The Perfect Detectives
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1. Se7en (1995)
R | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Andrew Kevin Walker
Votes: 1,800,644 | Gross: $100.13M
2. The Game (1997)
R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After a wealthy San Francisco banker is given an opportunity to participate in a mysterious game, his life is turned upside down as he begins to question if it might really be a concealed conspiracy to destroy him.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Michael Douglas, Deborah Kara Unger, Sean Penn, James Rebhorn
Votes: 429,804 | Gross: $48.32M
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
R | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody
Votes: 887,498 | Gross: $59.10M
4. Oldboy (2003)
R | 120 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong, Kim Byeong-Ok
Votes: 636,463 | Gross: $0.71M
5. A Time to Kill (1996)
R | 149 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey
Votes: 181,802 | Gross: $108.77M
6. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
R | 105 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon
Votes: 384,102 | Gross: $101.07M
7. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine
Votes: 1,549,518 | Gross: $130.74M
8. Wicker Park (2004)
PG-13 | 114 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A young Chicago advertising executive believes a woman he sees in a café is his long-lost love. His belief leads to obsession, as he puts his life on hold in order to trail her.
Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Diane Kruger, Matthew Lillard, Rose Byrne
Votes: 58,651 | Gross: $12.83M
9. Changeling (2008)
R | 141 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
After Christine's son goes missing, she reaches out to the LAPD to find him. But when they try to pass off an impostor as her son to quieten public protests, she refuses to accept him or give up hope.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan, Gattlin Griffith
Votes: 265,354 | Gross: $35.74M
10. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong
Votes: 671,452 | Gross: $209.03M
11. Primal Fear (1996)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An altar boy is accused of murdering a priest, and the truth is buried several layers deep.
Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, John Mahoney
Votes: 247,314 | Gross: $56.12M
12. The Crimson Rivers (2000)
R | 106 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A murder detective must follow the footsteps of a brutal killer within the secrets of a classist college.
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel, Nadia Farès, Dominique Sanda
Votes: 65,668 | Gross: $0.63M
13. The Prestige (2006)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine
Votes: 1,442,362 | Gross: $53.09M
14. Escape Plan (2013)
R | 115 min | Action, Thriller
When a structural-security authority finds himself set up and incarcerated in the world's most secret and secure prison, he has to use his skills to escape with help from the inside.
Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 50 Cent, Vincent D'Onofrio
Votes: 257,592 | Gross: $25.13M
15. Kiss the Girls (1997)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police hunting for a serial kidnapper are helped when a victim manages to escape for the first time.
Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur
Votes: 81,250 | Gross: $60.53M
16. The Da Vinci Code (2006)
PG-13 | 149 min | Mystery, Thriller
A murder inside the Louvre, and clues in Da Vinci paintings, lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years, which could shake the foundations of Christianity.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno, Ian McKellen
Votes: 459,079 | Gross: $217.54M
17. The Sixth Sense (1999)
PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Malcolm Crowe, a child psychologist, starts treating a young boy, Cole, who encounters dead people and convinces him to help them. In turn, Cole helps Malcolm reconcile with his estranged wife.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams
Votes: 1,052,130 | Gross: $293.51M
18. The Next Three Days (2010)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder.
Director: Paul Haggis | Stars: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Michael Buie
Votes: 206,707 | Gross: $21.15M
19. Sleuth (2007)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Michael Caine, Jude Law, Harold Pinter, Kenneth Branagh
Votes: 33,036 | Gross: $0.34M
20. Insomnia (2002)
R | 118 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Martin Donovan
Votes: 319,343 | Gross: $67.36M
21. Child 44 (2015)
R | 137 min | Crime, Drama, History
A disgraced member of the Russian military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union.
Director: Daniel Espinosa | Stars: Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman
Votes: 75,835 | Gross: $1.21M
22. The Oxford Murders (2008)
R | 108 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try to stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Elijah Wood, John Hurt, Leonor Watling, Jim Carter
Votes: 30,683 | Gross: $0.00M
23. Marshall (2017)
PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.
Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown
Votes: 26,833 | Gross: $10.05M
24. Confidence (2003)
R | 97 min | Crime, Thriller
Jake Vig is a consummate grifter about to pull his biggest con yet, one set to avenge his friend's murder. But his last scam backfired, leaving him indebted to a mob boss and his enforcer.
