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1. C.B. Strike (2017– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
War veteran turned private detective Cormoran Strike solves brutal murders with the help of his trusted partner Robin Ellacott.
Stars: Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger, Kerr Logan, Jack Greenlees
Votes: 24,862
2. The Alienist (2018–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Newspaper illustrator John Moore meets with criminal psychologist (alienist) Dr. Laszlo Kreizler to investigate a serial killer in New York during the late 19th century.
Stars: Daniel Brühl, Dakota Fanning, Luke Evans, Robert Wisdom
Votes: 60,446
3. Marlowe (2022)
R | 109 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In late 1930s Bay City, a brooding, down on his luck detective is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Brenda Rawn
Votes: 12,035
4. Whitstable Pearl (2021– )
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Local restaurant owner Pearl Nolan sets up a local detective agency after undergoing police training in an earlier career. She is soon embroiled in her first case when she discovers the body of her close friend Vinnie.
Stars: Howard Charles, Frances Barber, Isobelle Molloy, Sophia Del Pizzo
Votes: 3,504
5. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre
Votes: 166,959 | Gross: $2.11M
6. Hawaiian Eye (1959–1963)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The cases of Hawaiian Eye Private Investigations and the two handsome, slick, tough-guy detectives who ran the firm, Thomas Jefferson Lopaka, or Tom for short, and Tracy Steele, a Korean War veteran and former city police detective.
Stars: Poncie Ponce, Connie Stevens, Douglas Mossman, Robert Conrad
Votes: 691
7. Republic of Doyle (2010–2014)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Jake Doyle and his father Malachy run a private investigations agency in St. John's, Newfoundland. Their cases involve them in all sorts of dealings - not all of them on the right side of the law.
Stars: Allan Hawco, Krystin Pellerin, Mark O'Brien, Marthe Bernard
Votes: 4,645
8. The Poison Rose (2019)
R | 98 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Inspired by classic film noir, Carson Phillips, an ex-football star turned PI, has a soft spot for a lady in distress.
Directors: Francesco Cinquemani, George Gallo | Stars: John Travolta, Morgan Freeman, Brendan Fraser, Famke Janssen
Votes: 11,207
9. Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
R | 144 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1950s New York, Lionel, a private detective with Tourette syndrome, sets out to uncover the mystery behind his mentor and only friend Frank's murder. Scouring the jazz clubs and slums of Brooklyn, he soon uncovers a web of secrets.
Director: Edward Norton | Stars: Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin, Willem Dafoe
Votes: 62,959
10. Imitation of Life (1959)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
An aspiring white actress takes in an African American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner
Votes: 18,303 | Gross: $13.99M
11. Baywatch Nights (1995–1997)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Baywatch veteran Mitch Buchannon moonlights as a P.I. with his two friends Garner and Ryan. In season 2, Diamont replaces Garner, and Mitch's cases suddenly take a hard turn towards supernatural horror.
Stars: David Hasselhoff, Angie Harmon, Eddie Cibrian, Donna D'Errico
Votes: 1,575
12. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Film noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from classic noir films appear as scenes from various movies interjected into the story.
Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Alan Ladd, Carl Reiner
Votes: 23,873 | Gross: $18.20M
13. Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Mystery
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.
Director: Paul Flaherty | Stars: John Candy, Jeffrey Jones, Annie Potts, Tim Thomerson
Votes: 17,829 | Gross: $10.98M
14. Pitfall (1948)
Not Rated | 86 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Married insurance adjuster John Forbes falls for femme fatale Mona Stevens while her boyfriend is in jail and all suffer serious consequences as a result.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, Raymond Burr
Votes: 4,584
15. Sweating Bullets (1991–1993)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Nick Slaughter, a former RCMP and DEA agent, who had left the company after being fired from his job, moves to the Florida town of Key Mariah to set up a detective service.
Stars: Rob Stewart, Carolyn Dunn, Ian Tracey, Ari Sorko-Ram
Votes: 1,951
16. Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990 TV Movie)
G | 96 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
There's a crisis in Rhymeland. All the Rhymies (the characters from nursery rhymes) are disappearing. Mother Goose's son, Gordon, and Little Bo Peep set off to find them.
