Movies by Lists - Detective Movies (138 [138]) 
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| 16 BlocksAn aging alcoholic cop is assigned the task of escorting a witness from police custody to a courthouse 16 blocks away. There are, however, chaotic forces at work that prevent them from making it in one piece. | 2006 | Richard Donner | Action, Drama, Thriller | 6.6 (129.5K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Accomplices [Complices]Two police detectives investigate the murder of a high-end male prostitute, and his relationship with his girlfriend. | 2009 | Frédéric Mermoud | Crime, Romance | 6.6 (1K votes) | 93 | 20220822 |
| American Side, TheFollowing a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist, Nikola Tesla. | 2016 | Jenna Ricker | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 4.9 (2.2K votes) | 90 | 20230830 |
| Angel HeartA private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn. | 1987 | Alan Parker | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (85.8K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Bad LieutenantWhile 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 and redemption. | 1992 | Abel Ferrara | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (42K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Big Combo. TheA police lt. is ordered to stop investigating deadly crime boss Mr. Brown, because he hasn't been able to get any hard evidence against him. He then goes after Brown's girlfriend who despises him, for information instead. | 1955 | Joseph H. Lewis (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.4 (7.4K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Big Easy, TheA corrupt lieutenant in the homicide division is threatened by the righteous DA while trying to solve a string of mysterious murders. | 1986 | Jim McBride (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.5 (12.6K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Big Heat, The [Seng fat dak ging]Inspector Waipong Wong has to put his life and resignation from the Hong Kong police department on hold to investigate his former partner's mysterious murder. What he and his crack team of three other cops uncover is a plot far more | 1988 | Yeung-Wah Kam, Johnnie To, Hark Tsui | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.9 (676 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Big Sleep, ThePrivate detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love. | 1946 | Howard Hawks (*) | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (83.8K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Black Coal, Thin Ice [Bai ri yan huo]An ex cop and his ex partner decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders that ended their careers and shamed them, when identical murders begin again. | 2014 | Yi'nan Diao | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 6.7 (8.4K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Blood SimpleThe 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. | 1984 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (94K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Body, The [El Cuerpo]A detective searches for the body of a femme fatale which has gone missing from a morgue. | 2012 | Oriol Paulo | Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (63.3K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| BullittAn all-guts, no-glory San Francisco cop becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection. | 1968 | Peter Yates | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.4 (66.8K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Case Of The Scorpion's Tail, TheWhen the estranged widow of a millionaire receives a massive payout following his death, an insurance investigator works to determine any irregularities in the policy, but soon finds himself suspected of her murder. | 1971 | Sergio Martino | Mystery, Thriller | 6.7 (3K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Castle of Sand, The [Suna no utsuwa]Detectives investigate the murder of an old man found in a Tokyo rail yard. | 1974 | Yoshitarô Nomura | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.4 (1.3K votes) | 143 | 20220723 |
| Charisma [Karisuma]A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without explanation, he makes his way to a mountain for | 1999 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Drama, Mystery | 6.9 (1.8K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Chaser, The [Chugyeogja]A disgraced ex-policeman who runs a small ring of prostitutes finds himself in a race against time when one of his women goes missing. | 2008 | Na Hong-jin | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.8 (63.8K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| ChinatownA private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder. | 1974 | Roman Polanski (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.2 (315K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Chronicles of Evil [Ak-ui yeon-dae-gi]A decorated detective involved in a taxi driver's death realizes he is caught in a trap and must untangle past mistakes to figure out why he was targeted in the first place. | 2015 | Woon-hak Baek | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.8 (1.8K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Classified File, The [Geukbisusa]A detective and a fortune teller join forces to find a kidnapped child whom none expects to be alive. | 2015 | Kyung-taek Kwak | Crime, Drama | 6.5 (930 votes) | 108 | 20220414 |
| ClockersYoung drug pushers in the projects of Brooklyn live hard dangerous lives, trapped between their drug bosses and the detectives out to stop them. | 1995 | Spike Lee (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.9 (22.1K votes) | 128 | 20220414 |
| Confessions of a Dog [Pochi no kokuhaku]Takeda (Shun Sugata) is an honest police officer, father and husband, but after he's promoted to detective he quickly becomes embroiled in dirty back room dealings, blackmail, and corruption that goes right to the top of the force... | 2006 | Gen Takahashi | Crime, Drama | 7.3 (150 votes) | 195 | 20221116 |
