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1. Reacher (2022– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Itinerant former military policeman Jack Reacher solves crimes and metes out his own brand of street justice. Based on the novels by Lee Child.
Stars: Alan Ritchson, Maria Sten, Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald
Votes: 206,891
2. Monsieur Spade (2024)
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The famous detective Sam Spade is now 60 and living as an expat in the south of France in 1963.
Stars: Clive Owen, Cara Bossom, Denis Ménochet, Louise Bourgoin
Votes: 4,572
3. Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018)
TV-MA | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Detective Dee is forced to defend himself against the accusations of Empress Wu while investigating a crime spree.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Ethan Juan, Carina Lau, Mark You-Ting Chao, William Shao-Feng Feng
Votes: 3,021 | Gross: $0.26M
4. The Yakuza (1974)
R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
American private-eye Harry Kilmer returns to Japan to rescue a friend's kidnapped daughter from the clutches of the Yakuza.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Eiji Okada, Herb Edelman
Votes: 10,391
5. The Maltese Falcon (1931)
Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Bebe Daniels, Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges, Una Merkel
Votes: 3,335
6. Terror by Night (1946)
Approved | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When the fabled Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen on a London to Edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, Sherlock Holmes must discover which of his suspicious fellow passengers is responsible.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, Dennis Hoey
Votes: 6,886
7. The Woman in Green (1945)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke, Henry Daniell
Votes: 6,839
8. Black (2017)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A man possessed by death. A woman who can see death. The earthly and the afterworld collide dangerously.
Stars: Song Seung-heon, Go Ara, Lee El, Jo Jae-yoon
Votes: 4,549
9. Naked Alibi (1954)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A chief of police detectives fired for brutality, tries to get evidence on a man suspected of killing 3 of his officers.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene Barry, Marcia Henderson
Votes: 1,497
10. The Files of Young Kindaichi (2022– )
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follow Kindaichi Hajime, a high school student and a private detective with an IQ of 180 solves murder cases that are riddled with difficult clues with his friend, Nanase Miyuki and Kenmochi Isamu.
Stars: Shunsuke Michieda, Moka Kamishiraishi, Taisho Iwasaki, Ikki Sawamura
Votes: 275
11. Leg Work (1987– )
60 min | Drama
The life and cases of a female ex-prosecutor turned private detective.
Stars: Margaret Colin, Frances McDormand, Patrick James Clarke, Robert Dorfman
Votes: 76
12. Ordinary Days (I) (2017)
TV-14 | 82 min | Drama, Mystery
Cara Cook is a bright, athletic, college student who disappears without a trace. Five days play out three times from a trio of perspectives; her spiraling parents, the troubled detective assigned to her case and finally, Cara herself.
Directors: Kris Booth, Jordan Canning, Renuka Jeyapalan | Stars: Jacqueline Byers, Michael Xavier, Torri Higginson, Richard Clarkin
Votes: 281
13. MIU404 (2020)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A new detective in the Mobile Investigative Unit (known as "MIU") of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department who does not trust other people works with an inexperienced detective and attempts to solve cases within 24 hours.
Stars: Koshi Mizukami, Gô Ayano, Gen Hoshino, Kumiko Asô
Votes: 684
14. Serangoon Road (2013)
561 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Serangoon Road is a detective noir series set against the tumultuous backdrop of 1960s Singapore.
Stars: Don Hany, Joan Chen, Maeve Dermody, Alaric
Votes: 690
15. White Cat Legend (2024)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Set in the glorious Tang dynasty, it revolves around the Dali Temple and its "white cat leader," Li Bing, as he leads his team members to unravel different kinds of mysteries and adventures.
