Private Detective Movies, Movies about Private Detective

Here we've displayed a list of the best Private Detective films : How to Steal a Million(1966), After the Storm(2016), The Nice Guys(2016), Ace Ventura: Pet Detective(1994), Motherless Brooklyn(2019), My Favorite Brunette(1947), Lethal Weapon 4(1998), Inherent Vice(2014), Lady in the Lake(1946), A Date With the Falcon(1941), The Sign of Four(1987), 8MM(1999) ... ...

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How to Steal a Million

The daughter of an art forger teams up with a burglar to steal one of her father's forgeries and protect his secret.

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After the Storm

After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.

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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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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

A goofy detective specializing in animals goes in search of the missing mascot of the Miami Dolphins.

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Motherless Brooklyn

In 1950s New York, a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend.

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My Favorite Brunette

Shortly before his execution on the death row in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, tells reporters how he got there.

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Lethal Weapon 4

With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with deadly Chinese triads that are trying to free their former leaders out of prison and onto American soil.

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Inherent Vice

In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.

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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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A Date With the Falcon

Gay Lawrence, aka The Falcon, is about to depart the city to marry his fiancée, Helen Reed, when a mystery girl, Rita Mara, asks for his aid in disposing of a secret formula for making ... See full summary »

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The Sign of Four

While taking a holiday in the country with his mother, Dennis hits on a scheme to impress a girl so that she'll go away on a trip with him as his girlfriend. Although he fails to gain any ... See full summary »

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8MM

A private investigator is hired to discover if a "snuff film" is authentic or not.

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Shattered

After a horrific car wreck leaves him an amnesiac, a man slowly begins to unravel his shocking past.

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Pain & Gain

A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.

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Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery

Tim Callahan, aide to New York Senator Lauren Platt, is disappointed that all of the $3 million funding has been pulled from his latest pet project, a safe zone for children and youth. His ... See full summary »

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Broken City

In a city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure: Mayor Nicholas Hostetler.

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Twilight

A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly wounds.

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Mr. Wong, Detective

When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders. He uncovers a international spy ring hoping to steal... See full summary »

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Devil's Knot

The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a Satanic ritual.

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Mr. Wong in Chinatown

A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper.... See full summary »

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A Low Down Dirty Shame

An ex-cop, now a private detective, takes on the search for the millions stolen by a drug lord.

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Looking for Kitty

A high school baseball coach (Krumholtz) and a down-on-his-luck private investigator (Burns) form a bond as they scour New York City for the coach's wife, who's run away with a second-rate ... See full summary »

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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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The Thief Lord

After their mother dies, two boys flee their mean aunt and head for Venice, Italy, where they meet Scipio, the mysterious "Thief Lord." Along with a small gang of abandoned kids, the boys start robbing the rich to support themselves.

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The Last Fight

Singer-turned-boxer Andy 'Kid' Clave (Ruben Blades) signs a contract with a shady promoter Joaquin Vargas (Willie Colon). But Clave turns against Vargas when the promoter's thugs kill Clave's girlfriend when he thinks about backing out of the contract. While seeking a way to get revenge against Vargas, Clave learns that he has a blood clot in his head. But nothing will deter him from getting his ... See full summary »

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Tick Tock

A wealthy man becomes suspicious of his younger wife and hires a private detective in time to thwart her plans to have him killed.

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So Undercover

A tough, street-smart private eye is hired by the FBI to go undercover in a college sorority.

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Revenge of the Zombies

Scott Warrington and his hired detective, Larry Adams, arrive at an old mansion in the middle of a Louisiana swamp to meet his brother-in-law, Dr. Max von Altermann shortly after the death ... See full summary »

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S.M.A.R.T. Chase

A washed-up private security agent has to escort a valuable Chinese antique out of Shanghai but is ambushed en route.

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The Dirty Kind

An inexperienced private investigator accidentally uncovers the murder of a politician's mistress.

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