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Plot Summary:
A stylish crime, action film about a CEO of a private detective agency and a prosecutor to catch the axis of evil.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: detective
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The Gumshoe Kid (1990)
Plot Summary:
A young man has to take over the ruined detective agency of his father and his uncle. There are two major difficulties to manage: His uncle and his new job.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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Bayside Shakedown 2 (2003)
Plot Summary:
The movie takes place again in the fictional Wangan Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department the once empty space within Wangan's jurisdiction has become a popular tourist attraction. When a string of murders of company execs begins taking place, Aoshima jumps at the opportunity to pursue something other than his current case, which he finds less than inspiring. However the powers that be have other ideas, and Wangan again plays host to a special investigation team from headquarters. Aoshima's friend Superintendent Shinji Muroi, assigned by headquarters to assist Okita, is again powerless to help the local officers as decisions are made by the higher ups.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 616
Genere: Crime, Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: detective
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Start Liquidation (1984)
Plot Summary:
Army and police are trying to fight crime in West Belarus during Spring of 1945.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: detective
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Speedtrap (1977)
Plot Summary:
After a wave of unsolved car thefts, an insurance company calls in a private investigator to solve the case. While the chief of police isn't thrilled about having an outsider come and show up his men, one of the officers is a former girlfriend who's more than willing to help him out in any way she can.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: road movie, independent film, detective
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Confidential Informant (2023)
Plot Summary:
During a crack epidemic two narcotics agents hunting for a cop killer. Hoping for leads, Moran and Thorton pay off a junkie informant. To provide for his wife and son, Moran involves the stool pigeon in a deadly scheme. This causes the partners to come under the scrutiny of a suspicious internal affairs agent.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: detective
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Double Trouble (2018)
Plot Summary:
Muhtesem Ikili is an adaption of the famous American movie, Tango and Cash. A story of two police officer Mert Barca and Mustafa Kerim Can / MKC. Barca and MKC, are forced to come together for a drug operation. They are known for their rivalry and made a common enemy.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: detective
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Krays: Code of Silence (2021)
Plot Summary:
The 60s, London: The Krays are on the rise, using their inimitable violent ways to gain power over the city. One man, the fearless Detective Nipper Read, is sent in to tackle the unenviable task of bringing the city back under the rule of law and taking on the country's most feared mobsters in the process. As he faces bent coppers, political backstabbing, and terrified witnesses, Nipper becomes increasingly obsessed, putting everything and everyone he knows at risk.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: detective
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The King (2017)
Plot Summary:
Born in a poor family, Tae-su learns that the power is the most important thing in life and decides to become a prosecutor, the biggest symbol of power in the 90’s. After entering the most prestigious law school, experiencing democratic resistance in Korea, Tae-su finally reaches his goal of becoming a prosecutor but his life is no better than a salary man. By chance, he joins a clique of the powerful prosecutors with wealth and authority. He finally gets a taste of a life of the top hierarchy, but as he enjoys the sweetness of supremacy, he also sees the cruel side of it.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: crime drama, action drama
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The Roundup: No Way Out (2023)
Plot Summary:
Detective Ma Seok-do changes his affiliation from the Geumcheon Police Station to the Metropolitan Investigation Team, in order to eradicate Japanese gangsters who enter Korea to commit heinous crimes.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: detective
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Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards (1963)
Plot Summary:
Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 891
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, humorous, captivating, realistic, stylized, not serious, fast, neo noir, detective
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Majestic Thunderbolt (1985)
Plot Summary:
An action film by Godfrey Ho.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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Clash of the Ninjas (1986)
Plot Summary:
An evil corporation it out to harvest organs from live people and smuggle them into the country. It is up to our hero to find out who is behind this illegal operation and put an end to the group once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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No Way Back (1976)
Plot Summary:
Crowder is a an unethical private detective in pursuit of a gangster who's after embezzled money.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: crime drama, independent film, detective
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Believer 2 (2023)
Plot Summary:
A determined detective continues his search for the truth behind Asia's largest drug organization and its elusive boss he has unfinished business with.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: detective
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License to Kill (1964)
Plot Summary:
Didier Formenter, the French scientist, has just put the final touch on an invention that will be able to destroy to destroy any sort of flying apparatus. An international crime gang is very interested in stealing this equipement to sell it to the higher bidder of lawless nations. Menaced, the scientist, who was friends with Nick Carter's father, calls Nick for help. At Nice airport, Nick Carter escapes death, but that night he is unable to stop Formenter's murder. He suspects Bruno, Formenter's adoptive son, and Tonio, the owner of a bar near Formentier's home. Bruno is actually after Formenter's heritage, and for that he tries to kill Catherine, Formentier's granddaughter. Therefore, Nick Carter finds himself against more than a gang, but he will uncover the plots, in time to break every gangster apart.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: detective, eurospy
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Varg Veum - At Night All Wolves Are Grey (2011)
Plot Summary:
Varg Veum investigates a case where his good friend Even, a highly decorated ex-army officer, is falsely accused of bombing Armakon, a weapons storage facility.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, detective
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Switch (1975)
Plot Summary:
Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who work as private eyes, for a deceptive sting operation. It was broadcast on the CBS network for three seasons between September 9, 1975 and August 20, 1978, bumping the Hawaii Five-O detective series to Friday nights.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 463
