Highest-Rated Movies about 'Private Investigation'

The Lady Vanishes (1938), Doua lozuri (2016), Diary of a Chambermaid (1964), Mirage (1965), One Deadly Summer (1983), That Man From Rio (1964), 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956), The Kid Detective (2020) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Private Investigation movies.

#16. This Means War (2012)

Storyline: CIA agents and best friends Tuck and FDR have been benched because someone's after them. Tuck is divorced and not close to his son; FDR is a ladies' man. Tuck places his profile on a dating site; Lauren sees it and goes out with him. She later bumps into FDR; he hits on her and she goes out with him. She's intrigued by both of them. When they learn they're both dating her, they agree to let her choose, but they can't help using their skills to keep tabs on her and each other, and sabotage each other's dates with her.

Plot Keywords: spy, airbag, car rollover, ambulance, car fire, punched in the stomach, strip club ...

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#17. Rememory (2017)

Storyline: Gordon Dunn, a famed scientific pioneer, is mysteriously found dead just after the unveiling of his newest work, a groundbreaking device able to extract, record and play a person's unfiltered memories. After his death, Gordon's reclusive wife, Carolyn, delves deeper into her own private world when a mysterious man shows up claiming to be from Gordon's past. With questionable motives he takes the machine and uses it to try and solve the mystery, beginning an investigation of memories that lead him down a path of guilt, grief, and betrayal to an unexpected answer.

Plot Keywords: bacon, murder investigation, casket, eiffel tower, shot in the back, death of pet, night driving ...

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#18. Idle Hands (1999)

Storyline: Seventeen year old slacker Anton Tobias wakes up one Halloween morning to discover that both of his parents have been turned into two headless Halloween decorations. After speaking to his equally irresponsible friends, Mick and Pnub, he discovers that his right hand has a blood-thirsty mind of its own and is hell-bent on wreaking havoc whether he likes it or not.

Plot Keywords: female frontal nudity, phone sex, disembodied hand, demonic possession, strangulation, neck breaking, drug use ...

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#19. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

Storyline: It's 1968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind...but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where for generations, the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. It is in their mansion on the edge of town that Sarah, a young girl with horrible secrets, turned her tortured life into a series of scary stories, written in a book that has transcended time-stories that have a way of becoming all too real for a group of teenagers who discover Sarah's terrifying tomb.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: halloween, scarecrow, based on book, writer, bully, hospital, monster ...

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#20. The Lady Vanishes (1979)

Storyline: On a train travelling through pre-World War II Germany, American heiress Amanda Metcalfe Madvani von Hoffstetter Kelly (Cybill Shepherd) befriends Miss Froy (Dame Angela Lansbury), an older nanny. But when Miss Froy disappears, everyone Amanda asks denies ever having seen her. Eventually, Amanda persuades American photographer Robert Condon (Elliott Gould) to help her search the train, during which they discover that Miss Froy wasn't quite what she seemed.—measham

Plot Keywords: false identity, aristocrat, servant, patient, nun, scheme, socialite ...

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#22. Black Sheep (2006)

Storyline: Growing up on the family sheep farm was idyllic for smart, sensitive Harry Olfield, except for some knavish mischief from cocky brother Angus, until their dad has a fatal accident. Fifteen years later, Harry has finished sheep-phobia therapy and his ICT schooling and returns. Angus buys him out, all ready to present the genetically engineered Oldfield sheep he bred with a ruthless team. When environmentalist Grant steals a discarded embryo, which has sharp teeth, he gets bitten by it, and thus the first to be infected with predatory hunger and a mechanism that turns any mammal into a werewolf version. Running for the farm men, Grant's mate, student Experience, gets teamed up with Harry and his boorish but gentle pastoral youth friend Tucker. They must survive both the bloodthirsty sheep and their creators, who didn't realize this yet but dispose of an antidote.

Plot Keywords: dark comedy, lamb, eaten alive, looking at oneself in a mirror, male wears underwear, man wears eyeglasses, cigarette smoking ...

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#23. Detention (2011)

Storyline: This comedy/horror movie centers about a group of teens who go to Grizzly Lake High School. When one of their classmates is killed by someone dressed up as 'Cinderhella' (a character from a popular horror movie), they all fall under suspicion, but when they all get detention, they try to work out who it is.

Plot Keywords: gay, year 2005, year 2008, reference to wikipedia, body swap, bear, suicide attempt ...

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#24. Honeymoon (2014)

Storyline: Young newlyweds Paul and Bea travel to remote lake country for their honeymoon. Shortly after arriving, Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of the night. As she becomes more distant and her behavior increasingly peculiar, Paul begins to suspect something more sinister than sleepwalking took place in the woods.

Plot Keywords: honeymoon, cabin in the woods, memory loss, marriage, f rated, transformation, body horror ...

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#27. Ma (2019)

Storyline: In this new psychological horror-thriller from Tate Taylor and Blumhouse, a lonely woman befriends a group of teenagers and decides to let them party at her house. Just when the kids think their luck couldn't get any better, things start happening that make them question the intention of their crazy host.

Plot Keywords: lonely woman, underage drinking, mother daughter relationship, teen drinking, revenge, basement, veterinarian ...

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#28. Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)

Storyline: Roommates Jesse and Chester, both who have more than just a few cards short of a full deck, are stoner dudes who don't even do their jobs as pizza delivery guys well. They awaken one morning having little recollection of what they did the previous night, due to being wasted. They discover that their kitchen is full of prepackaged pudding, how they got all the pudding they are unaware. From a telephone message they receive, they come to the realization that at some point during the previous night they were at a party at the house of their girlfriends, twins Wanda and Wilma, and that today is their one year anniversary, which they did remember as they already bought the twins gifts. But the worst thing in not remembering what happened last night is that Jesse's car is missing. In trying to find out what happened to the car, they believe they have to recreate the feeling and mindset of last night, meaning getting wasted all over again. In trying to find the car, they, being the types ...

Plot Keywords: transsexual, homoeroticism, gay kiss, stupidity, chinese restaurant, ostrich, homosexual subtext ...

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#30. Annabelle (2014)

Storyline: John Form has found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia - a beautiful, rare vintage doll in a pure white wedding dress. But Mia's delight with Annabelle doesn't last long. On one horrific night, their home is invaded by members of a satanic cult, who violently attack the couple. Spilled blood and terror are not all they leave behind. The cultists have conjured an entity so malevolent that nothing they did will compare to the sinister conduit to the damned that is now... Annabelle.

Plot Keywords: murder, prequel, spin off, self sacrifice, suicide, catholic, camera ...

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