Detective Movies, a list by Riz

6.3

/126186/

65

/7030/

63

/2336/

2.6

/131309/

45

/266/

Audience

67

/617/

54

/48/

2.0

age 15+

Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case.

10

78

8.2

/809220/

80

/19277/

80

/11246/

4.3

/1039693/

81

/254/

Audience

87

/110238/

70

/53/

2.5

age 18+

Keller Dover is facing a parent’s worst nightmare: his young daughter and her friend have gone missing. Heading the investigation, Detective Loki arrests the only suspect – the driver of an RV on which the girls had been playing – but a lack of evidence forces his release. As pressure mounts, Loki’s team pursues multiple leads while a frantic Dover decides he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands.

9

85

8.6

/1798481/

85

/33378/

83

/20127/

4.3

/1497108/

83

/88/

Audience

95

/470290/

65

/22/

4.0

age 18+

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

83

8.3

/719164/

81

/13051/

79

/6880/

4.3

/495142/

83

/151/

Audience

94

/223047/

76

/23/

3.5

age 16+

Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.

87

8.1

/726502/

80

/14175/

78

/7621/

4.2

/693241/

94

/108/

Audience

92

/235133/

88

/26/

4.0

age 16+

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!

81

7.7

/598187/

76

/15722/

75

/9998/

4.0

/946220/

90

/265/

Audience

77

/495228/

79

/40/

4.0

age 18+

A cartoonist teams up with an ace reporter and a law enforcement officer to track down an elusive serial killer.

83

7.9

/485775/

77

/7568/

77

/6305/

3.8

/237168/

89

/204/

Audience

89

/204066/

84

/42/

4.0

age 17+

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.

77

7.1

/441072/

72

/15045/

70

/5094/

3.5

/1592090/

92

/425/

Audience

92

/1010/

81

/62/

3.0

age 13+

World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.

88

8.2

/617688/

80

/8025/

77

/4696/

4.1

/243565/

99

/165/

Audience

94

/151472/

91

/28/

4.0

age 17+

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.

70

6.5

/111931/

66

/5808/

66

/1977/

3.0

/256908/

76

/292/

Audience

77

/1404/

63

/52/

3.5

age 13+

Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.

85

7.8

/318583/

78

/6879/

74

/3974/

3.9

/152964/

96

/84/

Audience

89

/268270/

87

/33/

4.0

age 13+

Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.

64

7.0

/364972/

72

/16950/

66

/6730/

3.2

/134436/

63

/186/

Audience

67

/116476/

50

/36/

age 15+

One morning in an ordinary town, five people are shot dead in a seemingly random attack. All evidence points to a single suspect: an ex-military sniper who is quickly brought into custody. The interrogation yields one written note: 'Get Jack Reacher!'. Reacher, an enigmatic ex-Army investigator, believes the authorities have the right man but agrees to help the sniper's defense attorney. However, the more Reacher delves into the case, the less clear-cut it appears. So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.

74

7.7

/215655/

76

/3687/

76

/3115/

4.1

/349872/

95

/83/

Audience

88

/77350/

75

/15/

1.0

age 18+

Clean-cut Jeffrey Beaumont realizes his hometown is not so normal when he discovers a human ear in a field, the investigation soon catapulting him toward a disturbed nightclub singer and a drug-addicted sadist.

71

7.6

/670862/

76

/23891/

72

/13546/

3.4

/376723/

70

/250/

Audience

77

/770031/

57

/34/

3.0

age 14+

Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.

61

7.6

/466589/

75

/13976/

74

/8846/

3.6

/553134/

37

/124/

Audience

59

/32524689/

46

/32/

2.0

age 18+

Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With a chilling voice and cryptic instructions, Jigsaw informs them that they must partake in a gruesome game in order to secure their freedom.

76

7.6

/397786/

77

/9640/

73

/5538/

3.7

/166041/

86

/210/

Audience

85

/351985/

76

/39/

2.5

age 17+

When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.

61

6.3

/188540/

65

/9385/

64

/3443/

2.7

/293526/

61

/290/

Audience

82

/1371/

52

/51/

2.0

age 13+

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.

77

7.7

/472751/

78

/9782/

74

/5636/

4.0

/275330/

74

/170/

Audience

89

/301647/

71

/36/

3.0

age 17+

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.

77

7.2

/319063/

72

/6128/

69

/4512/

3.5

/188876/

92

/204/

Audience

77

/105884/

78

/37/

3.5

age 18+

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

71

6.6

/110702/

64

/3119/

65

/2387/

3.6

/164925/

74

/256/

Audience

53

/32548/

81

/43/

4.0

age 18+

In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

74

6.8

/24196/

71

/544/

64

/361/

3.7

/25558/

92

/121/

Audience

71

/10580/

78

/21/

3.0

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.

71

6.6

/219406/

70

/11474/

72

/5802/

3.1

/447758/

91

/210/

Audience

71

/1090/

68

/31/

3.0

age 12+

While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.

79

7.6

/292872/

75

/6353/

73

/3592/

3.7

/115747/

94

/184/

Audience

86

/210260/

72

/34/

3.5

age 17+

When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons—they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.