Director: Jeff Stein | Stars: Harry Anderson, Brian Bonsall, Elayne Boosler, Bobby Brown
Votes: 982
17. Stolen Kisses (1968)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After being discharged from the army, Antoine Doinel centers a screwball comedy where he applies for different jobs and tries to make sense of his relationships with women.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale
Votes: 15,160
18. They All Laughed (1981)
PG | 115 min | Comedy, Romance
A madcap private-eye caper about a team of detectives who are following, and are being followed by, a group of beautiful women.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, Patti Hansen, John Ritter
Votes: 3,033
19. Partners in Crime (2015)
55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Agatha Christie's crime-fighting duo, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, solve mysteries and search for enemy spies in 1950s Britain.
Stars: Jessica Raine, David Walliams, James Fleet, Matthew Steer
Votes: 2,718
20. Peppermint Candy (1999)
Not Rated | 129 min | Drama
Following a man's suicide, time traverses back to reveal six chapters of his life on why he committed suicide.
Director: Lee Chang-dong | Stars: Sol Kyung-gu, Kim Yeo-jin, Moon So-ri, Se-beom Park
Votes: 10,905
21. Partners in Crime (1984)
PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When their ex-husband Raymond winds up murdered, Carole and Sydney set out to find his killer and eventually decide to run the detective agency Raymond has left them.
Stars: Lynda Carter, Loni Anderson, Walter Olkewicz, Leo Rossi
Votes: 254
22. Mirage (1965)
Approved | 108 min | Mystery, Thriller
An accountant suddenly suffers from amnesia. This appears related to the suicide of his boss. Now some violent thugs are out to get him. They work for a shadowy figure known simply as The Major.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau, Kevin McCarthy
Votes: 5,972 | Gross: $3.27M
23. Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
Approved | 105 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A man dreams of revenge when he suspects his wife is unfaithful.
Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Rudy Vallee, Barbara Lawrence
Votes: 5,881
24. Partners in Crime (1983–1984)
TV-PG | 631 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Agatha Christie's husband-and-wife sleuthing team take on a series of short whodunit mysteries.
Stars: Francesca Annis, James Warwick, Reece Dinsdale, Arthur Cox
Votes: 894
25. It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
Passed | 116 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles, Victor Moore
Votes: 6,305
26. The Garden of Sinners: Overlooking View (2007)
49 min | Animation, Action, Crime
September 1998: A recent spate of unusual suicide incidents where several high school girls fell to their death, but left no suicide note and had apparently no reason to commit suicide. In ... See full summary »
Director: Ei Aoki | Stars: Maaya Sakamoto, Ken'ichi Suzumura, Takako Honda, Ayumi Fujimura
Votes: 2,770
27. Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980)
TV-PG | Crime, Drama
A con-man and an accountant-wanna-be private eye team up to fight crime.
Stars: Ben Vereen, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Romanus, Larry Manetti
Votes: 551
28. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
Two bumbling private eyes help a man, wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible, to clear his name.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Guild, Arthur Franz
Votes: 6,117 | Gross: $3.38M
29. RoOT - Route of OddTaxi - (2024– )
TV-14 | Animation, Drama, Mystery
While investigating an ordinary-seeming taxi driver, a pair of down-on-their-luck private investigators stumble into the case of a missing teenage girl.
Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Riho Iida, Eita Okuno, Yumi Kawai
Votes: 22
30. My Favorite Brunette (1947)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Shortly before his execution on the death row in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson tells reporters how he got there.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 3,859
31. Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet (1978)
102 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
When the 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Michal Docolomanský, Rudolf Hrusínský, Milos Kopecký, Václav Lohniský
Votes: 1,999
32. Velvet Smooth (1976)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The female head of a detective agency is hired by a crime lord to figure out who's taking his action.
Director: Michael Fink | Stars: Johnnie Hill, Owen Watson, Emerson Boozer, René Van Clief
Votes: 346
33. Deadly Circuit (1983)
120 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.
Director: Claude Miller | Stars: Michel Serrault, Isabelle Adjani, Guy Marchand, Stéphane Audran
Votes: 2,688
34. The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
Approved | 92 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Biopic loosely based on the last 18 years of Jesse James' life and focused on the relationship between brothers Jesse and Frank James.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 1,708
35. Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
G | 72 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Daffy Duck opens a detective agency for the supernatural along side his Looney Toon buddies.
