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1. Poirot (1989–2013)

TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.

Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran

Votes: 52,264

2. Glass Onion (2022)

PG-13 | 139 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Tech billionaire Miles Bron invites his friends for a getaway on his private Greek island. When someone turns up dead, Detective Benoit Blanc is put on the case.

Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista

Votes: 443,086

3. Knives Out (2019)

PG-13 | 130 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A detective investigates the death of the patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.

Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis

Votes: 775,721 | Gross: $165.36M

4. A Haunting in Venice (2023)

PG-13 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

In post-World War II Venice, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to once again uncover the killer.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey

Votes: 113,392

5. Death on the Nile (2022)

PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh, Russell Brand

Votes: 189,274 | Gross: $45.63M

6. Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

PG-13 | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench

Votes: 297,282 | Gross: $102.83M

7. Enola Holmes (2020)

PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

When Enola Holmes (Sherlock's teen sister) discovers her mother is missing, she endeavours to find her, becoming a super-sleuth in her own right as she outwits her famous brother and unravels a dangerous conspiracy.

Director: Harry Bradbeer | Stars: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, Helena Bonham Carter

Votes: 220,186

8. Miss Scarlet & the Duke (2020– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When Eliza Scarlet's father dies, he leaves her penniless, but she resolves to continue his detective agency. To operate in a male-dominated world, though, she needs a partner - step forward a detective known as the Duke.

Stars: Kate Phillips, Stuart Martin, Cathy Belton, Simon Ludders

Votes: 11,054

9. Diagnosis Murder (1993–2001)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Dr. Mark Sloan has a knack for getting into trouble, negotiating the twists and turns of mysteries and solving crimes with the help of his son, Steve, a homicide detective.

Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Barry Van Dyke, Victoria Rowell, Charlie Schlatter

Votes: 8,645

10. Death on the Nile (1978)

PG | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?

Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow, Simon MacCorkindale, Jane Birkin

Votes: 39,917

11. Mystery!: Cadfael (1994–1998)

TV-14 | 983 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The medieval era cases of a Crusader-turned-Monk who investigates mysteries in the Norman English town of Shrewsbury.

Stars: Derek Jacobi, Michael Culver, Julian Firth, Terrence Hardiman

Votes: 3,124

12. Crooked House (2017)

PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets.

Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner | Stars: Max Irons, Stefanie Martini, Glenn Close, Honor Kneafsey

Votes: 27,604

13. Dead Reckoning (1946)

Passed | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A soldier runs away rather than receive the Medal of Honor, so his buddy gets permission to investigate, and love and death soon follow.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky, Charles Cane

Votes: 8,776

14. The Spencer Sisters (2023– )

43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Police officer Darby Spencer and her mystery novelist mother Victoria Spencer have opposite personalities but still embark on the unlikeliest of ventures: becoming partners in a private detective agency.

Stars: Lea Thompson, Stacey Farber, Thomas Antony Olajide, Edward Ruttle

Votes: 918

15. Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996–1998)

TV-PG | 1,349 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Hetty wakes on her 60th birthday and decides to become a private investigator. With assistance from a teenager called Geoffrey and her husband Robert, combined with her own common sense, Hetty is confident she can solve any case.

Stars: Patricia Routledge, Dominic Monaghan, Derek Benfield, John Graham-Davies

Votes: 1,999

16. My Lovely Liar (2023)

Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery

Tells the story of a woman who cannot trust people because of her ability to hear lies and a murder suspect who no one believes in.

Stars: Kim So-hyun, Hwang Min-hyun, Song Jin-woo, Son Sang-kyung

Votes: 2,129

17. Year of the Rabbit (2019)

30 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Detective Inspector Rabbit, a dedicated, tough, thick, and oft-inebriated Victorian copper, sleuths his way across London with his two young partners: a doofy rookie and a brilliant Black policewoman no one ever believes.

Stars: Matt Berry, Freddie Fox, Susan Wokoma, Alun Armstrong

Votes: 4,006

18. Mystery!: Campion (1989–1990)

TV-14 | 50 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

In 1930s England, a man from an aristocratic family takes up the pseudonym Albert Campion and, with the help of his ex-burglar manservant, solves mysteries.

Stars: Peter Davison, Brian Glover, Andrew Burt, Moray Watson

Votes: 1,016

19. Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)

PG | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set out to solve a mystery, make new friends, and establish their place in the community.

