Female investigator movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant female investigator movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tense, captivating, suspenseful, detective, serious and suspense films and TV shows about / with female investigator, investigation, police, murder, police investigation, female protagonist, police procedural, murder mystery, police officer and corruption plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as female investigator: Homeland (2011), Longlegs (2024), Ray Donovan (2013), Red Creek (2017), The Mind of a Murderer (2015), The Darkness (2024), Revenge (2000), Team Bled (2019), Club V.R. (1996), Confessions of the Sex Slaves (1977).
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381K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, sexy, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
terrorism, espionage, spy, cia, national security, war on terror, treason, secret service, investigation, terrorist, danger, top secret ...
Time:
2020s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
israel, langley virginia, usa, iraq, america ...
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218K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of connections to occult practices, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless ...
Style:
psychological horror, suspenseful, dread, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
serial killer, occult, sociopath, sadistic psychopath, fbi, satanism, black magic, devil worship, supernatural horror, murder, female investigator, crime spree ...
Time:
year 1974, 90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1995 ...
Place:
oregon
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear. His father's unexpected release from prison sets off a chain of events that shakes the ...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, clever, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
identity crisis, hollywood, violence, family feud, nudity, power relations, cover up, blackmail, trauma, brother sister incest, relatives, family problems ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, chicago, south america ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Canada
TV show
Story:
In a small economically depressed northern Canadian town, a teenage girl disappears without a trace, a lady investigator who is sent in from Montreal must deal with disturbing facts, the strangeness of the place, and a religious cult.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, detective ...
Plot:
missing girl, female detective, puzzle, secret, forensics, female protagonist, mysterious disappearance, police detective, vanished man, religious cult, female investigator, small town ...
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Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Michelle Ward goes behind bars to interview violent murderers and offer insight into what drives people to kill. From her early doctorate research on psychopathy, to her ongoing study of criminal behavior, she possesses a unique ability to push ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
prison, true crime, interview, murder, uncover truth, psychopath, criminal heroes, investigation, criminal psychology, serial killer, confrontation, female investigator ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Mystery
Country: USA, Iceland
TV show
Story:
A dedicated investigator, she is being forced into early retirement and takes on a final cold case centered on a young Russian asylum seeker who died mysteriously one year prior. 
Style:
suspense, tense
Plot:
cold case, investigation, female investigator, determination, immigration, urban, trauma, social commentary, police procedural, justice, obsession, darkness ...
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272
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A serial killer, whose victims are men with similar pasts, is tracked by a policewoman.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, crime drama, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, revenge motive, serial killer, investigation, law enforcement, female investigator, retribution, police procedural, mature, cat and mouse, stalker ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
After problems with his supervisors, the main protagonist of the series, the young criminalist Luka, is transferred to Bled, despite his decoration for bravery. On the first day he meets Sara, the daughter of a local nobleman, which is fatal for him ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, detective, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
small town, investigation, law enforcement, police procedural, coworker, workplace, police officer, police investigation, police detective, crime solving, homicide detective, crime investigation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
slovenia
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147
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Apparently, the charming lover, Tam, died during his last virtual reality session at club V.R. The coroner believes he died of heart failure, but detective Drew (Kate Rodger) does not agree. To prove he was murdered, she wears the VR electro-suit ...
Style:
detective, neo noir, suspense, tension, atmospheric ...
Plot:
virtual reality, murder mystery, investigation, obsession, seduction, female investigator, sexual fantasy, nightclub, police procedural, cyberpunk, identity, intimate ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The plot has pretty, middle-class Caucasian girls (college students, runaways etc.) being kidnapped right of the streets of Zurich and Montreal(!), and after being beaten, raped, and hooked on heroin, they are sent to Amsterdam to work as zombified ...
Style:
dark, grindhouse, crime drama, period piece, erotic
Plot:
white slavery, forced prostitution, rape, stripper, violence, kidnapping, sexploitation, nudity, exploitation, sex trafficking, prostitution, human trafficking ...
Time:
70s
Place:
amsterdam, montreal
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
TV show
Story:
What's the worst that can happen to a police officer? Definitely an unresolved investigation. This is what happens on Boxing Day 1999. Charlotte Meyer, an 11-year-old girl, disappears without a trace. Captain Pierre Castaing, in charge of the ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, disturbing, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot:
investigation, cold case, disappearance, missing person, missing child, police procedural, crime investigation, crime solving, police investigation, uncover truth, mysterious disappearance, haunting ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Toho university hospital has established an outstanding coronary surgery team under the leadership of a up and coming, star, U.S. trained surgeon that specializes in the highly risky "Batista" procedure to shrink the size of enlarged ...
Style:
medical drama, psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hospital, investigation, medical malpractice, medicine, medical, doctor, workplace, coworker, female doctor, doctor patient relationship, physician, ethical dilemma ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Ukraine, Russia
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
It is July 1941, and the Nazis are advancing towards Kyiv. A special squad is tasked with investigating major cases by acting both at the frontline and in the city itself, where rising criminals are joining German subversives in infiltrating the ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, captivating, exciting, touching ...
