Results found: true detective

IMDb 5.42002

While doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery.

IMDb 6.91976

A tough but honest cop must clear his name after a corrupt colleague implicates him in a murder in this French thriller. Ferrot is a hard-as-nails police detective who is attracted to a beautiful ...

IMDb 5.71994

The true story of how a marine seal named Andre befriended a little girl and her family, circa 1962.

IMDb 6.42006

Based on a true story. . . . In the late 1940s, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez were America’s notorious “Lonely Hearts Killers.” Their lethal scam was simple; they would swindle and then ...

IMDb 8.81994

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he ...

2024

During World War II, the British Army assigns a group of competent soldiers to carry out a mission against the Nazi forces behind enemy lines… A true story about a secret British WWII ...

IMDb 3.52000

Leslie Nielsen once again plays a bumbling detective in the vein of the ‘Naked Gun’ movies, but this time as Marshall Richard ‘Dick’ Dix. When odd reports are received ...

IMDb 7.71971

When a madman dubbed ‘Scorpio’ terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down ...

IMDb 5.72009

Set in Los Angeles with two converging plot lines – The first involves an uneasy relationship between a psychologically unstable landlady and her enigmatic lodger – The second is about a troubled ...

IMDb 6.51991

In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.

IMDb 6.92015

Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings ...

IMDb 4.12021

A detective and a medical examiner join forces to solve a series of horrific murders in Victorian London – but one of them harbours a deadly secret.

IMDb 3.42018

A retiring detective tries to discover the identity of a half charred woman found in front of a District Attorney’s boat who is pursuing a child serial killer.

IMDb 8.7142016

Set in the 1970’s, a group of actors work on a new play. They discover that the play’s events revolves around their true behind-the-scenes characters, with the script presenting their ...

IMDb 8.22012

Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi: पान सिंह तोमर) is an Indian biographical film, based on the true story of an athlete Paan Singh Tomar employed by the Indian Army and who won a gold medal at Indian ...

IMDb 5.71981

In 1970, three children are born at the height of a total eclipse. Due to the sun and moon blocking Saturn, which controls emotions, they have become heartless killers ten years later, and are ...

2021

Rhea lives with her tight-knit multigenerational family. After her mother’s death, she has been her father’s emotional rock, and her life revolves around her family’s restaurant, her eclectic ...

IMDb 7.22017

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country’s first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and ...

IMDb 6.71997

A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.

IMDb 7.32007

The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.

IMDb 5.02019

A group of friends reunite to play The Buddy Games, a wild assortment of absurd physical and mental challenges. In the process, they’ll heal old wounds, right past wrongs and figure out the ...

IMDb 5.52014

In 79 A.D., Milo, a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a ...

IMDb 61988

Jay Austin is now a civilian police detective. Colonel Caldwell was his commanding officer years before when he left the military police over a disagreement over the handling of a drunk driver. ...

IMDb 6.62004

A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it ...

IMDb 6.22002

Tenacious homicide detective Cassie Mayweather and her still-green partner are working a murder case, attempting to profile two malevolently brilliant young men: cold, calculating killers whose ...

IMDb 3.22011

Based on true events, five friends who fall prey to the evil entities of the Ouija board. As they set about filming their experimental session, what starts out as bit of fun, soon escalates into ...

IMDb 6.81976

Based on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The plane is grounded in Uganda. Israelis would ...

2018

A serial killer is caught for his seventh murder. A cop tries to solve the first six cases with the killer’s help, but starts to suspect that he has ulterior motives. Based on a true story.

IMDb 4.32016

After witnessing a miracle, a young Latina woman experiences strange things as a police detective searches for the truth behind his partner’s death.

IMDb 7.51994

Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical drama film which tells the true story of the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s.