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80
7.8
/19673/
78
/403/
74
/309/
4.0
/29696/
82
/33/
91
/770/
87
/16/

Imitation of Life (1959)
In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
78
7.5
/16375/
73
/308/
73
/449/
3.9
/37552/
97
/29/
89
/271/

Stolen Kisses (1968)
The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military service. His sweetheart Christine's father lands Antoine a job as a security guard, which he promptly loses. Stumbling into a position assisting a private detective, Antoine falls for his employers' seductive wife, Fabienne, and finds that he must choose between the older woman and Christine.
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Kanopy
76
6.9
/3076/
67
/95/
65
/95/
3.6
/4281/
100
/40/
77
/4/
84
/16/

Harmonium (2016)
Toshio hires Yasaka to work in his workshop. But then this old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life.
poster
Kanopy
78
76
7.6
/12272/
73
/294/
74
/278/
4.0
/27242/
86
/7/
82
/110/

Peppermint Candy (2000)
In the spring of 1999, a group of old friends gather to celebrate their 20 year reunion. Among the group is Yeong-ho, a cold, unhappy man, whose demeanor puts a damper on the festivities. The seriousness of Yeong-ho's depression becomes apparent when he climbs a railroad bridge and looks like he might jump. At this crucial moment, memories of seven crucial episodes from Yeong-ho's past flood his mind.
poster
80
71
7.4
/6268/
72
/113/
72
/123/
3.8
/7515/
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
68
6.8
/65797/
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.
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Plex
73
66
7.6
/7540/
76
/172/
70
/83/
3.5
/7404/
81
/326/
66
/4/

It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.
poster
Crunchyroll
73
66
7.1
/2342/
73
/316/
67
/112/
3.6
/6550/
8.3
/117596/

The Garden of Sinners: Murder Speculation Part A (2007)
August 1995: Mikiya first meets Shiki in a white kimono during a snowing day. Later on, at the high school freshmen ceremony, Mikiya sees Shiki in the crowd and chases after her, introducing himself to her. But Shiki hides a big secret: A wave of bizarre murders occur around many loose ends, and no suspects. there are still many questions: Who to believe? Who is the murderer? What is the secret of Shiki? and especially: Who is SHIKI?
poster
Crunchyroll
71
64
6.9
/3132/
71
/393/
67
/151/
3.5
/8070/
79
/22/
7.5
/194234/

The Garden of Sinners: Overlooking View (2007)
The story starts following an incident: a young girl jumps from the top of a building. The image provokes a certain dread, as the girl appears to have been a corpse even before she jumped. The case is dismissed, yet more and more of these suicides occur, and all from the same building. Thus began the rumour, that a ghost inhabited the rooftop of the building.
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
72
61
7.0
/3180/
71
/78/
65
/80/
3.5
/4476/
86
/7/
74
/41/

One Hour with You (1932)
Andre and Colette Bertier are happily married. When Colette introduces her husband to her flirtatious best friend, Mitzi, he does his best to resist her advances. But she is persistent, and very cute, and he succumbs. Mitzi's husband wants to divorce her, and has been having her tailed. Andre gets caught, and must confess to his wife. But Colette has had problems resisting the attentions of another man herself, and they forgive each other.
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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
69
56
7.0
/2925/
69
/144/
67
/146/
3.4
/2738/
72
/31/
cc age 6+

Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
In this feature-length film combining footage from classic Warner Brothers cartoon shorts with newly animated bridging sequences, Daffy Duck, after having induced laughter in an ailing millionaire and forestalled the millionaire's death for a time (as chronicled in Daffy Dilly (1948), is the beneficiary for the deceased millionaire's assets. But the millionaire's will clearly stipulates that Daffy must use the money for the common good, by providing a service, and should Daffy think of pursuing selfish aims, the millionaire's ghost will "repossess" his millions by making them disappear from Earthly existence. Under the pretense of community service, Daffy opens an exorcism agency and employs Porky Pig, Sylvester Cat, and Bugs Bunny to track and eliminate ghosts, ghouls, and other monsters, while Daffy secretly schemes to use his learned "ghost-busting" talents to rid himself of the millionaire's nagging spirit.
poster
Hoopla
75
54
7.4
/2264/
75
/82/
75
/59/
3.8
/3016/

Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet (1978)
When famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant. He becomes convinced that he is standing against his greatest enemy, the Gardener, who supposedly died years ago in a swamp...
poster
Amazon Prime Video
53
5.7
/1640/
61
/37/
48
/30/
3.2
/887/
78
/9/
42
/9/

Love at Large (1990)
Inept private investigator Harry Dobbs meets vampish new client Miss Dolan, who wants him to follow her abusive lover. But Dobbs sets about tailing a different person entirely – a mysterious character leading a double life. Harry, however, discovers that he himself is being followed by a distaff gumshoe.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
59
51
6.2
/3528/
57
/59/
58
/52/
3.6
/6807/
50
/10/
52
/39/
63
/13/

