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Step into the World of Private Eyes: A Guide to the Best Movies and TV Shows

Get ready to immerse yourself in a world of mystery, intrigue, and suspense as we delve into the fascinating realm of private eyes. From classic film noir to modern-day TV series, we've got you covered with the most iconic and captivating movies and shows that feature these iconic detectives. Whether you're a fan of Sherlock Holmes, Columbo, or Philip Marlowe, we'll take you on a journey through the best of the best in private eye cinema and television.

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

Martin Freeman

Sherlock (2010) TV Show

8.5 6.5K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-14

Story: A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

Style: suspenseful, tense

Plot: detective, based on novel or book, workaholic, investigation, friendship, police, genius, murder, ...

Place: london, england

Cast

Nicolas Cage

Lamorne Morris

Li Jun Li

Karen Rodriguez

Spider-Noir (2026) TV Show

8.4 693 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-14

Story: Ben Reilly, an aging and down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York, is forced to grapple with his past life as the city's one and only superhero.

Plot: new york city, detective, femme fatale, superhero, based on comic, film noir, private investigator, mobster, ...

Time: great depression, 1930s

Cast

Anthony Perkins

Janet Leigh

Vera Miles

John Gavin

Psycho (1960)

8.4 11.1K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: R

Story: When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

Plot: hotel, clerk, detective, shower, arizona, motel, halloween, stolen money, ...

Cast

Choi Jin-hyuk

Park Ju-hyun

Hwang Bo-ra

Kwon Hwa-woon

Zombie Detective (2020) TV Show

8.4 44 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Story: Kim Moo-Young wakes up to find he has become a zombie with no memories of his past. Witnessing the death of a Detective, he has assumed his identity to try discover the mysteries of his past. Meanwhile, Kong Sun-Ji works as investigative journalist who quits whilst investigating the 'Santa Killer' case. By chance the two are brought together and various circumstances lead to Sun-Ji working at Moo-Young's detective agency as an intern.

Plot: zombie, private detective, 丧尸, 侦探

Cast

Jeremy Brett

Edward Hardwicke

Rosalie Williams

Sherlock Holmes (1984) TV Show

8.2 261 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 7

Episodes: 41

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.

Plot: detective, based on novel or book, victorian england, private investigator, period drama, private detective, mysteries, sherlock holmes, ...

Cast

David Suchet

Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) TV Show

8.2 559 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 13

Episodes: 70

Audience: TV-PG

Story: From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: detective, based on novel or book, investigation, private investigator, period drama, private detective, belgian, murder mystery

Time: 1930s

Place: united kingdom

Cast

Donal Logue

Michael Raymond-James

Laura Allen

Kimberly Quinn

Terriers (2010) TV Show

8.0 106 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 13

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Ex-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth partners with his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack, in an unlicensed private investigation business. The series is set in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California, although it is portrayed as a distinct town, with Dolworth having once been a member of the fictional Ocean Beach Police Department.

Plot: investigation, friendship, ex-cop, murder, dark comedy, lawyer, private investigator, recovering alcoholic, ...

Place: california

Cast

Dileep

Bhavana

Jagathy Sreekumar

Ashish Vidhyarthi

C.I.D. Moosa (2003)

8.0 30 votes

Genre: Action, Comedy

Country: India

Duration: 160 min.

Story: Moosa, a private detective, faces many challenges while solving various cases. His only rival is his own brother-in-law, Peethambaran, who is a police officer.

Plot: police, bomb, language barrier, special car, fake identity, training, revenge, terrorism, ...

Cast

Tony Shalhoub

Ted Levine

Jason Gray-Stanford

Traylor Howard

Monk (2002) TV Show

8.0 1.3K votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America, Canada

Seasons: 8

Episodes: 124

Audience: TV-14

Story: Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.

Plot: san francisco, california, obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd), private investigator, private detective, mental disorders, criminal consultant, police procedural, ...

Place: california

Cast

Titus Welliver

Mimi Rogers

Madison Lintz

Stephen A. Chang

Bosch: Legacy (2022) TV Show

7.9 265 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 30

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Bosch is now making a living as a private investigator two years after he quit the LAPD and finds himself working with one time enemy and top-notch attorney Honey “Money” Chandler. Meanwhile, Bosch's daughter Maddie is venturing into the world of the LAPD.