| Conversation, TheA paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered. | 1974 | Francis Ford Coppola (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.8 (108K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Cop Story [Flic Story]This movie depicts the authentic story of the hunt for the dangerous criminal Emile Buisson, who escaped from prison in 1947. During three years Buisson manages to hide from detective Borniche by repeatedly killing his informants. Wh | 1975 | Jacques Deray | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.9 (2.3K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Cop, A [Un Flic]After a shaky first heist, a group of thieves plan an even more elaborate and risky second heist. | 1972 | Jean-Pierre Melville (*) | Crime, Thriller | 7.1 (9.4K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Cops Vs Thugs [Kenkei tai soshiki boryoku]Acting boss Hirotani of the Ohara gang uses his friendship with corrupt cop Kuno to usurp a staged land deal that rival yakuza gang Kawade had arranged through local politicians. Open warfare erupts between the two gangs. | 1975 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Crime | 7.2 (765 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Creepy [Kurîpî Itsuwari no rinjin]Takakura is a former detective. He receives a request from his ex-colleague, Nogami, to examine a missing family case that occurred six years earlier. Takakura follows Saki's memory. She is the only surviving family member from the c | 2016 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.3 (5.1K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Crime of PassionKathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path. | 1956 | Gerd Oswald | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 6.5 (2.2K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Crimson Kimono, TheTwo detectives seek a stripper's killer in the Japanese quarter of Los Angeles, but a love triangle threatens their friendship. | 1959 | Samuel Fuller (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 6.9 (2.7K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| CrossfireA man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why? | 1947 | Edward Dmytryk (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery | 7.3 (8.4K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Cry of the CityPolice Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome. | 1948 | Robert Siodmak (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 7.2 (2.8K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Dark Corner, TheA secretary tries to help her boss who's been framed for murder. | 1946 | Henry Hathaway | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance | 7.1 (4.4K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Day of The Jackal, TheIn the aftermath of France allowing Algeria's independence, a group of resentful military veterans hire a professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" to kill President Charles de Gaulle. | 1973 | Fred Zinnemann (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.8 (40K votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| Dead AgainA woman who has lost her memory is taken in by a Los Angeles orphanage, and a private eye is enlisted to track down her identity, but he soon finds that he might have a past life connection to her that endangers their lives. | 1991 | Kenneth Branagh | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (27.6K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Deadly Circuit [Mortelle randonnée]A P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe. | 1983 | Claude Miller | Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 7.1 (2.4K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Death on the NileAs Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey? | 1978 | John Guillermin | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.3 (31.4K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| DeceiverA hooker is found cut in two. Two cops give polygraph tests to the only suspect, James Wayland (Tim Roth), an unstable genius. After some time, the roles change. | 1997 | Jonas Pate, Josh Pate | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (6.4K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Detective Belli [Ring of Death; Un detective]A crooked detective begins investigating a situation on behalf of a friend and gets involved in murder, deception and double-cross. | 1969 | Romolo Guerrieri | Crime, Drama | 6.1 (280 votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Detective StoryOn one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod. | 1951 | William Wyler (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance | 7.6 (8.2K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Detective, The [C+ jing taam]A private detective is drawn into a complex murder mystery when he is hired to track down a missing young woman. | 2007 | Oxide Chun Pang | Drama, Thriller | 6.5 (1.3K votes) | 109 | 20230830 |
| Devil in a Blue DressAn African-American man is hired to find a woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal. | 1995 | Carl Franklin | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.7 (19.5K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Dial M For MurderA former tennis player tries to arrange his wife's murder after learning of her affair. | 1954 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Crime, Thriller | 8.2 (169.9K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Dossier KVincke and Verstuyft are detectives of the Antwerp police department. This time they have to deal with the Albanian mob and some problems in their own police division. | 2009 | Jan Verheyen | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.7 (2.7K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Driver, TheA getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective. | 1978 | Walter Hill | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.2 (15.8K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Evil Under the SunTrying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi. | 1982 | Guy Hamilton (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.1 (16.3K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Eyes of CrystalWhile hunting a cultured, intelligent and vicious psychopath, Inspector Amaldi comes face to face with