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List of amateur detective movies

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A Scooby-Doo! Christmas (2002)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
Story: On the way to Daphne's relatives' condominium, the Mystery Inc. gang detours through the town of Winter Hollow, where the vengeful Headless Snowman has destroyed the town's Christmas spirit.
Style: humorous, feel good, christmas horror, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: christmas, scooby doo, holiday, haunted house, ghost, amateur detective, snowman, dog, puzzle, winter, investigation, team ...
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 6.3
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Glory Days (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Wunderkind author Mike Dolan achieved literary fame at age 21 with a steamy expose on his seemingly idyllic Maine town. Four years later, he hasn't written another word and reluctantly returns home in search of an antidote ... where he is ...
Style: scary, serious, rough, suspenseful, atmospheric
Plot: conspiracy, amateur detective, investigation, mysterious death, uncover truth, supernatural, writer's life, creative block, life is a bitch, danger, small town, hometown ...
Time: 21st century
Place: maine, usa
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Ghost Hunters (2004)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Paranormal investigators investigate places that are reported to be haunted. Engaging forensic experts, historical records and the most innovative technology available, the squad helps everyday people who are struggling with unexplained supernatural ...
Style: realistic, scary, suspenseful, serious, creepy ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, uncover truth, investigation, amateur detective, supernatural ability, ordinary people, paranormal activity, medieval, ghost hunter, paranormal phenomena, talent ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new england, arizona
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My Uncle Killed a Guy (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Eder (Lázaro Ramos) is arrested after confessing the murder of a man. Duca (Darlan Cunha), a 15 years old boy who is Eder's nephew, wants to prove the innocence of his uncle, he's sure that his uncle confessed the crime to protect his ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: youth, teenage love, murder, amateur detective, investigation, uncover truth, teenage life, best friend, who done it, love and romance, boy, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, latin america
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Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! (2015)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: In this incarnation of the long running Scooby Doo franchise, the Scooby gang are traveling in summer and spending time together which could be their last summer but monsters and ghouls get in the way of completing their adventurers.
Style: not serious, feel good, humorous, captivating, slapstick comedy
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: scooby doo, amateur detective, heroes, goofy hero, escapades, youth, supernatural, teenage life, disorder, danger, silly humor, crime solving ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
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Against the Grain (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Pakistan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Fatima, a committed schoolteacher living the cosmopolitan high life in Karachi, has her life shattered when her nanny, Nusrat, inexplicably disappears. Though her friends and family beg her not to disturb the status quo and confront the powerful ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, emotional, tense, islamic ...
Plot: uncover truth, amateur detective, investigation, rich and poor, society, missing person, life turned upside down, danger, woman in danger, nanny, injustice, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pakistan
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Kissed by Winter (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Following her son's death, Victoria moves to a small community to work as a doctor at the local clinic. She attempts to forget and move on with her life but finds it impossible when a local boy is found dead in the snow and Victoria must tell ...
Style: serious, captivating, disturbing, enigmatic, sexy ...
Plot: investigation, amateur detective, murder, uncover truth, love and romance, who done it, dishonesty, winter, immigrant, refugee, mountain, snow ...
Time: 21st century
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Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Scooby-Doo and the gang are on the case when a mysterious lake monster starts scaring the guests at a summer resort in Erie Point, where Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy have taken on seasonal jobs to pay for a barn they accidentally burned down. But ...
Style: humorous, not serious, feel good, funny, detective ...
Audience: family friendly, family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: scooby doo, river, investigation, youth, amateur detective, resort, friends, dog, halloween, lake, teenager, summer vacation ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
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 7.4
 1K
Get Backers (2002)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: They're the Get Backers, and they live by a simple motto: If it was taken, we'll get it back. Their success rate is 100%. They may have no luck with money, but they always come through on a job, no matter how small. Ban and Ginji are no ...
Style: anime, serious, captivating, suspense, enigmatic
Audience: kids
Plot: amateur detective, supernatural ability, superhuman powers, escapades, danger, juvenile delinquency, fight, magic, teenage boy, battles, supernatural power, team ...