Plot: private investigator

Pushing Daisies (2007) TV Show

7.9 471 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 22

Audience: TV-PG

Story: A pie-maker, with the power to bring dead people back to life, solves murder mysteries with his alive-again childhood sweetheart, a cynical private investigator, and a lovesick waitress.

Style: nostalgic, romantic

Plot: narration, surrealism, reanimation, dark comedy, eccentric, private investigator, back from the dead, magic realism, ...

Cast

Scott Speedman

Jaina Lee Ortiz

Kevin Rankin

Adelaide Clemens

R.J. Decker (2026) TV Show

7.8 33 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 9

Audience: TV-14

Story: Ex-con photographer RJ Decker becomes a PI in South Florida, solving strange cases with help from his journalist ex, her cop wife, and an enigmatic woman from his past who may help or destroy him.

Plot: private investigator

Place: florida

Veronica Mars (2004) TV Show

7.8 722 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 72

Audience: TV-14

Story: In the fictional town of Neptune, California, student Veronica Mars progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father.

Plot: detective, high school, private investigator, teenage romance, neo-noir, female private detective

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012) TV Show

7.7 173 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: Australia

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 34

Story: Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920’s Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl handled pistol and her dagger sharp wit. Leaving a trail of admirers in her wake, our thoroughly modern heroine makes sure she enjoys every moment of her lucky life. Based on author Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher Murder Mystery novels.

Plot: based on novel or book, private investigator, private detective, female detective, costume drama, dramatic, comforting, compassionate

Time: 1920s

Place: australia

Dead Boy Detectives (2024) TV Show

7.6 318 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Two teen ghosts work alongside a clairvoyant to solve mysteries for their supernatural clientele — until a powerful witch complicates their plans.

Style: irreverent, absurd, whimsical

Plot: detective, supernatural, based on comic, private detective, ghost, dark fantasy, fantasy, offbeat, ...

Blood Ties (2007) TV Show

7.6 68 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery

Country: Canada, United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 22

Audience: TV-14

Story: Blood Ties is a Canadian television series based on the Blood Books by Tanya Huff; the show was created by Peter Mohan. It is set in Toronto, Canada and has a similar premise to an earlier series also set in Toronto, Forever Knight, in which a vampire assists police in dealing with crime. It premiered in the United States on March 11, 2007 on Lifetime Television, and during fall of 2007 on Citytv and Space in Canada. In May 2008, Lifetime declined to renew the series.

Plot: based on novel or book, vampire, romance, private investigator, vampirism

Cast

Humphrey Bogart

Lauren Bacall

John Ridgely

Martha Vickers

The Big Sleep (1946)

7.6 1.2K votes

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 114 min.

Audience: NR

Story: 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.

Plot: based on novel or book, gambling, poison, blackmail, detective, drug addiction, sister, film noir, ...

Magnum P.I. (2018) TV Show

7.6 339 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 96

Audience: TV-14

Story: Thomas Magnum, a decorated former Navy SEAL, returns home from Afghanistan and applies his military skills to become a private investigator in Hawaii taking jobs no one else will—with the help of fellow vets T.C. Calvin and Rick Wright, and former MI:6 agent, Juliet Higgins.

Style: lighthearted

Plot: remake, private investigator, reboot, military veteran, calm, admiring, adoring, appreciative, ...

Place: hawaii

Mom (2017)

7.5 218 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 147 min.

Audience: 15

Story: After her stepdaughter is sexually assaulted at a party, a furious mother sets out to destroy the lives of the four perpetrators who walked free.

Plot: dancing, rape, police, kidnapping, aggression, rape victim, revenge, rapist, ...

Cast

Daniel Bru00fchl

Luke Evans

Dakota Fanning

Matthew Shear

The Alienist (2018) TV Show

7.5 709 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 18

Audience: TV-MA

Story: New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and secretary Sara Howard to investigate several murders of male prostitutes.

Plot: new york city, based on novel or book, serial killer, historical fiction, period drama, mental illness, private detective, criminal investigation, ...

Time: 19th century

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