True detective

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poster The Devil Plays
The Devil Plays
(2.6/5)
63mn - Mystery, Romance
A mystery novelist's detective skills are put to the test when he attends a party where a murder is committed.
poster Do Detectives Think?
Do Detectives Think?
19mn - Comedy
An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.
poster Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
(3.0/5)
62mn - Action, Crime, Mystery
A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
poster A Thief Catcher
A Thief Catcher
11mn - Comedy, Crime
Two criminals chase a plainclothes policeman who, while taking out his dog, witnesses their crime.
poster A Touch of Murder
A Touch of Murder
(2.7/5)
81mn -
A salvage worker with the psychic ability to see past events associated with items he touches sets the background story for this anthology. These items create a bridge between three seemingly unconnected …
poster Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
(3.2/5)
263mn - Crime
Dick Tracy faces his most invisible enemy yet as the sinister Ghost, a master criminal who can vanish at will, seeks revenge against the Council of Eight while plotting to destroy New York City with a dev…
poster Stakeout
Stakeout
90mn - Crime, Drama
A young private investigator on the gritty streets of Los Angeles faces an impossible choice when he falls for the woman he's supposed to be surveilling for insurance fraud. With his sick mother's medical…
poster Black Magic
Black Magic
(3.2/5)
67mn - Comedy, Crime, Drama
Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult.
poster Foxtrap
Foxtrap
88mn - Action
Private detective Thomas Fox travels from Los Angeles to the glamorous Cannes Film Festival to find a wealthy man's missing niece, but when he brings her home, he discovers he's been trapped in a deadly g…
poster Polterheist
Polterheist
86mn - Comedy, Crime, Horror
Two gangsters kidnap a psychic to find out where the man they murdered buried the loot.
poster Dick Tracy's G-Men
Dick Tracy's G-Men
(3.2/5)
302mn - Action, Crime, Mystery
After master criminal Nicolas Zarnoff uses a mysterious drug to resurrect himself from his execution, detective Dick Tracy must race against time to capture the mad doctor before he can reassemble his dea…
poster Friend Request
Friend Request
91mn - Thriller
Two seasoned detectives must track down a dangerous cyberstalker who uses social media to hunt and lure his victims, leading them into a deadly cat-and-mouse game where every online interaction could be s…
poster A Deadly Vision
A Deadly Vision
(2.7/5)
96mn - Short, Thriller, Mystery
A waitress who has psychic visions of murders before they happen is asked by a police detective to help find a serial killer.
poster Hit and Run
Hit and Run
(2.8/5)
0mn - Thriller
Still grieving his young wife's death in a hit-and-run accident, Manhattan cab-driver David Marks accepts a regular evening assignment to drive a beautiful but enigmatic woman to a mansion outside New Yor…
poster Criminal Act
Criminal Act
93mn - Thriller, Horror, Crime
Two investigative reporters track down reports of giant rats in a city sewer system.
poster True Justice
True Justice
Nonemn - Drama
Elijah Kane and his elite Special Forces team receive a dangerous CIA mission to take down a high-level gang boss involved in human smuggling. But when their investigation uncovers a sinister organ-traffi…
poster The Killing Secret
The Killing Secret
(3.1/5)
86mn - Mystery, Thriller, Short
A pregnant teen is murdered and a popular high-school senior is suspected. But will his girlfriend stick by him to prove his innocence despite the fact she has bonded with the victim's mother?
poster A Tattered Web
A Tattered Web
(2.8/5)
76mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller
A detective discovers his son-in-law is cheating on his wife. He confronts the other woman and accidentally kills her, then tries to pin the crime on a local derelict.
poster The Finder
The Finder
(2.7/5)
92mn - Crime, Thriller, Short
Ex-cop Les Kearney is hired to find the kidnapped daughter of a wealthy businessman.
poster The American Side
The American Side
103mn - Mystery, Drama, Thriller
Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist, Nikola Tesla.
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