| Happy Valley (2014) | 8.5 | |
| Insomnia (2002) | 7.2 | |
| Death Note (2006) | 7.5 | |
| Bored to Death (2009) | 7.8 | |
| Bones (2005) | 7.8 |
Investigator movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant investigator movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out detective, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating and suspense films and TV shows about / with investigator, investigation, police, murder, crime investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, law enforcement, police procedural and police detective plots mostly in Mystery, Drama and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, Russia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as investigator: Lewis (2006), Insomnia (2002), Endeavour (2012), Leverage (2008), Chinatown (1974), The Mentalist (2008), The Dresden Files (2007), Goodbye, My Love (2014), Case Histories (2011), Perception (2012).
Best films
New films
| Inheritance (2024) | 5.1 | |
| Behind Your Touch (2023) | 7.4 | |
| Garudan (2023) | 7.3 | |
| Case 30 (2023) | 7.0 | |
| The Hunting Party (2025) | 6.6 |
List of investigator movies
17K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
Style:
realistic, clever, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
police detective, murder investigation, crime investigation, sergeant, police investigation, british police, multiple suspects, investigator, murder, detective inspector, law enforcement, suspicion ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
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339K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, atmospheric, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
small town, murder, police investigation, psychopath, investigation, investigator, character study, police corruption, murder mystery, insomnia, death, guilt ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, persia, usa, north america, los angeles
Is relevant?
37K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.
Style:
detective, serious, realistic, intellectual, costume drama ...
Plot:
police, police detective, investigator, murder, talented, coworker, police investigation, murderer, oxford, british, british police, law enforcement ...
Time:
60s, future, 20th century
Place:
england
Is relevant?
57K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Leverage follows a five-person team: a thief, a grifter, a hacker, and a retrieval specialist, led by former insurance investigator Nathan Ford, who use their skills to fight corporate and governmental injustices inflicted on ordinary citizens.
Style:
exciting, realistic, anime, thrilling, detective ...
Plot:
hacker, team, thief, outsmarting, society, escapades, surveillance, partners in crime, unconventional method, investigator, gadget, insurance investigator ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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374K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, atmospheric, cult classic, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
private detective, corruption, femme fatale, investigation, police, whodunit, murder, twists and turns, conspiracy, murder mystery, father daughter incest, domestic violence ...
Time:
20th century, year 1937, 1930s, year 1974
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, eastern europe, pacific ocean ...
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221K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
Style:
exciting, intellectual, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, partners against crime, investigation, fighting crime, police investigation, murder, police, law enforcement, danger, talented, outsmarting, justice ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A Chicago-based wizard works as a private investigator.
Style:
serious, detective, stylized, exciting, mystic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, magic, private detective, magical, paranormal activity, investigation, wizards and magicians, imaginary, investigator, suspicion, danger, victim ...
Place:
usa, chicago, illinois
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
Somebody founds a body of 40-year old woman in the park in Moscow. Police closes the case thinking that she died by natural causes. But her husband Sotnikov, who is a financial analytic and mathematic is sure that she was murdered. Having no legal ...
Style:
clever, captivating, detective, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
investigator, hidden truth, investigation, murder, mystery killer, murder investigation, mathematician, private investigation, crime investigation, murder mystery, murder of wife, uncover truth ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
moscow russia, russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Case Histories is a British drama television series based on the Jackson Brodie detective novels by Kate Atkinson. It stars Jason Isaacs as Jackson Brodie.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, touching, crime drama ...
Plot:
private detective, investigation, investigator, missing person, uncover truth, haunted by the past, suspicion, murder mystery, murder, grief, hidden truth, siblings ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Daniel Pierce, a neuroscientist and professor, is recruited to help the federal government crack difficult cases. His intimate knowledge of human behavior and masterful understanding of the mind give him an extraordinary ability to read people, ...
Style:
intellectual, mind bending, exciting, offbeat, detective ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
investigation, schizophrenia, fbi, college professor, prodigy, riddles and clues, talented, crime investigation, intelligence, hallucination, genius, law enforcement ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
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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
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Belgium, USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Through globalization, many countries have been opened and barriers removed to ensure easy trade, travel and cultural diversity. However, this openness has given opportunities to criminals looking to exploit the system and ultimately threaten our ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, dramatic, detective
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, investigation, investigator, fighting crime, partners against crime, forensics, law enforcement, organized crime, partner, chief of police, suspicion, hunt down ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
europe, former yugoslavia
Is relevant?
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189K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification ...
Style:
witty, suspenseful, intellectual, detective, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, fbi, partners against crime, forensics, partner, teamwork, law enforcement, crime investigation, expert, scientist, ambitious, police investigation ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Is relevant?