They All Laughed (1981)
New York's Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two women suspected of infidelity. Ladies' man John Russo trails Angela Niotes, the elegant wife of a wealthy Italian industrialist, while Charles Rutledge and Arthur Brodsky follow Dolores Martin, the beautiful young wife of a jealous husband. Their respective cases are complicated when John falls for Angela, and Charles falls for Dolores.
poster
51
5.9
/19100/
63
/598/
59
/345/
2.9
/8674/
33
/12/
46
/350/
44
/10/

Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve because his employer is the mastermind behind the kidnapping.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
49
5.4
/14573/
56
/1113/
57
/422/
2.4
/17283/
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
Kanopy
65
48
6.9
/3134/
60
/49/
61
/109/
3.5
/2294/

Deadly Circuit (1983)
A P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.
poster
The Roku Channel
63
43
6.2
/1829/
65
/55/
62
/49/
3.3
/1374/
88
/8/
35
/18/

The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
Having fought with the Confederacy during the Civil War, Jesse James and his brother Frank dream of a farm life in Missouri. Harassed by Union sympathizers, they assemble a gang of outlaws, robbing trains and becoming folk heroes in the process. Jesse marries his sweetheart, Zee, and maintains an aura of domesticity, but after a group of lawmen launch an attack on his mother's house, Jesse plans one more great raid -- on a Minnesota bank.
poster
Crunchyroll
63
42
6.1
/478/
67
/141/
66
/48/
2.9
/1289/
6.6
/35542/

Black Fox (2019)
Rikka is a ninja descendant. Her grandfather Hyoe is the last chief of their ninja clan and her father is a cyborg researcher. Both are killed when a weapons' company raids his lab to use his research. Rikka sets out to avenge their deaths.
poster
The Roku Channel
39
4.8
/12026/
59
/1681/
47
/364/
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
64
32
6.8
/1069/
61
/17/
63
/29/
3.4
/3011/
61
/9/

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963)
Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't.
poster
50
31
5.8
/2616/
54
/30/
57
/32/
2.9
/1324/
23
/30/

Satan Met a Lady (1936)
In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.
poster
73
27
7.6
/823/
65
/12/
70
/20/
3.6
/887/
83
/16/

The People at Universal (1991)
Former Sergeant Diogenes Hernandez owns the Universal, a precarious detective agency private in the Centre of Bogotá, which is based in the same apartment where he and his wife Fabiola inhabit. His nephew, Clemente Fernández, who works at the Agency, maintains a romance with Fabiola, without trying to hurt the feelings of his uncle, but driven by the need to alleviate their empty urban and anonymous man.
poster
62
26
6.3
/1536/
67
/46/
60
/45/
3.2
/567/
56
/7/

The Big Noise (1944)
During World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
43
26
4.8
/1818/
52
/39/
46
/28/
2.6
/1900/
21
/400/

The Gorilla (1939)
When an escaped circus gorilla appears to have gone on a murderous rampage, a threatened attorney calls on the detective trio of Garrity, Harrigan and Mullivan to act as bodyguards. In short order, we discover that there is more to the attorney than meets the eye, and the ape may be innocent after all. When a pretty young heiress faces peril, it's up to our heroic trio to save the day.
poster
64
23
7.4
/1119/
62
/14/
48
/18/
3.4
/973/
71
/13/

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990)
Set in the mythical world of Rhymeland, Gordon Goose returns home to discover that his mom has mysteriously vanished. Now the characters of Rhymeland are in danger of disappearing unless Mother Goose returns.
poster
64
20
6.6
/1240/
67
/23/
64
/12/
3.4
/929/
57
/9/

Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have. Enter May Worthington and Warren, a pair of con artists who pose as the mother and uncle of a pretty girl in order to separate millionaires from their money. They convince Susan she has an opportunity to fulfill all her dreams, and the trio heads for Palm Beach. Susan meets John Wheeler who says he is shopping for a sailboat. Believing that he is a millionaire, Warren and May sell him a boat that doesn't belong to them, and make off with his $15,000 life savings. Looking for greener pastures, they work themselves into the family of wealthy Tod Fenwick, who falls for Sue, posing as "Linda Worthington". But John shows up as a guest of Fenwick and he tells "Linda", not knowing she was part of the scam, that he has a detective after the fake captain that sold him the boat...
poster
52
19
5.4
/1523/
58
/24/
57
/32/
3.0
/271/
33
/14/

The Right Temptation (2000)
A detective falls for the man she's supposed to be investigating; dire complications follow.
poster
Hoopla
64
16
6.2
/988/
67
/76/
72
/14/
3.0
/254/
Popcorn
60
/3/