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: detective
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The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. (1994)
Plot Summary:
Detective Jim Rockford works to uncover facts of the death of a wealthy socialite whose two grown children are accused of murdering her. Complicating matters are Rockford's omnipresent "friend" Angel, and Rockford's ex-wife Kit, a lawyer who represents the children.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 471
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: detective
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The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... (1996)
Plot Summary:
Jim Rockford, is framed for the murder of another rival detective with whom Jim was seen having an argument.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 409
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: detective
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Murder Me, Murder You (1983)
Plot Summary:
Mickey Spillane's private eye Mike Hammer (Stacy Keach) probes his long-lost love's death while seeking their daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: detective, neo noir, crime thriller
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The Return of Frank Cannon (1980)
Plot Summary:
Private detective Frank Cannon comes out of retirement to investigate the murder of an ex-girlfriend's husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective
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Police and Prosecutor (2020)
Plot Summary:
An ex-gymnastic teacher working as a police detective and a super-elite Tokyo University graduate prosecutor are to become a bizarre buddy. They always clash head-on, but eventually they find themselves sharing the same chemistry within themselves.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Crime
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: detective
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Guilt by Design (2019)
Plot Summary:
The film centers around a juror on a high-profile case who is blackmailed into fixing the verdict after his daughter is kidnapped.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Detective Doberman (1977)
Plot Summary:
The burned remains of a young woman discovered in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The police comes to the conclusion that its the work of a pyromaniacal serial murderer. The murder victim is identified as Mayumi Tamaki, a native of Ishigaki, Okinawa. As the investigation unfolded, her former boyfriend, a former rider of a motorcycle named Chōei Mikawa emerged as a suspect. But Kano did not agree Mikawa is the suspect. Kano started conducting the investigation himself to search the real criminal person.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 595
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: crime drama, exciting, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, neo noir, detective, black comedy, dark comedy
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The Negotiation (2018)
Plot Summary:
An ace police crisis negotiator, Chae-yoon, is called to the scene where her supervisor is taken hostage. Through the control room monitor, she is faced with the cold-blooded hostage taker, Tae-gu, whose demeanors are difficult to interpret. Against the 21-hour deadline Tae-gu has set, Chae-yoon tirelessly tries to crack the unusually calm perp over multiple video-calls. Eventually, the shocking truth begins to unveil.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, exciting, suspense, crime drama, action thriller, twisted
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Cops vs. Thugs (1975)
Plot Summary:
In at least 6 movies by director Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara played a yakuza thug. This time, he carries a badge but his character hasn't lost his distaste for double-dealing bosses and authority figures who are out to cover their own butts. Detective Kuno is balanced between the law and pragmatism. Cops didn't enforce the law to the point of pushing gangsters over the edge. In return, the gangsters mostly stayed out of the public eye. Some of them even became friends with cops, sharing a mutual desire to keep-down trade unions and leftists. When that balance is upset, Kuno has to decide where his loyalties lie. In this gray world, cops aren't always good and gangsters are thoroughly bad.. although there's no reward for good men who drink from the cup of corruption. "Cops Versus Thugs" has that trademark Fukasaku camera-work.. constantly moving, zooming, and putting you right in the middle of the action, changing loyalties and political maneuvering between cops and criminals.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 909
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: crime drama, detective
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For the Emperor (2014)
Plot Summary:
Yi-Hwan is a former professional baseball player. He was involved in fixing games and lost everything. Gang boss Sang-Ha runs a money lending business and a gambling location. He makes Yi-Hwan work for him. Meanwhile, Yi-Hwan falls for bar owner Yeon-Soo.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 743
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, erotic, sexy, dark
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Eye for an Eye (2008)
Plot Summary:
Sung-chan is a top detective of the special crime squad. He is notorious for punishing the opponent who hurts his pride. When Hyun-min impersonates as Sung-chan and robs a cash transport car under the daylight, and seizes $10 billion worth of smuggled gold right before the cop’s eyes, Sung-chan is outraged. He cannot let this criminal slip through. Sung-chan goes after Hyun-min like a wild beast going after its prey, but Hyun-min cunningly threads through the investigation, even leaving traces in the crime scenes on purpose to allure and provoke Sung-chan.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 521
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, crime drama, realistic, fast
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The Unjust (2010)
Plot Summary:
A series of murders holds the nation in its sway and the longer the police fail to catch the murderer, the more the public begins to panic. Choi, a highly successful investigator whose methods have always held him back from promotion, senses that this case might be his last chance to make something of his career. He and his old mentor Jang agree to arrest the next best suspect as the serial killer – whatever it might cost. Just when it looks as if all the dirty tricks, dark deeds and treacherous secret deals are about to be exposed, all the stakeholders find themselves drawn deeper into the morass of questionable morals and open violation of the law. The search for the murderer begins to unite the four men, even though none are particularly interested in finding the culprit.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, psychological, detective, crime drama, twisted, bleak
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Trouble Is My Business (2018)
Plot Summary:
Private eye Roland Drake cracks cases and romances femme fatales in 1940's Los Angeles while corrupt cop Det Barry Tate rules the city. A tale told in the classic style of film noir. Drake has fallen on hard times in a harsh world. He has been evicted from his office and disgraced by a missing persons case. Ruined in the public eye and with the police. it seems like it's all over for Roland Drake. Then, redemption walks in - with curves. The owner of those curves is a sexy, dark haired beauty named Katherine Montemar. She wants his help. The chemistry is immediate and her concern for the disappearance of her family members pulls him into her case - and into bed.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, hardboiled detective, noir