

The Big Screen:
Celluoid Eyes
"Remember all the movies, Terry, we'd go see,
Tryin' to walk like the heroes we thought we had to be?"
-- Bruce Springsteen, "Hiding in the Backstreets"
"The camera lies all the time. It lies 24 times a second."
-- Brian De Palma
Since the beginning, the private eye has proven to be a popular hero in film. In fact, certain private detective films have represented their eras so well that they've become classics.
Titles in Bold are included in the Thrilling Detective Hall of Fame.
ALSO WORTH VISITING
- 120, rue de la Gare (1946, Sirius)
- 2 Minutes Later (2007, 2ML Productions)
- 8MM (1999, Columbia)
- A
- A toi de jouer Callaghan (1954, France)
- À vendre (1998, Canal+; aka "For Sale")
- Accomplice (1946, PRC)
- Adéla Jeste Nevecerela (1978, Czechoslovakia)
- Adventures of a Private Eye (1987)
- The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
- The Adventurous Blonde (1937, Warner Brothers)
- After Midnight With Boston Blackie (1943, Columbia)
- After the Thin Man (1936, MGM)
- Against All Odds (1984, Columbia)
- Al Roach, Private Insectigator (2004, Turner Classic Movies)
- Alias Boston Blackie (1942, Columbia)
- Angel Heart (1987, TriStar)
- Another Thin Man (1939, MGM)
- Appointment with Murder (1948, Film Classics)
- Armed Response (1986, Cinetel)
- Asesinato en el comité central (1982, Spain)
- Asesinato en el Meneo (2001; aka "Murder at El Meneo")
- The Assassin (1952, British Film-Makers; aka "Venetian Bird")
- Asylum (1996)
- B
- Backstreet Justice (1993)
- Behind Green Lights (1946)
- Behind Locked Doors (1948, Aro Productions/Eagle-Lion Films)
- Beyond Justice (1992, Reteitalia)
- The Big Bang (2010; Big Bang Productions)
- The Big Empty (1997)
- The Big Fall (1996, PM Entertainment Group)
- The Big Fix (1978, Universal)
- The Big Lebowski (1998, Working Title Films)
- The Big Sleep (1946, Warner Brothers)
- The Big Sleep (1978, Winkast)
- The Big Store (1941, MGM)
- Big Town (1947, Paramount; aka "Guilty Assignment")
- Big Town After Dark (1947, Paramount; aka "Underworld After Dark")
- Big Town Scandal (1948, Paramount; aka "Underworld Scandal")
- The Black Bird (1975, Columbia)
- The Black Doll (1938, Universal)
- Black Eye (1974, Warner Bros.)
- Blackmail (1947, Republic)
- Blade Runner (1982, Warner Brothers)
- Blade Runner 2049 (2017, Columbia)
- Blind Rage (1978)
- Blonde for a Day (1946, PRC)
- Blondes at Work (1938, Warner Brothers)
- Blood Simple (1985, Foxton Entertainment/River Road)
- Blood Work (2002, Warner Bros.)
