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RATING
TITLE
YEAR
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
MEDIA
Chinatown
1974
Polanski, Roman
USA
BDS
M
1931
Lang, Fritz
Germany
BD
L.A. Confidential
1997
Hanson, Curtis
USA
BDS
The Maltese Falcon
1941
Huston, John
USA
BD
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
Demme, Jonathan
USA
BDS
Fargo
1996
Coen, Joel
/
Coen, Ethan
USA
/
UK
BD
Touch of Evil
1958
Welles, Orson
USA
DS
The French Connection
1971
Friedkin, William
USA
BD
In the Heat of the Night
1967
Jewison, Norman
USA
BDS
Laura
1944
Preminger, Otto
/
Mamoulian, Rouben
USA
BD
The Thin Man
1934
Van Dyke, W.S.
USA
D
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
Aldrich, Robert
USA
BD
Dirty Harry
1971
Siegel, Don
USA
BDS
The Big Heat
1953
Lang, Fritz
USA
D
Dr. Mabuse - The Gambler
1922
Lang, Fritz
Germany
BD
Klute
1971
Pakula, Alan J.
USA
BD
Crossfire
1947
Dmytryk, Edward
USA
D
Mystic River
2003
Eastwood, Clint
USA
BDS
Bob le flambeur
1956
Melville, Jean-Pierre
France
BD
Traffic
2000
Soderbergh, Steven
Germany
/
USA
BD
Bullitt
1968
Yates, Peter
USA
BDS
Frenzy
1972
Hitchcock, Alfred
UK
BD
Serpico
1973
Lumet, Sidney
Italy
/
USA
BD
In Cold Blood
1967
Brooks, Richard
USA
BD
Seven
1995
Fincher, David
USA
BDS
One False Move
1992
Franklin, Carl
USA
D
The Wicker Man
1973
Hardy, Robin
UK
D
Heat
1995
Mann, Michael
USA
BDS
Gaslight
1944
Cukor, George
USA
Y
The Naked City
1948
Dassin, Jules
USA
D
Murder, My Sweet
1944
Dmytryk, Edward
USA
D
The Killer
1989
Woo, John
Hong Kong
BD
Night Moves
1975
Penn, Arthur
USA
BY
Donnie Brasco
1997
Newell, Mike
USA
BD
The Untouchables
1987
De Palma, Brian
USA
BDS
Green for Danger
1946
Gilliat, Sidney
UK
D
Prince of the City
1981
Lumet, Sidney
USA
D
Lantana
2001
Lawrence, Ray
Australia
/
Germany
DS
Detective Story
1951
Wyler, William
USA
D
Beverly Hills Cop
1984
Brest, Martin
USA
BD
The Pink Panther
1963
Edwards, Blake
UK
/
USA
BDS
Hard Boiled
1992
Woo, John
Hong Kong
DS
Shaft
1971
Parks, Gordon
USA
BD
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933
Lang, Fritz
Germany
D
The Detective
1954
Hamer, Robert
UK
Y
Farewell, My Lovely
1975
Richards, Dick
USA
BD
A Shot in the Dark
1964
Edwards, Blake
UK
/
USA
DS
Phantom Lady
1944
Siodmak, Robert
USA
BD
This Gun for Hire
1942
Tuttle, Frank
USA
BDS
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
Sargent, Joseph
USA
BD
The Naked Gun
1988
Zucker, David
USA
BD
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2009
Oplev, Niels Arden
Sweden
/
Denmark
/
Germany
/
Norway
BD
Zodiac
2007
Fincher, David
USA
BD
Le Cercle rouge
1970
Melville, Jean-Pierre
France
/
Italy
BD
The Late Show
1977
Benton, Robert
USA
D
The Narrow Margin
1952
Fleischer, Richard
USA
Y
Harper
1966
Smight, Jack
USA
BD
Mississippi Burning
1988
Parker, Alan
USA
BD
48 HRS.
1982
Hill, Walter
USA
BD
The Blue Lamp
1950
Dearden, Basil
UK
Rome Express
1932
Forde, Walter
UK
Stray Dog
1949
Kurosawa, Akira
Japan
Y
Bulldog Drummond
1929
Jones, F. Richard
/
Howard, Sidney
USA
Y
Hardcore
1979
Schrader, Paul
USA
BD
The Driver
1978
Hill, Walter
USA
D
The Glass Key
1942
Heisler, Stuart
USA
D
The Singing Detective
1986
Amiel, Jon
Australia
/
UK
Y
Quai des Orfèvres
1947
Clouzot, Henri-Georges
France
Y
