
Detective Mystery Crime movies
Case-solving is the engine: clues, suspects, interviews, and the final reveal inside a criminal context.
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A petty thief posing as an actor has one shot in Hollywood and a dead body on his hands. As the detective trains him for a role that looks more like a murder rap, every hour pulls him deeper into a real-life crime script he can't improvise his way out of.
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42. L.A. Confidential
Crime Mystery Thriller Drama Detective Mystery Crime1997•2h 18min
United States
Director: Curtis Hanson
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In 1950s Los Angeles, a clean-cut lieutenant digs into a late-night diner massacre and uncovers a trail that links his father’s unsolved murder to the city’s dirtiest power brokers. Now every clue he exposes turns fellow cops into enemies, and the department he serves quietly moves to erase him.
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43. Edge of Darkness
Crime Drama Mystery Thriller Detective Mystery Crime2010•1h 57min
United Kingdom, United States
Director: Martin Campbell
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As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.
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44. Paranoid Park
Drama Crime Mystery Coming-of-Age Drama Detective Mystery Crime2007•1h 24min
United States, France
Director: Gus Van Sant
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A teenage skateboarder becomes suspected of being connected with a security guard who suffered a brutal death in a skate park called "Paranoid Park".
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45. Insomnia
Thriller Crime Drama Investigation Suspense Detective Mystery Crime2002•1h 58min
United States
Director: Christopher Nolan
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To investigate the brutal murder of a girl, two experienced detectives from Los Angeles arrive. Under the pressure of unusual Arctic weather, the press, and a lack of evidence, they try to find the real culprit.
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46. Lantana
Crime Drama Mystery Detective Mystery Crime Investigation Mystery2001•2h 1min
Germany, Australia
Director: Ray Lawrence
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Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges -- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement.
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Little Red Riding Hood: A classic story, but there's more to every tale than meets the eye. Before you judge a book by its cover, you've got to flip through the pages. In the re-telling of this classic fable, the story begins at the end of the tale and winds its way back. Chief Grizzly and Detective Bill Stork investigate a domestic disturbance at Granny's cottage, involving a karate-kicking Red Riding Hood, a sarcastic wolf and an oafish Woodsman.
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48. Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Fantasy Animation Adventure Crime Animated Fantasy Adventure2003•1h 14min
United States
Director: Tim Maltby
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As if the Penguin wasn't enough to contend with, a new vigilante has surfaced in Gotham City, and her strong-arm tactics give Batman cause for concern. Being the World's Greatest Detective and The Dark Knight, he sets out to uncover her identity while stopping a dangerous criminal plot.
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49. Out of Time
Thriller Crime Drama Cover-Up Thriller Detective Mystery Crime2003•1h 45min
United States
Director: Carl Franklin
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Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to find out the truth.
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50. Dolores Claiborne
Crime Drama Mystery Legal Drama Detective Mystery Crime1995•2h 12min
United States
Director: Taylor Hackford
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In a town that never forgets a rumor, a housekeeper once suspected of killing her husband stands over her wealthy employer’s dead body. With a witness pointing at her and a hard-nosed detective digging, her estranged journalist daughter returns home and uncovers buried memories that could destroy them both.