- Blue, White and Perfect (1941, 20th Century Fox)
- The Bodyguard (1992)
- Body Fever (1971, Republic Pictures)
- Born to Kill (1947, RKO)
- Bondage House (1999, Japan)
- Bordello of Blood (1996)
- Boston Blackie and the Law (1946, Columbia)
- Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion (1945, Columbia)
- Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942, Columbia)
- Boston Blackie Meets a Lady (Columbia)
- Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949, Columbia)
- Boston Blackie's Little Pal (1918, Metro)
- Boston Blackie's Rendezvous (1945, Columbia)
- The Brasher Doubloon (1947, 20th Century Fox)
- The Breath (1995, Japan/Taiwan; AKA Umihoozuki)
- Brick (2005, Bergman Lustig Productions)
- Broken City (2013, 20th Century Fox)
- The Brotherhood of the Yakuza (1975, Warner Brothers)
- Brown's Requiem (1998)
- Budapest Noir (2017, Pioneer Pictures)
- Byomkesh Bakshi (2010)
- C
- Callaghan remet ça (1960, France)
- The Caller (2008, Belladonna Productions)
- Calling Mr.Callaghan (1960, Atlantis)
- Calling Paul Temple (1948)
- Camouflage (2001, Camouflage/Interlight)
- The Case of the Baby-Sitter (1947, Screen Art)
- The Case of the Curious Bride (1935, Warner Brothers)
- The Case of the Howling Dog (1934, Warner Brothers)
- The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935, Warner Brothers)
- The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937, Warner Brothers)
- The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936, Warner Brothers)
- Cat Run (2011, Lleju Productions)
- Cat Run 2 (2014, Lleju Productions)
- Catalina Interlude (1948, Paramount Pictures)
- Catherine's Grove (1997, High Fliers)
- Chan is Missing (1982, New Yorker Films/Wayne Wang Productions)
- The Chance of a Lifetime (1943, Columbia; see Boston Blackie)
- Chandler (1972)
- Charlie's Angels (2000, Columbia)
- The Cheap Detective (1978, Columbia/EMI)
- Cheaper to Keep Her (1980, American Cinema)
- La chèvre (1981, Gaumont/France)
- Chinatown (1974, Paramount)
- City Heat (1984, Warner Bros.)
- City Hunter (1993, golden Harvest)
- City Hunter (2011)
- City of Tiny Lights (2017, BBC Films)
- City Streets (1931, Paramount)
- Clean Slate (1994)
- A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946, Columbia)
- The Cobra Strikes (1948, Eagle-lion Films)
- Code 7, Victim 5 (1964, Columbia Pictures)
- Cold in July (2014, Backup Media)
- Cold Play (2008, Morin/Andrews Productions)
- Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972)
- The Come-On (1956, Allied Artists)
- La Conciergerie (1997, Canadian, AKA The Haven)
- Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941, Columbia)
- Confidential (1986, Brightstar)
- The Conversation (1974, Paramount)
- Convicted (1938, Columbia)
- The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947, Columbia Pictures)
- Cotton Comes To Harlem (1970)
- Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku No Tobira (2001, Columbia)
- Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door (2001, Columbia)
- Crime by Night (1944, Warner Brothers)
- The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001, Dreamworks)
- Curtain at Eight (1934, Majestic)
- The Cutter (2005, Sony Pictures)
- D
- Danger in the Bar 2
- Danger Zone (1951, Spartan Productions; aka "Pier of Peril")
- Dangerous Female (1931; aka "The Maltese Falcon")
- Dangerous Lady (1941, PRC)
- The Dark Corner (1946, 20th Century Fox)
- Darker Than Amber (1970, National General)
- Darwin Awards (2005, 3 Ring Circus Films)
- A Date with The Falcon (1941, RKO)
- Dead Again (1991, Paramount)
- Dead End (1999, Canada)
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982, Universal)
- Dead of Night (2008; in production)
- Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street (1972, German)
- Dead Women in Lingerie (1990, Curb Esquire Films)
- Deadlocked (1971, Republic Pictures)
- Deadly Business (1977, Highlight Productions; aka "Skip Tracer")
- Deadly Illusion (1987, Pound Ridge Films)
- Death of a Champion (1939, Paramount)
- Deadly Passion (1985, Lightning Video)
- Death Journey (1975)
- Le Dernier souffle (1999, Canada; aka "Dead End")
- The Detective (1968, Fox)
- The Detective (2007, Universe Entertainment; aka "C+Detective")
- The Detective II (2010, Universe Entertainment; aka "B+Detective")
- Detetive Downs (2013, Friland Produksjon AS; aka "Detektiv Downs)
- Detectives Inc. (1985, Shamus Productions)
- Detektiv Downs (2013, Friland Produksjon AS)
- Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
- The Devil's Cargo (1948, Film Classics)
- The Devil's Mask (1946, Columbia)
- Diamond's Edge (1988, Red Rooster; akaA "Just Ask For Diamond")
- Dick Barton at Bay (1950, Exclusive Films)
- Dick Barton, Special Agent (1948, Exclusive Films)
- Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949, Exclusive Films)
- Die Hard (1988, Fox)
- Dirty Work (1998, MGM/UA)
- Divorce Detective (1931)
- Dixie Ray, Hollywood Star
- Doomed to Die (1940, Monogram)
- Double Indemnity (1944, Paramount)
- Dressed to Kill (1941, 20th Century Fox)
- The Drowning Pool (1976, Warner Brothers)
- E
- Eddy Deco (2017, Helix Films)
- The Edge
- Eight Million Ways to Die (1986, Producer Sales Organisation)
- Ego Trip (1994, Canadian; aka "Ride Me")
- 8MM (1999, Columbia)
- The Empty Beach (1985, Jethro Films)
- Enigme aux Folies-Bergeres (1959)
- The Equalizer (2014, Columbia Pictures)
- Everybody Wins (1990, Orion Pictures)
- Exposed (1947, Republic)
- The Eye (2000 , Seville Pictures)
- Eyes in the Night (1942, MGM)
- F
- Face Down
- The Face in the Fog
(1922, Cosmopolitan Productions)
- The Falcon's Adventure (1946, RKO)
- The Falcon's Alibi (1946, RKO)
- The Falcon and the Co-Eds (1943, RKO)
- The Falcon in Danger (1943, RKO)
- The Falcon in Hollywood (1944, RKO)
- The Falcon in Mexico (1944, RKO)
- The Falcon in San Francisco (1945, RKO)
- The Falcon Out West (1944, RKO)
- The Falcon Strikes Back (1943, RKO)
- The Falcon Takes Over (1942, RKO)
- The Falcon's Brother (1942, RKO)
- Farewell, My Lovely (1944, RKO; aka "Murder, My Sweet")
- Farewell, My Lovely (1975, EK Corporation/ITC)
- Fast Company
- Fat Chance (1975, 20th Century-Fox; aka "Peeper")
- The Fat Man (1951, Universal)
- Fatal Charm (1977; aka "Magnum Cop," "Poliziotto senza paura")
- The Fatal Hour (1940, Monogram)
- Fatal Pursuit (1997, Crossroads Entertainment)
- Fearless (1978, Italian)
- Find the Blackmailer (1943, Warner Bros.)
- Fletch (1985, Universal)
- Fletch Lives (1989, Universal)
- Flickan som lekte med elden (2009, Yellow Bird/Nordisk Film and TV)
- Fly Away Baby (1937, Warner Brothers)
- For Sale (1998, Canal+)
- Foxtrap (1985)
- Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002, Touchstone)
- The French Key (1946)
- From Hollywood to Deadwood (1989, Island Pictures)
- Frozen With Fear (2000, Milagro Films)
- Fugitive Lady (1951, Republic; aka "La strada buia")
- F/X2: The Deadly Art of Illusion (1991, Orion)
- G
- The Gay Falcon (1941, RKO)
- The Girl Hunters (1963, Fellane)
- Give 'em Hell, Malone (2009, National Entertainment Media)
- The Glass Key (1935, Paramount)
- The Glass Key (1942, Paramount)
- Going Undercover (1988, Miramax)
- Gone Baby Gone (2007, Miramax)
- The Gore Gore Girls.(1972, Lewis Motion Picture Enterprises)
- The Gorilla (1927, 20th Century-Fox)
- The Gorilla (1939, 20th Century-Fox)
- Gotham (1988, Showtime)
- Grand Central Murder (1942, MGM)
- The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946, Warner Bros.)
