🏷 Best Private Eye Movies & TV Shows - Page 3 - Full Archive

87 titles with this tag

My Life Is Murder
7.2 68 votes
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: New Zealand, Australia
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 46
Story:  Investigator Alexa Crowe, cannot help fighting the good fight – whether it is solving murders or combatting the small frustrations of everyday life. Fearless and unapologetic, Alexa's unique skills and insights into the darker quirks of human nature, allows her to provoke, comfort and push the right buttons as she unravels the truth behind the most baffling of crimes.
Plot:  private investigator, cosy crime
Place:  new zealand, australia
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Thupparivaalan
Cast
Vishal Krishna Vishal Krishna
Prasanna Prasanna
Vinay Rai Vinay Rai
Andrea Jeremiah Andrea Jeremiah
7.2 51 votes
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story:  Detective Kaniyan Poonkundran is hungry for a challenging case to investigate and the mystery of a murdered dog leads to a rival who could be the match for him.
Plot:  serial killer, private detective, artificial lightning
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Stumptown
7.2 174 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 18
Audience: TV-14
Story:  Dex Parios is a strong, assertive, and unapologetically sharp-witted Army veteran working as a P.I. in Portland, Oregon. With a complicated personal history and only herself to rely on, she solves other people’s messes with a blind eye toward her own.
Plot:  portland, oregon, private investigator, based on graphic novel, military veteran
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Duckman
7.2 77 votes
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 70
Audience: TV-PG
Story:  Together with Cornfed, his portly, porcine partner in crime solving, this defective detective amazingly manages to solve crimes and be a single parent to his hilariously dysfunctional sons at the same time.
Plot:  single parent, private detective, adult animation, sitcom
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Strike
Cast
Tom Burke Tom Burke
Holliday Grainger Holliday Grainger
Jack Greenlees Jack Greenlees
Ruth Sheen Ruth Sheen
7.2 256 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Seasons: 6
Episodes: 19
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator prove crucial in solving complex crimes that have baffled the police. Based on the bestselling novels written by J.K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
Style:  suspenseful
Plot:  london, england, based on novel or book, private detective
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The Fortune Cookie
Cast
Jack Lemmon Jack Lemmon
Walter Matthau Walter Matthau
Ron Rich Ron Rich
Judi West Judi West
7.2 351 votes
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 125 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  TV cameraman Harry Hinkle is injured while filming a football game. Seeing big dollar signs, his unscrupulous ambulance-chasing lawyer brother-in-law Willie Gingrich enters the picture, and convinces Harry to overstate his injuries and claim $1 million in pain and suffering. Harry's similarly-minded ex-wife suddenly reappears in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.
Plot:  shadowing, american football, brother-in-law, wheelchair, honesty, insurance fraud, cinematographer, fortune cookie, ...
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Sugar
Cast
Colin Farrell Colin Farrell
Jin Ha Jin Ha
Tony Dalton Tony Dalton
Raymond Lee Raymond Lee
7.2 329 votes
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Ireland, United States of America
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 16
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  John Sugar is a dashing private eye navigating the dark corners of sunny LA. Though he sees only the good in humanity, Sugar is haunted by a secret too dangerous to expose.
Plot:  private detective, missing person, neo-noir, thriller, depressing, cliché, disgusted, pretentious
Place:  los angeles, california
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El crack
Cast
Alfredo Landa Alfredo Landa
Maru00eda Casanova Maru00eda Casanova
Manuel Tejada Manuel Tejada
Miguel Rellu00e1n Miguel Rellu00e1n
7.2 47 votes
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 121 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Private detective Germán Areta el Piojo gets a terminally ill client who wishes to see his long lost, runaway daughter before he dies.
Plot:  madrid, spain, prostitution, private detective, neo-noir
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The Nice Guys
Cast
Russell Crowe Russell Crowe
Ryan Gosling Ryan Gosling
Angourie Rice Angourie Rice
Matt Bomer Matt Bomer
7.1 8.7K votes
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: United States of America
Duration: 116 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
Plot:  daughter, detective, investigation, alcoholism, private investigator, conspiracy, whodunit, alcoholic, ...
Time:  1970s
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Angel Heart
Cast
Mickey Rourke Mickey Rourke
Robert De Niro Robert De Niro
Lisa Bonet Lisa Bonet
Charlotte Rampling Charlotte Rampling
7.1 1.8K votes
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 113 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.
Plot:  new york city, amnesia, heart, southern usa, voodoo, detective, drug addiction, new orleans, ...
