American detective films

1982 film by Ridley Scott

1986 animated film directed by John Musker, David Michener, Ron Clements and Burny Mattinson

1958 film by Alfred Hitchcock

2022 superhero film by Matt Reeves

1988 film directed by Robert Zemeckis

1974 film directed by Roman Polański

2017 film directed by Denis Villeneuve

2003 film directed by Clint Eastwood

1994 film by Tom Shadyac

1941 film by John Huston

2011 film by David Fincher

Knives Out is a 2019 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. The film's eleven-actor ensemble cast is led by Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc, a famed private detective who is summoned to investigate the death of a bestselling author. Police think his death is a suicide but Blanc suspects foul play and investigates to ascertain the true cause of it. Johnson produced Knives Out with his longtime collaborator Ram Bergman. Funding came from MRC and tax subsidies from the Massachusetts state government.

2017 film directed by Kenneth Branagh

2019 film directed by Rob Letterman

1989 film directed by Richard Donner

2020 film by Harry Bradbeer

Hoodwinked! is a 2005 American animated musical comedy film directed by Cory Edwards and written by Edwards, Todd Edwards, and Tony Leech. It retells the folktale "Little Red Riding Hood" as a police procedural, using backstories to show multiple characters' points of view. The film features the voices of Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Jim Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Anthony Anderson, David Ogden Stiers, Xzibit, Chazz Palminteri, and Andy Dick.

1946 film by Howard Hawks

2016 film directed by Shane Black

2012 film by Christopher McQuarrie

2002 film directed by Raja Gosnell

2007 film by Ben Affleck

1987 film by Alan Parker

Scoob! is a 2020 American animated mystery comedy film that is a reboot of the theatrical Scooby-Doo film series and the third theatrical film based on the characters, following Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004). The film was directed by Tony Cervone and written by Adam Sztykiel, Jack Donaldson, Derek Elliott, and Matt Lieberman. It stars Will Forte, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Isaacs, Gina Rodriguez, Zac Efron, Amanda Seyfried, Kiersey Clemons, Ken Jeong, Tracy Morgan and Frank Welker as Scooby Doo. Set in a Hanna-Barbera animated shared universe, the film follows Mystery

2022 film by Kenneth Branagh

2016 film directed by Edward Zwick

1976 film by Alfred Hitchcock

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is a 2022 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson, and produced by Johnson and Ram Bergman. It is a standalone sequel to the 2019 film Knives Out, and the second installment in the Knives Out film series. Glass Onion sees Daniel Craig return as master detective Benoit Blanc as he takes on a new case revolving around tech billionaire Miles Bron and his closest friends. The ensemble cast also includes Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, Kate Hudson, and Dave Bautista.

2006 film directed by Brian De Palma

2004 American film directed by Raja Gosnell

1997 film directed by Mimi Leder

2005 crime-comedy film directed by Shane Black

Klute is a 1971 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed and produced by Alan J. Pakula and starring Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Nathan George, Dorothy Tristan, Roy Scheider and Rita Gam. Its plot follows a high-priced New York City call girl who assists a detective from Pennsylvania in solving the missing person case of a john who may be stalking her. It is the first installment of what has informally come to be known as Pakula's "paranoia trilogy", followed by The Parallax View (1974) and ''All the President's Men'' (1976), all films dealing with themes of pa

1976 film by Robert Moore

1934 film

2001 film by Woody Allen

1999 film directed by Joel Schumacher

1997 film by Richard Donner

1994 film by Robert Redford

1971 American blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks

Wake Up Dead Man is a 2025 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is the third film in the Knives Out series. The film stars Daniel Craig, who reprises his role as master detective Benoit Blanc as he investigates the death of a divisive Catholic priest against the backdrop of a missing inheritance. The ensemble cast also includes Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church.

2008 film by Chris Carter

2023 film directed by Kenneth Branagh

1973 film by Robert Altman

2009 film by Christian Alvart

1991 film by Tony Scott

2003 film by John McTiernan

2011 film by Robert Rodriguez

1999 film directed by David Kellogg

2019 film directed by Kyle Newacheck

1939 film by Sidney Lanfield

1947 film by Jacques Tourneur

1981 film by Brian De Palma

1998 film by Rob Bowman

1990 film directed by Renny Harlin

1955 film by Robert Aldrich

2005 film directed by Rian Johnson

2022 film directed by Scott Cooper

Hollywoodland is a 2006 American mystery drama film directed by Allen Coulter and written by Paul Bernbaum. The story presents a fictionalized account of the circumstances surrounding the death of actor George Reeves (Ben Affleck), the star of the 1950s film Superman and the Mole Men and the television series Adventures of Superman. Adrien Brody stars as a fictional character, Louis Simo, a private detective investigating Toni Mannix (Diane Lane); who was involved in a long romantic relationship with Reeves and was the wife of MGM studio executive Eddie Mannix (Bob Hoskins). Reeves had ended t

2022 film directed by Harry Bradbeer