Best Detective Films by Director
2449
101
1982
Jim Abrahams, Reza Badiyi, Georg Stanford Brown, Paul Krasny, Joe Dante, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Leslie Nielsen, Alan North, Rex Hamilton, William Duell, Ed Williams, Peter Lupus
Action / Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Detective / Cult
USA
English
2437
100
2007
Ben Affleck
Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, John Ashton
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2818
151
2009
Jonas Åkerlund
Dennis Quaid, Ziyi Zhang, Lou Taylor Pucci, Clifton Collins Jr.
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Horror
USA
English
336
12
1955
Robert Aldrich
Ralph Meeker, Cloris Leachman, Gaby Rodgers, Maxine Copper, Albert Dekker
Thriller / Film-Noir / Crime / Detective / Cult
USA
English
2553
111
1975
Robert Aldrich
Burt Reynolds, Catherine Deneuve, Ben Johnson, Paul Winfield, Eileen Brennan
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Post-Noir
USA
English
2763
137
2009
Daniel Alfredson
Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Sofia Ledarp, Micke Spreitz
Action / Mystery / Thriller / Crime / Detective
Sweden / Denmark / Germany
Swedish
2852
153
1993
Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Jerry Adler, Lynn Cohen, Ron Rifkin, Joy Behar
Comedy / Mystery / Crime / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
1910
68
1986
Jon Amiel
Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Joanne Whalley, Lyndon Davies
Drama / Musical / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
Australia / UK
English
2763
137
1995
Jon Amiel
Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney, Harry Connick Jr.
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Detective
USA
English
2341
94
2014
Paul Thomas Anderson
Joanna Newsom, Katherine Waterston, Joaquin Phoenix, Jordan Christian Hearn
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Detective / Post-Noir
USA
English
2502
104
1983
Michael Apted
William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy, Ian Bannen, Joanna Pacula
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2801
146
1992
Michael Apted
Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Fred Ward, Fred Dalton Thompson
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2807
148
1971
Dario Argento
James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Pier Paolo Capponi, Horst Frank
Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
Italy / France / West Germany
Italian
2801
146
1991
John Badham
Michael J. Fox, James Woods, Stephen Lang, Annabella Sciorra, John Capodice
Action / Comedy / Crime / Detective
USA
English
2807
148
1948
Richard L. Bare
George O'Hanlon, Art Gilmore, Kit Guard, Charles Horvath, Fred Kelsey, Donald Kerr
Comedy / Crime / Short / Detective
USA
English
2807
148
2013
Zal Batmanglij
Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, Ellen Page, Toby Kebbell, Shiloh Fernandez
Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA / UK
English
2605
115
1989
Harold Becker
Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker, William Hickey
Crime / Thriller / Drama / Detective
USA
English
2801
146
1980
Harold Becker
Robert Foxworth, Paula Prentiss, Harry Dean Stanton, Barbara Babcock
Crime / Romance / Comedy / Drama / Detective
USA
English
1629
54
1977
Robert Benton
Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Bill Macy, Eugene Roche, Joanna Cassidy
Crime / Mystery / Comedy / Drama / Detective / Thriller
USA
English
2807
148
1948
Jack Bernhard
Robert Paige, Leslie Brooks, Russ Vincent, Michael Whalen, James Griffith
Film-Noir / Thriller / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2372
96
1991
Kathryn Bigelow
Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty, John C. McGinley
Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Sports / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2860
155
1981
Peter Bogdanovich
Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, Patti Hansen, John Ritter
Comedy / Romance / Detective
USA
English
2501
103
2003
Joon-ho Bong
Kang-ho Song, Sang-kyung Kim, Roe-ha Kim, Jae-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
South Korea
Korean
2816
149
2023
Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh, Dylan Corbett-Bader, Amir El-Masry, Riccardo Scamarcio
Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA / UK / Italy
English
NR
-
2017
Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Detective
USA / UK / Malta / Canada
English
1105
39
1984
Martin Brest
Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
710
27
1967
Richard Brooks
Robert Blake, Scott Wilson
Crime / Drama / Detective
USA
English
2553
111
1927
Tod Browning
Lon Chaney, Marceline Day, Henry B. Walthall, Percy Williams, Conrad Nagel
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Detective / Crime / Mystery
USA
English (Silent)
2807
148
1935
Tod Browning
Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Jean Hersholt
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Cult
USA
English
2501
103
1999
Tim Burton
Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien
Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2689
127
1947
Edward Buzzell
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn, Dean Stockwell, Phillip Reed
Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Crime / Music / Romance / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2807
148
2010
Martin Campbell
Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic, Shawn Roberts
Drama / Thriller / Detective
UK / USA
English
2807
148
2005
John Carpenter
Norman Reedus, Udo Kier, Gary Hetherington
Horror / Detective / Thriller
USA
English
2788
141
1995
Carlos Carrera
Tiaré Scanda, Fernando Torre Laphame, Guillermo Gil
Drama / Detective
Mexico
Spanish
2807
148
2004
D.J. Caruso
Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Gena Rowlands, Olivier Martinez
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA / Canada
English
2792
143
1944
William Castle
Dean Jagger, Kim Hunter, Robert Mitchum, Neil Hamilton
Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Romance
USA
English
2605
115
1985
Claude Chabrol
Jean Poiret, Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Jean Topart, Lucas Belvaux
Crime / Romance / Comedy / Mystery / Detective / Post-Noir
France
French
2801
146
2009
Claude Chabrol
Gérard Depardieu, Clovis Cornillac, Jacques Gamblin, Marie Bunel
Crime / Drama / Detective
France
French
2688
126
1985
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Kwok-Hung Lam, Bill Tung, Yuen Chor
Action / Comedy / Thriller / Crime / Detective / Gangster
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2689
127
1979
Bob Clark
Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings, Susan Clark, Anthony Quayle
Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Period Film / Detective
UK / Canada
English
2801
146
1970
Robert Clouse
Rod Taylor, Suzy Kendall, Theodore Bikel, Jane Russell, James Booth, Anna Capri
Mystery / Drama / Action / Crime / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
1912
69
1947
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Suzy Delair, Bernard Blier, Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant
Crime / Drama / Detective
France
French
87
6
1996
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Crime / Thriller / Comedy / Detective / Cult
USA / UK
English
2860
155
1976
Larry Cohen
Tony Lo Bianco, Deborah Raffin, Sandy Dennis, Sylvia Sidney
Crime / Horror / Sci-Fi / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2689
127
1928
Jack Conway
William Haines, Lionel Barrymore, Leila Hyams, Karl Dane, Tully Marshall
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2708
131
1965
Costa-Gavras
Catherine Allégret, Jacques Perrin, Simone Signoret
Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Post-Noir
France
French
2390
97
2006
Allen Coulter
Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck, Bob Hoskins, Robin Tunney
Drama / History / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Period Film
USA
English
2318
91
1947
Charles Crichton
Alastair Sim, Harry Fowler, Douglas Barr, Joan Dowling
Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Detective
UK
English
2320
93
1938
John Cromwell
Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Calleia, Alan Hale
Drama / Romance / Gangster / Detective
USA
English
2676
125
2003
John Crowley
Colin Farrell, Kerry Condon, Johnny Thompson, Emma Bolger, Deirdre Molloy
Crime / Drama / Comedy / Detective / Caper
Ireland / UK
English
698
25
1944
George Cukor
Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten
Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Period Film / Detective
USA
English
2179
84
1933
Michael Curtiz
William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette, Ralph Morgan, Robert McWade
Mystery / Detective
USA
English
860
31
1948
Jules Dassin
Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor, Frank Conroy
Crime / Film-Noir / Mystery / Drama / Detective
USA
English
2801
146
1985
Andrew Davis
Chuck Norris, Henry Silva, Bert Remsen, Mike Genovese, Nathan Davis, Ralph Foody
Action / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2689
127
1970
Ossie Davis
Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace, Redd Foxx
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2740
133
1978
Philippe de Broca
Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Alric
Action / Comedy / Thriller / Detective / Romance / Mystery
France
French
895
33
1987
Brian De Palma
Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Gangster / Period Film
USA
English
2689
127
1973
Brian De Palma
Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, William Finley, Lisle Wilson
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Crime / Detective
USA
English
2788
141
2006
Brian De Palma
Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Post-Noir / Period Film
Germany / USA
English
2765
138
1954
André De Toth
Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson, Phyllis Kirk, Ted de Corsia, Charles Bronson
Crime / Film-Noir / Drama / Gangster / Detective
USA
English
1802
60
1950
Basil Dearden
Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Flemyng
Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Detective / Thriller
UK
English
2741
134
1959
Basil Dearden
Nigel Patrick, Michael Craig, Yvonne Mitchell, Paul Massie, Bernard Miles
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
UK
English
2691
128
1934
Roy Del Ruth
Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Butterworth, Una Merkel
Comedy / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2807
148
1931
Roy Del Ruth
Bebe Daniels, Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges, Una Merkel, Robert Elliott
Action / Drama / Mystery / Detective / Film-Noir / Crime
USA
English
2741
134
1958
Jean Delannoy
Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot, Olivier Hussenot, Jeanne Boitel, Lucienne Bogaert
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
France / Italy
French
77
5
1991
Jonathan Demme
Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Anthony Heald, Ted Levine
Thriller / Crime / Detective / Cult / Horror
USA
English
509
17
1947
Edward Dmytryk
Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
844
30
1944
Edward Dmytryk
Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, Otto Kruger, Mike Mazurki, Miles Mander
Crime / Film-Noir / Thriller / Drama / Mystery / Detective / Cult
USA
English
2227
86
1987
Richard Donner
Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitch Ryan
Action / Thriller / Comedy / Crime / Detective
USA
English
2801
146
1989
Richard Donner
Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Joss Ackland, Derrick O'Connor, Patsy Kensit
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
NR
-
1992
Richard Donner
Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Stuart Wilson
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2689
127
1968
Gordon Douglas
Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman, Horace McMahon
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2801
146
1982
Ji-shun Duan, Junya Sato
Rentaro Mikuni, Misako Konno, Nobuko Otowa, Hideji Otaki, Yoshiko Mita
Drama / Romance / Mystery / Epic / Spy / Action / Detective
Japan / China
Mandarin
2634
120
1999
Bruno Dumont
Emmanuel Schotté, Séverine Caneele, Philippe Tullier
Drama / Crime / Detective
France
French
533
18
2003
Clint Eastwood
Sean Penn, Tim Robbins
Drama / Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2689
127
1977
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney
Action / Thriller / Crime / Drama / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2689
127
1983
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman, Paul Drake
Action / Crime / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2801
146
2002
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda De Jesus, Tina Lifford
Crime / Thriller / Drama / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
1250
44
1963
Blake Edwards
Peter Sellers, David Niven, Robert Wagner, Capucine
Comedy / Crime / Caper / Detective / Family
UK / USA
English
1482
48
1964
Blake Edwards
Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders, Herbert Lom
Comedy / Mystery / Crime / Thriller / Detective / Family
UK / USA
English
2025
75
1976
Blake Edwards
Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down, Burt Kwouk
