other again very quickly and get closer and closer.
poster
71
66
7.2
/12994/
70
/354/
75
/207/
3.5
/10150/
67
/6/
72
/26/

Mom (2017)
After her stepdaughter is sexually assaulted at a party, a furious mother sets out to destroy the lives of the four perpetrators who walked free.
poster
65
7.0
/118961/
72
/3803/
68
/2051/
3.5
/58755/
46
/41/
68
/1812/
52
/22/

The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Somewhere in Los Angeles, the city of broken dreams, a stripper is murdered. Now, the private detective she had hired and her ex-footballer boyfriend are going to find her murderer... if they don't kill each other first. But the more they dig, the deeper they become enmeshed in a web of extortion, blackmail and corrupt politics hidden beneath the surface of professional football.
poster
64
6.1
/710/
54
/11/
64
/16/
3.4
/782/
50
/7/

Darker Than Amber (1970)
Professional beach bum and 'knight errant' Travis McGee goes up against psychotic body-builder Terry Bartell. McGee pulls out all the stops when he joins a Caribbean cruise to bring the killer to justice.
poster
Kanopy
64
6.2
/34945/
60
/1057/
58
/712/
3.1
/17687/
80
/124/
48
/384/
66
/30/
cc age 15+

The Two Faces of January (2014)
1962. A con artist, his wife, and a dangerous stranger are caught up in the murder of a private detective and are forced to try and escape Athens.
poster
71
63
7.1
/5296/
69
/154/
71
/87/
3.4
/2446/
77
/2900/

The Pearl of Death (1944)
The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to London, thanks in part to Sherlock Holmes. But before long the jewel is stolen, due to an error on Holmes' part, and shortly thereafter, a series of horrible murders begin, the murderer leaving his victims with their spines snapped and surrounded by a mass of smashed china.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
63
6.7
/7548/
69
/220/
65
/139/
3.2
/4212/
75
/8/
66
/54/

Terror by Night (1946)
Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the trip, the woman's son is murdered and the diamond stolen and any of the passengers in their car could be the killer thief.
poster
61
6.5
/601/
47
/12/
52
/13/
3.4
/391/

P.J. (1968)
Reluctant New York City private eye P.J. Detweiler is hired as a bodyguard to protect Maureen Preble, the mistress of shady millionaire William Orbison. In truth, Orbison plans a deadly intrigue in which P.J. is to play a central part. Meanwhile, complications ensue as P.J. gradually falls in love with Maureen. (Wikipedia)
poster
Kanopy
60
6.1
/16632/
61
/378/
60
/256/
3.0
/10371/
59
/32/
38
/204/
56
/17/
cc age 15+

The Two Jakes (1990)
Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.
poster
57
6.4
/6054/
64
/199/
60
/109/
3.2
/2317/
49
/43/
65
/129/
47
/22/

The Other Side of the Bed (2002)
When Paula leaves her mate Pedro, he misses her and looks for comfort with his best friends, Javier and Sonia. Paula is having an affair with Javier. Pedro tries to find who is the secret lover of Paula, and hires a private eye. Meanwhile, while comforting Pedro, Sonia has a one night stand with him and Javier thinks she is cheating on him with her lesbian friend Luzia.
poster
57
5.9
/2003/
63
/55/
56
/43/
3.2
/1242/
45
/11/
42
/17/

I, the Jury (1982)
Jack Williams was the best friend of Vietnam veteran and detective Mike Hammer. When Jack is murdered, Mike makes it his business to solve the crime. He is helped by his secretary Velda, and partly helped, partly hindered by the Chief of Police, Pat Chambers. On the trail of the killer, Mike discovers government conspiracies, and plots used by the CIA and the Mafia.
poster
57
6.5
/6861/
66
/141/
63
/131/
3.3
/4737/
53
/17/
48
/57/
48
/8/

The Drowning Pool (1975)
Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
62
57
6.3
/5618/
65
/232/
60
/119/
3.2
/9849/
58
/61/

Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)
In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.
poster
57
6.5
/12549/
64
/286/
61
/218/
3.1
/6535/
40
/15/
60
/127/

Shattered (1991)
Dan Merrick comes out from a shattering car accident with amnesia. He finds that he is married to Judith who is trying to help him start his life again. He keeps getting flashbacks about events and places that he can't remember. He meets pet shop owner and part time private detective Gus Klein who has supposedly done some work for him prior to the accident. Klein helps Merrick to find out more...


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