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A Walk Among the Tombstones(2014)

R
| 1h 54min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 1,256 votes)

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

The Nice Guys(2016)

R
| 1h 56min | Comedy, Crime, Action
3.5/5 (with 3,469 votes)

A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.

Once Upon a Time in Venice(2017)

R
| 1h 34min | Action, Comedy, Thriller, Mystery
2.6/5 (with 273 votes)

Steve Ford is a private detective in Venice Beach, Calif., who's good with the ladies, bad with the punches and wild about his dog Buddy. When local thugs steal Buddy, Ford turns to Spyder, their devious leader, and forges an unlikely alliance. With help from his best friend, Steve pulls out the big guns to retrieve Spyder's stolen cash and cocaine and save Buddy.

Sinister 2(2015)

R
| 1h 37min | Horror
2.9/5 (with 946 votes)

A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.

The Lincoln Lawyer(2011)

R
| 1h 59min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 1,383 votes)

A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.

8MM(1999)

R
| 2h 3min | Thriller, Crime, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 836 votes)

A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.

The Big Sleep(1946)

NR
| 1h 56min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 427 votes)

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.

Bordello of Blood(1996)

R
| 1h 27min | Horror, Comedy
3.0/5 (with 153 votes)

Private eye Rafe Guttman is hired by repressed, born-again Katherine to find her missing bad-boy brother. The trail leads him to a whorehouse run by a thousand-year-old vampire and secretly backed by Katherine's boss, televangelist Jimmy Current.

The Kid Detective(2020)

R
| 1h 39min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
3.3/5 (with 144 votes)

A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.

So Undercover(2012)

PG-13
| 1h 34min | Action, Comedy
3.1/5 (with 523 votes)

When the FBI hires her to go undercover at a college sorority, Molly Morris (Miley Cyrus) must transform herself from a tough, streetwise private investigator to a refined, sophisticated university girl to help protect the daughter of a one-time Mobster. With several suspects on her list, Molly unexpectedly discovers that not everyone is who they appear to be, including herself.

The Big Bang(2011)

R
| 1h 41min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 55 votes)

A private detective is hired to find a missing stripper but the job turns complicated when everyone he questions ends up dead. From the mean streets of Los Angeles to the desolate desert of New Mexico, Cruz must contend with a brutal Russian Boxer, three brash LAPD detectives, an aged billionaire looking for the Big Bang, and the billionaire's stunningly gorgeous wife. The solution to the mystery will cost ten lives, net $30 million and just might explain - well - everything.

Mater Private Eye(2010)

3.1/5 (with 34 votes)

Detective Mater is hot on the trail of a dastardly car-napping! When Tia's sister goes missing, Mater is the only car she can turn to. With this tow truck on the case, anything can happen.

Directed by Robert Gibbs
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This Film Is Not Yet Rated(2006)

NC-17
| 1h 38min | Documentary
3.6/5 (with 148 votes)

Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment and exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA views sex and violence.

Soaked in Bleach(2015)

3.6/5 (with 78 votes)

Twenty years ago, Kurt Cobain was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head. The world was told it was a suicide, but evidence would lead many people to believe it might be otherwise. The film investigates the possibilities that exist that Kurt Cobain's death might not have been a suicide, that the Seattle Police Department rushed their verdict, and the global media perpetuated lies and misinformation fed to them by Courtney Love that created the belief in many that Cobain killed himself—but when revealed to be lies—lead many to now question what happened.

Directed by Benjamin Statler - With Daniel Roebuck, Kurt Cobain, Kurt Loder, Aaron Burckhard, John Ball

Among the Shadows(2019)

1h 30min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
2.0/5 (with 22 votes)

A private investigator must unravel the murder of her uncle while keeping the secret that she is a descendant from a line of werewolves.

Directed by Tiago Mesquita

Wicked Stepmother(1989)

PG-13
| 1h 30min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction
2.3/5 (with 14 votes)

A mother/daughter pair of witches descend on a yuppie family's home and cause havoc, one at a time since they share one body & the other must live in a cat the rest of the time. Now it's up to the family's mother, a private detective, and a suspended police officer to try and stop the witches.

Varg Veum - Fallen Angels(2008)

1h 35min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 15 votes)

Jakob Aasen has hired his old friend, private investigator Varg Veum, to spy on his wife Rebecca, whom he suspects of infidelity. Against his better judgement Varg accepts the job, and in an ironic twist he and Rebecca rekindle their former love. Meanwhile a serial killer is targeting members of Jacob's band and their families...