Family Plot
1976
Hitchcock, Alfred
USA
BDS
Chan Is Missing
1982
Wang, Wayne
USA
D
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
Reiner, Carl
USA
BD
Manhunter
1986
Mann, Michael
USA
BD
The Guard
2011
McDonagh, John Michael
Ireland
BD
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
Edwards, Blake
UK
/
USA
DS
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
Lumet, Sidney
UK
D
American Gangster
2007
Scott, Ridley
USA
BD
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
Litvak, Anatole
USA
Insomnia
2002
Nolan, Christopher
USA
BD
Courage Under Fire
1996
Zwick, Edward
USA
BD
Murder!
1930
Hitchcock, Alfred
UK
BD
The Big Combo
1955
Lewis, Joseph H.
USA
BD
House of Bamboo
1955
Fuller, Samuel
USA
D
Mississippi Mermaid
1969
Truffaut, François
Italy
/
France
D
True Confessions
1981
Grosbard, Ulu
USA
BD
Public Enemies
2009
Mann, Michael
USA
BDS
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
Fincher, David
USA
/
Sweden
/
UK
/
Germany
BDS
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
Curtiz, Michael
USA
D
Lethal Weapon
1987
Donner, Richard
USA
BD
The Great K & A Train Robbery
1926
Seiler, Lewis
USA
Madigan
1968
Siegel, Don
USA
BD
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
Werker, Alfred L.
USA
D
The Boston Strangler
1968
Fleischer, Richard
USA
D
Coogan's Bluff
1968
Siegel, Don
USA
BD
Soylent Green
1973
Fleischer, Richard
USA
BD
Hue and Cry
1947
Crichton, Charles
UK
Devil in a Blue Dress
1995
Franklin, Carl
USA
DS
Algiers
1938
Cromwell, John
USA
D
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939
Lanfield, Sidney
USA
D
My Favorite Brunette
1947
Nugent, Elliott
USA
BD
RATING
TITLE
YEAR
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
MEDIA
Fantômas
1913
Feuillade, Louis
France
BD
Police Squad! The Complete Series
1982
Abrahams, Jim
/
Badiyi, Reza
/
Brown, Georg Stanford
/
Krasny, Paul
/
Dante, Joe
/
Zucker, David
/
Zucker, Jerry
USA
D
Hollywoodland
2006
Coulter, Allen
USA
D
The Pledge
2001
Penn, Sean
USA
YS
The Exploits of Elaine
1914
Gasnier, Louis J.
/
Seitz, George B.
/
Wharton, Leopold
USA
Gone Baby Gone
2007
Affleck, Ben
USA
BD
Inherent Vice
2014
Anderson, Paul Thomas
USA
BDS
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976
Ross, Herbert
UK
/
USA
BD
Death on the Nile
1978
Guillermin, John
UK
DS
The Return of the Pink Panther
1975
Edwards, Blake
UK
DS
Bad Santa
2003
Zwigoff, Terry
USA
/
Germany
BD
Point Break
1991
Bigelow, Kathryn
USA
BDS
Sleepy Hollow
1999
Burton, Tim
USA
BDS
Gorky Park
1983
Apted, Michael
USA
DS
Wolfen
1981
Wadleigh, Michael
USA
D
The Marriage Circle
1924
Lubitsch, Ernst
USA
D
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963
Huston, John
USA
BD
He Walked by Night
1948
Werker, Alfred L.
/
Mann, Anthony
USA
BD
T-Men
1947
Mann, Anthony
USA
BD
Beggars of Life
1928
Wellman, William A.
USA
Hustle
1975
Aldrich, Robert
USA
D
Illustrious Corpses
1976
Rosi, Francesco
Italy
/
France
London After Midnight
1927
Browning, Tod
USA
Big Bad Wolves
2013
Keshales, Aharon
/
Papushado, Navot
Israel
BD
The Raid: Redemption
2011
Evans, Gareth
Indonesia
/
USA
BD
The Goat
1921
Keaton, Buster
/
St. Clair, Malcolm
USA
BD
Wind River
2017
Sheridan, Taylor
UK
/
Canada
/
USA
BDS
After the Thin Man
1936
Van Dyke, W.S.