Director: Katt Shea | Stars: Sophia Lillis, Zoe Renee, Mackenzie Graham, Andrea Anders

Votes: 5,440

20. Sleuth (2007)

R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Michael Caine, Jude Law, Harold Pinter, Kenneth Branagh

Votes: 33,050 | Gross: $0.34M

21. Partners in Crime (2015)

55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Agatha Christie's crime-fighting duo, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, solve mysteries and search for enemy spies in 1950s Britain.

Stars: Jessica Raine, David Walliams, James Fleet, Matthew Steer

Votes: 2,714

22. Diary of a Hitman (1991)

R | 90 min | Crime, Drama

A veteran hit man, Dekker is ready to call it quits and leave the profession. Dekker's final job, however, proves to be trickier than expected when the sadistic Zidzyck recruits the assassin to kill his wife.

Director: Roy London | Stars: Sherilyn Fenn, Sharon Stone, Forest Whitaker, Peter White

Votes: 2,215

23. Hotel Beau Séjour (2016– )

50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A young woman wakes to discover her own murder on her hands. Struggling to get help and solve the case from five locals who are somehow involved with the night of her death, she uncovers so much more.

Stars: Lynn Van Royen, Gene Bervoets, Inge Paulussen, Lennard Corne

Votes: 4,457

24. Confidentially Yours (1983)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

After he's implicated in several murders, a real estate agent hides out from the cops while his intrepid secretary does some private investigating of her own to locate the killer.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Philippe Laudenbach

Votes: 7,514

25. Detective Chinatown 2 (2018)

R | 121 min | Action, Comedy, Mystery

Tang and Qin team up to solve a murder in New York's Chinatown.

Director: Sicheng Chen | Stars: Haoran Liu, Baoqiang Wang, Yang Xiao, Natasha Liu Bordizzo

Votes: 3,168 | Gross: $1.98M

26. Dicktown (2020–2022)

TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Mystery

Nerdy private detective John Hunchman and his jock sidekick David Purefoy investigate oddball mysteries in their small town.

Stars: John Hodgman, David Rees, Ronald Peet, Stephen Tobolowsky

Votes: 791

27. Murder on the Orient Express (2001 TV Movie)

100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Hercule Poirot, now in modern times, investigates the famous crime on the famed train with a modern twist.

Director: Carl Schenkel | Stars: Alfred Molina, Meredith Baxter, Leslie Caron, Amira Casar

Votes: 1,177

28. The Kennel Murder Case (1933)

Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette, Ralph Morgan

Votes: 4,085

29. Famous 5: On the Case (2008)

TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

A new and modern adaptation of the Famous Five books written by Enid Blyton.

Stars: Alexandra Pic, Shridhar Solanki, Hervé Grull, Ciara Janson

Votes: 136

30. Paula Peril and the Serpent Cult (2016 Video)

40 min | Short, Action, Adventure

Adventurous reporter Paula "Peril" Perillo investigates a string of recent murders linked to a mysterious and ancient cult.

Director: Jason Winn | Stars: Valerie Perez, Stephen Hanthorn, Olivia Adams, Baby Norman

Votes: 25

31. My Friends Tigger & Pooh (2007–2010)

TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

A girl and her dog have adventures with tigger and pooh in the hundred acre woods

Stars: Angelica Bolognesi Bonacini, Jim Cummings, Chloë Grace Moretz, Dee Bradley Baker

Votes: 556

32. Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 99 min | Crime, Mystery

In this mystery, Sherlock Holmes pursues his archenemy Professor James Moriarty to New York City, in which the villainous scoundrel has carried out the ultimate bank robbery. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »

Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Roger Moore, John Huston, Patrick Macnee, Charlotte Rampling

Votes: 1,114

33. The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

After reading a Dick Tracy comic, Daffy Duck has a surreal dream in which he is a P.I. pursuing an army of grotesque villains who stole every piggy bank in town, including his own.

Director: Robert Clampett | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 2,290

34. Read All About It! (1979– )

15 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A group of kids investigate and oppose an extra-terrestrial conspiracy against their town as a community newspaper staff.

Stars: Lydia Zajc, David Collard, Stacey Arnold, Angela Fusco

Votes: 164

35. The Benson Murder Case (1930)

Passed | 65 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A ruthless, crooked stockbroker is murdered at his luxurious country estate, and detective Philo Vance just happens to be there. He decides to find out who killed him.

Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: William Powell, William 'Stage' Boyd, Eugene Pallette, Paul Lukas

Votes: 465

36. Deck the Halls (2011 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Detective Regan Reilly and cleaning-woman-turned-private-eye Alvirah Meehan, investigate the kidnapping of Regan's father and a young female driver just before the holidays. The race is on ... See full summary »

Director: Ron Underwood | Stars: Anja Savcic, Scottie Thompson, Kathy Najimy, Eric Johnson

Votes: 539

37. Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost (2007 TV Movie)

TV-Y7-FV | 93 min | Family, Mystery

A preteen girl and amateur detective from the big city moves to a mansion in a quaint small town, only to discover that it may be haunted.

Director: Eleanore Lindo | Stars: Aria Wallace, Robin Brûlé, Demetrius Joyette, Yannick Bisson

Votes: 344

38. The Return of Charlie Chan (1972 TV Movie)

91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Charlie Chan investigates a murder case aboard the yacht of a wealthy Greek shipping tycoon.

Directors: Daryl Duke, Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Ross Martin, Richard Haydn, Louise Sorel, Joseph Hindy

Votes: 175

39. Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (2017 Video)

3 min | Short, Mystery

Get your deerstalker cap on - the play's afoot. From the award-winning mastermind of mayhem, Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor), comes a fast-paced comedy about everyone's favorite detective ... See full summary »

Director: Chrisjohn Hancock | Star: Harrison Treble

40. The Bishop Murder Case (1929)

Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When the body of a man nicknamed "Cock Robin" is found with an arrow in the heart on an archery range along with a chess bishop as a clue, Philo Vance investigates.

Directors: David Burton, Nick Grinde | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young, Alec B. Francis

Votes: 856

41. Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid (2008 TV Movie)

92 min | Family

Roxy befriends a mysterious young woman without a name, only to suspect, after catching her soaking with water every night, that her new companion might be a mermaid.

Director: Eleanore Lindo | Stars: Aria Wallace, Denis Akiyama, Yannick Bisson, Robin Brûlé

Votes: 236

42. Easter (2023–2024)

Approved | Mystery

The mental illness of our sleuth, Pascha, pits him against his most formidable foe - himself.

Stars: Lnq, Reginald VelJohnson, Olkens Graham, Brock Vickers

43. Footsteps in the Dark (1941)

Approved | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A respected investment advisor has a double life as a mystery writer and becomes involved in the real murder of a shady client.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Hale

Votes: 1,423

44. The Casino Murder Case (1935)

Passed | 82 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

After socialite Lynn Llewellyn receives an anonymous threat, he is poisoned at his uncle's casino, and although he recovers, his wife is murdered by the same killer.

Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Paul Lukas, Alison Skipworth, Donald Cook, Rosalind Russell

Votes: 796

45. They Met in the Dark (1943)

Approved | 95 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller

During WW2, a Royal Navy Commander stumbles upon a murdered woman and discovers a network of Nazi spies and Fifth-Columnists.

Director: Karel Lamac | Stars: James Mason, Joyce Howard, Tom Walls, Phyllis Stanley

Votes: 541

46. No One Sleeps (2000)

R | 108 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Was the AIDS virus created during an experiment gone awry at the Pentagon top security genetic laboratory? Stefan, an East German medical student whose father was a high-ranking AIDS scientist in the former GDR, is determined to find out.

Director: Jochen Hick | Stars: Tom Wlaschiha, Irit Levi, Jim Thalman, Richard Conti

Votes: 319

47. Nine Girls (1944)

Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

One of the members of a sorority is found murdered. Although the police are called in to investigate, fellow sorority girl Mary O'Ryan decides to do some sleuthing on her own to unmask the killer.

Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Ann Harding, Evelyn Keyes, Jinx Falkenburg, Anita Louise

Votes: 175

48. Reel Hard

Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy | Completed

Cade Huntley, cinema sleuth, specializes in cases within the film industry. When a mythical artifact from an old film goes missing, he must prove he has the skills to crack the case. A laugh-out-loud, fun-filled homage to 90s comedies.

Director: Jon Mancinetti | Stars: Lance Allen, Vancie Vega, Osmara Rojas, Matt Standley

49. Just Off Broadway (1942)

Approved | 65 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Private detective Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) is serving on the jury trying Lillian Hubbard (Janis Carter) for the murder of Harley Forsythe. A witness with information that could clear ... See full summary »

Director: Herbert I. Leeds | Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Phil Silvers, Janis Carter

Votes: 305

50. Murder on the Orient Express (2015– )

280 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The Japanese adaptation of Agatha Christie's famous whodunit "Murder on the Orient Express".

Stars: Mansai Nomura, Nanako Matsushima, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Kazunari Ninomiya

Votes: 199