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Chinatown

Chinatown is a 1974 neo-noir crime drama set in Los Angeles’ historic Chinatown district. The film explores themes of co...

Mystery

9.6 Brilliant

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True Detective Season 1

True Detective Season 1 is an HBO crime drama exploring a complex investigation into brutal murders in rural Louisiana....

Detective TV Serial Killer 2010S

9.2 Excellent

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Forbrydelsen

Forbrydelsen is a Danish neo-noir crime series exploring complex investigations and moral ambiguities. Created by Søren...

Danish Detective Crime 2000S

8.7 Great

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The Killing (Forbrydelsen)

AMC's American adaptation of the Danish Forbrydelsen, airing from 2011 to 2014 and set in Seattle, follows detective Sar...

Danish Detective TV 2010S

8.7 Great

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Terriers

Terriers is a television drama set in San Diego following an unconventional detective team. Led by Donal Logue’s unlicen...

American Detective Crime TV Series

8.4 Great

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Leon: The Professional

Leon: The Professional presents a compelling story of a professional contract killer, Leon (Jean Reno), who unexpectedly...

French Psychological Crime 1990S

8.3 Great

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Tar

Todd Field's 2022 psychological drama stars Cate Blanchett as a celebrated Berlin Philharmonic conductor whose career co...

American Psychological Crime Dark

7.9 Good

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Top of the Lake: China Girl

Jane Campion's 2017 follow-up to Top of the Lake stars Elisabeth Moss as detective Robin Griffin investigating a sex-tra...

Mystery Australian Crime TV Series

7.3 Good

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Minx

A 2022 period comedy-drama set in 1970s Los Angeles, originally on HBO Max, following a feminist journalist who co-found...

American Crime Dark Comedy Period

7.3 Good

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The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

Werner Herzog's 2009 crime film stars Nicolas Cage as a corrupt, drug-addicted New Orleans detective; it is a loose comp...

Police American Dark 2000S

7.2 Good

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True Detective: Night Country

The fourth season of HBO's True Detective anthology, created by Issa López and premiering in 2024, stars Jodie Foster as...

American Detective Crime TV Series

7.2 Good

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Sick of Myself

Kristoffer Borgli's 2022 Norwegian dark comedy stars Kristine Kujath Thorp as a woman who deliberately induces serious i...

Norwegian Psychological Crime Dark

7.1 Good

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The Dry

Robert Connolly's 2020 Australian neo-noir stars Eric Bana as a federal agent who returns to his drought-ravaged hometow...

Mystery Australian Crime 2020S

7.0 Good

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The Card Counter

Paul Schrader's 2021 film stars Oscar Isaac as a former U.S. military interrogator turned professional gambler who is ha...

American Psychological Crime Dark

7.0 Good

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Homicide

David Mamet wrote and directed this 1991 Baltimore neo-noir starring Joe Mantegna as a homicide detective who questions...

Police American Psychological Crime

6.9 Fair

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Monsieur Spade

AMC's 2024 limited series stars Clive Owen as a retired Sam Spade living in 1960s southern France who is pulled back int...

French Detective TV Series 2020S

6.9 Fair

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True Detective Season 2

The second season of HBO's True Detective, airing in 2015, is set in California and stars Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, a...

California Detective Crime TV

6.9 Fair

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Confidence

James Foley's 2003 neo-noir thriller stars Edward Burns as a grifter who must run a high-stakes con against a dangerous...

Crime Film Thriller 2000S

6.4 Fair

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Blood & Wine

Bob Rafelson's 1996 Florida-set neo-noir stars Jack Nicholson as a wine dealer who plots a jewel heist with his employee...

American Crime Dark 1990S

6.3 Fair

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Miami Blues

George Armitage's 1990 neo-noir, based on Charles Willeford's novel, stars Alec Baldwin as a sociopathic criminal who st...

Crime Comedy Film Florida

6.1 Fair