the physical and moral decay of his city as well as the ghosts of his own past. | 2004 | Eros Puglielli | Mystery, Thriller | 6.4 (1.1K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| FargoMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson. | 1996 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Crime, Thriller | 8.1 (654.8K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Fireworks [Hana-bi]Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions. | 1997 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.7 (29.8K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| French Connection, TheA pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal. | 1971 | William Friedkin (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (118.5K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| French Connection, The II"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York. | 1975 | John Frankenheimer (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (18.2K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Fugitive, TheDr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by a seasoned U.S. Marshal. | 1993 | Andrew Davis | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.8 (284.5K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Girl by the Lake, The [La ragazza del lago]The body of a young woman is found in a small and quiet town in North Italy. A detective from the nearby main city is called to solve the mystery. | 2007 | Andrea Molaioli | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (3.6K votes) | 95 | 20220822 |
| Gone Baby GoneTwo Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally. | 2007 | Ben Affleck | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (266.6K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Gorky ParkA Moscow police officer investigates a vicious triple homicide and stumbles upon a high-level international political conspiracy. | 1983 | Michael Apted | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.8 (13.8K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Hard Day, A [Kkeut-kka-ji-gan-da]After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event. | 2014 | Seong-hun Kim | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.2 (13.4K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| HeatA group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist. | 1995 | Michael Mann (*) | Action, Crime, Drama | 8.2 (623.4K votes) | 170 | 20211228 |
| High and Low [Tengoku to jigoku]An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom. | 1963 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (41.4K votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| High Crime [La polizia incrimina la legge assolve]An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to the top of the underworld organization, his odds of survival decrease. | 1973 | Enzo G. Castellari | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (818 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Humanity [L'humanité]When an 11-year-old girl is brutally raped and murdered in a quiet French village, a police detective who has forgotten how to feel emotions--because of the death of his own family in some kind of accident--investigates the crime,... | 1999 | Bruno Dumont | Drama, Mystery | 6.8 (4.9K votes) | 141 | 20230619 |
| Hunting Season [Av Mevsimi]The lives of three homicide detectives are turned upside-down during a murder investigation. | 2010 | Yavuz Turgul | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.4 (33.6K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| Illustrious Corpses [Cadaveri Eccellenti]An investigation of the judges' assassinations reveals a political background. | 1976 | Francesco Rosi (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (2.4K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| In The Heat of The NightA black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case. | 1967 | Norman Jewison (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (73.3K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Inside ManA police detective, a bank robber, and a high-power broker enter high-stakes negotiations after the criminal's brilliant heist spirals into a hostage situation. | 2006 | Spike Lee (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (361.2K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| InsomniaIn a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle a Swedish murder investigator has been brought in on a special case. Sleep deprived, he makes a horrible mistake which is discovered by the killer he has been hunting. | 1997 | Erik Skjoldbjærg | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (14K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| InsomniaIn a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle a Swedish murder investigator has been brought in on a special case. Sleep deprived, he makes a horrible mistake which is discovered by the killer he has been hunting. | 1997 | Erik Skjoldbjærg | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (14K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Interview, TheA duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted. | 1998 | Craig Monahan | Thriller, Crime, Drama | 7.1 (8.4K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Investigation of a Citizen Above SuspicionA chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime. | 1970 | Elio Petri | Crime, Drama | 8.1 (10.8K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| It Happened in Broad Daylight [Es geschah am hellichten Tag]Having doubts about the guilt of the obvious suspect in the murder of an eight year old girl, a police detective decides to investigate the case on his own. | 1958 | Ladislao Vajda | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.9 (4.8K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Jar City [Mýrin]A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad. | 2006 | Baltasar Kormákur | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (5.4K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Keeper Of Lost Causes, ThePolice inspector Carl Mørck is put in charge of a department of cold cases, joined only by his assistant, Assad. They dig into a case about a disappeared woman. | 2013 | Mikkel Nørgaard | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (29.1K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Kill Me AgainA young detective becomes involved with a beautiful woman on the run from the mob and her psychopath boyfriend. | 1989 | John Dahl | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.3 (4.9K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Kill ZoneA near retired inspector and his unit are willing to put down a crime boss at all costs while dealing with his replacement, who is getting in their way. Meanwhile, the crime boss sends his top henchmen to put an end to their dirty sc | 2005 | Wilson Yip (*) | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.0 (12.1K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| KluteA small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute. | 1971 | Alan J. Pakula (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (25.1K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Lady In The LakeThe lady editor of a crime magazine hires Phillip Marlowe to find the wife of her boss. The private detective soon finds himself involved in murder. | 1946 | Robert Montgomery | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (5.5K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Last Contract, The [Sista kontraktet]Young police officer Roger is on the trail of the international master assassin, while the assassin follows his plan to murder Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme. | 1998 | Kjell Sundvall | Crime, Thriller | 6.2 (1.4K votes) | 114 | 20230830 |
| Laughing Policeman, TheIn San Francisco, California, one victim in a mass murder is a police detective. His partner and a new partner investigate in the city's seamy side. | 1973 | Stuart Rosenberg (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.4 (2.7K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| LauraA police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating. | 1944 | Otto Preminger (*) | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery | 8.0 (46.1K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| L'HumanitéWhen an 11-year-old girl is brutally raped and murdered in a quiet French village, a police detective who has forgotten how to feel emotions--because of the death of his own family in some kind of accident--investigates the crime, wh | 1999 | Bruno Dumont | Drama, Mystery | 6.9 (4.7K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| Long Goodbye, ThePrivate investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a jam, but in doing so gets implicated in his wife's murder. | 1973 | Robert Altman (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (30.5K votes) | 112 | 20220414 |
| Mafia [Il giorno della civetta]Following a murder in a small Sicilian town, the new chief of the Carabinieri must fight corrupt officials, the frightened silence of witnesses and the local Mafia boss in order to solve the case. | 1968 | Damiano Damiani | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (1.4K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Maltese Falcon, TheSan 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. | 1941 | John Huston (*) | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance | 8.0 (155.4K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Man on the Roof [Mannen på taket]When a police inspector is murdered in hospital, the investigation led by detective Martin Beck uncovers reports of police misconduct and a possible revenge motive. | 1976 | Bo Widerberg | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (4.1K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Man Who Cheated Himself, TheA veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his newly-minted detective brother assigned to the case alongside him. | 1950 | Felix E. Feist | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery | 6.8 (2.2K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Man Without a Map, The [Moetsukita chizu]A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. Contradictory evidence and the lack of clues soon render the case as virtually unsolvable, as the detective grows more and more frustrated. | 1968 | Hiroshi Teshigahara | Mystery | 6.6 (494 votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| ManhunterFormer FBI profiler Will Graham returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer dubbed "the Tooth Fairy" by the media. | 1986 | Michael Mann (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (71.5K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| MarshlandTwo cops lost in the deep south of Spain. One serial killer to catch. A lot of secrets and lies to disclose. | 2014 | Alberto Rodríguez | Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (33.1K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Max and the Junkmen [Max et les ferrailleurs]A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand. | 1971 | Claude Sautet | Crime, Drama, Romance | 7.3 (2.5K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Memories of Murder [Salinui chueok]In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit. | 2003 | Bong Joon Ho (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (166.8K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| Memory of a Killer, TheVincke and Verstuyft are the best detectives of the Antwerp police department. They are confronted with the murder on a leading executive and put all their effort to catch the murderer. | 2003 | Erik Van Looy | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (9.7K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Murder My SweetAfter being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit. | 1944 | Edward Dmytryk (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (13K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Murder on The Orient ExpressIn December 1935, when his transcontinental luxury train is stranded by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before, with a multitude of suspects. | 1974 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.3 (60.4K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Mystery RoadAn indigenous detective returns to the Outback to investigate the murder of a young girl. | 2013 | Ivan Sen | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (7.4K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Mystic RiverThe lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy. | 2003 | Clint Eastwood (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (444.2K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| Naked City, TheA step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York. | 1948 | Jules Dassin | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (13.3K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Night in Nude [Nûdo no yoru], AA private investigator takes on an odd job to retrieve a lost Rolex, only to find himself lured into a case filled with violence and sex by his mysterious employer. (Japanese with English subtitles). | 1993 | Takashi Ishii | Crime, Thriller | 6.4 (294 votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Night In Nude, AA private investigator takes on an odd job to retrieve a lost Rolex, only to find himself lured into a case filled with violence and sex by his mysterious employer. (Japanese with English subtitles). | 1993 | Takashi Ishii | Crime, Thriller | 6.4 (295 votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Night MovesLos Angeles private investigator Harry Moseby is hired by a client to find her runaway teenage daughter. Moseby tracks the daughter down, only to stumble upon something much more intriguing and sinister. | 1975 | Arthur Penn (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.1 (14.4K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Offence, TheA burnt-out British police detective finally snaps whilst interrogating a suspected child molester. | 1973 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.9 (6.7K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Petit lieutenant, LeA rookie policeman from provincial Le Havre volunteers for the high pressure Parisian homicide bureau and is assigned to a middle-aged woman detective. | 2005 | Xavier Beauvois | Crime, Drama | 7.0 (2.5K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Presumed InnocentAs a lawyer investigates the murder of a colleague, he finds himself more connected to the crime than anyone else. | 1990 | Alan J. Pakula (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (40.8K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| PrisonersWhen Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. | 2013 | Denis Villeneuve (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (675K votes) | 153 | 20220414 |
| Private Affair, A [Une affaire privée]It's been six months since Rachel Siprien disappeared. At the request of Rachel's mother, private detective François takes over the investigation. The young woman, with a complex and multi-faceted personality, is part of a strange ne | 2002 | Guillaume Nicloux | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 6.2 (906 votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Private Hell 36When 2 detectives steal $80,000 from a dead robber, one of them suffers from a guilty conscience which could lead to murder. | 1954 | Don Siegel (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 6.7 (1.5K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Q&ADirty cop, Mike Brennan thinks he got away with murder. But during a routine Q&A, the righteous assistant DA finds a clue that sets them both on a collision course. | 1990 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Unknown | 6.5 (6.2K votes) | 132 | 20220711 |
| Railroaded!A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man. | 1947 | Anthony Mann (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 6.7 (1.6K votes) | 72 | 20211228 |
| Romeo Is BleedingA womanizing, crooked cop on the payroll of the mafia is confronted with the reality of his double life after he is asked to kill a beautiful and ruthless Russian gangster. | 1993 | Peter Medak | Crime, Drama, Romance | 6.6 (13.8K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Room of DeathTwo unemployed computer technicians discover 2 million euros next to a dead body in a field of windmills. | 2007 | Alfred Lot | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 6.3 (1.8K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Running Out Of Time [Am zin]Police inspector and excellent hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-Sang finds himself in over his head when he is pulled into a 72 hour game by a cancer suffering criminal out for vengeance on Hong Kong's organized crime Syndicates. | 1999 | Johnnie To (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.4 (5.8K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Sea of LoveA detective investigating a series of murders becomes involved with a woman who may be the culprit. | 1989 | Harold Becker | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 6.8 (40.1K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Secret In Their Eyes, The [El secreto de sus ojos]A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later. | 2009 | Juan José Campanella (*) | Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 8.2 (205.7K votes) | 129 | 20220414 |
| SevenTwo detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives. | 1995 | David Fincher (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.6 (1.6M votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Seven-Ups, TheA tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money. | 1973 | Philip D'Antoni | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.8 (5.3K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| ShaftCool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter. | 1971 | Gordon Parks (*) | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.6 (18.4K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Shameless, The [Mu-roe-han]In order to capture a mob enforcer, homicide detective Jung befriends his girlfriend, Hye-kyung, only to fall in love with her. | 2015 | Seung-uk Oh | Crime, Drama | 6.0 (567 votes) | 118 | 20220414 |