Comedy / Crime / Detective / Family
UK / USA
English
2482
102
1975
Blake Edwards
Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer, Catherine Schell, Herbert Lom, Peter Arne
Comedy / Crime / Detective / Caper / Family
UK
English
NR
-
1983
Blake Edwards
Ted Wass, David Niven, Robert Wagner, Herbert Lom, Capucine, Joanna Lumley
Comedy / Crime / Detective / Family
UK / USA
English
NR
-
1978
Blake Edwards
Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk, Dyan Cannon, Robert Webber, Tony Beckley
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Detective / Family
UK / USA
English
NR
-
1993
Blake Edwards
Roberto Benigni, Herbert Lom, Claudia Cardinale, Shabana Azmi, Debrah Farentino
Comedy / Detective / Crime / Family
Italy / USA
English
NR
-
1982
Blake Edwards
Peter Sellers, David Niven, Herbert Lom, Richard Mulligan, Joanna Lumley
Comedy / Crime / Detective / Family
UK / USA
English
2629
118
2014
Gareth Evans
Iko Uwais, Julie Estelle, Yayan Ruhian, Donny Alamsyah, Arifin Putra
Action / Crime / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
Indonesia
Indonesian
2633
119
2011
Gareth Evans
Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Pierre Gruno, Ray Sahetapy
Action / Crime / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
Indonesia / USA
Indonesian
2689
127
1976
James Fargo
Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman, John Mitchum
Action / Drama / Crime / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2807
148
1950
Felix E. Feist
Lee J. Cobb, John Dall, Jane Wyatt, Lisa Howard, Harlan Warde, Alan Wells
Film-Noir / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2345
95
1913
Louis Feuillade
René Navarre, Edmond Bréon, Georges Melchior
Crime / Drama / Detective / Serial
France
French (Silent)
695
24
1995
David Fincher
Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey, R. Lee Ermey
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Cult
USA
English
1505
50
2007
David Fincher
Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Robert Downey Jr., Brian Cox
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film / Detective
USA
English
2118
79
2011
David Fincher
Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Robin Wright, Stellan Skarsgård
Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA / Sweden / UK / Germany
English
2801
146
1997
Gary Fleder
Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur, Tony Goldwyn
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Crime / Detective
USA
English
1703
56
1952
Richard Fleischer
Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White, Gordon Gebert
Crime / Film-Noir / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Cult
USA
English
2316
90
1968
Richard Fleischer
Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Hurd Hatfield
Crime / Drama / History / Mystery / Thriller / Biography / Detective
USA
English
2316
90
1973
Richard Fleischer
Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotten, Brock Peters
Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Tech-Noir / Detective
USA
English
2807
148
1949
Richard Fleischer
William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey, Nestor Paiva, Charles D. Brown
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2807
148
1958
John Ford
Jack Hawkins, Anna Lee, Anna Massey, Andrew Ray, Howard Marion-Crawford
Action / Comedy / Drama / Crime / Detective
UK
English
2807
148
1934
Eugene Forde
Warner Oland, Drue Leyton, Ray Milland, Mona Barrie, Douglas Walton
Mystery / Crime / Detective / Thriller
USA
English
2807
148
1940
Eugene Forde
Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Joan Valerie, Walter Abel, Elizabeth Patterson
Comedy / Mystery / Drama / Crime / Detective
USA
English
2807
148
1941
Eugene Forde
Lloyd Nolan, Lynn Bari, Mary Beth Hughes, Louis Jean Heydt, Edward Brophy
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
1763
59
1932
Walter Forde
Conrad Veidt, Esther Ralston, Hugh Williams, Donald Calthrop
Thriller / Mystery / Drama / Detective
UK
English
2807
148
1937
Norman Foster
Peter Lorre, Thomas Beck, Pauline Frederick, Jayne Regan, Sidney Blackmer
Crime / Mystery / Drama / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2807
148
1937
Norman Foster
Peter Lorre, Lee Phelps, Virginia Field, Thomas Beck, Sig Ruman, Murray Kinnell
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Action / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2807
148
2014
Scott Frank
Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, Boyd Holbrook, Sebastian Roché
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2689
127
1975
John Frankenheimer
Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Philippe Léotard, Ed Lauter
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
785
29
1992
Carl Franklin
Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Cynda Williams, Michael Beach
Thriller / Crime / Drama / Detective / Post-Noir
USA
English
2319
92
1995
Carl Franklin
Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle, Maury Chaykin
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Post-Noir / Detective
USA
English
2796
145
2001
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eusebio Poncela, Mónica López, Antonio Dechent
Thriller / Drama / Detective
Spain
Spanish
130
8
1971
William Friedkin
Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi
Action / Thriller / Crime / Drama / Detective
USA
English
2661
124
1985
William Friedkin
William L. Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, John Turturro
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2788
141
2011
William Friedkin
Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Gina Gershon
Drama / Crime / Detective / Comedy
USA
English
2807
148
1950
Seymour Friedman
Howard St. John, Ron Randell, Amanda Blake, Lewis Martin, June Vincent
Drama / Mystery / Spy / Detective / Crime
USA
English
2168
82
1955
Samuel Fuller
Robert Ryan, Robert Stack, Shirley Yamaguchi, Cameron Mitchell, Brad Dexter
Drama / Film-Noir / Crime / Detective
USA
English
NR
-
2001
Antoine Fuqua
Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Harris Yulin
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA / Australia
English
2418
99
1914
Louis J. Gasnier, George B. Seitz, Leopold Wharton
Pearl White, Arnold Daly, Creighton Hale, Raymond Owens, Sheldon Lewis
Action / Thriller / Crime / Detective / Serial
USA
English (Silent)
2855
154
1985
Aleksey German
Andrei Boltnev, Andrey Mironov, Nina Ruslanova, Aleksey Zharkov, Aleksandr Filippen
Drama / Period Film / Crime / Detective
Soviet Union
Russian
2775
139
1975
David Giler
George Segal, Stéphane Audran, Lionel Stander, Lee Patrick, Elisha Cook Jr.