333
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of investigators finds murdered teenagers in a city collector. Unraveling this case step by step, the police faces an unconditional evil - a whirlpool of a big city, which sucks and destroys the weak - those whom no one loves and does not ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, suspense, enigmatic, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
investigator, crime investigation, investigation, murder mystery, serial killer, evil, brutality, evil force, police, weakness, character study, fear ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019
Place:
moscow russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Prime Suspect is an American police procedural television drama series that premiered on NBC on September 22, 2011. It stars Maria Bello as Detective Jane Timoney. The series is a "re-imagining" of the original British series Prime ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective
Plot:
police detective, policewoman, homicide detective, police investigation, investigator, law enforcement, female detective, sexism, police station, tough law enforcer, ambition, boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
An extraordinary sense of smell gives a crime investigator unique insight into solving mysteries, but his gift takes a toll on his personal life.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, clever, suspense ...
Plot:
murder investigation, supernatural ability, twists and turns, partner, investigator, sense of smell, police detective, police investigation, friendship, murder, police, genius ...
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Is relevant?
80K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Angel is an American television series, a spin-off from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Angel, a 240-year old vampire cursed with a conscience, haunts the dark streets of Los Angeles alone. But after he meets a half-demon with ...
Style:
gothic, sentimental, supernatural thriller, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vampire, supernatural ability, hopes, vampire human love, imaginary, investigator, supernatural, amateur detective, curse, dracula, werewolf, vampire vs vampire ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The series follows Las Vegas criminalists working for the Las Vegas Police Department as they use physical evidence to solve grisly murders in this unusually graphic drama, which has inspired a host of other cop-show "procedurals". The ...
Style:
detective, psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
medical examiner, murder investigation, police, forensics, police procedural, investigator, murder, teamwork, police investigation, scientist, policewoman, victim ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas, nevada
Is relevant?
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Almost everyone on the S.S.Karnak, cruising the Nile, has a reason to want heiress Linnet Ridgeway dead. Her jewels are coveted by elderly Mrs. van Schuyler, her maid is upset because Linnet won't give her a promised dowry, writer Salome ...
Style:
detective, captivating, costume drama, non-linear, surprise ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, investigator, murder, honeymoon, murder investigation, private detective, boat, police inspector, justice, investigation, unrequited love ...
Time:
1930s, pre world war two, year 1937, 1910s, 2020s ...
Place:
egypt, belgium, london
Is relevant?
287
Genre: Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
1962. Moscow. Vladimir Ionesyan, nicknamed "Mosgaz," became he first officially recognized serial killer in the Soviet Union. His bloody deeds and his moniker are still used by Russian mothers to frighten their children.
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, serial killer, homicide detective, maniac, murder, fear, investigator, dark secret, forensics, murder investigation, crime investigation, killer ...
Place:
ussr, moscow russia, soviet union
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
A happy-go-lucky detective confronts criminals and solves cases with fast-talking, hard-hitting style.
Style:
captivating, funny, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
friendship, investigation, investigator, danger, police, police officer, riddles and clues, deception, lie, career, evidence, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, detective, relaxing ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
crime investigation, military, investigator, hotshot, team, forensics, fighting crime, partners against crime, army investigation, law enforcement, danger, soldier ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L," is hired to find the mysterious ...
Style:
anime, sexy, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
investigation, serial killer, vigilantism, supernatural, vigilante, supernatural ability, rivalry, investigator, mind game, notebook, brutality, youth ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, serious, suspenseful, gothic ...
Plot:
serial killer, victorian england, danger, murder, victim, jack the ripper, police detective, multiple suspects, investigator, urban, detective inspector, murder investigation ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, future, 1890s, 1880s
Place:
england, london, ireland, britain, europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Major Crimes explores how the American justice system approaches the art of the deals as law enforcement officers and prosecutors work together to score a conviction. Los Angeles Police Captain Sharon Raydor heads up a special squad within the LAPD ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, detective, tense
Plot:
law enforcement, homicide detective, police detective, female protagonist, female detective, policewoman, coworker, investigator, murder investigation, murder, lapd, interrogation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Jonathan Ames, a young Brooklyn writer, is feeling lost. He's just gone through a painful break-up, thanks in part to his drinking, can't write his second novel, and carouses too much with his magazine editor. Rather than face reality, ...
Style:
witty, humorous, semi serious, detective, sitcom ...
Plot:
private detective, investigation, friendship, amateur detective, lifestyle change, drinking problem, investigator, lifestyle, riddles and clues, friends, young man, suspicion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
Is relevant?
665K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, suspense, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, journalism, maniac, murder mystery, mind game, journalist, true crime, paranoia, killer, uncover truth ...
Time:
70s, year 2007, year 1971, year 1969, year 1979 ...
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa, oakland california ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace.
Style:
lyrical, melancholic, meditative, captivating, romantic drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
writers, investigator, abusive parent, pain, publisher, disappearance, transformation, depression, classmate, coming of age, best friend, choice ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, psychopath, winter, investigation, homicide detective, murder investigation, manhunt, kidnapping, drug overdose, rape and murder, rape ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s
Place:
alaska, usa, boston
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
A detective investigates a mysterious motel room, which acts as a portal to an alternate universe.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
time travel, escapades, alternate dimension, supernatural, peril, heroic mission, riddles and clues, mistrust, obsessive quest, investigator, imaginary, scheme ...
Time:
future, 21st century
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