Place: japan, asia
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 2.9
 317
After Midnight (2014)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When an exotic dancer is murdered at a seedy strip club, her sister Constance, a TV newscaster, goes undercover to find the killer. While working at the club, she quickly realizes that everyone is a suspect and that other dancers are being targeted. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: murder, investigation, stripper, serial killer, undercover, amateur detective, uncover truth, working undercover, vengeance, rivalry, loss of sister, sister sister relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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Lies Between Friends (2010)
Genre: Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Fourteen years after graduation, a group of college friends convenes one weekend for a bridal shower for one of their own. The principal character, Joss (Gabrielle Anwar), and her freshman year roommate and best friend in college, Cait (Thea Gill), ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious
Plot: murder, investigation, uncover truth, amateur detective, group of friends, friendship, reunited friends, death of friend, weekend, wedding, old friends reunited, bride and groom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.1
 1K
American Gun (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A brilliant story with an unexpected twist. A father uses the serial number on a hand gun in an attempt to track down his daughter's killer. The truth he uncovers is an unsettling reminder of the dangers of keeping handguns. Stars the legendary ...
Style: psychological, serious, emotional, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: murder, amateur detective, haunted by the past, escapades, on the road, loss of daughter, world war two veteran, violent content, chases and races, obsessive quest, dealing with death, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, las vegas
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Don't Open Your Eyes (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Tao of ghostbusting; religion and policing. On January 2, 2006, three fateful things happen to Sergeant Yiu, a lackluster Hong Kong cop: he shoots a notorious criminal who vows to haunt him, his aunt dies and passes to him the ability to see ...
Style: exciting, rough, suspenseful, captivating, scary ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, amateur detective, rivalry, injustice, law enforcement, supernatural ability, danger, martial arts, afterlife, murder, battles ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
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Pauline detective (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story: After she has been dumped by her boyfriend, Pauline allows her sister to take her to a palace on the Italian Riviera. Instead of savouring the delights of a carefree existence, Pauline prefers to take on the role of an amateur sleuth, convinced ...
Style: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, tense ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: hotel, lifeguard, investigation, amateur detective, disorder, romancing a suspect, resort, motel, family relations, missing person, siblings relations, strong female presence ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: italy, europe
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Martin Mystery (2003)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Canada, Italy
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Martin Mystery is an Anime-influenced television series by the French animation studio, Marathon Media Group with the Japanese animation studio, Tatsunoko Production as an assistant animator, loosely based on the Italian comics Martin Mystère. Over ...
Style: not serious, humorous, anime, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens
Plot: monster, young heroes, disappearance, amateur detective, supernatural, investigation, danger, escapades, youth, secret movement, riddles and clues, teenage life ...
Time: 2000s
Place: canada
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Murder of a Cat (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When someone murders his beloved cat, Clinton, an adult child, demands justice. Taking it upon himself to solve the case, he teams up with an unlikely ally, Greta, and the two set out to find the culprit lurking in their small suburban town. But as ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, feel good, black comedy ...
Plot: investigation, suspicion, murder, amateur detective, pets, friendship, secret, neighbor, cat, killing an animal, neighborhood, social misfits ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.1
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The Wonders (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: Israel
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Avi Nesher's new film tracks the complex relationship between a Jerusalem Graffiti artist and a mysterious modern day prophet who is imprisoned in an abandoned apartment across the Artist's window.
Style: surreal, semi serious, witty, atmospheric, humorous ...
Plot: lifestyle, investigation, amateur detective, society, religions or cults, artists and showbiz, israeli, supernatural power, hidden camera, rabbi, private detective, intrigue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, jerusalem
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Bufo & Spallanzani (2001)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Ivan Canabrava is a writer, turned insurance ivestigator who investigates mysterious deaths involving Bufo Marinus. Bufo Marinus is a frog poison causing catalepsy in humans, simulating death, enabling grand insurance fraud and other crimes. Ten ...
Style: serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: amateur detective, cons and scams, leukemia, frog, life is a bitch, corruption, library, doctor, black magic, laptop, female nudity, cheating wife ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil
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City of Fear (2000)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada, UK, Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When reporter Steve Roberts acts on a call from his good friend, Charlie, urging him to report on a hot scientific story in Bulgaria, he ends up in a world of disappearance, death and deception.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, action packed ...
Plot: amateur detective, gangster, vengeance, drug dealing, dishonesty, journalism, rivalry, intrigue, murder, organized crime, martial arts, doctors and patients ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: bulgaria
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The Beresfords investigate mysterious deaths at an old people's home.
Style: semi serious, humorous, witty, surreal, realistic ...
