Top 20 Best Detective Movies: Mysteries, Manhunts, and Twisted Investigations

During an urgent journey aboard the Orient Express, the famous detective Hercule Poirot becomes involved in the mysterious murder of one of the passengers. The investigation is complicated by the fact that almost everyone on the train has a motive for the crime.

Police unsuccessfully try to find a four-year-old girl who has gone missing. A frustrated aunt turns to two private detectives, who reluctantly get pulled into a much bigger tangle of lies, drugs, and corruption.

During a fierce storm, ten strangers end up in a small motel in Nevada. After someone starts killing them one by one, they realize this meeting wasn’t a coincidence.

A frightened night watchman, who seems to have seen something terrifying, runs into the road in a panic and is hit by a car. Soon, the police discover that the body of a woman has mysteriously disappeared from the morgue where he worked.

After a series of ritual murders, the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson track down Lord Blackwood. The criminal is captured and later executed, but the case does not end there, and the mystery is only beginning to gain momentum.

A young businessman wakes up in a hotel room locked from the inside, beside the body of his lover. To prove his innocence and understand what really happened in that room, he turns to one of the city’s best lawyers for help.

A group of wealthy people and celebrities gathers to unwind at a country hunting estate. Suddenly, the owner of the estate, Sir William, is found dead—and everything suggests that someone among the guests is involved.

After her young son goes missing, a young woman turns to the police for help. The boy is soon found, but despite the resemblance, the mother insists that he is not her child. Yet the authorities and the police pressure her to accept the boy as her son and put an end to the public outcry.

Boston is shaken by a tragedy — the murder of a 19-year-old girl. A grief-stricken father suspects one of his longtime friends, and the further the investigation goes, the more old secrets and past traumas come to the surface.

An experienced detective investigates the death of a man who died in the mountains under suspicious circumstances. All the evidence points to an accident or suicide, but the widow’s strange behavior troubles him, so he begins to watch her.

A country is shaken by a series of brutal kidnappings and murders of women. Trying to track down the maniac, FBI agent Clarice Starling turns for help to the imprisoned killer and brilliant psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter.

A man who, after an injury, suffers from a rare form of amnesia — short-term memory loss — tries to find his wife's killer. During the investigation, he is forced to preserve new clues through photographs, notes, and tattoos.

Journalist Mikael and hacker Lisbeth investigate a 40-year-old case involving a missing woman whose body was never found. Her uncle is convinced a powerful local family is behind it.

Three police officers, each of whom joined the force for their own reasons, become united by the investigation into a mass murder at a nightclub. As the investigation unfolds, it becomes clear that the case is about more than just gangland violence: the dirty secrets of the police itself and the dark side of Los Angeles begin to surface.

A six-year-old girl and her friend are abducted by unknown criminals. When the police investigation hits a dead end, one of the parents, in desperation, decides to get to the truth by his own methods.

On the morning after a famous writer’s 85th birthday celebration, he is found dead in his own room. At first glance, it appears to be a suicide, but a mysterious stranger hires a renowned detective to conduct his own investigation.

The film is based on the story of the real-life serial killer known as “Zodiac,” who terrorized the residents of San Francisco from 1968 to 1983. Zodiac liked communicating with the police through the press, sending encrypted messages.

A provincial town is shaken by a series of brutal murders of women. An experienced detective from Seoul arrives to hunt down the maniac and serial killer, determined to get the stalled case moving again.

On an isolated island that houses a psychiatric facility for the most dangerous patients, one of the inmates disappears without a trace. War veteran and U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels arrives on the island with his partner to investigate the mysterious disappearance.

Veteran detective Somerset and his young partner investigate a series of chilling murders tied to punishment for the seven deadly sins. With each new victim, they realize the killer is always one step ahead.