Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "pistol", "private-eye"

1. The Big Lebowski (1998)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Crime

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi

Votes: 859,982 | Gross: $17.50M

2. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy

A goofy detective specializing in animals goes in search of the missing mascot of the Miami Dolphins.

Director: Tom Shadyac | Stars: Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young, Tone Loc

Votes: 324,945 | Gross: $72.22M

3. Murder Mystery 2 (2023)

PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Full-time detectives Nick and Audrey are struggling to get their private eye agency off the ground. They find themselves at the center of international abduction when their friend Maharaja is kidnapped at his own lavish wedding.

Director: Jeremy Garelick | Stars: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Mark Strong, Mélanie Laurent

Votes: 68,714

4. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

After being mistaken for an actor, a New York thief is sent to Hollywood to train under a private eye for a potential movie role, but the duo are thrown together with a struggling actress into a murder mystery.

Director: Shane Black | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen

Votes: 237,335 | Gross: $4.24M

5. Angel Heart (1987)

X | 113 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling

Votes: 95,771 | Gross: $17.19M

6. 8MM (1999)

R | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A private investigator is hired to discover if a "snuff film" is authentic or not.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Peter Stormare

Votes: 142,691 | Gross: $36.66M

7. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Samantha Caine lives in a small town with her daughter. Eight years ago she emerged, two months pregnant, from a nearby river with no memory of her past or who she is. However, she's getting closer to finding out about her past.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima, Craig Bierko

Votes: 85,647 | Gross: $33.33M

8. 21 Grams (2003)

R | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician, a grieving mother, and a born-again ex-con.

Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, Danny Huston

Votes: 245,813 | Gross: $16.29M

9. The Two Jakes (1990)

R | 137 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The sequel to Chinatown (1974) finds J.J. "Jake" Gittes investigating adultery and murder, and the money that comes from oil.

Director: Jack Nicholson | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe

Votes: 15,488 | Gross: $10.01M

10. Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

PG-13 | 109 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery

When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes decides to investigate.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins

Votes: 23,395 | Gross: $19.74M

11. Shaft (1971)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Director: Gordon Parks | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John

Votes: 21,008 | Gross: $16.69M

12. The Singing Detective (2003)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical

From his hospital bed, a writer suffering from a skin disease hallucinates musical numbers and paranoid plots.

Director: Keith Gordon | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright, Mel Gibson, Jeremy Northam

Votes: 8,940 | Gross: $0.34M

13. The Drowning Pool (1975)

PG | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Harper's a big-city PI, who travels to Louisiana to help an old girlfriend who's worried her husband will find out she's been cheating on him.

Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton

Votes: 6,185

14. Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

PG | 104 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A musician is stalked by an unknown homicidal maniac, who blackmails him for the accidental killing of another stalker.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Aldo Bufi Landi

Votes: 9,866

15. Tony Rome (1967)

Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Tough Miami P.I., Tony Rome's hired by a millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter. In the search, he has several encounters with local hoods as well as the Miami's police.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Jill St. John, Richard Conte, Gena Rowlands

Votes: 3,228

16. Zero Effect (1998)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The world's greatest detective Daryl Zero aided by his associate Steve Arlo investigates a complex and mysterious case of blackmail and missing keys for shady tycoon Gregory Stark who is less than forthcoming about what is really happening!

Director: Jake Kasdan | Stars: Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Ryan O'Neal, Kim Dickens

Votes: 15,330 | Gross: $2.09M

17. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

The adventures of supernatural private investigator, Dylan Dog, who seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket, and blue jeans.

Director: Kevin Munroe | Stars: Brandon Routh, Aníta Briem, Sam Huntington, Taye Diggs

Votes: 15,640 | Gross: $1.18M

18. 'Sheba, Baby' (1975)

PG | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.

Director: William Girdler | Stars: Pam Grier, Austin Stoker, D'Urville Martin, Rudy Challenger

Votes: 1,808

19. The Cutter (2005)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A detective comes to the aid of an aged diamond cutter.

Director: William Tannen | Stars: Chuck Norris, Joanna Pacula, Daniel Bernhardt, Bernie Kopell

Votes: 2,381

20. The Super Snooper (1952)

7 min | Animation, Family, Short

In this parody of trench-coat detective films, Daffy Duck is Duck Drake, a "Private Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat" who receives a telephone call summoning him to the J. Cleaver Axe-Handle ... See full summary »

Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, Ben Frommer, Grace Lenard

Votes: 576

21. Mystery House (1938)

Approved | 56 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery

When a prominent banker is murdered while on a hunting trip, the dead man's daughter, Gwen Kingery (Anne Nagel), calls in private eye Lance O'Leary (Dick Purcell) to investigate.

Director: Noel M. Smith | Stars: Dick Purcell, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel, William Hopper

Votes: 634

22. Hunting Humans (2002 Video)

R | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Meet Aric Blue. He's young. He's handsome. He's successful. He's also a serial killer. He picks his victims at random, stalking them and taking advantage of the patterns in their life to ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Kangas | Stars: Rick Ganz, Bubby Lewis, Lisa Michele, Trent

Votes: 484

23. Red Silk (1999 Video)

86 min | Comedy, Crime

When a couple of over-the-hill and down-on-their-luck female private eyes stumble from an art smuggling caper into a kidnap and murder plot, they try to turn a profit instead of solving the crime.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Lina Romay, Christie Levin, Paul Lapidus, Anna Stern

Votes: 166

24. Help Its Vengos Visible Agent '000' (1967)

89 min | Comedy

Vengos studies in a secret agents' academy, dreaming of becoming a great spy like 007. Unfortunately, he can't do anything right, so he wreaks havoc during his final exams.

Director: Thanasis Vengos | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Zannino, Dimitris Nikolaidis, Periklis Hristoforidis

Votes: 1,458

25. Private Eye Popeye (1954)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Private Eye Popeye gets a call from Olive Oyl to guard a precious gem. But no sooner does he get the gem than the butler takes it (and Olive). The rest of the cartoon is spent chasing the ... See full summary »

Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel

Votes: 245

26. Mar rojo (2005 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Armed robbers take cash from a department store, but they are killed or fatally wounded in their escape. A dying thief stashes a valise with a million Euros in the old car of Julia, a ... See full summary »

Director: Enric Alberich | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Alex Brendemühl, Luciano Federico, Amparo Soler Leal

Votes: 71

27. Fried (2022)

M | 12 min | Short, Comedy, Mystery

A man's attempts to eat breakfast are constantly interrupted, by the repeated appearances of a stoned out time traveler.

Director: Mars Fargo | Stars: Mars Fargo, Brian Lachowski

28. Giannis kai Maria (1982– )
Episode: Detective (1982)

45 min | Drama, Romance

Inevitably, Yannis' mother fears the worst, as the men of the inquisitive private detective are waiting for his slightest mistake. More and more, the scarce evidence point to him, and the end seems near. Will Maria's dream burn down?

Director: Panos Glykofrydis | Stars: Anni Paspati, Giorgos Tzortzis, Chryssoula Diavati, Giorgos Mylonas