Plot:
world war two, danger, betrayal, justice, twists and turns, nazi occupation, police investigation, dishonesty, gunfight, society, rivalry, love and romance ...
Place:
soviet union
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Summer and autumn 1944. Odessa. The city, liberated by the Red Army from the German-Romanian occupation, begins a new lease of life. But, according to military intelligence, a network of Abwehr agents recruited from among the local population and ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, atmospheric, harsh, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, wartime, investigation, reconnaissance, espionage, partner, danger, society, male female relationship, justice, friendship, sabotage ...
Place:
soviet union, odessa ukraine
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Julian Jons is a talented but troubled young artist. He has just been released from an asylum, where he has spent the last seven years for the murder of Anna, his girlfriend/model. Attempting to start painting again, he is pursued by journalist ...
Style:
psychological thriller, dark, suspense, tense, grim ...
Plot:
artist, obsession, mental illness, dark past, character study, guilt, trauma, murder mystery, secrets, investigation, alienation, danger ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A thieve makes a disturbing discovery in the house where he breaks in. Later, when he returns to the same house with his partner in crime, things are not longer how he expected.
Style:
psychological, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, home invasion, captive, investigation, sadism, violence, held captive, obsession, murder, sadist, maniac ...
Place:
portland oregon, oregon
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Picks up 25 years after the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town are stunned when their homecoming queen is murdered.
Style:
psychological, surreal, atmospheric, mind bending, disturbing ...
Plot:
small town, twists and turns, surrealism, small town life, supernatural, law enforcement, mysterious event, interdimensional travel, electricity, identity, evil spirit, another dimension ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico, washington d.c.
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270K
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, mind bending, atmospheric, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
ufo, supernatural, investigation, conspiracy, fbi, paranormal investigation, top secret, paranormal activity, alien contact, alien abduction, space and aliens, female fbi agent ...
Time:
2010s, jurassic, future, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, phoenix arizona, arizona
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are ...
Style:
clever, tense, detective, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
law and order, police detective, sexual abuse, nypd, police, investigation, police procedural, law enforcement, criminal, courtroom, sex crime, partners against crime ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 2010s, 20th century, 2020s ...
Place:
new york, usa, las vegas, new york state
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57K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydney becomes a double agent for the real CIA.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, heroic, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
female protagonist, working undercover, spy, cia, double agent, female agent, female spy, strong female lead, young woman, betrayal, secret identity, escapades ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Jean Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, sincere, tense, serious ...
Plot:
police, crime investigation, police investigation, homicide detective, murder, female detective, police detective, law enforcement, workplace romance, twists and turns, strong female character, investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, seattle
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
The Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode ...
Style:
detective, gloomy, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, cold case, homicide detective, police detective, policewoman, murderer, unsolved crime, intelligence agency, serial killer, police investigation, who done it ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe, copenhagen, scandinavia, afghanistan ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Crime drama series featuring Life On Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex Drake lands in 1981, where she finds herself in familiar company.
Style:
surreal, serious, tense, mind bending, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, police detective, time travel, reluctant partners, female detective, power relations, uncover truth, fighting crime, female protagonist, tough law enforcer, confined, coma ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place:
london, england, europe, east end london
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268K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary, surreal, thrilling ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, investigation, mad scientist, parallel universe, alternate dimension, time travel, fbi, top secret, alternate reality, experiment, danger, paranormal activity ...
Time:
2000s, future, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts, harvard university, canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The Good Wife is a legal drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother who boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption ...
Style:
clever, captivating, sexy, political, serious ...
Plot:
legal, lawyer, dedicated lawyer, workplace situations, law firm, court, lawyers and clients, strong female lead, female protagonist, self discovery, politics, working mom ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, hawaii, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Those Who Kill is a Danish crime TV series from 2011, which follows a fictitious unit within Copenhagen Police which specialises in investigating serial murders. The series was aired as five two-part stories in Denmark, but has aired as five feature ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, law enforcement, homicide detective, policewoman, profiler, police investigation, forensics, female protagonist, crime investigation, police, police protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe, copenhagen
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 750 min.
TV show
Story:
A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.
Style:
captivating, clever, bleak, spooky, crime drama ...
Plot:
female detective, disappearance, police detective, missing child, policewoman, police investigation, bodies, life is a bitch, self discovery, child rape, hidden truth, child abuse ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
new zealand
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140K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
Style:
realistic, serious, clever, tense, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, police investigation, police detective, twists and turns, police, murderer, legal, grief, multiple suspects, small town, pedophile ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
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131K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must ...
Style:
psychological, psychological thriller, captivating, serious, crime drama ...
Plot:
serial killer, female detective, police detective, police investigation, policewoman, forensics, law enforcement, victim, murder mystery, crime investigation, violence against women, evidence ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, europe, united kingdom, belfast
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Dogged investigator Allegra Dill returns to her border-town Texas home after her sister is murdered. What begins as a search for a killer turns into an all-consuming fight to bring her corrupt hometown to its knees.
Style:
suspense, bleak, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, murder investigation, police corruption, corruption, police, disorder, danger, violence, escapades, adaptation, society, small town ...
Place:
texas
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