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Criterion Channel
85
7.9
/94538/
76
/1627/
76
/1107/
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
76
7.4
/404915/
73
/25622/
71
/8353/
3.8
/1065881/
91
/327/
79
/2573/
70
/51/
cc age 17+

The Nice Guys (2016)
A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
poster
75
7.4
/28932/
73
/816/
71
/364/
3.6
/14324/
84
/115/
81
/2249/
75
/33/
cc age 17+

This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment and exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA views sex and violence.
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Netflix
74
7.3
/266648/
75
/7439/
72
/3487/
3.6
/119476/
83
/172/
82
/5248/
63
/31/
cc age 16+

The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
Mick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Mick spends most of his time defending petty crooks and other bottom-feeders, so it comes as quite a surprise when he lands the case of a lifetime: defending a Beverly Hills playboy who is accused of attempted murder. However, what Mick initially thinks is an open-and-shut case with a big monetary reward develops into something more sinister.
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Hoopla
73
6.8
/31638/
68
/587/
63
/397/
3.4
/15402/
81
/52/
76
/625/
66
/19/

Dead Again (1991)
In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.
poster
71
6.6
/117763/
64
/3732/
65
/2617/
3.6
/236162/
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
/24985/
68
/1587/
66
/451/
3.7
/59499/
85
/65/
77
/102/
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
74
65
7.1
/5624/
70
/82/
65
/65/
3.4
/3692/
100
/10/
72
/78/

The Dark Corner (1946)
Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.
poster
65
6.5
/131213/
67
/5877/
63
/2934/
3.1
/42804/
68
/161/
53
/1534/
57
/36/
cc age 17+

A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
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Amazon Prime Video
63
6.7
/4171/
66
/199/
68
/94/
3.5
/4940/
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.
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Hoopla
62
5.8
/13999/
62
/1376/
58
/335/
2.8
/7522/
70
/37/
72
/36/
49
/8/
cc age 16+

Last Looks (2022)
A disgraced ex-cop seeks solace by moving to the woods, but his quiet life comes to an end when a private eye recruits him to investigate the murder of an eccentric TV star's wife.
poster
58
7.3
/11774/
72
/490/
70
/181/
3.0
/5117/
30
/10/
76
/141/
50
/7/

Soaked in Bleach (2015)
Twenty years ago, Kurt Cobain was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head. The world was told it was a suicide, but evidence would lead many people to believe it might be otherwise. The film investigates the possibilities that exist that Kurt Cobain's death might not have been a suicide, that the Seattle Police Department rushed their verdict, and the global media perpetuated lies and misinformation fed to them by Courtney Love that created the belief in many that Cobain killed himself—but when revealed to be lies—lead many to now question what happened.
poster
54
6.6
/149724/
67
/3778/
64
/2158/
3.2
/82060/
23
/83/
52
/2752/
21
/20/

8MM (1999)
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.
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64
49
6.3
/611/
62
/21/
61
/33/
3.1
/9693/
73
/33/
66
/9/

A Private Life (2025)
Following the death of Paula, one of her long-time patients, psychiatrist Lilian Steiner becomes convinced that her supposed death by suicide is actually an unsolved murder.
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Peacock Premium
48
5.3
/17696/
56
/1230/
56
/231/
2.3
/176314/
45
/176/
39
/163/
46
/38/
cc age 16+

Honey Don't! (2025)
Honey O'Donahue, a small-town private investigator, delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church.
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Netflix
51
47
4.7
/1566/
58
/210/
57
/18/
2.1
/3923/
cc age 14+

Trainwreck: P.I. Moms (2025)
This tell-all documentary investigates an early 2000s reality show about private eye moms and the drug scandal that sabotaged the series and its stars.
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Hulu
48
45
4.8
/3211/
62
/848/
64
/161/
2.3
/2019/
42
/12/
27
/25/
cc age 17+

Cult Killer (2024)
A private investigator is forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor, who is implicated in the crimes.
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Amazon Prime Video
67
45
4.4
/4789/
50
/39/
46
/20/
100
/5/
95
/18/