65

6.6

/124584/

67

/4103/

68

/1679/

3.0

/142576/

63

/189/

Audience

69

/497/

56

/40/

3.0

age 16+

West Point, New York, 1830. When a cadet at the burgeoning military academy is found hanged with his heart cut out, the top brass summons former New York City constable Augustus Landor to investigate. While attempting to solve this grisly mystery, the reluctant detective engages the help of one of the cadets: a strange but brilliant young fellow by the name of Edgar Allan Poe.

83

7.5

/105220/

74

/1827/

72

/1313/

3.9

/120731/

94

/109/

Audience

88

/39322/

84

/33/

4.0

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.

57

6.2

/109156/

65

/4775/

68

/2162/

3.1

/332775/

77

/180/

Audience

52

/317/

51

/23/

1.0

age 16+

Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities with a mysterious tie to her past.

67

6.4

/64127/

68

/3144/

66

/848/

2.9

/47003/

68

/99/

Audience

85

/27/

53

/32/

3.0

age 16+

A gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.

79

7.3

/55137/

73

/1868/

73

/1067/

4.0

/262105/

94

/241/

Audience

85

/152/

85

/44/

3.0

age 15+

From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.

76

7.2

/80908/

71

/1836/

70

/1241/

3.9

/89722/

94

/49/

Audience

77

/53467/

75

/22/

age 15+

FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecter, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecter to capture a new killer.

75

6.8

/100603/

72

/5635/

74

/1282/

3.3

/217731/

93

/105/

Audience

79

/2482/

64

/26/

3.5

age 12+

Now a detective-for-hire like her infamous brother, Enola Holmes takes on her first official case to find a missing girl, as the sparks of a dangerous conspiracy ignite a mystery that requires the help of friends — and Sherlock himself — to unravel.

66

6.8

/79501/

69

/2857/

69

/1162/

3.2

/123721/

74

/167/

Audience

76

/1116/

65

/38/

2.0

age 14+

Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth.

75

7.5

/237371/

76

/5723/

71

/2564/

3.8

/121516/

86

/184/

Audience

87

/203709/

73

/37/

2.5

age 18+

A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...

61

6.6

/81186/

70

/2067/

65

/1409/

3.1

/24736/

32

/34/

Audience

62

/60833/

46

/17/

3.5

age 18+

Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.

56

6.7

/184916/

72

/5182/

67

/3305/

3.1

/63600/

28

/88/

Audience

63

/218873/

45

/33/

2.0

age 18+

Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The murderer's special signature is to leave tantalizing clues based on the grim remains of his crimes.

74

7.2

/95795/

73

/1962/

71

/1438/

3.6

/51074/

82

/34/

Audience

81

/30220/

61

/14/

3.5

Harry Angel, 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.

59

6.5

/28025/

66

/545/

65

/500/

3.6

/53407/

51

/63/

Audience

49

/418/

43

/18/

2.5

When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, young rookie Steve Burns infiltrates the S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.

60

6.3

/48956/

67

/1436/

62

/784/

3.0

/17628/

53

/34/

Audience

44

/19793/

46

/15/

3.5

age 17+

Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of actors and musicians. By the time Harry learns that the murders are a part of a sick game to predict the deaths of celebrities before they happen, it may be too late...

80

7.3

/39325/

72

/792/

71

/602/

4.0

/45835/

88

/51/

Audience

78

/10630/

81

/16/

4.0

A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.

72

7.4

/115727/

74

/3063/

72

/1682/

3.5

/25424/

70

/127/

Audience

81

/136041/

67

/32/

age 15+

When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal murders he and his father must find a way to fix the consequences of altering time.

56

6.2

/61159/

66

/3844/

61

/1341/

2.8

/30854/

58

/52/

Audience

49

/173/

48

/9/

2.0

age 16+

In 1988, Philadelphia police officer Thomas "Locke" Lockhart, hungry to become a detective, begins tracking a serial killer whose crimes defy scientific explanation. When the killer mysteriously resurfaces nine years later, Locke's obsession with finding the truth threatens to destroy his career, his family, and possibly his sanity.

72

7.0

/20179/

74

/553/

68

/392/

3.5

/11140/

92

/12/

Audience

73

/6475/

61

/6/

3.0

An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.

75

7.0

/47877/

68

/864/

70

/803/

3.8

/45349/

78

/50/

Audience

74

/16250/

70

/19/

4.0

While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.

56

6.2

/62387/

65

/1252/

61

/966/

2.9

/20625/

30

/128/

Audience

49

/62001/

50

/35/

3.0

age 18+

Tenacious homicide detective Cassie Mayweather and her still-green partner are working a murder case, attempting to profile two malevolently brilliant young men: cold, calculating killers whose dark secrets might explain their crimes.

71

7.1

/160394/

72

/3246/

67

/1851/

3.3

/38110/

84

/216/

Audience

73

/124558/

64

/36/

3.0

age 15+

When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.

74

7.4

/48379/

75

/919/

72

/709/

3.7

/19081/

85

/48/

Audience

82

/30351/

62

/19/

3.0

Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.

65

6.3

/29434/

64

/568/

61

/593/

3.4

/28638/

72

/29/

Audience

50

/9447/

57

/8/

3.5

age 17+

Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.

65

6.5

/127292/

67

/5421/

63

/2707/

3.0

/33100/

68

/164/

Audience

53

/37689/

57

/36/

3.5

age 17+

Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

71

6.4

/41069/

67

/2328/

63

/641/

3.3

/66386/

92

/142/

Audience

59

/180/

76

/38/