- The Grissom Gang (1971)
- Guilty Assignment (1947, Paramount; aka "Big Town")
- Guilty Bystander (1950, Film Classics)
- Gumshoe (1972, Memorial Enterprises)
- A Gun, A Car, A Blonde (1998)
- Gunn (1967, Paramount)
- Guns and Lipstick (1995)
- H
- Hail, Caesar! (2016, Universal)
- Hammett (1983, Orion Pictures/Warner Brothers)
- Happy Birthday, Turke! (1992)
- Harper (1966, Warner Brothers)
- Harukana Jidai no Kaidan O (1994 , Japan; aka "Stairway to the Distant Past")
- The Hat-Box Mystery (1947, Screen Art)
- The Haven (1997, Canadian)
- Having a Wonderful Crime (1945, RKO)
- Heartaches (1947, PRC)
- Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
- Hickey and Boggs (1972, United Artists)
- The Hidden Eye (1945, MGM)
- High Tide (1947, Monogram)
- The High Window (1947, 20th Century Fox; aka "The Brasher Doubloon")
- Hold That Woman (1940, PRC)
- Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988)
- Hollywood Confidential (1997, Fox)
- Hollywood Harry (1985, U.S.A.)
- Hollywoodland (2006, Focus Features/Miramax)
- Home for Christmas (1993, New Horizons; aka "Little Miss Millions")
- Honeymoon in Vegas (1992, MGM)
- The House of Fate (1936, RKO; aka "Muss 'em Up")
- The Hunter (1980, Paramount /Rastar Pictures)
- I
- I Come with the Rain (2009)
- I Cover Big Town (1947, Paramount; aka "I Cover the Underworld")
- I Cover the Underworld (1947, Paramount; aka "I Cover Big Town")
- I Love a Mystery (1945, Columbia)
- I Love Trouble (1948, Columbia)
- I, the Jury (1953, Parklane Productions)
- I, the Jury (1982, Warner Brothers)
- I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948, Monogram)
- In the Electric Mist (2007)
- In the Mouth of Madness (1995, New Line Cinema)
- Incident (1948, Monogram)
- Inherent Vice (2014, Warner Bros.)
- The Inner Circle (1946, Republic Pictures; aka "The Twisted Circle")
- It's a Wonderful World (1939, MGM)
- It's Called Murder, Baby (1982, Lightning Video)
- The Ivory Snuff Box (1915)
- J
- The Jack of Spades (2010)
- Jack Reacher (2012, Paramount)
- Jagged Edge (1985)
- Jimmy the Gent (1934, Warner Bros.)
- Just Ask for Diamond (1988, Red Rooster; aka 'Diamond's Edge")
- Just Off Broadway (1942, 20th Century Fox)
- K
- Kill Me Again (1989, MGM)
- A Killer Within. (2004, Fireside Entertainment)
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005, Warner Bros.)
- Kiss Kiss Kill Kill (1969)
- Kiss Me Deadly (1955, Parklane Productions)
- Klute (1971, Warner Brothers)
- Knockin' On Heaven's Door (2001, Columbia)
- L
- LA Bounty
- La chévre (1981, Gaumont)
- La Conciergerie (1997, Canadian, aka "The Haven")
- La Nuit d'Austerlitz 1954, Telefilm)
- La nuit de Saint-Germain-des-Pres (1977, Filmologies)
- La strada buia (1951, Republic; aka "Fugitive Lady")
- Larceny in Her Heart (1946, PRC)
- Lady In Cement (1968, 20th Century Fox)
- The Lady in the Lake (1947, MGM)
- The Lady in the Morgue (1938, Universal)
- Lady of Burlesque (1943, United Artists)
- The Last Boy Scout (1991, Geffen Pictures)
- The Last Express (1938, Universal)
- The Last Fight (1982, Best Film & Video)
- The Last Lullaby (2009, Chaillot Films/Timbergrove Entertainment)
- The Last Original B Movie (1971, Republic Pictures)
- The Last Warning (1938, Universal)
- The Late Show (1977, Warner Brothers)
- The League of Frightened Men (1937, Columbia)
- Leave It to the Irish (1944, Monogram)
- Les Rats de Montsouris (1988, Telefilm)
- Lesbionage
- Little Miss Millions (1993, New Horizons; aka "Home for Christmas")
- The Little Sister...(2015, Brooklyn Multimedia)
- The Living Ghost (1942; aka "A Walking Nightmare")
- Living to Die (1991, Trinity)
- The Lone Wolf (series of films, from 1914-49)
- Lonely Street (2009, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment)
- The Long Goodbye (1973, United Artists)
