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Plot Summary:
The "Detective Conan" TV special is a retelling of the first and part of the second episode of the series.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 572
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, detective, shounen
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The Rebirth of Buddha (2009)
Plot Summary:
17 year-old Sayako Amanokawa aspires to become a journalist, just like Kanemoto, an elite newspaper writer she looks up to. But Kanemoto, shamed from an erroneous report about a corruption scandal, jumps in front of a train and commits suicide. Since that incident, Sayako suddenly becomes able to see spirits and almost loses her life. However, from that near-fatal incident she experiences something extraordinary. The journalist inside her stirred, she embarks to find out about the truth. But the forces that stand in her way turn out to be much formidable than she ever imagined. [from AnimeNewsNetwork].
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: anime, spiritual, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, esoteric
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xxxHOLiC The Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005)
Plot Summary:
Invited to a wealthy client's mansion, time-traveling witch Yuko and her companions arrive to find a group of collectors assembled to participate in a mysterious auction. And the mystery only deepens when the collectors go missing one by one. As more guests disappear and strange occurrences abound, Yuko and her friends realize they must solve the mystery before they vanish as well.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, psychological, adult animation
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Detective School Q (2003)
Plot Summary:
The story began in a classroom of a middle school. Our main character, Kyu, when called by the guidance counselor, declared that he wanted to be a detective. He took the entrance exam to Dan Detective School where talented people from the whole country gather. He passed the difficult entrance exam for the so-called "Q class" (Q = qualified), which is personally instructed by the founder and head master of the school, the legendary famous detective, Dan Morihiko. There he got to know Minami Megumi (Meg) with her photographic memory ability, Touyama Kintarou (Kinta) - the descendant of "Kin-san" from Touyama, Narusawa Kazuma (Kazuma) - a genius programmer, and Amakusa Ryu (Ryu) - the weird Todai (Tokyo University) student. The five of them work together, as well as competing each other, heading towards graduation.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 308
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, detective
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Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (2004)
Plot Summary:
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple is an anime television series that adapted several Agatha Christie stories about Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. A new character named Mabel West, Miss Marple's great-niece, who becomes Poirot's junior assistant, is used to connect the two detectives. The series was broadcast from 4 July 2004 to 15 May 2005 on NHK, and continues to be shown in re-runs on NHK and other networks in Japan. The series was adapted as manga under the same title, which was released in 2004 and 2005.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, suspense, entertaining
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The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History (2014)
Plot Summary:
After slipping in a bath house, Conan appears to have lost his memory. Worse yet, it looks like he will be used in a hit job.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing
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Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween (2022)
Plot Summary:
Shibuya, Tokyo, is bustling with the Halloween season. A wedding is being held at Shibuya Hikarie, where Detective Miwako Sato of the Metropolitan Police Department is dressed in a wedding dress. While Conan and the other invited guests are watching, an assailant suddenly bursts in, and Detective Wataru Takagi, who was trying to protect Sato, is injured. Takagi survived and the situation was settled, but in Sato's eyes, the image of the grim reaper that she had seen when Detective Matsuda, the man she had been in love with, had been killed in a series of bombings three years ago, overlapped with Takagi's.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing, 2d animation
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Lupin the Third: Is Lupin Still Burning? (2018)
Plot Summary:
A memorial anime episode to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Monkey Punch's Lupin the Third manga series.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 27 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Case Closed: The Crimson Love Letter (2017)
Plot Summary:
Bombing case at Nichiuri TV in autumn. The Satsuki Cup, which crowns the winner of Japan's Hyakunin Isshu, is currently being filmed inside the facility. The incident results in a big commotion and, while the building is burning to ashes, the only people left inside are Hattori and Toyama Kazuha. They get rescued just in time by Conan , who rushes to the scene. Both the identity and purposes of the bomber are unknown.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, captivating, humorous, serious, detective, shounen, twisted, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (2003)
Plot Summary:
Mouri Kogoro is called to a special case in the ancient capital of Kyoto. There, Conan meets Heiji and they team up once again to solve the case, recover the stolen Healing Buddha statue, and even discover the identity of Heiji's first love.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, rough, feel good, serious, captivating, suspenseful, humorous, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: The Sniper from Another Dimension (2014)
Plot Summary:
A vicious sniper has appeared in Tokyo, rendering the people too scared to go outside, once again it's up to Conan to figure out the meaning behind the killings and capture the mysterious sniper before more lives are lost.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, light, feel good, humorous, detective, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear (2008)
