Best Private Detective Movies

3eyedraven's 61 top-rated private detective movies — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.

Psycho 1960 ★ 8.4
Chinatown 1974 ★ 7.9
The Maltese Falcon 1941 ★ 7.7
The Big Sleep 1946 ★ 7.6
Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 ★ 7.5
Mars Express 2023 ★ 7.5
Mom 2017 ★ 7.5
Shall We Dance? 1996 ★ 7.5
Possession 1981 ★ 7.3
Cape Fear 1991 ★ 7.3
God's Crooked Lines 2022 ★ 7.3
Blood Simple 1985 ★ 7.3
After the Thin Man 1936 ★ 7.3
Murder, My Sweet 1944 ★ 7.3
After the Storm 2016 ★ 7.2
Angel Heart 1987 ★ 7.1
Strange Days 1995 ★ 7.0
Love in the Afternoon 1957 ★ 7.0
The Pearl of Death 1944 ★ 7.1
Alphaville 1965 ★ 6.9
The Last Boy Scout 1991 ★ 6.8
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie 2023 ★ 6.8
Night Moves 1975 ★ 6.7
Motherless Brooklyn 2019 ★ 6.7