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VIX
88
8.2
/455978/
80
/8283/
81
/6177/
4.2
/749306/
92
/12/
100
/32/
cc age 13+

Vertigo (1958)
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
84
IMDb 69
7.9
/864572/
80
/41644/
78
/13592/
4.0
/3762610/
97
/472/
92
/12384/
82
/52/
cc age 13+

Knives Out (2019)
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
7.5
/112777/
73
/2609/
72
/1569/
3.9
/185629/
94
/113/
88
/2191/
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
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.5
/43059/
74
/1147/
74
/730/
4.2
/153596/
95
/57/
87
/679/
87
/17/

The Long Goodbye (1973)
In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
poster
79
7.5
/4962/
72
/107/
70
/139/
3.8
/4832/
100
/28/
84
/43/
84
/9/

The Big Risk (1960)
Two men pull off a daring daylight payroll heist in Milan, making a fast getaway. One is returning to France after years in hiding, needing money to start fresh with his family.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.1
/33195/
70
/735/
67
/489/
3.9
/71158/
94
/47/
79
/397/
81
/15/

Klute (1971)
A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
77
7.5
/16152/
73
/345/
72
/248/
3.7
/14532/
94
/17/
86
/222/

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
/3773/
65
/66/
62
/63/
3.5
/4487/
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
7.6
/252535/
73
/4640/
73
/3310/
3.8
/105784/
80
/177/
86
/6176/
70
/41/
cc age 16+

21 Grams (2003)
Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.2
/102851/
72
/2602/
71
/1667/
3.7
/80690/
82
/34/
81
/1421/
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
75
7.4
/248216/
75
/7271/
72
/2916/
3.7
/181543/
86
/184/
87
/10399/
73
/37/
cc age 18+

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
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...
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
7.6
/78295/
76
/2210/
75
/1372/
3.6
/35904/
79
/66/

The Body (2012)
A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.
poster
MGM Plus
75
73
7.2
/16917/
72
/319/
71
/337/
3.6
/13440/
96
/28/
80
/207/
63
/10/

The Fortune Cookie (1966)
TV cameraman Harry Hinkle is injured while filming a football game. Seeing big dollar signs, his unscrupulous ambulance-chasing lawyer brother-in-law Willie Gingrich enters the picture, and convinces Harry to overstate his injuries and claim $1 million in pain and suffering. Harry's similarly-minded ex-wife suddenly reappears in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.
poster
73
6.8
/27216/
69
/861/
64
/441/
3.7
/42880/
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
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.0
/16838/
70
/590/
69
/421/
3.6
/18449/
81
/277/

Wheels on Meals (1984)
Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket.
poster
71
6.9
/15973/
67
/408/
62
/195/
3.5
/7780/
66
/56/
76
/394/

Zero Effect (1998)
Daryl Zero is a private investigator and—along with his assistant, Steve Arlo—he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Although Daryl's a master investigator, he doesn't know what to do with himself when he's not working; he has no social skills, writes bad music and drives Steve crazy.
poster
73
71
7.1
/18233/
72
/322/
70
/330/
3.6
/18424/
79
/28/
78
/300/
73
/9/

Love in the Afternoon (1957)
A middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with a client's wife.
poster
71
6.7
/24450/
62
/290/
62
/312/
3.4
/14584/
81
/197/
59
/2105/
75
/38/
cc age 13+

A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court.
poster
71
6.6
/118537/
64
/3799/
65
/2645/
3.6
/243312/
73
/252/
53
/1364/
81
/43/
cc age 18+

Inherent Vice (2014)
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
poster
68
7.0
/25167/
69
/1634/
66
/455/
3.6
/680/
85
/65/
77
/101/
74
/14/
cc age 15+

The Kid Detective (2020)
A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.
poster
Hoopla
68
6.8
/24818/
71
/1082/
67
/681/
3.3
/17069/
71
/21/
63
/410/
65
/15/
cc age 11+

Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move to stop it.
poster
68
6.8
/65795/
70
/3653/
67
/1550/
3.2
/47602/
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
76
68
7.2
/6543/
71
/129/
70
/114/
3.6
/3232/
100
/5/
73
/41/

Mirage (1965)
After a blackout in his office building, accountant David Stillwell emerges outside to find out a man he did not know either jumped or was pushed out a window to his death — and that he can't remember the past two years of his life. Enlisting the help of a rookie private eye and a reluctant old flame, Stillwell uncovers the mystery detail by unexpected detail.
poster
70
67
6.8
/12069/
70
/230/
66
/181/
3.5
/10029/
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
/2585/
67
/55/
57
/37/
3.4
/1905/
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
65
6.5
/3579/
69
/92/
63
/66/
3.2
/1493/
63
/8/
59
/45/

Tony Rome (1967)
Tony Rome, a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat, is hired by a local millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter, and in the process has several encounters with local hoods as well as the Miami Beach PD.
poster
Plex
64
6.5
/10980/
66
/291/
64
/419/
3.4
/24924/
67
/9/
60
/128/

Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He runs away, but he understands his troubles have just begun when the following day he receives an envelope with photos of him killing the man. Someone is killing all his friends and trying to frame him for the murders.
poster
67
63
6.6
/6662/
69
/233/
63
/114/
3.2
/5802/
80
/10/
62
/61/

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
63
6.7
/4214/
66
/202/
68
/95/
3.5
/5079/
71
/34/
62
/38/
54
/14/

Too Late (2016)
Private investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past.
poster
61
6.1
/3852/
66
/155/
60
/73/
3.1
/3703/
58
/12/
46
/69/

Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.
poster
Hoopla
71
60
7.1
/5156/
70
/96/
68
/85/
3.5
/4659/
80
/5/
70
/28/

Pitfall (1948)
An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
60
6.7
/4133/
70
/81/
66
/57/
3.3
/1761/
75
/8/
69
/76/
74
/7/

My Favorite Brunette (1947)
Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.
poster
Kanopy
60
6.1
/16697/
61
/378/
60
/258/
3.0
/10580/
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
5.9
/2012/
63
/55/
57
/43/
3.2
/1267/
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
Plex
64
56
6.4
/3972/
64
/61/
61
/73/
3.2
/2584/
75
/12/
62
/42/
61
/8/

Hammett (1982)
Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living, receives an unexpected visit from an old friend asking for help.
poster
Netflix
54
6.9
/349891/
70
/13193/
65
/6201/
3.2
/364236/
47
/64/
57
/1444188/
37
/14/
cc age 14+

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The Ace is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!
poster
60
54
6.5
/7013/
64
/153/
59
/109/
3.1
/6712/
60
/10/
51
/112/

Lady in the Lake (1946)
Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
54
5.8
/6140/
60
/140/
58
/96/
2.9
/5391/
57
/7/
28
/58/

The Big Sleep (1978)
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of a rich general, a pornographer and a gangster.
poster
Netflix
53
5.7
/82221/
63
/5699/
63
/1907/
2.5
/281479/
46
/94/
45
/226/
44
/29/
cc age 13+

Murder Mystery 2 (2023)
After starting their own detective agency, Nick and Audrey Spitz land a career-making case when their billionaire pal is kidnapped from his wedding.
poster
52
6.0
/1830/
64
/30/
61
/24/
3.1
/929/
29
/7/
38
/15/

Shamus (1973)
Millions in diamonds are stolen from a New York City safe, and later the burglar is killed. Shamus is paid $10,000 by the owner to find the diamonds or the killer.
poster
Kanopy
52
5.4
/9170/
59
/140/
50
/138/
2.8
/2843/
40
/106/
39
/319/
45
/33/

The Singing Detective (2003)
Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
49
5.4
/14568/
56
/1111/
57
/422/
2.4
/17245/
25
/110/
37
/197/
41
/24/
cc age 15+

Marlowe (2023)
Private detective Philip Marlowe becomes embroiled in an investigation involving a wealthy Californian family after a beautiful blonde hires him to track down her former lover.
poster
74
48
8.0
/1947/
74
/51/
69
/45/
3.8
/1969/

Bugs and Thugs (1954)
When Bugs calls a cab he doesn't know it's the getaway car for a couple of bankrobbers (he does know the capital of Nevada).
poster
46
5.7
/2159/
57
/52/
57
/42/
3.0
/3032/
28
/25/
29
/42/

Sheba, Baby (1975)
Sheba, a Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.
poster
The Roku Channel
39
4.8
/12025/
59
/1681/
47
/363/
1.9
/5114/
21
/106/
26
/5/
cc age 15+

The Poison Rose (2019)
A down-on-his-luck PI is hired by his old flame to investigate a murder. But while the case at first appears routine, it slowly reveals itself to be a complex interwoven web of crimes, suspects and dead bodies.
poster
Hoopla
38
5.1
/16068/
56
/730/
47
/523/
2.4
/5018/
5
/43/
29
/811/
31
/10/
cc age 15+

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011)
Supernatural private eye, Dylan Dog, seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket and blue jeans.
poster
58
37
6.2
/2359/
69
/62/
60
/39/
3.2
/466/
25
/8/
70
/48/

Little Boy Blue (1997)
Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who look a lot like their brother. The dad harbors a secret, and he goes to murderous lengths to keep it hidden. The young man, Jimmy, who has suspicions, but little comes out until a Yankee woman comes to town.
poster
64
36
6.6
/1603/
62
/21/
56
/26/
3.3
/829/
80
/5/
56
/19/

The End of the Affair (1955)
During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book. Sarah is married, but she and Maurice eventually give in to their mutual attraction, leading to an affair that lasts several months. Maurice's jealousy, along with the bombing of London by the Germans, seemingly leads to the end of their relationship. However, the reasons are later revealed to be more complex.


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