Trouble Is My Business (2018)
Private eye Roland Drake cracks cases and romances femme fatales in 1940's Los Angeles while corrupt cop Det Barry Tate rules the city. A tale told in the classic style of film noir. Drake has fallen on hard times in a harsh world. He has been evicted from his office and disgraced by a missing persons case. Ruined in the public eye and with the police. it seems like it's all over for Roland Drake. Then, redemption walks in - with curves. The owner of those curves is a sexy, dark haired beauty named Katherine Montemar. She wants his help. The chemistry is immediate and her concern for the disappearance of her family members pulls him into her case - and into bed.
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Amazon Prime Video
45
5.0
/21953/
59
/892/
61
/1136/
2.4
/23979/
6
/17/
49
/200/
cc age 14+

So Undercover (2012)
When the FBI hires her to go undercover at a college sorority, Molly Morris must transform herself from a tough, streetwise private investigator to a refined, sophisticated university girl to help protect the daughter of a one-time Mobster. With several suspects on her list, Molly unexpectedly discovers that not everyone is who they appear to be, including herself.
poster
44
5.4
/16714/
58
/629/
59
/399/
2.8
/11772/
14
/36/
31
/564/
36
/14/

Bordello of Blood (1996)
Private eye Rafe Guttman is hired by repressed, born-again Katherine to find her missing bad-boy brother. The trail leads him to a whorehouse run by a thousand-year-old vampire and secretly backed by Katherine's boss, televangelist Jimmy Current.
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Netflix
43
5.3
/66048/
59
/3902/
58
/2232/
2.5
/112762/
14
/90/
31
/700/
32
/17/
cc age 17+

Sinister 2 (2015)
A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.
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Hulu
43
5.3
/21833/
65
/4324/
52
/684/
2.4
/6187/
21
/38/
28
/78/
28
/9/
cc age 17+

Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017)
Steve Ford is a private detective in Venice Beach, Calif., who's good with the ladies, bad with the punches and wild about his dog Buddy. When local thugs steal Buddy, Ford turns to Spyder, their devious leader, and forges an unlikely alliance. With help from his best friend, Steve pulls out the big guns to retrieve Spyder's stolen cash and cocaine and save Buddy.
poster
76
40
7.6
/3299/
72
/52/
71
/25/
3.4
/2308/
95
/2/

Thegidi (2014)
Vettri joins a detective agency and is assigned a series of subjects to observe. He falls in love with Madhusree, one of his targets, and just when everything seems to be going fine, Vettri's subjects start dying mysteriously. Can he save Madhu before it is too late?
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FXNow
38
4.9
/63038/
59
/6541/
57
/2575/
1.8
/97736/
9
/114/
48
/772/
22
/29/
cc age 14+

Fantasy Island (2020)
A group of contest winners arrive at an island hotel to live out their dreams, only to find themselves trapped in nightmare scenarios.
poster
59
35
6.7
/1151/
64
/35/
59
/33/
3.4
/212/
50
/8/
53
/43/
54
/6/

Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery (2006)
When hard boiled private eye Donald Strachey finds his latest client dead, an apparent suicide, Albany’s favorite gay detective smells a rat and decides to take matters into his own hands. With the help of his straight-laced but adoring husband Tim and his occasionally too-eager assistant Kenny, Strachey’s investigation leads him on a dark and dangerous trail into the world of "gay conversion therapy".
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Starz
40
34
5.4
/7607/
54
/232/
52
/142/
2.8
/926/
19
/16/
25
/119/
25
/9/

The Big Bang (2011)
A private detective is hired to find a missing stripper but the job turns complicated when everyone he questions ends up dead. From the mean streets of Los Angeles to the desolate desert of New Mexico, Cruz must contend with a brutal Russian Boxer, three brash LAPD detectives, an aged billionaire looking for the Big Bang, and the billionaire's stunningly gorgeous wife. The solution to the mystery will cost ten lives, net $30 million and just might explain - well - everything.
poster
66
33
6.7
/2469/
71
/52/
62
/39/
3.3
/433/

Varg Veum - Fallen Angels (2008)
Jakob Aasen has hired his old friend, private investigator Varg Veum, to spy on his wife Rebecca, whom he suspects of infidelity. Against his better judgement Varg accepts the job, and in an ironic twist he and Rebecca rekindle their former love. Meanwhile a serial killer is targeting members of Jacob's band and their families...
poster
65
32
6.3
/1643/
70
/48/
61
/33/
3.2
/295/
68
/31/