The Jane Mysteries: Inheritance Lost (2023)
Singer Jane DaSilva inherits the family foundation which is a non-profit detective agency that helps people who aren’t able to help themselves. Jane’s Aunt Sadie and Detective John Cameron act as her mentors as she takes on her first case surrounding a mother’s untimely death years before. As Jane investigates a multi-level marketing company that took advantage of her client’s fragile mom, she realizes that digging up the past can be dangerous...
poster
Amazon Prime Video
50
14
5.7
/959/
49
/11/
57
/19/
3.1
/408/
27
/9/

Eternally Yours (1939)
Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say presto, she's his wife and stage assistant on a lengthy world tour. But Anita is annoyed by Arturo's constant flirtations, and his death-defying stunts give her nightmares. And forget her plan to retire to a farmhouse. Eventually, she has had enough and disappears.
poster
64
14
7.1
/552/
59
/10/
62
/13/
3.3
/463/

Spooks! (1953)
The stooges are private detectives hired to find a missing girl. The boys disguise as pie salesmen and end up wandering around a mad scientist's mansion, trying to find the girl. The boys confront a gorilla and various other bad guys, before rescuing the girl.
poster
70
14
7.0
/355/
76
/6/
65
/15/
3.5
/403/

Like Asura (2003)
The four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a private detective to investigate.
poster
58
14
6.1
/1029/
64
/36/
58
/16/
3.2
/233/
45
/5/

Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963)
Comanche Creek, Colorado, 1875: Prisoner Jack Mason is broken out of jail by a gang of strangers. They use him in a robbery, then when the dead-or-alive reward is high enough, they shoot him and collect. The National Detective Agency, now knowing the gang's methods, arranges to have agent Bob Gifford jailed in Comanche Creek for train robbery. The gang takes the bait (not before Gifford catches the eye of lovely saloon-keeper Abbie). But how will the bait get off the hook?
poster
56
13
6.0
/738/
67
/14/
65
/14/
3.2
/216/
25
/23/

Best of the Badmen (1951)
After the North defeats the South, Union Maj. Jeff Clanton heads to Missouri to provide the Confederacy's Quantrill's Raiders a chance to claim allegiance to the Union, thereby clearing their wanted status. But standing in Clanton's way are the corrupt lawmen Joad and Fowler, who would rather keep the men outlaws to collect the reward on their heads. After Joad and Fowler frame Clanton for murder, he manages to escape, becoming an outlaw himself.
poster
65
12
6.1
/516/
74
/5/
61
/15/
3.2
/270/

Phantom Raiders (1940)
In this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers Llewellyns of London to hire vacationer Nick Carter and his eccentric associate Bartholomew to investigate. Nick recognizes influential nightclub owner Al Taurez as a shady operator, but getting the goods on him depends on slick diversions involving the heavyweight champ of the Pacific Tuna Fleet, a Panamanian bombshell armed with American slang, a young couple in love and a whole raft of crooks and cutthroats.
poster
Fandor
37
7
3.2
/435/
43
/18/
32
/11/
2.8
/459/
22
/3/

Velvet Smooth (1976)
A crime lord hires Velvet Smooth, the head of a detective agency, to find out who is stealing his business.
poster
?
6.0
/39/

Cool and Lam (1958)
N/A
poster
fuboTV
62
?
6.2
/452/
61
/47/
63
/7/

The Jane Mysteries: Too Much to Lose (2024)
Jane investigates the disappearance of a journalist after a significant game show win.
poster
fuboTV
61
?
6.0
/503/
64
/52/
60
/6/
60
/3/

The Jane Mysteries: Murder at Moseby (2024)
Jane goes undercover at her alma mater to help her college boyfriend solve a crime he may have witnessed years ago during the annual Edgar Allan Poe Festival.
poster
fuboTV
62
?
6.1
/578/
64
/64/
63
/9/
60
/3/

The Jane Mysteries: A Deadly Prescription (2024)
Jane Da Silva and Detective John fight for justice as they race against time to prove the innocence of a wrongly imprisoned teenager.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
51
?
5.6
/175/
51
/8/
50
/11/

Concrete Cowboys (1979)
Two Montana saddletramps head to Nashville to open up a detective agency. At first, the agency begins on a lark but, soon, they get involved in a case involving a kidnapped singer and an intricate blackmail scheme.
poster
?
5.4
/20/

Sweet Spirits of the Nighter (1941)
Officers Brendel and Kennedy are dispatched to a house where scientists are conducting experiments to revive the dead.
poster
?
3.6
/96/
10
/1/
51
/4/

Mitäs me sankarit (1980)
Two idiot ex-policemen turns out to be private detectives. Comedy follows their mistakes.
poster
Dekkoo
66
?
7.1
/74/
60
/2/
3.4
/243/

Enter the Drag Dragon (2023)
Get ready to go on a Drag-Fu odyssey, filled with face-crunching action, corset-busting comedy, gut-munching horror, soul-touching musical numbers. You've never experienced anything like Enter the Drag Dragon! It's the world's "first ever DragXploitation action film!"


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