Comedy / Crime / Detective
USA
English
1009
36
1946
Sidney Gilliat
Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Rosamund John, Alastair Sim
Mystery / Detective / Crime
UK
English
2807
148
2008
Brian Goodman
Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke, Amanda Peet, Will Lyman, Brian Goodman, Donnie Wahlberg
Crime / Drama / Gangster / Detective
USA
English
2807
148
1977
William A. Graham
Frank Sinatra, Martin Balsam, Verna Bloom, Joe De Santis, Martin Gabel
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2621
117
1998
F. Gary Gray
Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, Ron Rifkin, John Spencer
Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
Germany / USA
English
2788
141
1991
Emidio Greco
Gian Maria Volonté, Ennio Fantastichini, Ricky Tognazzi
Drama / Crime / Detective
Italy
Italian
2689
127
1975
Tom Gries
Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, Jill Ireland, Charles Durning
Western / Mystery / Crime / Action / Detective
USA
English
2689
127
1937
Nick Grinde
Ronald Reagan, June Travis, Eddie Acuff, Ben Welden, Robert Barrat
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Comedy / Detective
USA
English
2170
83
1981
Ulu Grosbard
Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Charles Durning, Kenneth McMillan, Ed Flanders
Crime / Drama / Detective / Religion
USA
English
2689
127
1973
James William Guercio
Robert Blake, Billy Green Bush, Mitch Ryan, Jeannine Riley, Elisha Cook Jr.
Action / Crime / Detective / Cult
USA
English
2482
102
1978
John Guillermin
Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow, Jane Birkin, Lois Chiles, Bette Davis
Crime / Mystery / Drama / Thriller / Detective
UK
English
2807
148
1963
Charles F. Haas, Byron Paul, Frederick De Cordova, Robert Ellis Miller, James Goldstone
Gene Barry, Gary Conway
Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Detective
USA
English
1353
45
1954
Robert Hamer
Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch, Cecil Parker
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Detective
UK
English
67
3
1997
Curtis Hanson
Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Post-Noir / Period Film
USA
English
741
28
1973
Robin Hardy
Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt
Horror / Musical / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Cult
UK
English
2852
153
2000
Mary Harron
Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage, Chloë Sevigny
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Comedy / Detective / Cult
USA / Canada
English
2691
128
1994
Kaizo Hayashi
Masatoshi Nagase, Shirô Sano, Kiyotaka Nanbara, Yang Haitin, Hou De Jian
Drama / Comedy / Mystery / Post-Noir / Detective
Japan / China / Taiwan
Japanese
1896
66
1942
Stuart Heisler
Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd, Bonita Granville, Richard Denning
Drama / Film-Noir / Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2689
127
1981
Jim Henson
Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Charles Grodin
Family / Comedy / Musical / Adventure / Detective
UK
English
1758
58
1982
Walter Hill
Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae, James Remar
Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
1880
65
1978
Walter Hill
Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani, Ronee Blakley, Matt Clark
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Post-Noir / Gangster / Detective
USA
English
656
22
1972
Alfred Hitchcock
Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Alec McCowen, Billie Whitelaw
Thriller / Crime / Detective
UK
English
1858
63
1976
Alfred Hitchcock
Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane
Comedy / Thriller / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2132
80
1930
Alfred Hitchcock
Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Drama
UK
English
2689
127
1938
Ben Holmes
Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Sig Ruman, Jonathan Hale, Jack Carson, Paul Guilfoyle
Crime / Mystery / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2807
148
1936
William K. Howard
Carole Lombard, Preston Foster, Cesar Romero, Janet Beecher, Betty Lawford
Comedy / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2807
148
1937
H. Bruce Humberstone
Warner Oland, Katherine DeMille, Pauline Moore, Allan Lane, Keye Luke
Mystery / Comedy / Action / Crime/ Spy / Detective / Thriller
USA
English
2807
148
1936
H. Bruce Humberstone
Warner Oland, Boris Karloff, Keye Luke, William Demarest, Guy Usher
Mystery / Drama / Detective
USA
English
2807
148
1936
H. Bruce Humberstone
Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Helen Wood, Thomas Beck, Alan Dinehart
Mystery / Comedy / Crime / Detective / Thriller
USA
English
76
4
1941
John Huston
Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Barton MacLane
Film-Noir / Mystery / Crime / Detective
USA
English
2511
106
1963
John Huston
George C. Scott, Dana Wynter, Clive Brook, Gladys Cooper, Herbert Marshall
Crime / Mystery / Drama / Detective / Thriller
USA
English
2775
139
1981
Peter Hyams
Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, James Sikking, Kika Markham
Crime / Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Detective / Gangster
UK
English
2783
140
2009
Julian Jarrold
Andrew Garfield, David Morrissey, John Henshaw, Anthony Flanagan, Warren Clarke
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
UK
English
2689
127
1908
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
Pierre Bressol
Short / Crime / Detective / Serial
France
French (Silent)
219
9
1967
Norman Jewison
Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Timothy Scott
Drama / Mystery / Crime / Detective
USA
English
1803
61
1929
F. Richard Jones, Sidney Howard
Ronald Colman, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant, Montagu Love
Mystery / Thriller / Adventure / Action / Detective
USA
English
2807
148
1954
Harmon Jones
Cameron Mitchell, Anne Bancroft, Lee J. Cobb, Raymond Burr, Charlotte Austin
Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2852