Plot: amateur sleuth, investigation, retirement home, amateur detective, couple relations, odd couple, who done it, cemetery, private detective, poison, suicide, heat wave ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
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Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost (1999)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min.
Story: Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Gang visit Oakhaven, Massachusetts to seek strange goings on involving a famous horror novelist and his ancestor who is rumored be a witch.
Style: not serious, humorous, feel good, entertaining, light ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot: scooby doo, cartoon dog, small town, escapades, heroes, pets, disorder, supernatural ability, amateur detective, haunted house, youth, danger ...
Time: 90s
Place: turkey, usa, new england, salem massachusetts
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 4.7
 466
Careless (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Wiley Roth finds a severed human finger in his kitchen one night. Understandably freaked out, in a search across Los Angeles that brings them in contact with psychics, ineffectual police, crooked taxidermists, mysterious neighbors who might be on ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat, buddy comedy ...
Plot: investigation, amateur detective, obsession, friendship, best friend, partner, dark humor, disorder, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals, reluctant partners, stalking ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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Murder in My House (2006)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Before Lauren and her dad, Stran, even settle into their beautiful new house, she learns that it was once the site of a grisly homicide! When her pops, a former prosecutor, becomes obsessed with cracking the case, he's murdered. And it's ...
Style: suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: murder, private detective, femme fatale, amateur detective, riddles and clues, couples, legal investigation, intrigue, starting over, police investigation, dishonesty, who done it ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.6
 10K
Mystery Team (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A group of former Encyclopedia Brown-style child-detectives struggle to solve an adult mystery.
Style: parody, not serious, humorous, independent film, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, amateur detective, investigation, children, murder, farce, absurdism, escapades, school, friends, bowling, mysticism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new hampshire, usa
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Shadows in the Palace (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The film is set amongst a group of gungnyeo, or palace women in Korea during the time of the Joseon dynasty, and is primarily about the hidden dynamics that unfold between them. Sworn into secrecy, submission, and celibacy, the women of the palace ...
Style: suspenseful, atmospheric, rough, suspense, twisted ...
Plot: uncover truth, amateur detective, investigation, dishonesty, rivalry, who done it, murder, politics, life is a bitch, palace intrigue, medieval, joseon dynasty ...
Time: 17th century, middle ages
Place: asia, korea
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 8.3
 10K
Millennium (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark
Duration: 540 min.
TV show
Story: The paths of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and computer hacker Lisbeth Salander cross and they team up to reveal a dark and terrifying truth involving murder and sexual abuse, a story that has long been concealed in Swedish society.
Style: tense, serious, intellectual, noir, atmospheric ...
Plot: twists and turns, investigation, lesbian, journalist, hacker, life is a bitch, uncover truth, journalism, amateur detective, partner, danger, nordic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe, scandinavia
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The Wandering Soul Murders (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Widowed Joanne Kilbourn is an ex-police officer turned criminology professor. Her husband Ian was the Ontario provincial Attorney General when he was murdered, the murder never solved. Her current home life is on the most part a happy one, except ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, mind bending
Plot: prostitute, murder, police detective, police investigation, journalism, amateur detective, riddles and clues, dishonesty, serial killer, false accusation, who done it, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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 6.5
 24K
Inferno (1980)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A young man returns from Rome to his sister's satanic New York apartment house.
Style: dark, slasher, psychological, scary, gothic ...
Plot: witch, supernatural, gory, death, serial killer, witchcraft, danger, riddles and clues, amateur detective, supernatural ability, woman in danger, dead animal ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, rome italy, italy
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Stranger at the Door (2004)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Katherine "Kathy" is happily married to businessman Greg Norris and lives in his beautiful home with his about 18-year old daughter Tara. When suddenly a charming young man, who Tara first saw lurking around in the garden, turns up on ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: murderous pair, garden, family in danger, amateur detective, family relations, parents and children, adoption, cons and scams, dishonesty, held captive, stalker, adopted son ...
Time: 21st century
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 3.8
 2K
Sisters (2006)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A reporter witnesses a brutal murder, and becomes entangled in a mystery involving a pair of Siamese twins who were separated at birth, one of them forced to live under the eye of a watchful, controlling psychiatrist.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense, scary ...
Plot: twins, murder, uncover truth, amateur detective, mysterious character, obsession, mentally unstable, danger, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, dishonesty, body horror ...
Place: canada, vancouver
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