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Thegidi
Cast
Ashok Selvan Ashok Selvan
Janani Iyer Janani Iyer
Jayaprakash Jayaprakash
Kaali Venkat Kaali Venkat
7.1 25 votes
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:  Vettri joins a detective agency and is assigned a series of subjects to observe. He falls in love with Madhusree, one of his targets, and just when everything seems to be going fine, Vettri's subjects start dying mysteriously. Can he save Madhu before it is too late?
Plot:  insurance fraud, private investigator, scam, investigator
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This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Cast
Kimberly Peirce Kimberly Peirce
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Jon Lewis
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David Ansen
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Martin Garbus
7.1 379 votes
Genre: Documentary
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 98 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) 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.
Plot:  sexuality, orgasm, bias, private investigator, rating, hypocrisy, censorship, mpaa, ...
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Love in the Afternoon
Cast
Gary Cooper Gary Cooper
Audrey Hepburn Audrey Hepburn
Maurice Chevalier Maurice Chevalier
John McGiver John McGiver
7.0 337 votes
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: United States of America
Duration: 130 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  A middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with a client's wife.
Plot:  hotel, paris, france, based on novel or book, romcom, playboy, love, private detective, ...
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Strange Days
Cast
Ralph Fiennes Ralph Fiennes Angela Bassett Angela Bassett
Juliette Lewis Juliette Lewis
Tom Sizemore Tom Sizemore
7.0 1.6K votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Science Fiction
Country: United States of America
Duration: 145 min.
Audience: R
Story:  In the last days of 1999, ex-cop turned street hustler Lenny Nero receives a disc which contains the memories of the murder of a prostitute. With the help of bodyguard Mace, he starts to investigate and is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of murder, blackmail and intrigue.
Plot:  new year's eve, pornography, prostitute, police brutality, dreams, rape, police, virtual reality, ...
Time:  future
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Down Cemetery Road
6.9 96 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: United Kingdom
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  When a child goes missing in the aftermath of a house explosion, a concerned neighbor teams up with a private investigator to find them. As secrets unravel and a military conspiracy emerges, all hell is unleashed on South Oxford's sleepy suburbs.
Plot:  based on novel or book, amateur detective, suspicion, investigation, conspiracy, private investigator, exploding house, married woman, ...
Place:  england
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The Last Boy Scout
Cast
Bruce Willis Bruce Willis
Damon Wayans Damon Wayans
Chelsea Field Chelsea Field
Noble Willingham Noble Willingham
6.8 2.2K votes
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 105 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Somewhere in Los Angeles, the city of broken dreams, a stripper is murdered. Now, the private detective she had hired and her ex-footballer boyfriend are going to find her murderer... if they don't kill each other first. But the more they dig, the deeper they become enmeshed in a web of extortion, blackmail and corrupt politics hidden beneath the surface of professional football.
Plot:  sniper, assassin, corruption, bomb, anti hero, cocaine, senator, puppet, ...
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El crack dos
Cast
Alfredo Landa Alfredo Landa
Maru00eda Casanova Maru00eda Casanova
Miguel Rellu00e1n Miguel Rellu00e1n
Manuel Lorenzo Manuel Lorenzo
6.8 27 votes
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Private detective Germán Areta el Piojo investigates the life of a gay man who has apparently abandoned his partner. When they both turn up dead, it seems one killed the other before committing suicide, but Areta is not convinced.
Plot:  private detective
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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
6.8 115 votes
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Byomkesh, fresh out of college, agrees to investigate the disappearance of Bhuvan, a chemist. Assisted by Bhuvan's son Ajit, Byomkesh links the case to a larger conspiracy that will unsettle Calcutta.
Plot:  detective, conspiracy, criminal mastermind, private detective, evil genius
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Hardcore
Cast
George C. Scott George C. Scott
Peter Boyle Peter Boyle
Season Hubley Season Hubley
Dick Sargent Dick Sargent
6.7 322 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 108 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in search of his runaway teenage daughter who’s making hardcore films in the pits of Los Angeles.
Plot:  daughter, pornography, michigan, runaway, peep show, snuff, father, los angeles, ...
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Simon & Simon
6.7 96 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 8
Episodes: 156
Audience: TV-PG
Story:  A.J. Simon is a polished fellow with a taste for classic cars and tailored suits. Rick Simon is his less refined (but still pleasant) older brother who has a taste for cowboy boots and four-wheel drive pickups. The two of them live in San Diego, where they own a private detective agency.
Style:  nostalgic, suspenseful
Plot:  sibling relationship, private investigator, detective agency, reminiscent, amused, cheerful, familiar, straightforward
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