153
1998
Karin Julsrud
Reidar Sørensen, Jon Øigarden, Gaute Skjegstad, Trond Høvik
Thriller / Mystery / Detective / Crime / Drama
Norway
Norwegian
2801
146
1998
Jake Kasdan
Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Ryan O'Neal, Kim Dickens, Angela Featherstone
Comedy / Thriller / Mystery / Romance / Detective
USA
English
2801
146
2001
Mathieu Kassovitz
Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel, Nadia Farès, Dominique Sanda, Karim Belkhadra
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
France
French
2689
127
1993
Philip Kaufman
Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Kevin Anderson
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Action / Detective
USA
English
2741
134
1956
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Zygmunt Kestowicz, Ignacy Machowski, Wieslaw Golas, Stanislaw Mikulski
Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Spy / Detective
Poland
Polish
2573
112
1921
Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair
Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Malcolm St. Clair
Comedy / Short / Detective / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2807
148
1936
William Keighley
Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Action / Detective
USA
English
2689
127
1978
Irvin Kershner
Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif, Rene Auberjonois, Raul Julia
Mystery / Thriller / Crime / Detective
USA
English
2633
119
2013
Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado
Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Keinan, Tzahi Grad, Doval'e Glickman, Menashe Noy
Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective
Israel
Hebrew
2807
148
1935
Louis King
Warner Oland, Pat Paterson, Thomas Beck, Rita Hayworth, Jameson Thomas
Mystery / Horror / Detective / Crime / Thriller
USA
English
2688
126
1989
Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Shirô Sano, Sei Hiraizumi
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster / Detective
Japan
Japanese
2749
136
2006
Satoshi Kon
Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Furuya
Animation / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Detective
Japan
Japanese
2605
115
1967
Buzz Kulik
David Janssen, Ed Begley, Keenan Wynn, Sam Wanamaker, Lillian Gish
Mystery / Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
1834
62
1949
Akira Kurosawa
Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi
Drama / Thriller / Film-Noir / Detective
Japan
Japanese
2525
108
1997
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Kôji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa
Crime / Thriller / Detective
Japan
Japanese
2807
148
1936
Harry Lachman
Warner Oland, Keye Luke, George Brasno, Olive Brasno, Francis Ford
Mystery / Comedy / Crime / Detective / Thriller
USA
English
2775
139
1987
Ringo Lam
Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee, Yueh Sun, Carrie Ng, Roy Cheung, Kong Lau
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster / Detective / Caper
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2320
93
1939
Sidney Lanfield
Richard Greene, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, John Carradine
Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
24
2
1931
Fritz Lang
Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos
Crime / Thriller / Detective / Pre-Noir / Cult
Germany
German
393
13
1922
Fritz Lang
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede Nissen
Crime / Horror / Thriller / Mystery / Detective
Germany
German (Silent)
427
15
1953
Fritz Lang
Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby
Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Crime / Detective
USA
English
1212
43
1933
Fritz Lang
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Gustav Diessl, Wera Liessem
Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
Germany
German
2792
143
1960
Fritz Lang
Gert Fröbe, Peter Van Eyck, Linda Sini, Wolfgang Preiss
Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
France / Italy / West Germany
German
2807
148
1942
John Francis Larkin
George Sanders, Gail Patrick, Richard Denning, Lynne Roberts, Sidney Blackmer
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Mystery / Caper / Detective
USA
English
1049
37
2001
Ray Lawrence
Anthony LaPaglia, Rachael Blake, Kerry Armstrong, Jon Bennett, Melissa Martinez
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
Australia / Germany
English
2652
122
1995
Spike Lee
Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer
Drama / Crime / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2695
129
2006
Spike Lee
Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Caper
USA
English
2807
148
1942
Herbert I. Leeds
Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, Helene Reynolds, George Reeves, Steven Geray
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Detective / Spy / Gangster
USA
English
2807
148
1942
Herbert I. Leeds
Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Helene Reynolds, Henry Wilcoxon, Richard Derr
Mystery / Crime / Detective
USA
English
2807
148
1934
Mitchell Leisen
Carl Brisson, Victor McLaglen, Jack Oakie, Kitty Carlisle, Dorothy Stickney
Musical / Mystery / Comedy / Thriller / Crime / Detective
USA
English
2605
115
1975
Claude Lelouch
Michèle Morgan, Serge Reggiani, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Detective / Romance
France
French
2689
127
1985
Barry Levinson
Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins, Susan Fleetwood
Adventure / Fantasy / Mystery / Thriller / Action / Detective / Drama
USA
English
NR
-
2006
Shawn Levy
Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Beyoncé Knowles, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer
Comedy / Mystery / Crime / Caper / Detective / Family
USA
English
2167
81
1955
Joseph H. Lewis
Richard Conte, Jean Wallace, Cornel Wilde, Brian Donlevy, Robert Middleton
Film-Noir / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2788
141
1997
Walter Lima Jr.
