
Detective Mystery Crime movies
Case-solving is the engine: clues, suspects, interviews, and the final reveal inside a criminal context.

51. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Action Thriller Crime Mystery Courtroom Thriller2009•2h 27min
Denmark, Germany
Director: Daniel Alfredson
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After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must prove her innocence. In doing this she plays against powerful enemies and her own past.
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Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.
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53. State of Play
Thriller Crime Mystery Political Thriller Detective Mystery Crime2009•2h 7min
France, United Kingdom
Director: Kevin Macdonald
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When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
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54. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Drama Thriller Crime Mystery Investigation Suspense2009•2h 32min
Denmark, Germany
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
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Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger's niece
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55. Mad Detective
Action Crime Thriller Detective Mystery Crime Mind Game Thriller2007•1h 31min
Hong Kong SAR China
Director: Wai Ka-Fai
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Bun, a schizophrenic, former police inspector comes out of retirement to help a rookie detective solve a complex murder case involving a missing colleague and a suspected policeman suffering from a multiple personality disorder.
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56. Gone Baby Gone
Crime Drama Mystery Detective Mystery Crime Investigation Mystery2007•1h 53min
United States
Director: Ben Affleck
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Police unsuccessfully try to find a four-year-old girl who has gone missing. A frustrated aunt turns to two private detectives, who reluctantly get pulled into a much bigger tangle of lies, drugs, and corruption.
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57. Paranoid Park
Drama Crime Mystery Coming-of-Age Drama Detective Mystery Crime2007•1h 24min
United States, France
Director: Gus Van Sant
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A teenage skateboarder becomes suspected of being connected with a security guard who suffered a brutal death in a skate park called "Paranoid Park".
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58. Hot Fuzz
Crime Action Comedy Buddy Action Detective Mystery Crime2007•2h 1min
France, United Kingdom
Director: Edgar Wright
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Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.
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59. Tell No One
Drama Thriller Crime Mystery Mind Game Thriller2006•2h 11min
France
Director: Guillaume Canet
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A man receives a mysterious email appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.
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Little Red Riding Hood: A classic story, but there's more to every tale than meets the eye. Before you judge a book by its cover, you've got to flip through the pages. In the re-telling of this classic fable, the story begins at the end of the tale and winds its way back. Chief Grizzly and Detective Bill Stork investigate a domestic disturbance at Granny's cottage, involving a karate-kicking Red Riding Hood, a sarcastic wolf and an oafish Woodsman.