Plot Summary:
Serial murders involving all kinds have happened. All the victims are from a Music School led by a famous pianist. Conan and company have been invited to a opening concert of the Music Hall built by the pianist. The biggest attraction of this concert is the world famous violin called "Stradivarius" and a special appearance of a singer who has perfect pitch.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, humorous, serious, exciting, rough, captivating, suspenseful, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky (2010)
Plot Summary:
A terrorist group invades a laboratory containing a deadly bacteria and destroys the lab with an explosion. They later announce via the internet they have gained possession of the bacteria and declare themselves to be the Red Siamese Cats, a terrorist group that was eradicated a decade ago.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, feel good, serious, captivating, humorous, suspenseful, detective, twisted
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Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky (2004)
Plot Summary:
Kaito Kid strikes again in this new annual installment of the Detective Conan movies. An actress asked for Mouri Kogoro to protect a precious jewel of hers which Kid has vowed to steal. On the day of the theft, Kaito Kid dressed up as Shinichi and matched wits with Conan, and fled in the end. To thank them, the actress invited Kogoro and family and friends to Sapporo, but a bigger scheme, and a great emergency is just about to unravel high above the clouds in the plane that they're taking.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, serious, captivating, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (2018)
Plot Summary:
There is a sudden explosion at Tokyo Summit's giant Edge of Ocean facility. The shadow of Tōru Amuro, who works for the National Police Agency Security Bureau as Zero, appears at the site. In addition, the "triple-face" character is known as Rei Furuya as a detective and Kogorō Mōri's apprentice, and he is also known as Bourbon as a Black Organization member. Kogorō is arrested as a suspect in the case of the explosion. Conan conducts an investigation to prove Kogorō's innocence, but Amuro gets in his way.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, exciting, thought provoking, captivating, entertaining, neorealism, detective, twisted, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser (2009)
Plot Summary:
A new member from the Black Organization that shrunk Shinichi's body manages to find out about Shinichi's transformation into Conan. This discovery starts to put those around him in danger as Gin and the other Black Organization members start to take action.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, feel good, serious, captivating, suspenseful, rough, humorous, detective
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Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006)
Plot Summary:
Synopsis Kogoro and Conan came to Yokohama according to a request from a mysterious man. But that was a trap of this man. Ran and the Detective Boys will be taken as hostages. If they don't solve the request of the man within 12 hours, the bombs attached to the hostages will explode. Furthermore, the man know that Conan`s true identity is Kudo Shinichi. Also Hattori Heiji, the High School Detective of the West, and Kaito Kid enter the stage. Will they be able to solve the mystery within the time limit and save Ran and the others? And who in the world is the client?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, rough, feel good, serious, captivating, suspenseful, humorous, detective
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Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (2016)
Plot Summary:
On a dark night, the Japanese police is raided by a spy. Different countries' intelligence agencies - such as England's MI6, Germany's BDN, and America's CIA - as well as the FBI's secret files are going to be taken, but public safety officers lead by Tooru Amuro arrive just in time. The spy steals a car and escapes. The spy and Amuro are then locked in a dead heat on the highway, and just as it is about to cause an accident with multiple cars, the spy's car is hit by FBI agent Shuichi Akai's rifle bullet and falls of the roadway. The next day, Conan and his friends go to a newly-remodeled aquarium in Tokyo. Under the main attraction, a Ferris wheel, Conan finds an attractive woman alone and injured. Her left and right eyes are different colors.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, serious, rough, humorous, captivating, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths (2005)
Plot Summary:
Fifteen years ago in a barren stretch of the Pacific, a cruise ship collided with an iceberg and was lost at sea. More than a decade later, Hideto Yashiro—a ship engineer—died in a fatal car accident. The unlikely connection between these events only comes to light on the luxury liner St. Aphrodite during her maiden voyage. Aboard it on a much needed vacation, Kogorou Mouri, his daughter Ran, Conan Edogawa, and the Detective Boys enjoy a trip provided by Sonoko Suzuki's family. But their fun is soon cut short when a game of hide-and-seek leads to Sonoko's disappearance.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, rough, feel good, serious, captivating, suspenseful, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence (2011)
Plot Summary:
The Governor of Tokyo, Yuichiro Asakura, receives a threatening letter the day before the opening of Touto Line, a new train line for the Tokyo Metro. During the opening ceremony of the line, Conan Edogawa and the Detective Boys are driven by Professor Agasa and pass under the Touto Line. Conan, having heard about the threatening letter, notices explosives connected to the Touto railway; Using his original voice to inform the police as Shinichi Kudo, he is able to stop the train and divert traffic away from the explosives preventing any deaths.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, detective, 2d animation
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Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven (2001)