Lima Duarte, Fernando Torres, Leandra Leal, Floriano Peixoto
Fantasy / Drama / Mystery / Detective
Brazil
Portuguese
1988
73
1939
Anatole Litvak
Edward G. Robinson, Francis Lederer, George Sanders
Drama / Spy / Action / Mystery / Detective / War
USA
English
NR
-
2014
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Peter Stormare, Wyatt Russell, Amber Stevens
Action / Comedy / Crime / Detective
USA
English
2689
127
1966
Joseph Losey
Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk Bogarde, Harry Andrews, Michael Craig
Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Spy / Comic / Detective
UK
English
2507
105
1924
Ernst Lubitsch
Florence Vidor, Monte Blue, Marie Prevost, Creighton Hale, Adolphe Menjou
Comedy / Detective
USA
English (Silent)
681
23
1973
Sidney Lumet
Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire
Crime / Drama / Detective / Biography
Italy / USA
English
1079
38
1981
Sidney Lumet
Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy
Drama / Crime / Detective
USA
English
1926
70
1974
Sidney Lumet
Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery
Crime / Mystery / Drama / Thriller / Detective
UK
English
2619
116
2017
David Lynch
Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee, Michael Horse, Chrysta Bell, Miguel Ferrer
Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Cult
USA
English
2749
136
1992
David Lynch
Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Phoebe Augustine
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Cult
France / USA
English
2550
110
1991
David Mamet
Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, Vincent Guastaferro, J.J. Johnston
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2801
146
1986
Robert Mandel
Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff De Young, Mason Adams
Action / Crime / Thriller / Gangster / Detective
USA
English
2788
141
2011
Ami Canaan Mann
Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Drama / Crime / Thriller / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2513
107
1947
Anthony Mann
Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Meade, Alfred Ryder, Wallace Ford, June Lockhart
Drama / Film-Noir / Crime / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2792
143
1951
Anthony Mann
Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou, Marshall Thompson
Adventure / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film / Detective
USA
English
707
26
1995
Michael Mann
Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Caper
USA
English
1904
67
1986
Michael Mann
William L. Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina
Drama / Thriller / Horror / Detective / Post-Noir / Crime / Cult
USA
English
2254
88
2009
Michael Mann
Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film / Gangster / Detective
USA
English
2704
130
2006
Michael Mann
Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Li Gong, Naomie Harris, Ciarán Hinds
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2744
135
2009
James Marsh
Warren Clarke, Paddy Considine, James Fox, David Calder, Nicholas Woodeson
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Period Film / Detective
UK
English
2645
121
1987
Jim McBride
Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty, John Goodman
Crime / Action / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2071
77
2011
John Michael McDonagh
Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan
Comedy / Thriller / Detective
Ireland
English
539
19
1956
Jean-Pierre Melville
Isabelle Corey, Roger Duchesne, Daniel Cauchy, Howard Vernon, Guy Decomble
Crime / Drama / Caper / Gangster / Film-Noir / Detective
France
French
1591
53
1970
Jean-Pierre Melville
Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè, Yves Montand, Paul Crauchet
Crime / Thriller / Caper / Post-Noir / Detective
France / Italy
French
2691
128
1950
Burgess Meredith, Irving Allen, Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith, Robert Hutton, Jean Wallace
Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Crime
USA / France
English
2807
148
2004
E. Elias Merhige
Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss, Harry Lennix, Kevin Chamberlin
Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
UK / Germany / USA
English
2807
148
1949
David Miller, Leo McCarey
Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Ilona Massey, Vera-Ellen, Marion Hutton
Comedy / Musical / Detective / Family
USA
English
2852
153
1998
Craig Monahan
Hugo Weaving, Tony Martin, Aaron Jeffery, Paul Sonkkila, Michael Caton
Thriller / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Detective
Australia
English
2689
127
1978
Robert Moore
Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2689
127
1976
Robert Moore
Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers
Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Crime / Detective
USA
English
2801
146
2008
Hong-jin Na
Yun-seok Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Yeong-hie Seo, Yoo-Jung Kim, In-gi Jung, Jung-Woo Choi
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Action / Detective
South Korea
Korean
2605
115
1944
Roy William Neill
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gerald Hamer, Paul Cavanagh, Arthur Hohl
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
982
35
1997
Mike Newell
Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster / Detective
USA
English
2807
148
1950
Joseph M. Newman
Edmond O'Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger, Barry Kelley, Dorothy Patrick, Don Porter
Crime / Film-Noir / Drama / Thriller / Gangster / Detective
USA
English
2801
146
1990
Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Eli Wallach
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Post-Noir / Detective
USA
English
2060
76
2002
Christopher Nolan
Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Post-Noir
USA
English
2794
144
2019
Edward Norton
Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin, Bobby Cannavale, Willem Dafoe
Crime / Drama / Detective / Post-Noir
USA
English
2320
93
1947
Elliott Nugent
Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney Jr., John Hoyt, Charles Dingle
Comedy / Romance / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
1552
52
2009
Niels Arden Oplev
Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Peter Haber, Sven-Bertil Taube
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
Sweden / Denmark / Germany / Norway
Swedish
505
16
1971
Alan J. Pakula
Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Post-Noir
USA
English
1636
55
1988
Alan Parker
Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2801
146
1987
Alan Parker
Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling, Stocker Fontelieu
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Post-Noir
USA / Canada / UK
English
1181
42
1971
Gordon Parks
Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2605
115
1974
Gordon Parks
Ron Leibman, David Selby, Sheila Frazier, Pat Hingle, Dan Frazer, Joseph Sirola
Comedy / Drama / Crime / Action / Detective
USA
English
2689
127
1914
George Pearson
James Bragington, Fred Paul, Agnes Glynne, Henry Paulo, James Le Fre
Mystery / Crime / Detective
UK
English (Silent)
957
34
1975
Arthur Penn
Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark, Ed Binns
Thriller / Post-Noir / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2305
89
2001
Sean Penn
Jack Nicholson, Benicio Del Toro, Aaron Eckhart, Helen Mirren
Drama / Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
23
1
1974
Roman Polanski
Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Post-Noir / Detective / Period Film
