Detective Work Movies, Movies about Detective Work

Here we've displayed a list of the best Detective Work films : Chinatown(1974), Dr. Mabuse, King of Crime(1922), The Hound of the Baskervilles(1939), Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang(2005), Law Abiding Citizen(2009), The Nice Guys(2016), Marshland(2014), Beverly Hills Cop(1984), 21 Jump Street(2012), Murder by Decree(1979), Veronica Mars(2014), Zulu(2013) ... ...

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Chinatown

A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

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Dr. Mabuse, King of Crime

Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate.

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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

A murder mystery brings together a private eye, a struggling actress, and a thief masquerading as an actor.

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Law Abiding Citizen

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free.

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The Nice Guys

In 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star.

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Marshland

Two cops lost in the deep south of Spain. One serial killer to catch. A lot of secrets and lies to disclose.

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Beverly Hills Cop

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.

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21 Jump Street

A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring.

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Murder by Decree

Sherlock Holmes investigates the murders commited by Jack the Ripper and discovers a conspiracy to protect the killer.

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Veronica Mars

Years after walking away from her past as a young private eye, Veronica Mars gets pulled back to her hometown, just in time for her high school reunion, in order to help her old flame Logan Echolls, who's embroiled in a murder mystery.

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Zulu

Policemen Ali Sokhela and Brian Epkeen investigate the brutal murder of a young white woman, apparently provoked by the availability of a new illegal drug and somehow connected to the disappearance of black street children.

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Sudden Impact

A rape victim is exacting revenge on her aggressors in a small town outside San Francisco. "Dirty" Harry Callahan, on suspension for angering his superiors (again), is assigned to the case.

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The Great Lover

On an ocean liner, an inept scoutmaster pursues a duchess while a killer pursues him.

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Lady in the Lake

The 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.

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Me and My Gal

Young New York cop Dan falls in love with waterfront waitress Helen. Helen's sister Kate falls for gangster Duke. Dan must do in Duke.

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A Walk Among the Tombstones

Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

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Solace

Psychic John Clancy (Sir Anthony Hopkins) works with the F.B.I. in order to hunt down a serial killer.

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They All Laughed

A mad cap private-eye caper about a team of detectives who are following, and are being followed by, a group of beautiful women.

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On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery

A mysterious client of private eye Don Strachey pays him cash to tail a woman who turns out to be an undercover officer; an older lesbian couple are victims of threats and vandalism; an old... See full summary »

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Devil

A group of people are trapped in an elevator and the Devil is mysteriously amongst them.

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Satan Met a Lady

A double-crossing woman, the two-timing P.I. she hired, the corpulent "empress of crime", and a gentleman thief are all after a legendary priceless eighth-century ram's horn.

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Nancy Drew

Teen detective Nancy Drew accompanies her father on a business trip to Los Angeles, where she happens upon clues to a murder mystery involving a movie star.

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Salon Kitty

Kitty runs a brothel in Nazi Germany where the soldiers come to "relax". Recording devices have been installed in each room by a power hungry army official, who plans to use the information to blackmail Hitler and gain power himself.

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Ring of Fear

The Clyde Beatty Circus seems jinxed, falling victim again and again to apparent accidents which are actually the acts of a murderous saboteur. Mystery writer Mickey Spillane comes on the scene to solve the case.

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Inspector Clouseau

A string of robberies has occurred in Britain and it's up to Inspector Clouseau to catch the criminal.

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InstaFame

An unhinged social media super fan frames her best friend for murder.

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Blood of the Innocent

A Chicago cop goes to Poland to get the hoods who killed his brother. When he finds out they belong to the local outfit of the Russian mob, he takes on the outfit's boss, as well as Dr. Lem, who handles illegal organ trade for the mob.

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All Things to All Men

A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss.

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Show Dogs

Max, a macho, solitary Rottweiler police dog is ordered to go undercover as a primped show dog in a prestigious Dog Show, along with his human partner, to avert a disaster from happening.

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