Stars: Yuxi Ding, Zheming Wei, Qi Zhou, Kudousi Jiang Ainiwaer
Votes: 26
16. Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge (2006–2011)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Meitantei Conan is the live-action prequel to the current Meitantei Conan franchise. It's set before Shinichi was shrunk, or ever knew of the black organization. Shinichi Kudou is a famous ... See full summary »
Stars: Junpei Mizobata, Shioli Kutsuna, Hironobu Nomura, Tôri Matsuzaka
Votes: 181
17. The Garden Murder Case (1936)
Passed | 61 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Two people with ties to rich murdered socialite Lowe Hammle die from unusual suicides but Vance suspects hypnosis and foul play.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Virginia Bruce, Benita Hume, Douglas Walton
Votes: 622
18. MOZU (2014– )
Action, Crime, Drama
Kuraki (Hidetoshi Nishijima) is a police superintendent. He lost his beloved wife in a bomb incident. Kuraki, Detective Osugi (Teruyuki Kagawa) and Miki (Yoko Maki) from the Secret Police ... See full summary »
Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yôko Maki, Yusuke Hirayama
Votes: 148
19. Shôshimin Series
Animation, Drama, Mystery | Announced
Jôgorô Kobato, who once had a bitter experience due to a deduction activity called "wisdom work", was determined to become a pure and humble citizen. He secretly entered into a "reciprocal ... See full summary »
Director: Mamoru Kanbe | Stars: Shuichiro Umeda, Hina Yomiya, Makoto Furukawa
20. Mozu the Movie (2015)
116 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Set six months after Naotake (Hidetoshi Nishijima) learned the truth behind his wife's death. Naotake works for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau, but feels ... See full summary »
Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Hiroki Hasegawa, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Yûsuke Iseya, Yuriko Ishida
Votes: 259
21. Knokin'on Locked Door (2023)
Mystery
Touri Gotenba is a young man specializes in solving impossible crime tricks, while Hisame Katanashi specializes in deciphering crime motives. Together, they solve strange and difficult ... See full summary »
Stars: Hokuto Matsumura, Daigo Nishihata, Shizuka Ishibashi, Mei Hata
Votes: 8
22. Shefu wa meitantei (2021)
Crime
A Japanese man is back in the country having studied French cooking in the countryside of France. He is content to make his customers' bellies happy with delicious food. What is more, he is... See full summary »
Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Gaku Hamada, Yû Kamio, Anna Ishii
Votes: 64
23. The Files of the Young Kindaichi 3 (2001– )
Mystery
The Young Kindaichi is back and better than ever.
Stars: Jun Matsumoto, Anne Suzuki, Takashi Naitô, Wakana Sakai
Votes: 67
24. Invert Jozuka Hisui Toujoshu (2022– )
45 min | Mystery
Jozuka Hisui is a psychic with green eyes and has the ability to feel the souls and bring the dead back. Together with her partner Chiwasaki Makoto, Hisui works hard as a "medium detective"... See full summary »
Stars: Kaya Kiyohara, Fuka Koshiba, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Michiko Tanaka
Votes: 32
25. Higanbana: Keishichô Sôsa 7-ka (2016– )
54 min | Drama
Nagisa Kinomiya is a detective for the 7 Investigation Division. The team consists of female detectives and they seek out female criminals and to help female victims. Nagisa Kinomiya has a ... See full summary »
Stars: Maki Horikita, Rei Dan, Kang Ji-young, Rin Takanashi
Votes: 25
26. Sordid Minds
8 min | Short, Drama | Announced
Directors: Chad Chamberlain, Ryan Chamberlain | Stars: Jeff Pearson, Debbie Diesel, Parker Johnson
27. All in My Head
Crime | Announced
Police Detective, Trish Rodriquez, resigns after an on-the-job head injury leaves her with unpredictable headaches which are followed by uncanny premonitions that come true.
28. Stolen Glory: Eagle Fallen (2019)
3 min | Short
Stolen Glory: Eagle Fallen, is a short documentary that draws attention to the poaching of Bald Eagles in America.
Director: Willie Jae | Star: Willie Jae
Votes: 564
29. Sovest (1974)
Crime, Mystery, War
Three Soviet prisoners of war flee from a Nazi concentration camp at the end of the war. One of the guards helps them and runs with them. Many years later, this former German henchman comes... See full summary »
Stars: Dalvin Shcherbakov, Aleksandr Martynov, Boris Kudryavtsev, Vsevolod Safonov
Votes: 38
30.
Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode:
Who Killed Me?
(1969)
TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The president of a corporation reported lost at sea, secretly returns to Mannix claiming his small plane was sabotaged and to try to find out who tried to kill him.
Director: Harry Harvey Jr. | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Paul Richards, Susan Howard
Votes: 116
31.
Sovest (1974)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1974)
84 min | Crime, Mystery, War
Director: Yuri Kavtaradze | Stars: Dalvin Shcherbakov, Aleksandr Martynov, Boris Kudryavtsev, Vsevolod Safonov
32.
Sovest (1974)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1974)
82 min | Crime, Mystery, War
Director: Yuri Kavtaradze | Stars: Dalvin Shcherbakov, Aleksandr Martynov, Boris Kudryavtsev, Vsevolod Safonov
33.
Sovest (1974)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1974)
85 min | Crime, Mystery, War
Director: Yuri Kavtaradze | Stars: Dalvin Shcherbakov, Aleksandr Martynov, Boris Kudryavtsev, Vsevolod Safonov
34.
Sovest (1974)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1974)
74 min | Crime, Mystery, War
Director: Yuri Kavtaradze | Stars: Dalvin Shcherbakov, Aleksandr Martynov, Boris Kudryavtsev, Vsevolod Safonov
35.
Sovest (1974)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1974)
86 min | Crime, Mystery, War
Director: Yuri Kavtaradze | Stars: Dalvin Shcherbakov, Aleksandr Martynov, Boris Kudryavtsev, Vsevolod Safonov