90
Netflix
Psycho
1960 · 109m
SlasherPsychological ThrillerDetective
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious…
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Detective investigations, locked-room puzzles, and murder mysteries with clues to follow.
40 movies · Includes Psycho, Vertigo, and The Third Man.
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Vertigo
1958 · 128m
Psychological ThrillerDetectiveMystery
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming…
88
Tubi
The Third Man
1949 · 105m
DetectiveThrillerMystery
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn…
87
Prime
87
Max
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1931 · 110m
ProceduralMob / MafiaDetective
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt.
87
Chinatown
1974 · 130m
ConspiracyDetectiveCrime
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California.
83
Knives Out
2019 · 131m
ProceduralDetectiveComedy
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective…
83
Hulu
The Secret in Their Eyes
2009 · 130m
ProceduralDetectiveMystery
Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved…
82
Gone Girl
2014 · 149m
Psychological ThrillerProceduralDetective
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that…
82
Disney+
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · 104m
DetectiveFantasyAnimation
Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her.
81
Paramount+
Se7en
1995 · 127m
ProceduralDetectiveSerial Killer
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting…
81
Netflix
Heat
1995 · 170m
HeistProceduralMob / Mafia
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent…
81
Mulholland Drive
2001 · 147m
ProceduralDetectiveThriller
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia.
81
Memories of Murder
2003 · 131m
ProceduralDetectiveBased on a True Story
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea.
81
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Dial M for Murder
1954 · 105m
ProceduralDetectiveThriller
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
81
Dirty Harry
1971 · 102m
ProceduralDetectiveSerial Killer
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law…
81
The Wailing
2016 · 156m
Zombie HorrorSupernatural HorrorDetective
A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading.
80
Paramount+
Zodiac
2007 · 157m
ProceduralDetectiveSerial Killer
Police conduct a manhunt for the Zodiac Killer, a serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s,…
79
Prisoners
2013 · 153m
Psychological ThrillerProceduralDetective
After his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the…
79
Tubi
Blue Velvet
1986 · 120m
ProceduralDetectiveMystery
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer…
78
Tubi
Source Code
2011 · 93m
Military Sci-FiCyberpunkTime-Travel Sci-Fi
When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a…
78
Netflix
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011 · 158m
ProceduralCyberpunkDetective
Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago.
78
Netflix
Wind River
2017 · 107m
ProceduralDetectiveCrime
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
78
Paramount+
Gone Baby Gone
2007 · 113m
HeistProceduralDetective
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice…
77
Netflix
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022 · 140m
Dark ComedyProceduralDetective
World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of…
77
Apple TV+
Insomnia
2002 · 118m
ProceduralDetectiveThriller
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
77
Netflix
True Romance
1993 · 119m
ProceduralMob / MafiaDetective
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
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The Nice Guys
2016 · 116m
ProceduralDetectiveConspiracy
A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
76
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005 · 103m
ProceduralDetectiveComedy
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…
75
Paramount+
Shutter Island
2010 · 138m
Psychological ThrillerProceduralMedical Drama
World War II soldier-turned-U.S.
74
Netflix
21 Jump Street
2012 · 109m
ProceduralHigh SchoolDetective
When cops Schmidt and Jenko join the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover as high school students.
74
Prime
Cape Fear
1991 · 128m
Psychological ThrillerLegal DramaPrison
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney.
73
Netflix
Enola Holmes
2020 · 124m
ProceduralDetectiveAdventure
While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.
73
Netflix
Enola Holmes 2
2022 · 131m
ProceduralDetectiveAdventure
Enola takes on her first official case as a detective, but to solve the mystery of a missing girl, she'll need help from friends — and brother…
72
Tubi
Frequency
2000 · 118m
Time-Travel Sci-FiProceduralDetective
When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to…
72
State of Play
2009 · 127m
ProceduralPoliticalDetective
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C.
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Falling Down
1993 · 113m
ProceduralDetectiveCrime
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
71
Paramount+
Mr. Holmes
2015 · 104m
ProceduralDetectiveDrama
In 1947, long-retired and near the end of his life, Sherlock Holmes grapples with an unreliable memory and must rely on his housekeeper's son as…
70
Sherlock Holmes
2009 · 129m
ProceduralDetectiveSerial Killer
Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could…
70
Inherent Vice
2014 · 149m
ProceduralLegal DramaDetective
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
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