USA
English
2605
115
1964
George Pollock
Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, William Mervyn
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Detective
UK
English
2605
115
1963
George Pollock
Margaret Rutherford, Stringer Davis, Robert Morley, Flora Robson
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Detective
UK
English
2804
147
2009
Corneliu Porumboiu
Dragos Bucur, Vlad Ivanov, Irina Saulescu, Ion Stoica, Marian Ghenea, Cosmin Selesi
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Detective
Romania
Romanian
2689
127
1973
Ted Post
Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitch Ryan, David Soul, Tim Matheson, Robert Urich
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
280
10
1944
Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian
Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews
Film-Noir / Mystery / Romance / Crime / Detective / Thriller
USA
English
2807
148
1950
Otto Preminger
Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill, Bert Freed, Tom Tully
Crime / Film-Noir / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2824
152
1945
Otto Preminger
Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Charles Bickford, Anne Revere
Film-Noir / Mystery / Drama / Crime / Detective
USA
English
2852
153
2004
Alex Proyas
Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Alan Tudyk, James Cromwell, Bruce Greenwood
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Crime / Detective
USA
English
2574
113
2017
Lynne Ramsay
Joaquin Phoenix, Dante Pereira-Olson, Larry Canady, Vinicius Damasceno, Neo Randall
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Crime / Detective
UK / France
English
2807
148
2007
Brett Ratner
Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Vinnie Jones, Hiroyuki Sanada, Noémie Lenoir
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
NR
-
2001
Brett Ratner
Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Ziyi Zhang, Roselyn Sanchez
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2807
148
1952
Nicholas Ray, Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond, Charles Kemper, Anthony Ross
Crime / Film-Noir / Drama / Detective
USA
English
1969
72
1982
Carl Reiner
Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Carl Reiner, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant
Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Romance / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2789
142
1932
Jean Renoir
Pierre Renoir, Georges Térof, Winna Winifried
Crime / Mystery / Detective / Drama
France
French
1438
46
1975
Dick Richards
Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles
Thriller / Mystery / Detective / Post-Noir
USA
English
2801
146
2011
Guy Ritchie
Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Rachel McAdams, Jared Harris
Action / Adventure / Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2817
150
2009
Guy Ritchie
Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan
Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
UK / Australia / USA
English
NR
-
1970
Martin Ritt
Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar, Frank Finlay, Anthony Zerbe
Drama / History / Detective
USA
English
2553
111
1976
Francesco Rosi
Lino Ventura, Tino Carraro, Marcel Bozzuffi, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny
Crime / Thriller / Mystery / Detective
Italy / France
Italian
2393
98
1976
Herbert Ross
Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall, Nicol Williamson
Mystery / Comedy / Crime / Detective / Period Film
UK / USA
English
1519
51
1974
Joseph Sargent
Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo
Crime / Thriller / Detective / Action
USA
English
2605
115
1971
Claude Sautet
Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, François Périer, Bernard Fresson
Crime / Drama / Post-Noir / Detective
France / Italy
French
2763
137
2004
John Sayles
Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss, Danny Huston, Michael Murphy, Kris Kristofferson
Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
1861
64
1979
Paul Schrader
George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Season Hubley, Dick Sargent, Leonard Gaines
Drama / Post-Noir / Detective
USA
English
1990
74
2007
Ridley Scott
Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin, Lymari Nadal
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
NR
-
1987
Tony Scott
Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Jürgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2226
85
1926
Lewis Seiler
Tom Mix, Tony the Horse, Dorothy Dwan, Will Walling, Harry Gripp, Carl Miller
Action / Western / Detective / Crime / Caper
USA
English (Silent)
2807
148
1935
Lewis Seiler, Hamilton MacFadden
Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Thomas Beck, Mary Brian, Erik Rhodes
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Crime / Detective
USA
English
2688
126
1994
Tom Shadyac
Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young, Tone Loc, Dan Marino, Noble Willingham
Action / Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2589
114
2017
Taylor Sheridan
Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Kelsey Asbille, Julia Jones, Teo Briones
Action / Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
UK / Canada / USA
English
404
14
1971
Don Siegel
Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino, John Vernon
Action / Crime / Thriller / Drama / Detective
USA
English
2226
85
1968
Don Siegel
Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens, Harry Guardino, James Whitmore
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2316
90
1968
Don Siegel
Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark, Tisha Sterling, Don Stroud, Betty Field
Drama / Crime / Action / Detective / Thriller
USA
English
1504
49
1944
Robert Siodmak
Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Aurora Miranda, Thomas Gomez, Fay Helm
Crime / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2605
115
1944
Robert Siodmak
Charles Laughton, Ella Raines, Molly Lamont, Stanley Ridges, Henry Daniell
Drama / Thriller / Detective / Film-Noir / Crime
USA
English
2709
132
1957
Robert Siodmak
Claus Holm, Annemarie Düringer, Mario Adorf
Drama / Crime / Mystery / Detective
West Germany
German
2807
148
1947
Douglas Sirk
George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn, Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke
Crime / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2763
137
1997
Erik Skjoldbjærg
Maria Mathiesen, Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Gisken Armand
Crime / Thriller / Mystery / Post-Noir / Detective
Norway
Norwegian
1738
57
1966
Jack Smight
Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill, Janet Leigh, Pamela Tiffin
Crime / Mystery / Drama / Detective / Post-Noir
USA
English
2605
115
1968
Jack Smight
Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal, Eileen Heckart, Murray Hamilton
Comedy / Thriller / Crime / Detective
USA
English
564
20
2000
Steven Soderbergh
Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
Germany / USA
English
2659
123
2005
Steven Soderbergh
Dustin James Ashley, Katherine Beaumier, Joyce Brookhart, Daniel R. Christian
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2689
127
1965
Robert Stevenson
Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, Roddy McDowall, Neville Brand
Family / Comedy / Thriller / Detective / Caper
USA
English
2807
148
1933
Frank R. Strayer
Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, Maude Eburne, George E. Stone, Dwight Frye