Varg Veum - Yours Until Death (2008)
Private eye Varg Veum is on a routine mission searching for his client Jonas Andresen's stolen car. The car is found having been used in a brutal robbery and not long after that the client himself turns up dead.
poster
64
31
6.4
/1562/
70
/40/
56
/41/
3.3
/310/
67
/30/

Varg Veum - Woman in the Fridge (2008)
An international oil drilling company hires private investigator Varg Veum to find their missing systems designer, Arne Samuelsen. Varg discovers the headless body of a woman jammed into the fridge in Arne's apartment - and is promptly knocked unconscious. When he wakes up the body is gone and the Police has arrived.
poster
66
31
6.4
/1922/
71
/60/
64
/38/
3.3
/365/

Varg Veum - Sleeping Beauty (2008)
After extricating 17-year-old Lisa Halle from a life of prostitution in Copenhagen, private investigator Varg Veum becomes ensnared in a tangle of parental neglect and bad love when he is hired to locate Lisa's boyfriend, Peter Werner.
poster
73
30
7.1
/612/
65
/18/
77
/10/
80
/143/

Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (1987)
Jordan White, a publisher friend of Perry, is called to a hotel where a guest, famous horror writer David Hall, has cleared out the hotel for a weekend and has called his "friends" - an actress, a fortune-teller, David's private assistant and the two remaining staff at the hotel to discuss business. They have come to the hotel as all of them are going to sue David over his new book - "The Resort" which characters are obviously based on Jordan and the guests. A practical joker, David plays tricks on them until he is thrown from the high tower of the hotel where Susan Warrenfield, the manager and owner of the hotel sees the fall and then Jordan at the tower causing the police to arrest Jordan. While Perry and Della try to solve the main mystery, Paul tries to find out who is trying to scare Susan away from the hotel. Could it really be a ghost or a more earthy visitor?
poster
61
29
6.6
/1296/
64
/38/
55
/37/
3.3
/250/
57
/43/

Third Man Out: A Donald Strachey Mystery (2005)
Gay detective Donald Strachey is commissioned to protect gay activist John Rutka, known for "outing" prominent citizens.
poster
58
27
6.5
/2214/
59
/22/
60
/39/
3.3
/483/
43
/13/

The Lost Son (1999)
Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a call from an old friend from the Paris police department, now a businessman whose brother-in-law is missing. The missing man's parents hire Xavier over their daughter's objections, and quickly he finds himself in the realm of children's sexual slavery.
poster
55
26
6.1
/504/
61
/20/
62
/6/
3.7
/2729/
46
/24/
47
/3/
34
/10/

Russian Doll (2001)
A private detective agrees to marry his best friend's mistress to keep her from being deported.
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MGM Plus
40
25
4.0
/2532/
54
/33/
45
/41/
2.2
/1303/
19
/444/

Wicked Stepmother (1989)
A pair of witches descend upon a family and wreak havoc. Now it's up to the family's matriarch, a private detective, and a suspended police officer to stop them.
poster
Hulu
45
23
4.4
/1472/
56
/182/
48
/33/
2.5
/594/
27
/11/
cc age 15+

Collide (2022)
A gripping chronicle of three couples over the course of one fateful night in an LA restaurant named Collide. Hunter finds himself on an awkward blind date with the captivating Tamira, while a busboy and his waitress girlfriend hope to score a big payday, and outside, Peter sits in his car observing his wife Angie meet with the restaurant’s manager. Though all strangers, their stories are weaved together as they hurl towards an explosive end.
poster
58
23
6.0
/1346/
69
/44/
56
/30/
3.2
/263/
45
/23/

Varg Veum - Buried Dogs (2008)
Racial tension is running high in Bergen after a young black asylum seeker dies at the hands of the Police. Shortly afterwards, a right-wing politician is targeted by a gunman at a public rally and his wife is fatally wounded. Another member of the right-wing party, Marit Holm, approaches private investigator Varg Veum, insisting she is being stalked.
poster
56
21
6.4
/869/
63
/28/
54
/24/
45
/19/

