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    Deceiver (1998)

    A wealthy man (Tim Roth) turns the tables on two detectives (Chris Penn, Michael Rooker) grilling...

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    Dragon's Gold

    Completed in 1953, Dragon's Gold was released by United Artists early the following year. John...

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    Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)

    Three private detectives (Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu) work under cover to retrieve two...

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    Chinatown (1974)

    A 1930s gumshoe named Jake (Jack Nicholson) sticks his nose into a sordid mess over Los Angeles land...

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    Silver City (2004)

    A campaign manager hires a private detective (Danny Huston) after a Colorado gubernatorial candidate...

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    Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

    Ex-convict Moose Malloy wants 1940s Los Angeles private eye Phillip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) to find...

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    Shall We Dance? (2004)

    A married Chicago attorney (Richard Gere) takes dancing lessons with a beautiful woman (Jennifer...

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    Dumb Dicks (1986)

    Two bumbling private detectives get themselves hired to find a missing person. They find themselves...

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    Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

    Peter Ustinov plays the talented detective in San Francisco who attempts, with help/hindrance from...

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    Vertigo (1958)

    A former San Francisco detective (James Stewart) who dreads heights falls for a woman (Kim Novak) he...

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    Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)

    Hoping to land a movie role, a thief (Robert Downey Jr.) learns investigative techniques from a...

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    Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)

    A sacred white bat's disappearance begets bloodshed between African tribes and puts the goofy pet...

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    Looking For Kitty (2006)

    A world-weary detective (Edward Burns) and a high-school coach (David Krumholtz) form a bond as they...

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    There's Something About Mary (1998)

    A geek (Ben Stiller) hires a sleazy private eye (Matt Dillon) to report on a woman (Cameron Diaz) he...

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    Gone Baby Gone (2007)

    Two private investigators (Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan) tread dangerous ground as they scour...

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    Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

    In a world where cartoons coexist with humans, a private eye tries to clear a long-eared fugitive of...

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    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

    Two showgirls on the lookout for rich eligible bachelors run into numerous complications during a...

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    Company Business (1991)

    The CIA and the KGB chase two ex-agents (Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov) around Europe after a $2...

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    Code 7, Victim 5

    In this action film, an American detective is hired by an aging millionaire to investigate the...

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    Harper (1966)

    A rich woman (Lauren Bacall) hires gum-chewing Los Angeles private eye Lew Harper (Paul Newman) to...

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    Charlie's Angels (2000)

    Three private detectives (Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu) try to rescue a kidnapped computer...

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    City Heat (1984)

    A police detective (Clint Eastwood) backs up his private-eye ex-partner (Burt Reynolds) on a...

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    The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

    Former cohorts come after a small-town New England mom (Geena Davis) who gradually remembers her...

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    Shaft (1971)

    A Harlem mob boss (Moses Gunn) hires a private eye (Richard Roundtree) to find his kidnapped...

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    The Cheap Detective (1978)

    Accused of murdering his partner, a private eye (Peter Falk) tries to clear his name in 1940s San...

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    Helter Skelter

    A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccupping.

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    The Assassin

    British private detective Richard Todd is sent to Venice, there to locate and a reward a wartime...

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    Unfaithful (2002)

    A man (Richard Gere) becomes increasingly distraught after he discovers his wife (Diane Lane) is...

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    The End of the Affair (1999)

    A woman's (Julianne Moore) prayer to save the lover (Ralph Fiennes) she later believes has died...

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    The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

    Insanely jealous Sigerson Holmes (Gene Wilder) and his zany friends (Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman)...

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    Modesty Blaise

    An archcriminal (Dirk Bogarde) wants diamonds being guarded by a British secret agent (Monica Vitti)...

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    8mm (1999)

    A widow hires a man (Nicolas Cage) to identify a teen killed in a snuff film that was stashed in her...

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    The Thin Man (1934)

    Sophisticated Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell, Myrna Loy) solve a murder mystery with their...

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    Psycho (1960)

    A woman (Janet Leigh) on the run stops at a 12-cabin motel with showers, run by mother-fixated...

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    Suspect (1987)

    A Washington lobbyist (Dennis Quaid) on jury duty helps a public defender (Cher) save a deaf-mute...

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    Peeper (1976)

    In this comedy drama that spoofs detective pictures from the 1940s, Tucker (Michael Caine) is a...

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    Sylvia (1965)

    A private detective is hired by a wealthy man to uncover his wife's past, but in the process of...

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    Blood Simple (1985)

    Complications arise when the owner of a Texas bar pays a man (M. Emmet Walsh) to kill his wife...

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    Murder By Decree (1979)

    The murders by the infamous British criminal, Jack the Ripper, catch the attention of Sherlock...

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    Love Happy (1950)

    The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves.

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    Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

    Watson (Nigel Bruce) brings in Holmes (Basil Rathbone) on a case of ritual murder at the old...

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    The Black Camel (1931)

    The unsolved murder of a Hollywood actor several years earlier and an enigmatic psychic are the keys...

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    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    This first talkie version of Conan Doyle's classic thriller The Hound of the Baskervilles stars...

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    Assignment to Kill (1968)

    Insurance investigator Richard Cutting (Patrick O'Neal) is summoned to look into the sinking of some...

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    The Lost Son (2001)

    A wealthy couple hire a detective (Daniel Auteuil) to track their adult son, missing after...

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    Some Girls Do (1969)

    Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond traces the sabotage of a supersonic airliner to a gang of murderous women.

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    Going Undercover (1988)

    A bungling gumshoe tries hard to affect a hard-boiled demeanor, despite the fact that his latest...

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    Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988)

    One of the few sleaze-horror movies that actually delivers on the lurid promise of its title (and...

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    Diamond's Edge (1990)

    A would-be private eye and his younger brother are embroiled in an international caper.

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    At Risk (1994)

    Presented as a noir melodrama, Lara searches for her lover, Max, in this AIDS cautionary tale.