USA
D
Cat and Mouse
1975
Lelouch, Claude
France
Cop au Vin
1985
Chabrol, Claude
France
D
Man on the Roof
1976
Widerberg, Bo
Sweden
Max et les Ferrailleurs
1971
Sautet, Claude
France
/
Italy
Murder Ahoy!
1964
Pollock, George
UK
D
Murder at the Gallop
1963
Pollock, George
UK
D
A Night to Remember
1943
Wallace, Richard
USA
No Way to Treat a Lady
1968
Smight, Jack
USA
D
The Scarlet Claw
1944
Neill, Roy William
USA
D
Sea of Love
1989
Becker, Harold
USA
BDS
The Super Cops
1974
Parks, Gordon
USA
V
The Suspect
1944
Siodmak, Robert
USA
Warning Shot
1967
Kulik, Buzz
USA
D
Homicide
1991
Mamet, David
USA
D
The Negotiator
1998
Gray, F. Gary
Germany
/
USA
BDS
The Raid 2
2014
Evans, Gareth
Indonesia
BDS
Humanité
1999
Dumont, Bruno
France
D
Clockers
1995
Lee, Spike
USA
Y
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
2010
Tsui, Hark
China
/
Hong Kong
BD
The Big Easy
1987
McBride, Jim
USA
Y
Bubble
2005
Soderbergh, Steven
USA
BD
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
Friedkin, William
USA
BDS
Intermission
2003
Crowley, John
Ireland
/
UK
DS
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994
Shadyac, Tom
USA
BDS
Memories of Murder
2003
Bong, Joon-ho
South Korea
DS
Police Story
1985
Chan, Jackie
Hong Kong
BD
Violent Cop
1989
Kitano, Takeshi
Japan
D
Alias Jimmy Valentine
1928
Conway, Jack
USA
Arsene Lupin
1916
Tucker, George Loane
UK
Breakheart Pass
1975
Gries, Tom
USA
DS
The Cheap Detective
1978
Moore, Robert
USA
D
Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970
Davis, Ossie
USA
BD
Death Wish
1974
Winner, Michael
USA
BDS
The Detective
1968
Douglas, Gordon
USA
D
Electra Glide in Blue
1973
Guercio, James William
USA
BD
The Enforcer
1976
Fargo, James
USA
BDS
Eyes of Laura Mars
1978
Kershner, Irvin
USA
BDS
French Connection II
1975
Frankenheimer, John
USA
BDS
The Gauntlet
1977
Eastwood, Clint
USA
BDS
The Great Muppet Caper
1981
Henson, Jim
UK
DS
Love Is on the Air
1937
Grinde, Nick
USA
Magnum Force
1973
Post, Ted
USA
BDS
Modesty Blaise
1966
Losey, Joseph
UK
BD
Murder by Death
1976
Moore, Robert
USA
D
Murder by Decree
1979
Clark, Bob
UK
/
Canada
D
Nick Carter, le roi des détectives
1908
Jasset, Victorin-Hippolyte
France
Rising Sun
1993
Kaufman, Philip
USA
BD
The Saint in New York
1938
Holmes, Ben
USA
V
Sisters
1973
De Palma, Brian
USA
D
Song of the Thin Man
1947
Buzzell, Edward
USA
D
A Study in Scarlet
1914
Pearson, George
UK
Sudden Impact
1983
Eastwood, Clint
USA
BDS
That Darn Cat!
1965
Stevenson, Robert
USA
D
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
Thorpe, Richard
USA
D
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934
Del Ruth, Roy
USA
Cure
1997
Kurosawa, Kiyoshi
Japan
D
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
1950
Meredith, Burgess
/
Allen, Irving
/
Laughton, Charles
USA
/
France
D
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994
Hayashi, Kaizo
Japan
/
China
/
Taiwan
D
Remember Last Night?
1935
Whale, James
USA
Inside Man
2006
Lee, Spike
USA
BD
You Were Never Really Here
2017
Ramsay, Lynne
UK
/
France
BDS
Red Riding: 1980
2009
Marsh, James
UK
BDS
Alibi
1929
West, Roland
USA
D
The Devil Came at Night
1957
Siodmak, Robert
West Germany
The Sleeping Car Murders
1965
Costa-Gavras
France
Copycat
1995
Amiel, Jon
USA
BDS
The Girl Who Played with Fire
2009
Alfredson, Daniel
Sweden
/
Denmark
/
Germany
BD
Insomnia
1997
Skjoldbjærg, Erik
Norway
BD
Silver City
2004
Sayles, John
USA
D
The Black Bird
1975
Giler, David
USA
V
City on Fire
1987
Lam, Ringo
Hong Kong
D
RATING
TITLE
YEAR
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
MEDIA
Outland
1981
Hyams, Peter
UK
BDS
The Black Dahlia
2006
De Palma, Brian
Germany
/
USA
BD
Killer Joe
2011
Friedkin, William
USA
BD
A Ostra e o Vento
1997
Lima, Walter Jr.