Director: James Foley | Stars: Edward Burns, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Andy Garcia
Votes: 35,354 | Gross: $12.21M
25. Zodiac (2007)
R | 157 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Between 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards
Votes: 598,868 | Gross: $33.08M
26. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
R | 158 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years by young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 495,127 | Gross: $102.52M
27. The Commuter (I) (2018)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
An insurance salesman/ex-cop is caught up in a life-threatening conspiracy during his daily commute home.
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks
Votes: 125,520 | Gross: $36.34M
28. Ocean's Eight (2018)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Debbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City's annual Met Gala.
Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling
Votes: 242,193 | Gross: $140.22M
29. Spotlight (I) (2015)
R | 129 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 502,443 | Gross: $45.06M
30. Death on the Nile (2022)
PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh, Russell Brand
Votes: 188,841 | Gross: $45.63M
31. Mindhunter (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the late 1970s, two FBI agents broaden the realm of criminal science by investigating the psychology behind murder and end up getting too close to real-life monsters.
Stars: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross
Votes: 336,550
32. Missing (I) (2023)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After her mother goes missing, a young woman tries to find her from home, using tools available to her online.
Directors: Nicholas D. Johnson, Will Merrick | Stars: Tim Griffin, Ava Zaria Lee, Nia Long, Kimberly Cheng
Votes: 58,857
33. Black Box (2021)
129 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A young and talented black box analyst is on a mission to solve the reason behind the deadly crash of a brand new aircraft.
Director: Yann Gozlan | Stars: Pierre Niney, Lou de Laâge, André Dussollier, Sébastien Pouderoux
Votes: 15,022
34.
Queen Cleopatra (2023)
Episode:
When in Rome
(2023)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, Drama
Cleopatra gives birth to a boy and names him Caesarion. A boy that holds the promise to unite the 2 most powerful civilizations on Earth.
46 BC. With Caesarion, Cleopatra has a chance to ... See full synopsis »
Director: Tina Gharavi | Stars: Jada Pinkett Smith, Adele James, Craig Russell, John Partridge
Votes: 8,604
35.
Queen Cleopatra (2023)
Episode:
What Must Be Done
(2023)
TV-14 | 41 min | Documentary, Drama
Cleopatra is pregnant with Mark Antony's child. Cleopatra goes back to Alexandria with Mark Antony. They both fall in love with each other. As per the power sharing agreement in Rome, ... See full synopsis »
Director: Tina Gharavi | Stars: Jada Pinkett Smith, Adele James, Craig Russell, John Partridge
Votes: 8,413
36. Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey (2018 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
On the night she plans to take her own life, a 17-year-old girl is kidnapped and finds herself fighting to stay alive. She is released, but when she returns home, no one believes her story except for one detective.
Director: Jim Donovan | Stars: Katie Douglas, Leo Petrus, Jamie Robinson, Kim Horsman
Votes: 16,138
37. The Silencing (2020)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A reformed hunter living in isolation on a wildlife sanctuary becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local Sheriff set out to track a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago.
Director: Robin Pront | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Caleb Ellsworth-Clark, Josh Cruddas, Annabelle Wallis
Votes: 34,404 | Gross: $0.10M
38. Wind River (2017)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A wildlife officer, who is haunted by a tragedy that happened because of him, teams up with an FBI agent in solving a murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation and hopes to get redemption from his past regrets.
Director: Taylor Sheridan | Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Graham Greene, Kelsey Asbille
Votes: 280,782 | Gross: $33.80M
39. To Catch a Killer (2023)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Baltimore. New Year's Eve. A talented but troubled police officer (Shailene Woodley) is recruited by the FBI's chief investigator (Ben Mendelsohn) to help profile and track down a disturbed individual terrorizing the city.
Director: Damián Szifron | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ben Mendelsohn, Jovan Adepo, Ralph Ineson
Votes: 37,895
40. Yara (2021)
TV-14 | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A determined prosecutor becomes consumed with the case of a missing 13-year-old and goes to extreme lengths to get to the truth. Based on a real case.
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana | Stars: Isabella Ragonese, Alessio Boni, Thomas Trabacchi, Sandra Toffolatti
Votes: 6,418
41.
Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (2020)
Episode:
Hunting Grounds
(2020)
TV-MA | 57 min | Documentary, Crime
Survivors recount how Epstein abused, manipulated and silenced them as he ran a so-called molestation "pyramid scheme" out of his Palm Beach mansion.
Director: Lisa Bryant | Stars: Jeffrey Epstein, Vicky Ward, Ghislaine Maxwell, Maria Farmer
Votes: 1,070
42.
Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (2020)
Episode:
Follow the Money
(2020)
TV-MA | 58 min | Documentary, Crime
Epstein goes on the offensive as police gather mountains of evidence against him. But how did he acquire the fortune that protected him for so long?
Director: Lisa Bryant | Stars: Jeffrey Epstein, Michael Reiter, Sigrid McCawley, Marc Fisher
Votes: 952
43.
Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (2020)
Episode:
The Island
(2020)
TV-MA | 55 min | Documentary, Crime
Epstein brokers a plea deal that's unprecedented in its leniency, and a survivor opens up about the horrors she endured on his private island.
Director: Lisa Bryant | Stars: Jeffrey Epstein, Michael Reiter, Spencer Kuvin, Jane Musgrave
Votes: 891
44.
Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (2020)
Episode:
Finding Their Voice
(2020)
TV-MA | 57 min | Documentary, Crime
Arrested and charged in 2019 with child sex trafficking, Epstein spends only a short time behind bars, but his accusers still get their day in court.
Director: Lisa Bryant | Stars: Jeffrey Epstein, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Sigrid McCawley, Ghislaine Maxwell
Votes: 844
45. Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (2020)
TV-MA | 57 min | Documentary, Crime
Survivors reveal the manipulation, abuse and emotional scars suffered at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Their stories expose a sex trafficking ring of powerful enablers leading up to his 2019 arrest.
Stars: Michael Reiter, Annie Farmer, Shawna Rivera, Alan Dershowitz
Votes: 29,192
46.
The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt (2023)
Episode:
Like in the movies
(2023)
49 min | Crime, Drama, History
Marat and the guys rescue Vova from the hospital and knock out time for reflection. Is it possible to get off the road of violence halfway?
Director: Zhora Kryzhovnikov | Stars: Ivan Yankovskiy, Ruzil Minekaev, Leon Kemstach, Elizaveta Bazykina
Votes: 305
47.
The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt (2023)
Episode:
Honest business
(2023)
55 min | Crime, Drama, History
Andrey's new idea attracts the attention of the streets, which everyone sees. But even under their strict supervision, evil begets evil.
Director: Zhora Kryzhovnikov | Stars: Ivan Yankovskiy, Ruzil Minekaev, Leon Kemstach, Elizaveta Bazykina
Votes: 368
48.
The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt (2023)
Episode:
The streets are unforgiving
(2023)
50 min | Crime, Drama, History
Vova, Marat and Zima hide the details of the meeting with the Dombytovskys, because the consequences can be irreversible for everyone.
Director: Zhora Kryzhovnikov | Stars: Ivan Yankovskiy, Ruzil Minekaev, Leon Kemstach, Elizaveta Bazykina
Votes: 282
49.
The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt (2023)
Episode:
Andrey is looking for ways to protect his family
(2023)
53 min | Crime, Drama, History
Punishment is already on Vova's heels, but there is still hope for a different life - but is it real?
Director: Zhora Kryzhovnikov | Stars: Ivan Yankovskiy, Ruzil Minekaev, Leon Kemstach, Elizaveta Bazykina
Votes: 231
50.
The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt (2023)
Episode:
Someone gave up, someone gave up
(2023)
58 min | Crime, Drama, History
To move on, you need to leave the streets behind. But once a given word cannot just be taken back.
Director: Zhora Kryzhovnikov | Stars: Ivan Yankovskiy, Ruzil Minekaev, Leon Kemstach, Elizaveta Bazykina
Votes: 215
51. #annaismissing (2023)
110 min | Drama, Thriller
Anna is a controversial influencer and best known for her provocative online content, but suddenly she goes silent and stops posting any updates. When Nina finds a halfnaked photo of Anna on her dad's phone, she decides to track down Anna.
Director: Pavel Soukup | Stars: Alexandra Vostrejzová, Viktorie Vítová, Magdalena Ceco, Tereza Holá
Votes: 146
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