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) ... ...
8.1/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1974
131 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Faye Dunaway John Huston Perry Lopez John Hillerman Darryl Zwerling Diane Ladd Roy Jenson Roman Polanski Richard Bakalyan Joe Mantell
detective widow father sister private investigator wife disturbing sultry suspenseful gritty los angeles chinatown household car construction site corruption murder adultery redemption set-up
A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
7.9/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Germany
1922
93 Minutes
Rudolf Klein-Rogge Aud Egede Nissen Gertrude Welcker Alfred Abel Bernhard Goetzke Paul Richter
criminal hypnotist gambler police detective businessman murderer dark intricate suspenseful thrilling nightclub city berlin police station asylum germany crime mind control psychiatry business
Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.
7.5/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
80 Minutes
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Richard Greene Wendy Barrie Lionel Atwill John Carradine Beryl Mercer Mary Gordon E.E. Clive Morton Lowry Ralph Forbes
sherlock holmes wealthy man doctor watson escaped convict relative dog suspenseful witty fascinating england london devonshire mansion swamp town legends monsters superstition murder plot detective work
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.
7.5/10
Gay & Lesbian, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2005
102 Minutes
Robert Downey Jr. Val Kilmer Michelle Monaghan Corbin Bernsen Dash Mihok Larry Miller Rockmond Dunbar Shannyn Sossamon Angela Lindvall Indio Falconer Downey Ariel Winter
criminal detective girlfriend actor director producer creative intricate thrilling amusing hollywood, calif. movie studio street office audition on the run show business crime murder actors
A murder mystery brings together a private eye, a struggling actress, and a thief masquerading as an actor.
7.4/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2009
108 Minutes
Jamie Foxx Gerard Butler Colm Meaney Bruce McGill Leslie Bibb Michael Irby Gregory Itzin Regina Hall Emerald Angel Young Christian Stolte Annie Corley
vigilante terrorist prosecutor prisoner prison life government official tense uneasy brutal gripping suspenseful gritty philadelphia pennsylvania government building big city cell home retribution investigation
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free.
7.4/10
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Action
USA
2016
116 Minutes
Russell Crowe Ryan Gosling Angourie Rice Matt Bomer Margaret Qualley Yaya DaCosta Keith David Beau Knapp Lois Smith Murielle Telio Gil Gerard
private detective enforcer missing person daughter assassin lawyer cheeky hilarious cool los angeles bar strip club apartment office car missing persons detective work unlikely allies assassination attempt search
In 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star.
7.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
Spain
2014
105 Minutes
Raúl Arévalo Javier Gutiérrez Antonio de la Torre Nerea Barros María Varod Perico Cervantes Jesús Ortiz Jesús Carroza
detective teen girl teenager father missing girl murder victim bleak thrilling intense disturbing suspenseful gripping marsh spain madrid countryside missing persons rape murder relationships
Two cops lost in the deep south of Spain. One serial killer to catch. A lot of secrets and lies to disclose.
7.3/10
Action, Comedy
USA
1984
105 Minutes
Eddie Murphy Judge Reinhold John Ashton Lisa Eilbacher Ronny Cox Steven Berkoff James Russo Jonathan Banks Stephen Elliott Paul Reiser
cop friend lieutenant businessman victim police officer thrilling amusing cool witty detroit beverly hills, calif. police station art gallery beverly hills big city murder investigation culture clash race relations
A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
7.2/10
Comedy, Action
USA
2012
110 Minutes
Jonah Hill Christopher Miller Channing Tatum Brie Larson Dave Franco Rob Riggle Ice Cube DeRay Davis Ellie Kemper Chris Parnell Caroline Aaron
undercover cop police detective high-school student teacher drug dealer police captain hilarious melodramatic quirky amusing intense suspenseful police station high school los angeles police academy party headquarters undercover operations investigation
A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring.
6.9/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada
1979
121 Minutes
Christopher Plummer James Mason Donald Sutherland David Hemmings Susan Clark Anthony Quayle John Gielgud Frank Finlay
detective killer doctor watson prostitute police officer psychic brooding dark suspenseful gripping england street underworld london mass murder detective work psychic phenomena jack the ripper sherlock holmes investigation
Sherlock Holmes investigates the murders commited by Jack the Ripper and discovers a conspiracy to protect the killer.