Brazil
Paprika
2006
Kon, Satoshi
Japan
BD
Sin remitente
1995
Carrera, Carlos
Mexico
Texas Killing Fields
2011
Mann, Ami Canaan
USA
BD
Una Storia semplice
1991
Greco, Emidio
Italy
Dear Detective
1978
de Broca, Philippe
France
Y
Maigret tend un piège
1958
Delannoy, Jean
France
/
Italy
Sapphire
1959
Dearden, Basil
UK
D
The Shadow
1956
Kawalerowicz, Jerzy
Poland
D
Red Riding: 1974
2009
Jarrold, Julian
UK
BDS
Red Riding: 1983
2009
Tucker, Anand
UK
BDS
La Nuit du carrefour
1932
Renoir, Jean
France
Betrayed
1944
Castle, William
USA
D
The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
1960
Lang, Fritz
France
/
Italy
/
West Germany
Y
The Tall Target
1951
Mann, Anthony
USA
Motherless Brooklyn
2019
Norton, Edward
USA
TS
Hot Fuzz
2007
Wright, Edgar
UK
/
France
BDS
Intacto
2001
Fresnadillo, Juan Carlos
Spain
D
Angel Heart
1987
Parker, Alan
USA
/
Canada
/
UK
BDS
The Black Marble
1980
Becker, Harold
USA
D
Blood Work
2002
Eastwood, Clint
USA
D
The Chaser
2008
Na, Hong-jin
South Korea
D
Code of Silence
1985
Davis, Andrew
USA
BD
The Crimson Rivers
2001
Kassovitz, Mathieu
France
BD
Darker Than Amber
1970
Clouse, Robert
USA
The Dead Pool
1988
Van Horn, Buddy
USA
BD
F/X
1986
Mandel, Robert
USA
D
The Go Masters
1982
Duan, Ji-shun
/
Sato, Junya
Japan
/
China
The Hard Way
1991
Badham, John
USA
D
Inspector Bellamy
2009
Chabrol, Claude
France
D
Kiss the Girls
1997
Fleder, Gary
USA
BDS
Lethal Weapon 2
1989
Donner, Richard
USA
BD
Mulholland Falls
1996
Tamahori, Lee
USA
DS
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011
Ritchie, Guy
USA
BDS
Thunderheart
1992
Apted, Michael
USA
DS
Tightrope
1984
Tuggle, Richard
USA
D
The Two Jakes
1990
Nicholson, Jack
USA
D
Zero Effect
1998
Kasdan, Jake
USA
DS
Police, Adjective
2009
Porumboiu, Corneliu
Romania
D
Another Thin Man
1939
Van Dyke, W.S.
USA
D
Blonde Ice
1948
Bernhard, Jack
USA
D
Blue, White and Perfect
1942
Leeds, Herbert I.
USA
D
Bullets or Ballots
1936
Keighley, William
USA
D
Burke's Law
1963
Haas, Charles F.
/
Paul, Byron
/
De Cordova, Frederick
/
Miller, Robert Ellis
/
Goldstone, James
USA
D
The Cat o'Nine Tails
1971
Argento, Dario
Italy
/
France
/
West Germany
BD
Charlie Chan at the Circus
1936
Lachman, Harry
USA
D
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937
Humberstone, H. Bruce
USA
D
Charlie Chan at the Opera
1936
Humberstone, H. Bruce
USA
D
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936
Humberstone, H. Bruce
USA
D
Charlie Chan in Egypt
1935
King, Louis
USA
D
Charlie Chan in London
1934
Forde, Eugene
USA
D
Charlie Chan in Paris
1935
Seiler, Lewis
/
MacFadden, Hamilton
USA
D
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
1935
Tinling, James
USA
D
Cigarette Burns
2005
Carpenter, John
USA
D
Close Your Eyes
2002
Willing, Nick
UK
/
France
D
Contract on Cherry Street
1977
Graham, William A.