| ShatteredAfter a horrific car wreck leaves him an amnesiac, a man slowly begins to unravel his shocking past. | 1991 | Wolfgang Petersen (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (9.5K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Sniper, TheA sniper kills young brunettes as the police attempt to grapple with the psychology of the unknown assailant. | 1952 | Edward Dmytryk (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.1 (3.2K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| SPL - Kill ZoneA near retired inspector and his unit are willing to put down a crime boss at all costs while dealing with his replacement, who is getting in their way. Meanwhile, the crime boss sends his top henchmen to put an end to their dirty sc | 2005 | Wilson Yip (*) | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.0 (12.2K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Stray DogDuring a sweltering summer, a rookie homicide detective tries to track down his stolen Colt pistol. | 1949 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (16.7K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| TattooTwo police detectives, a grizzled veteran and one fresh-faced rookie, hunt a ritualistic serial killer murdering people with tattoos and skinning them. | 2002 | Robert Schwentke | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 6.3 (3K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Thomas Crown Affair, TheA debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with a sexy insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man. | 1968 | Norman Jewison (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.0 (24.5K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| T-MenTwo US Treasury agents hunt a successful counterfeiting ring. | 1947 | Anthony Mann (*) | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller | 6.9 (3.5K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| To Live and Die in L AA fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner. | 1985 | William Friedkin (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (32.5K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Touch of EvilA stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town. | 1958 | Orson Welles (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 8.0 (102.7K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Training DayA rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be. | 2001 | Antoine Fuqua | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (417.5K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| True ConfessionsA worldly ambitious monsignor clashes with his older brother, a cynical Los Angeles homicide detective who is investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute. | 1981 | Ulu Grosbard | Crime, Drama | 6.3 (8K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Twilight [Szürkület]When a schoolgirl is found murdered in the woods, a retiring detective tries to find her murderer. | 1990 | György Fehér | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.4 (401 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Under SuspicionIn Brighton in 1959, disgraced cop turned private detective Tony Aaron works largely on falsifying adulteries for use as evidence in divorce cases. He involves his wife as the fictional co-respondent for painter Carlo Stasio but the | 1991 | Simon Moore | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.5 (4.1K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Union StationA sharp-eyed woman spots a man with a gun on a train and her alert to the railroad police helps them in their search for a ruthless gang who have kidnapped a blind heiress. | 1950 | Rudolph Maté | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 6.8 (2.5K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| VertigoA former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed. | 1958 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 8.3 (389.4K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Violent Four, The [Banditi a Milano]A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers. | 1968 | Carlo Lizzani | Crime, Drama | 7.1 (731 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Walk Among the Tombstones, APrivate investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife. | 2014 | Scott Frank | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (118.1K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| West Side Avenue [Batang West Side]A Filipino teenager is shot to death on a New Jersey, USA sidewalk: an investigation starts and his family and friends are interviewed. Along the way, more about him is revealed and so is more about the Filipino community in Ameri... | 2001 | Lav Diaz | Crime, Drama | 7.7 (175 votes) | 315 | 20220822 |
| What Have They Done to Your DaughtersPolice investigate apparent suicide of teen girl and uncover details of a teenage prostitution racket. They go on the hunt for a motorcycle riding killer. | 1974 | Massimo Dallamano | Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (2K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Where the Sidewalk EndsDet. Sgt. Mark Dixon wants to be something his old man wasn't: a guy on the right side of the law. Will Dixon's vicious nature get the better of him? | 1950 | Otto Preminger (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 7.6 (8.7K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Wings of the Kirin, The [Kirin no tsubasa - Gekijouban Shinzanmono]A man is stabbed to death in Tokyo's Nihonbashi area. The victim staggers with the knife still in the wound for eight minutes before collapsing under the winged statues of two Kirin on the famous Nihonbashi bridge. The suspect, on... | 2011 | Nobuhiro Doi | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.5 (817 votes) | 129 | 20220822 |
| World of Kanako, The [Kawaki]As former detective Akikazu searches for his missing daughter, Kanako, he soon learns she has a mysterious secret life. | 2014 | Tetsuya Nakashima | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (5K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Year of the DragonA police detective cracks down on organized crime in Chinatown after the murders of Triad and Mafia leaders. | 1985 | Michael Cimino (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.9 (15.4K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| ZodiacBetween 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree. | 2007 | David Fincher (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.7 (512.1K votes) | 157 | 20211228 |