6.8/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|UK|France|Germany
2014
107 Minutes
Kristen Bell Jason Dohring Krysten Ritter Ryan Hansen Francis Capra Percy Daggs III Tina Majorino Chris Lowell Enrico Colantoni Christine Lakin Ken Marino
sleuth ex-boyfriend police detective defense attorney assassin father charming confident cool high school law office house gym reunion kitchen law school high-school reunion murder ex-boyfriends detective work
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.
6.7/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
France|South Africa
2013
110 Minutes
Orlando Bloom Forest Whitaker Conrad Kemp Inge Beckmann Tinarie Van Wyk-Loots Regardt van den Bergh Randall Majiet Patrick Lyster Joelle Kayembe
murderer murder victim eunuch detective drug dealer south african man bleak brutal dark thrilling intense suspenseful south africa cape town, south africa beach murder drugs apartheid crime detective work
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.
6.7/10
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1983
117 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Sondra Locke Pat Hingle Bradford Dillman Paul Drake Jack Thibeau Albert Popwell Michael Currie Mark Keyloun
dirty harry callahan cop rapist brother victim thrilling brash raw san francisco motel market car police station diner rape murder crime cover-up detective work vengeance
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.
6.6/10
Comedy
USA
1949
80 Minutes
Bob Hope Rhonda Fleming Roland Young Roland Culver Richard Lyon Gary Gray Jerry Hunter Jackie Jackson Orley Lindgren Karl Wright Esser George Reeves
murderer private investigator con artist scout duchess love interest campy madcap winsome engaging cruise ship murder detective work murder plot teamwork race against time adventure mystery pursuit 1940s
On an ocean liner, an inept scoutmaster pursues a duchess while a killer pursues him.
6.6/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
103 Minutes
Robert Montgomery Audrey Totter Lloyd Nolan Tom Tully Leon Ames Jayne Meadows Morris Ankrum Lila Leeds Ellen Ross William Roberts Kathleen Lockhart
private detective editor publisher wife boss philip marlowe suspenseful offbeat melodramatic los angeles publishing house office cottage car lake detective work missing persons marital problems conspiracy murder
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.
6.6/10
Comedy
USA
1932
78 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Joan Bennett Marion Burns George Walsh J. Farrell MacDonald Noel Madison Henry B. Walthall Bert Hanlon
detective gangster ex-girlfriend sister henchman editor engaging tense manhattan, n.y. river bank diner hall house bank robbery sister relationship detective work hiding shoot-out wedding
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.
6.5/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA
2014
114 Minutes
Liam Neeson Dan Stevens David Harbour Boyd Holbrook Maurice Compte Adam David Thompson Astro Sebastian Roche Mark Consuelos Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Laura Birn
detective client drug trafficker murder victim murderer friend brooding confident intense gripping new york city office crime scene car bar apartment detective work murder morality work-life balance
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
6.4/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2015
101 Minutes
Anthony Hopkins Colin Farrell Jeffrey Dean Morgan Abbie Cornish Matt Gerald Jose Pablo Cantillo Marlee Shelton Xander Berkeley
fbi agent murder victim murder suspect serial killer detective gripping suspenseful city crime scene murder case murder investigation detective work serial murders pursuit discovery 2010s
Psychic John Clancy (Sir Anthony Hopkins) works with the F.B.I. in order to hunt down a serial killer.
6.4/10
Romance
USA
1981
115 Minutes
Audrey Hepburn Ben Gazzara John Ritter Colleen Camp Patti Hansen Dorothy Stratten George Morfogen Blaine Novak Sean H. Ferrer Linda MacEwen Glenn Scarpelli
detective tycoon wife adulterer cab driver country singer winsome amusing new york city office bar skating rink investigation infidelity romance detective work forbidden love 1970s
A mad cap private-eye caper about a team of detectives who are following, and are being followed by, a group of beautiful women.