Directors: Greg Ford, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Terry Lennon, Robert McKimson, Maurice Noble | Stars: Mel Blanc, Mel Tormé, Roy Firestone, B.J. Ward
Votes: 2,680
36. Checkmate (1960–1962)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Don Corey and Jed Sills operate Checkmate, Inc., a very high-priced detective agency in San Francisco. Helping them protect the lives of their clients is British criminologist (once an Oxford professor) Carl Hyatt.
Stars: Anthony George, Doug McClure, Sebastian Cabot, Ken Lynch
Votes: 317
37. Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Two con artists take a shopgirl under their wing, but she disrupts their marrying-for-money scheme by falling for a mathematician.
Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar, Shepperd Strudwick
Votes: 1,083
38. Deception (2003 TV Movie)
R | 88 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Erin, a struggling actress, has little faith in men. She works for a detective agency, her job is to seduce married men and let their wives catch them in the act. But lately, Erin is been ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Roy | Stars: Dina Meyer, Steve Bacic, Gary Hudson, Anna Silk
Votes: 312
39. Space Patrol Luluco (2016–2022)
TV-14 | 8 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
A normal girl and an alien meet and spark an interstellar romance.
Stars: Amber Lee Connors, Brittney Karbowski, Mao Ichimichi, Bob Carter
Votes: 709
40. Love at Large (1990)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Vampish miss Dolan hires hardboiled P.I. Harry Dobbs to tail her shady boyfriend. Harry realizes that the man leads a double life but then his client disappears. Harry teams up with his own tail, P.I. Stella Wynkowski, to clear things up.
Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins, Anne Archer, Kate Capshaw
Votes: 1,489 | Gross: $1.44M
41. Fuuto PI (2022)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Small happiness, great misfortune, the town where wind always blows Futo. Shotaro Hidari and Philip work together in Narumi Detective Agency, solving various cases and bringing happiness to the people of this "Windy City".
Stars: Yoshimasa Hosoya, Kôki Uchiyama, Akira Sekine, Mikako Komatsu
Votes: 241
42. Kurayukaba (2023)
Animation
Ootsuji Detective Agency has a new case. Now, facing the strangeness of the "mass disappearance" bewildering society, Detective Soutarou takes the investigation head on!.
Director: Shigeyoshi Tsukahara | Stars: Hakuzan Kanda, Sho Karino, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Raikô Sakamoto
Votes: 42
43. Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963)
Approved | 90 min | Western
In 1875 a murderous outlaw gang breaks criminals from jail, uses them to help in crimes, and then kills them for the reward, when it goes high enough.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Audie Murphy, Ben Cooper, Colleen Miller, DeForest Kelley
Votes: 852
44. There's That Woman Again (1938)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Bill Reardon, a private detective, is working on a case involving stolen items from a local jewelry store. The case takes a different turn when Bill's prying wife wants to help catch the crook.
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Margaret Lindsay, Stanley Ridges
Votes: 257
45. Carmen Sandiego
Action, Adventure, Family | Announced
A live-action feature film based on Carmen Sandiego.
Star: Gina Rodriguez
46. One Hour with You (1932)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An unhappily married couple try to come between a happy one.
Directors: George Cukor, Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Genevieve Tobin, Lili Damita
Votes: 2,931
47. Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! (1963)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Police detective Tajima, tasked with tracking down stolen firearms, turns an underworld grudge into a blood-bath. Suzuki transforms a colorful pot-boiler into an on-target send-up of cultural colonialism and post-war greed.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Jô Shishido, Tamio Kawaji, Reiko Sasamori, Nobuo Kaneko
Votes: 989
48. Harmonium (2016)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
Toshio hires Yasaka in his workshop. This old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life.
Director: Kôji Fukada | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Mariko Tsutsui, Taiga Nakano, Momone Shinokawa
Votes: 2,912 | Gross: $0.02M
49. The Black Bird (1975)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The son of famous detective Sam Spade carries on the family tradition of getting involved with the Maltese Falcon - and with the people who will stop at nothing, including murder, to get it.
Director: David Giler | Stars: George Segal, Stéphane Audran, Lionel Stander, Lee Patrick
Votes: 627
50. The Right Temptation (2000)
R | 95 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A detective falls for the man she's supposed to be investigating; dire complications follow.
Director: Lyndon Chubbuck | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Rebecca De Mornay, Dana Delany, Adam Baldwin
Votes: 1,301