USA
YS
Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard
1950
Friedman, Seymour
USA
D
Crime Wave
1954
De Toth, André
USA
D
The Dragnet
1928
von Sternberg, Josef
USA
Dragnet
1954
Webb, Jack
USA
D
The East
2013
Batmanglij, Zal
USA
/
UK
BD
Edge of Darkness
2010
Campbell, Martin
UK
/
USA
BDS
Follow Me Quietly
1949
Fleischer, Richard
USA
Gideon's Day
1958
Ford, John
UK
Y
Gorilla at Large
1954
Jones, Harmon
USA
D
In the Electric Mist
2009
Tavernier, Bertrand
USA
/
France
BD
Love Happy
1949
Miller, David
/
McCarey, Leo
USA
D
Lured
1947
Sirk, Douglas
USA
D
M Squad
1959
various
USA
DS
The Maltese Falcon
1931
Del Ruth, Roy
USA
D
The Man Who Cheated Himself
1950
Feist, Felix E.
USA
D
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1942
Leeds, Herbert I.
USA
D
Mark of the Vampire
1935
Browning, Tod
USA
D
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940
Forde, Eugene
USA
D
Murder at the Vanities
1934
Leisen, Mitchell
USA
D
On Dangerous Ground
1952
Ray, Nicholas
/
Lupino, Ida
USA
BD
The Princess Comes Across
1936
Howard, William K.
USA
D
Quiet Please, Murder
1942
Larkin, John Francis
USA
Rush Hour 3
2007
Ratner, Brett
USA
BD
711 Ocean Drive
1950
Newman, Joseph M.
USA
D
Sleepers West
1941
Forde, Eugene
USA
D
So You Want to Be a Detective
1948
Bare, Richard L.
USA
D
Taking Lives
2004
Caruso, D.J.
USA
/
Canada
BD
Thank You, Mr. Moto
1937
Foster, Norman
USA
D
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
1937
Foster, Norman
USA
D
Vampire Bat
1933
Strayer, Frank R.
USA
BD
A Walk Among the Tombstones
2014
Frank, Scott
USA
BDS
What Doesn't Kill You
2008
Goodman, Brian
USA
BD
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950
Preminger, Otto
USA
D
Miami Vice
2006
Mann, Michael
USA
BD
Sherlock Holmes
2009
Ritchie, Guy
UK
/
Australia
/
USA
BDS
Horsemen
2009
Åkerlund, Jonas
USA
D
Fallen Angel
1945
Preminger, Otto
USA
D
American Psycho
2000
Harron, Mary
USA
/
Canada
BDS
Bloody Angels
1998
Julsrud, Karin
Norway
I, Robot
2004
Proyas, Alex
USA
BDS
The Interview
1998
Monahan, Craig
Australia
D
Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993
Allen, Woody
USA
D
My Friend Ivan Lapshin
1985
German, Aleksey
Soviet Union
Y
God Told Me To
1976
Cohen, Larry
USA
Y
They All Laughed
1981
Bogdanovich, Peter
USA
Y
NR
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
Scott, Tony
USA
DS
NR
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
Edwards, Blake
UK
/
USA
BD
NR
The Dain Curse
1978
Swackhamer, E.W.
USA
D
NR
Inspector Clouseau
1968
Yorkin, Bud
UK
BD
NR
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
2017
Vaughn, Matthew
UK
/
USA
BDS
NR
Kingsman: The Secret Service
2014
Vaughn, Matthew
UK
BDS
NR
Lethal Weapon 3
1992
Donner, Richard
USA
D
NR
The Molly Maguires
1970
Ritt, Martin
USA
D
NR
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
Branagh, Kenneth
USA
/
UK
/
Malta
/
Canada
BDS
NR
The Pink Panther
2006
Levy, Shawn
USA
BD
NR
Revenge of the Pink Panther
1978
Edwards, Blake
UK
/
USA
DS
NR
Rush Hour 2
2001
Ratner, Brett
USA
BDS
NR
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
Van Dyke, W.S.
USA
D
NR
Son of the Pink Panther
1993
Edwards, Blake
Italy
/
USA
BD
NR
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
Edwards, Blake
UK
/
USA
DS
NR
Training Day
2001
Fuqua, Antoine
USA
/
Australia
BDS
NR
22 Jump Street
2014
Lord, Phil
/
Miller, Christopher
USA
BDS
RATING
TITLE
YEAR
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
MEDIA
Media Availability Codes (Amazon.com)
T Theaters (US)
B
Blu-ray Disc
D DVD
V VHS
Y Yes (DVD or VHS, unspecified)
S Soundtrack