private investigator

Inherent Vice | United States of America
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IMDB
6.6 (106255 votes)
Budget
20,000,000.00$
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

Quicksand: No Escape | United States of America
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IMDB
5.6 (254 votes)
A hard-working architect is pulled into intrigue when his wife hires a private investigator to make sure he's just working late. The private eye sees an opportunity to frame him for a murder instead.

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IMDB
6.3 (42 votes)
A high school science teacher and her sixteen year old student, run away together and take refuge behind the doors of a murky motel room in rural Orca Park, Florida. When an unhinged private investigator shows up and starts asking questions, the lover's idyllic world plummets into a well of suspicion, jealousy and deceit.

The Big Bang | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
5.4 (6732 votes)
Budget
17,000,000.00$
A private detective is hired to find a missing stripper but the job turns complicated when everyone he questions ends up dead. From the mean streets of Los Angeles to the desolate desert of New Mexico, Cruz must contend with a brutal Russian Boxer, three brash LAPD detectives, an aged billionaire looking for the Big Bang, and the billionaire's stunningly gorgeous wife. The solution to the mystery will cost ten lives, net $30 million and just might explain - well - everything.

Genre
IMDB
6.5 (119183 votes)
Budget
40,000,000.00$
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.

The Lincoln Lawyer | United States of America
Genre
IMDB
7.3 (204080 votes)
Budget
40,000,000.00$
Mickey Haller (Matthew McConaughey) is a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln sedan. Haller has spent most of his career defending garden-variety criminals, until he lands the case of his career: defending Louis Roulet (Ryan Phillippe), a Beverly Hills playboy accused of rape and attempted murder. But the seemingly straightforward case suddenly develops into a deadly game of survival for Haller. Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe, Marisa Tomei, William H. Macy, Josh Lucas, Laurence Mason, Frances Fisher, John Leguizamo, Michael Pena Directed by Brad Furman Script: John Romano, Michael Connelly Producer: Sidney Kimmel, Gary Lucchesi

A Walk Among the Tombstones | United States of America
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Budget
28,000,000.00$
Former NYPD cop and private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug dealer to find his kidnapped wife in New York City. The action thriller is directed and written by Academy award nominee Scott Frank ("The Wolverine", "Marley & Me" and "Minority Report" and staring Academy award nominee Liam Neeson ("A Million Ways to Die in the West", "Non-Stop" and "Taken 1 & 2" and Dan Stevens ("The Fifth Estate") and Boyd Holbrook ("Milk").

Genre
IMDB
7.4 (256418 votes)
Budget
50,000,000.00$
In smoggy 1970s Los Angeles, Jackson Healy (muscle-for-hire, recovering alcoholic) and Holland March (private eye, practicing alcoholic) are brought together by the suicide of a fading porn star. Problem is, the dead girl's aunt is convinced she saw her niece alive and well, after the highly publicized incident. March needs money, takes the case, and within days, it's blossomed into a far-reaching murder conspiracy, bizarrely rooted in smog and the U.S. auto industry.

Once Upon a Time in Venice | United States of America
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IMDB
5.3 (16159 votes)
Steve Ford is a down but not out L.A based Private Investigator whose professional and personal worlds collide after his loving pet Buddy is stolen by a notorious gang. A series of crazy circumstances find him doing the gang's bidding, while being chased by two vengeful Samoan brothers, a loan shark's goons, and a few other shady characters. They say a dog is a man's best friend, and Steve shows how far a man will go to be reunited with him.