- The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996, Forge/New Line Cinema)
- Looking for Kitty (2004, Marlboro Road Gang)
- Loophole (1954, Allied Artists)
- Los mares del sur (1990, Cyrkfilms/I.C.C./Spain)
- The Lost Son (1999, Columbia Tristar/United International)
- Love at Large (1990, Orion)
- Love Happy (1949, United Artists)
- Love in the Afternoon (1957, Allied Artists Pictures Corporation)
- Love Walked In (1999, TriStar)
- Love You to Death (see Deadly Illusion)
- A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)
- Lowlifes (2010)
- The Lucky Stiff (1949)
- Luftslottet som sprängdes (2009, Yellow Bird/Nordisk Film and TV)
- M
- Magnum Cop (1977; aka "Poliziotto senza paura")
- Make Your Own Bed (1944)
- The Maltese Falcon (1931, Warner Brothers)
- The Maltese Falcon (1941, Warner Brothers)
- The Man With Bogart's Face (1980, Fox)
- The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942, 20th Century Fox)
- Man Killer (1933, Warner Brothers; see Private Detective 62)
- The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975, Strathmore Productions)
- Manhandled (1949, Paramount)
- Män som hatar kvinnor (2009, Yellow Bird/Nordisk Film and TV)
- Marlowe (1969, MGM)
- M'as-tu vu en cadavre? (1982)
- A Matter of Principal (2003, Another Level Inc.)
- Max Anderson, Private Eye (2013, Bad Atom)
- Meet Boston Blackie (1941, Columbia)
- Meet Flashgun Casey (1937, MGM; also known as Here's Flash Casey)
- Meet Mr. Callaghan (1954, British Eros)
- Meet Nero Wolfe (1936, Columbia)
- Memento (2001, I Remember/Newmarket Capital Group/Team Todd)
- Michael Clayton (2007)
- Michael Shayne, Private Detective (1940, 20th Century Fox)
- Midnight Limited (1940, Monogram)
- The Midnight Man (1974, Universal Pictures)
- Mike Case: The Big Kiss-Off (2013, Vagabond Entertainment)
- The Missing Person (2009, 7th Floor)
- Mission Kill (1991, Betaview Film/Hong Kong; aka "Tu ying dang an")
- Mister Dynamite (1935, Universal Pictures)
- Mr. Wong, Detective (1938, Monogram)
- Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939, Monogram)
- Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950, MGM)
- The Money Jungle (1967)
- The Monkey's Mask (2000)
- Mortelle Randonnèe (1983; in French)
- Munich Mambo (2004)
- Murder at El Meneo (2001; aka "Asesinato en el Meneo")
- Murder By Death (1976, Columbia TriStar)
- Murder Goes to College (1937, Paramount)
- Murder is My Business (1946, PRC)
- Murder, My Sweet (1944, RKO)
- Murder on the Mississippi (1936, Universal; aka "Mysterious Crossing")
- Murder on the Orient Express (2017, Twentieth Century Fox)
- Murder With Pictures (1936, Paramount Pictures)
- Muss 'em Up (1936, RKO)
- My Favorite Brunette (1947, Paramount)
- My Gun Is Quick (1957, United Artists)
- Mysterious Crossing (1936, Universal; aka "Murder on the Mississippi")
- Mysterious Intruder (1946, Columbia)
- Mystery in Mexico (1948, RKO)
- Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939, Monogram)
- Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943
- N
- The Naked Face (1984, Cannon)
- Nancy Drew (2007, Warner Brothers)
- Nestor Burma, detective en choc (1982, Zenith)
- Never Go Back (2016, Paramount)
- The Nice Guys (2016, Silver Pictures)
- Nick Carter Master Detective
- Nick Danger in the Case of the Missing Yolks (1983, Nesmith Enterprises)
- Night Moves (1975, Warner Brothers)
- No Clue (2014, Sparrow Media)
- No Hands on the Clock (1941, Paramount)
- No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948)
- No Place for a Lady (1943, Columbia)
- No Way Back (1976)
- Norman Conquest (1953, A&B Productions; aka "Park Plaza 605")
- The Nuisance (1933, MGM)
- Nymphs Anonymous (2007)
- O
- An Occasional Hell (1996, Greenlight Productions)
- Omertà (2012, Cinémaginaire Inc.)