Plot Summary:
As a pair of towers in Tokyo are being prepared for their grand opening, there is a series of murders of people connected to the towers. Conan suspects that the mysterious Syndicate may also be involved.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, feel good, humorous, serious, captivating, suspenseful, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (2007)
Plot Summary:
The Isle of Koumi, a beautiful island in the Pacific Ocean. On the island, people pass an old legend down from generation to generation that there was the Seabed Palace, an ancient ruin at the bottom of the sea, where the treasure of 2 female pirates, Anne Bonnie & Mary Reed (who really existed 300 years ago), was left. When Conan and his friends visit Koumi Island while on vacation, they meet some treasure hunters. There was something suspicious about them.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, rough, feel good, humorous, serious, captivating, suspenseful, 2d animation
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The Detective Is Already Dead (2021)
Plot Summary:
Kimizuka Kimihiko is a crisis-magnet. So it is no surprise when his rather mundane flight suddenly enters a state of emergency with a dire need of a detective onboard. Unfortunately, his attempt at avoiding trouble is foiled by a beautiful girl with silver hair who goes by the codename Siesta. Declaring herself a detective, she unceremoniously drags Kimizuka into the case as her assistant. That incident spelled the beginning of an adventure around the globe that went beyond his wildest imagination. Putting their lives on the line, the two took down criminal organizations, prevented disasters, and saved thousands. But the curtain closed to their epic journey with Siesta's untimely death three years later. Resolving to live an ordinary high school life this time, Kimizuka spends a year maintaining a low profile. However, as fate would have it, a girl with an uncanny resemblance to Siesta comes crashing into his life, threatening to throw his peaceful days into disarray.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, disturbing, detective
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Trickster (2016)
Plot Summary:
It is the 2030s. The Boy Detectives Club gathers under Kogorō Akechi, the mysterious detective. The group solves cases great and small using their unique skills. One day, a member of the club, Kensuke Hanazaki, meets the boy Yoshio Kobayashi. Kobayashi's body cannot die due to the effects of the "Unidentifiable Mist," but he yearns for death, and shirks from contact with other people. Taking an interest in him, Hanazaki invites him to join the Boy Detectives Club. Their meeting is connected to the fate tying together Kogorō Akechi, and the era's greatest villain, the Fiend With Twenty Faces.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief (2010)
Plot Summary:
Kaito Kuroba, a normal teenage high school student, stumbles across the secret of his father's death: his father was not only a magician, but the famous phantom thief Kaitou Kid, and was killed by an organization for reasons unknown. Taking up his father's mantle in an attempt to bait the killers, Kaito performs a number of thefts and eventually learns that his father died for interfering in the organization's quest to find the Pandora Gem. Pandora is said to glow in the light of the moon, and beneath the moon and a certain comet, will shed a tear granting immortality to whomever drinks it. Kaito then decides to search for Pandora as Kaitou Kid and destroy it, in order to prevent the organization from obtaining their goals.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Dicktown (2020)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to Richardsville, NC (aka DICKTOWN to the locals), its famous boy detective, John Hunchman, and his hired muscle, David Purefoy. Except they're not boys any more and while they're still detectives, they still only solve crimes for teenagers.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 757
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious, anime, buddy comedy, 2d animation
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Case Closed (1996)
Plot Summary:
The son of a world famous mystery writer, Jimmy Kudo, has achieved his own notoriety by assisting the local police as a student detective. He has always been able to solve the most difficult of criminal cases using his wits and power of reason.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, feel good, captivating, manga, light, humorous, detective, rough, serious
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Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (2015)
Plot Summary:
Conan tries to track down Kaito Kid, who supposedly steals a replica of one of Van Gogh's Sunflowers paintings during an auction.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, exciting, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, detective, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (2013)
Plot Summary:
The movie is set on a state-of-the art Aegis vessel with the full cooperation of Japan's real-life Ministry of Defense and Maritime Self-Defense Force. The corpse of a Self-Defense Force member has been found — minus the left arm — and a spy has infiltrated the Aegis vessel. The heroine Ran is put in jeopardy, and Conan is forced to stand up against the dangerous Spy "X.".
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, feel good, serious, humorous, captivating, detective, 2d animation
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Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker (2012)
Plot Summary:
Kogoro's detective agency receives a mysterious phone call. Someone on the other end warns about a bomb and leaves behind a code, "The Boy in Blue and The Blue Zebra, the rain from above ..." If Conan can decipher the riddle, he can stop the bomb. An adventure begins for Conan and the Detective Boys, taking place at a soccer match between Hideo Akagi of the Tokyo Spirits and Ryusuke Higo of Big Osaka.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Family, Mystery, Sport, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, feel good, captivating, humorous, serious, suspenseful, detective, 2d animation