On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery (2008)
When the residents of a neighborhood are offered huge sums of money to sell their homes to a developer, the only ones to refuse are an elderly lesbian couple. Soon after, the couple's home is besieged by anti-gay vandalism, but Don suspects that the attack is motivated by big-business rather than homophobia.
poster
60
21
6.2
/1414/
70
/39/
64
/29/
3.2
/282/
41
/7/

Varg Veum - The Writing on the Wall (2010)
Varg Veum is no longer working as a private investigator. He's got a permanent job as a teacher, and has calmed down his life, enjoying the domestic bliss with his new girlfriend Karin, but the idyll doesn't last long. Veum gets a brutal meeting with the past, when "The Knife" is released from prison, determined to take revenge on those who got him convicted for the murder of a teenage girl.
poster
64
21
6.2
/1277/
70
/43/
62
/24/
3.2
/228/

Varg Veum - The Consorts of Death (2011)
Varg Veum investigates the murder of a married couple; prime suspect is the stepson, but Veum does not think he is guilty. Not even when he confesses.
poster
58
20
6.5
/1460/
65
/50/
65
/31/
3.3
/257/
31
/1/

Varg Veum - At Night All Wolves Are Grey (2011)
Varg Veum investigates a case where his good friend Even, a highly decorated ex-army officer, is falsely accused of bombing Armakon, a weapons storage facility.
poster
60
20
6.5
/1238/
71
/17/
57
/24/
3.2
/422/
42
/14/

Grand Central Murder (1942)
Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when smart-mouthed private eye Rocky Custer -- also a suspect himself -- begins to piece together the crime, a few clues that Gunther has overlooked come to light.
poster
64
20
6.2
/1097/
68
/36/
63
/27/
3.2
/202/

Varg Veum - The Dead Have It Easy (2012)
Varg Veum tries to help a scared girl lost in the woods at night, but he fails to avoid her death. What was this young asylum seeker fleeing from?
poster
Amazon Prime Video
52
19
5.5
/1073/
55
/24/
59
/26/
3.1
/539/
31
/10/

Out Cold (1989)
Sunny is married to the butcher, Ernie, and their marriage is about to end as both of them have affairs. Thus Sunny hires Lester Atlas as private investigator in order to collect proof for the divorce. One evening drunken Ernie and his partner Dave have a fight in the butcher shop with Ernie getting knocked out in the fridge where he dies during the night. But it was not Dave's fault but intentional murder by Sunny. Only Lester has proof so Sunny kills him, too. Thus she only has to kill Dave to get rid of all witnesses, but he can free himself out of the fridge and wants to take revenge.
poster
The CW
31
18
2.1
/1590/
39
/141/
37
/59/
2.0
/780/
21
/13/

Among the Shadows (2019)
A private investigator must unravel the murder of her uncle while keeping the secret that she is a descendant from a line of werewolves.
poster
57
18
6.5
/816/
64
/45/
53
/23/
48
/10/

Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery (2008)
America's favorite gay private investigator, Donald Strachey, takes on the most complicated case of his career. After his long-time partner, Tim, asks him to uncover the source of an anonymous and generous donation to the Albany youth center, he gets caught in a whirlwind of deceit and danger.
poster
54
18
6.1
/1338/
66
/46/
56
/31/
3.2
/260/
27
/1/

Varg Veum - Black Sheep (2011)
Varg Veum promises his girlfriend that he will find her sister who has vanished.
poster
61
17
5.8
/394/
64
/24/
60
/21/
3.1
/516/

Gentleman (2022)
Hyun-soo, a C.E.O of a private detective agency, visits a pension with a client asking for her dog. While waiting outside of pension, he is falsely accused of kidnapping the client. During the arrest Hyun-soo, a serious car accident occurs and people misunderstand Hyun-soo as a prosecutor instead of a suspect. To find the real criminal, Hyun-soo pretends to be a prosecutor. Hwa-jin is an elite prosecutor but demoted to the provinces while trying to catch a law firm conglomerate Do-hoon, who colluded with the prosecutor’s leadership, meets Hyun-soo. Hwa-jin finds out the case is related to Do-hoon, she begins cooperating with Hyun-soo. While cooperating is on-going, they realize that there is a dirty truth behind the crime.


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