Too Late(2016)

1h 48min | Drama, Crime, Mystery
3.6/5 (with 37 votes)

Private investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past.

Directed by Dennis Hauck - With John Hawkes, Vail Bloom, Joanna Cassidy, Jeff Fahey, Robert Forster, Sally Jaye, ...

Gentleman(2022)

2h 3min | Action, Crime
3.1/5 (with 3 votes)

A stylish crime, action film about a CEO of a private detective agency and a prosecutor to catch the axis of evil.

Directed by Kim Kyung-won - With Ju Ji-hoon, Park Seong-ung, Choi Sung-eun, Kang Hong-seok, Lee Dal, Park Hae-eun, ...

Varg Veum - Sleeping Beauty(2008)

1h 30min | Crime, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 14 votes)

After extricating 17-year-old Lisa Halle from a life of prostitution in Copenhagen, private investigator Varg Veum becomes ensnared in a tangle of parental neglect and bad love when he is hired to locate Lisa's boyfriend, Peter Werner.

The Dark Corner(1946)

1h 39min | Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 21 votes)

Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.

Shock to the System(2006)

1h 31min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 14 votes)

After the mysterious demise of a client, private detective Donald Strachey infiltrates a therapy group for gay people who want to become straight. He takes on the group's founder to prove that his client's death was not a suicide.

Out Cold(1989)

1h 28min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 8 votes)

Sunny is married to the butcher, Ernie, and their marriage is about to end as both of them have affairs. Thus Sunny hires Lester Atlas as private investigator in order to collect proof for the divorce. One evening drunken Ernie and his partner Dave have a fight in the butcher shop with Ernie getting knocked out in the fridge where he dies during the night. But it was not Dave's fault but intentional murder by Sunny. Only Lester has proof so Sunny kills him, too. Thus she only has to kill Dave to get rid of all witnesses, but he can free himself out of the fridge and wants to take revenge.

Varg Veum - The Dead Have It Easy(2012)

1h 26min | Crime, Action, Mystery
3.3/5 (with 11 votes)

Varg Veum tries to help a scared girl lost in the woods at night, but he fails to avoid her death. What was this young asylum seeker fleeing from?

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor(1994)

1h 36min | Mystery, Crime, TV Movie
4.1/5 (with 3 votes)

The alleged suicide of a gubernatorial candidate triggers a series of mysterious deaths leading to the governor's mansion, and "Wild" Bill McKenzie, a friend of Perry Mason, is on the case.

Varg Veum - Woman in the Fridge(2008)

1h 27min | Crime, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 14 votes)

An international oil drilling company hires private investigator Varg Veum to find their missing systems designer, Arne Samuelsen. Varg discovers the headless body of a woman jammed into the fridge in Arne's apartment - and is promptly knocked unconscious. When he wakes up the body is gone and the Police has arrived.

Directed by Alexander Eik - With Trond Espen Seim

All the Wrong Clues(1981)

1h 39min | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

A private investigator and a police inspector team up to pursue a notorious mobster, who is plotting to milk an old millionaire out of his highly-valued stocks and bonds. Along the way, the investigator crosses paths with a femme fatale and silly gangsters.

Human Desires(1997)

1h 34min | Thriller, Crime
2.4/5 (with 4 votes)

Alicia Royale is a fashion mogul who decides to have a large pajama themed party as a promotion for her new line of clothing...

Third Man Out(2005)

R
| 1h 38min | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 16 votes)

Gay detective Donald Strachey is commissioned to protect gay activist John Rutka, who is known for "outing" prominent citizens. Strachey abandons bodyguard duty when he feels that Rutka is staging the threats against himself. When Rutka turns up dead, Strachey is faced with an extensive list of enemies all with enough motive to kill.

Directed by Ron Oliver

Varg Veum - The Writing on the Wall(2010)

1h 25min | Crime
3.2/5 (with 11 votes)

Varg Veum is no longer working as a private investigator. He's got a permanent job as a teacher, and has calmed down his life, enjoying the domestic bliss with his new girlfriend Karin, but the idyll doesn't last long. Veum gets a brutal meeting with the past, when "The Knife" is released from prison, determined to take revenge on those who got him convicted for the murder of a teenage girl.

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