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Explore films with detective genres and themes.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 717 films · Page 22.

Crime by Night (1944)

crime film, drama film

Larry Borden's career as a concert pianist ends when a dispute with wealthy father-in-law Harvey Carr winds up with Larry's hand being chopped off by an ax. Carr is found dead from a blow by an ax, and Larry is sure to be the prime suspect…

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Kojak: The Price of Justice (1987)

Crime, Thriller

Kojak is on a new case, the bodies of two young boys are found in the Harlem river. Their mother (Kate Nelligan) is the main obvious suspect, particularly with her scandalous past, but Kojak believes that she is innocent. Soon afterward th…

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Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)

Crime, Mysterie, crime film, mystery film

When a prominent racehorse owner winds up dead-allegedly kicked to death by his prized stallion, Charlie Chan is called in to investigate. But when the indomitable detective discovers evidence of foul play, he's soon hot on the hooves of a…

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Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)

Mysterie, crime film, thriller film

Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond has just returned to England and as he is driving home in the dark, a young woman jumps out in front of his car. He misses her, but she falls to the ground. As he tries to revive her, he hears a shout for he…

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The Bloody Brood (1959)

crime film, drama film

A man begins to investigate on his own the death of his brother, who died from eating a hamburger laced with ground glass. With the police case stalled because of ineptness, the man's own investigation leads him toward a beatnik hang-out f…

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International Crime (1938)

mystery film

Lamont Cranston is an amateur criminologist and detective, who hosts a daily radio program sponsored by the Daily Classic newspaper. He has developed a friendly but occasionally terse feud with Police Commissioner Weston. Cranston complain…

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The Hunters (2011)

Thriller, horror film, thriller film

On the outskirts of town is a large abandoned fort turned wooded park. Detective Le Saint is an ex-soldier assigned to protect a police informant who he arranges to meet at an abandoned fort in the woods. Alice is a college student who sne…

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Charlie Chan's Courage (1934)

crime film, mystery film

Hired to deliver a valuable necklace for Sally Jordon, a wealthy Honolulu resident for whom Charlie Chan had worked as a houseboy decades earlier, the detective shows up at the desert ranch estate of P.J. Madden, posing as a servant. In hi…

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No Way Back (1976)

Blaxploitation, Crime, action film, blaxploitation film, crime film, drama film

Jesse Crowder is hired by the wife and brother of a fugitive named Pickens, who is on the run because he had just robbed a bank, and uses this money to embezzle it, where from Crowder decides to take the case and follows the fugitive from …

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The Pink Chiquitas (1987)

Action, Komödie, Sci-Fi, alien invasion, science fiction comedy, science fiction film

Tony Mareda, Jr., a former Olympic athlete and world-renowned private detective, is driving across the country when he is attacked by mobsters. Chased to the sleepy backwater town of Beamsville, Tony ducks into the local drive-in theater, …

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The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940)

Drama, drama film

At the Penyon mansion, Bob Penyon gives his fiancée Joan Bradley a very valuable diamond necklace, a family heirloom. Rose Waverly telephones Clay Beaudine to let him know that the couple have just left with the necklace. Peter Rennick, th…

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The Secret Partner (1961)

Crime, crime film, detective film, drama film

John Brent is an executive, working under Charles Standish at the London head office of a shipping company. His marriage is in trouble because he is always short of money; his wife Nicole, certain he is spending it on another woman, leaves…

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Johnny Nobody (1961)

Drama, Film Noir, Forensic, detective film, drama film

Irish American writer James Ronald Mulcahy is murdered moments after he has dared God to strike him dead. His murderer looks for help from the man who must decide his fate, the local priest, Father Carey. The killer is tagged "Johnny Nobod…

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License to Kill (1988)

Action, Martial-Arts, martial arts film

Joe Wong was a character that previously appeared in a Leo Fong film, Low Blow. He was a California PI who ran his business out of his shabby unkempt office. Wong returns in this film as one of the best in the business, operating from his …

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Death Journey (1976)

Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, action film, crime film, drama film

Witnesses supposed to testify against mobster Jack Rosewald are being killed left and right. Seeing no other options, New York District Attorney Virgil Riley and his assistant Jonas contact the last remaining witness, located in Los Angele…

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Black Coffee (1931)

Detective Film, Mysterie, crime film

Inventor Sir Claud Amory is discovered dead not long after hiring the celebrated French detective Hercule Poirot to track down a stolen formula for high explosives. Sir Claud's household is full of potential suspects, with suspicion fallin…

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