6.4/10
Mystery & Thriller, Gay & Lesbian
Canada|USA
2008
90 Minutes
Chad Allen Sebastian Spence Margot Kidder Gabrielle Rose Nelson Wong Daryl Shuttleworth Damon Runyan Lori Triolo William MacDonald Barclay Hope Kerry James
detective gay man lesbian young woman suspenseful thrilling tense united states harassment gay couple gay lifestyle gay rights investigation detective work mystery pursuit 21st century
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 »
6.2/10
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2010
80 Minutes
Chris Messina Logan Marshall-Green Geoffrey Arend Bojana Novakovic Jenny O'Hara Bokeem Woodbine Matt Craven Jacob Vargas Josh Peace Caroline Dhavernas Joe Cobden
fiancé ex-convict devil detective salesman mechanic chilling dark frightening thrilling suspenseful philadelphia elevator office building skyscraper street city death murder religion
A group of people are trapped in an elevator and the Devil is mysteriously amongst them.
6.0/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Bette Davis Warren William Alison Skipworth Arthur Treacher Marie Wilson Winifred Shaw Porter Hall Olin Howland Charles Wilson
private detective pretty woman client partner englishman secretary airy amusing intricate city office docks detective work murder search deception crime artifact quest temptation
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.
5.9/10
Mystery & Thriller, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
2007
99 Minutes
Emma Roberts Josh Flitter Max Thieriot Rachael Leigh Cook Tate Donovan Caroline Aaron Craig Gellis Rich Cooper
nancy drew father friend business partner sleuth movie star emotional heartwarming hilarious amusing charming hollywood, calif. school car mansion small town clothing store cold case investigation murder
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.
5.4/10
Drama
Italy|France|West Germany
1977
100 Minutes
Helmut Berger Ingrid Thulin Teresa Ann Savoy Bekim Fehmiu John Steiner Stefano Satta Flores Dan van Husen John Ireland Alexandra Bogojevich Rosemarie Lindt Sara Sperati
prostitute politician nazi brothel owner gripping intense office berlin street city brothel room competition detective work conspiracy motivation passion deception discovery 1940s
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.
5.3/10
Drama
USA
1954
92 Minutes
James Edward Grant Mickey Spillane Clyde Beatty Pat O'Brien Sean McClory Marion Carr John Bromfield Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez Emmett Lynn Jack Stang Kenneth Tobey
circus performer animal trainer trapeze artist circus manager psychopath writer fiery wild thrilling circus ring trailer cage train tracks sabotage mysterious deaths circus life obsessive love blackmail detective work mystery
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.
4.9/10
Comedy
UK|USA
1968
101 Minutes
Alan Arkin Delia Boccardo Frank Finlay Barry Foster Patrick Cargill Beryl Reid Clive Francis Richard Pearson
inspector clouseau prime minister kidnapper bank robber police officer corrupt cop madcap hysterical suspenseful train bank switzerland united kingdom paris scotland yard bank robbery detective work disguise police corruption kidnapping
A string of robberies has occurred in Britain and it's up to Inspector Clouseau to catch the criminal.
4.6/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2020
90 Minutes
Nicky Whelan Josh Kelly Makenzie Vega Laura Wiggins Kim Director William Peltz
mother boyfriend death teen girl detective father suspenseful frightening cliff home high school framed vanity detective work accusations mother/daughter relationship deception revenge 2010s
An unhinged social media super fan frames her best friend for murder.
4.4/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Poland
1994
95 Minutes
Thomas Ian Griffith Rutger Hauer John Rhys-Davies Joanna Trzepiecinska Artur Zmijewski Bozena Szymanska Marcin Szpil Dominika Ostalowska
police officer evil doctor bartender brother hit man brash unrestrained thrilling chicago car market poland helicopter conspiracy investigation organized crime detective work organ transplant murder revenge
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.
4.4/10
Crime, Drama
UK
2012
84 Minutes
Toby Stephens Rufus Sewell Gabriel Byrne Gil Darnell Leo Gregory Pierre Mascolo Terence Maynard Elsa Pataky Julian Sands MC Harvey Junior Quartey
thief crime boss criminal father son drug dealer detective thrilling gripping suspenseful london city united kingdom crime father/son relationship detective work robbery violence betrayal car chase
A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss.
3.8/10
Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
UK|USA
2018
92 Minutes
Will Arnett Natasha Lyonne RuPaul Omar Chaparro Andy Beckwith Oliver Tompsett Kerry Shale
undercover agent talking dog investigator partner police officer amusing hilarious playful thrilling cheeky dog show las vegas car stage backstage dogs police work detective work competition partnership
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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