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Romance / Sci-Fi / Detective
USA
English
NR
-
1978
E.W. Swackhamer
James Coburn, Hector Elizondo, Jason Miller, Jean Simmons, Paul Stewart
Mystery / Drama / Detective
USA
English
2801
146
1996
Lee Tamahori
Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Detective / Post-Noir / Period Film / Gangster
USA
English
2807
148
2009
Bertrand Tavernier
Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard, Mary Steenburgen, Ned Beatty
Drama / Mystery / Detective / Crime
USA / France
English
2689
127
1944
Richard Thorpe
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson, Gloria DeHaven, Anne Revere, Helen Vinson
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Drama / Family / Romance / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2807
148
1935
James Tinling
Warner Oland, Irene Hervey, Jon Hall, Russell Hicks, Keye Luke
Mystery / Action / Crime / Detective / Thriller
USA
English
2168
82
1969
François Truffaut
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve, Nelly Borgeaud, Martine Ferrière
Crime / Drama / Romance / Mystery / Post-Noir / Detective / Cult
Italy / France
French
2652
122
2010
Hark Tsui
Andy Lau, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Bingbing Li, Carina Lau, Jean-Michel Casanova, Lu Yao
Crime / Action / Thriller / Detective / Mystery
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2783
140
2009
Anand Tucker
David Morrissey, Lisa Howard, Chris Walker, Shaun Dooley, Jim Carter, Warren Clarke
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Detective
UK
English
2689
127
1916
George Loane Tucker
Gerald Ames, Manora Thew, Kenelm Foss, Douglas Munro, Marga La Rubia
Crime / Detective
UK
English (Silent)
2801
146
1984
Richard Tuggle
Clint Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold, Dan Hedaya, Alison Eastwood, Jenny Beck
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
1505
50
1942
Frank Tuttle
Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd, Tully Marshall
Film-Noir / Crime / Thriller / Romance / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
282
11
1934
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy
Crime / Romance / Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2605
115
1936
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Elissa Landi, Joseph Calleia
Comedy / Romance / Crime / Mystery / Detective / Thriller
USA
English
2807
148
1939
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger, C. Aubrey Smith, Ruth Hussey
Comedy / Mystery / Drama / Crime / Romance / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
NR
-
1941
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson, Donna Reed, Sam Levene, Alan Baxter
Comedy / Romance / Drama / Mystery / Crime / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2801
146
1988
Buddy Van Horn
Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Evan C. Kim, David Hunt
Action / Thriller / Crime / Drama / Detective
USA
English
2807
148
1959
various
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Gail Kobe, Morris Ankrum, Claire Carleton, DeForest Kelley
Drama / Crime / Detective
USA
English
NR
-
2017
Matthew Vaughn
Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Halle Berry
Action | Adventure | Comedy / Thriller / Spy / Comic / Crime / Detective
UK / USA
English
NR
-
2014
Matthew Vaughn
Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Taron Egerton, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective / Spy / Comic
UK
English
2807
148
1979
Henri Verneuil
Yves Montand, Michel Albertini, Roland Amstutz, Jean-Pierre Bagot, Georges Beller
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
France
French
2807
148
1928
Josef von Sternberg
George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, Fred Kohler, Francis McDonald
Crime / Drama / Detective / Gangster
USA
English (Silent)
2502
104
1981
Michael Wadleigh
Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines, Tom Noonan
Horror / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2605
115
1943
Richard Wallace
Loretta Young, Brian Aherne, Jeff Donnell, William Wright, Sidney Toler
Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Crime
USA
English
1955
71
1982
Wayne Wang
Wood Moy, Marc Hayashi, Laureen Chew, Peter Wang
Crime / Comedy / Drama / Detective
USA
English
2807
148
1954
Jack Webb
Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Richard Boone, Ann Robinson, Stacy Harris, Virginia Gregg
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
93
7
1958
Orson Welles
Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff
Crime / Film-Noir / Thriller / Mystery / Detective / Cult
USA
English
2546
109
1928
William A. Wellman
Wallace Beery, Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen, Bob Perry, Blue Washington
Adventure / Drama / Crime / Detective
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2230
87
1939
Alfred L. Werker
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino, George Zucco, Alan Marshal
Crime / Thriller / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2513
107
1948
Alfred L. Werker, Anthony Mann
Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell, James Cardwell
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2709
132
1929
Roland West
Chester Morris, Harry Stubbs, Mae Busch, Eleanore Griffith
Crime / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2691
128
1935
James Whale
Edward Arnold, Robert Young, Constance Cummings, Sally Eilers, Reginald Denny
Comedy / Mystery / Detective / Crime
USA
English
2605
115
1976
Bo Widerberg
Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Sven Wollter, Thomas Hellberg, Håkan Serner
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Detective
Sweden
Swedish
2807
148
2002
Nick Willing
Goran Visnjic, Paddy Considine, Shirley Henderson, Miranda Otto, Sophie Stuckey
Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller / Detective
UK / France
English
2689
127
1974
Michael Winner
Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats, William Redfield
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Cult
USA
English
876
32
1989
John Woo
Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Kong Chu, Kenneth Tsang, Fui-On Shing
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster / Detective
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1122
41
1992
John Woo
Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan, Philip Kwok
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2796
145
2007
Edgar Wright
Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Paddy Considine, Timothy Dalton
Action / Comedy / Mystery / Detective
UK / France
English
1113
40
1951
William Wyler
Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O'Donnell
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Detective
USA
English
650
21
1968
Peter Yates
Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Simon Oakland
Action / Drama / Thriller / Crime / Detective / Cult
USA
English
NR
-
1968
Bud Yorkin
Alan Arkin, Frank Finlay, Delia Boccardo, Patrick Cargill, Beryl Reid, Barry Foster
Comedy / Crime / Detective
UK
English
1443
47
1988
David Zucker
Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban
Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2086
78
1996
Edward Zwick
Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty, Matt Damon
Action / Drama / War / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2501
103
2003
Terry Zwigoff
Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Lauren Graham, Lauren Tom, Bernie Mac
Comedy / Crime / Detective
USA / Germany
English