- On the Edge (2002)
- Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017, Voltage Pictures)
- One for the Money (2011, Lakeshore/Sidney Kimmel Entertainment/Lionsgate)
- One Million Dollars (1915, MGM)
- One Mysterious Night (1944, Columbia; see Boston Blackie)
- One Never Knows (see You Never Can Tell)
- Out of the Past (1947, RKO)
- Out to Kill (2014, Guest House Films)
- The Overlookers (2004, Overlook Terrace Productions)
- P
- P.J. (1968, Universal)
- Park Plaza 605 (1953, A&B Productions; aka "Norman Conquest")
- Parker (2013, Filmdistrict)
- Passion For Danger (1973, Columbia; aka "Shamus")
- Passkey to Danger (1946, Republic)
- Passport to Treason (1956)
- Paul Temple Returns (1950, Nettlefold Films)
- Paul Temple's Triumph (1950, Butchers/Nettlefold Films)
- Payback (1999, Paramount)
- Peeper (1975, Twentieth-Century Fox; aka "Fat Chance")
- Phantom of Chinatown (1940, Monogram)
- The Phantom Thief (1946, Columbia; see Boston Blackie)
- Philo Vance's Gamble (1947, PRC)
- Pier 23 (1951, Spartan Productions; aka "Flesh and Leather")
- Pier of Peril (1951, Spartan Productions; aka "Danger Zone")
- Playback (1995 Precious/Playboy)
- Plunder of the Sun (1953, Warner Brothers)
- Plus de whiskey pour Callaghan (1954, France)
- Polar (1984, Les Films Noirs/France 3; French)
- Poliziotto senza paura (1977; aka "Magnum Cop," "Fatal Charm")
- Pour la peau d'un flic ((1981, Adel Productions; French)
- Private Detective (1939, Warner Brothers)
- Private Detective 62 (1933, Warner Brothers)
- The Private Eye Blues (1994, Hong Kong)
- The Public Eye (1972, Universal)
- Pulp Fiction Art: Cheap Thrills & Painted Nightmares (2005 documentary)
- Pure Luck (1991, Universal)
- Q
- R
- The Raven Red Kiss-Off (1990, Fries Entertainment)
- Raw Justice (1993, West Side Studios)
- The Resurrected (1991, Scotti Bros./Borde/Raich; aka "Shatterbrain")
- Ride Me (1994, Canadian: AKA Ego Trip)
- Riff Raff (1947, RKO)
- The Right Temptation (2000, Columbia)
- Roadblock (1951, RKO)
- Roadhouse Nights (1930, USA)
- Roaring City (1951, Spartan Productions)
- Rogue's Gallery (1968, Paramount)
- Romance on the Run (1938, Republic Pictures)
- Rough Magic (1995)
- The Runaround (1946)
- Russian Doll (2001, Beyond Films/Screen Artists -- Australia)
- S
- St. Ives (1976, Warner Brothers)
- Sam Marlow, Private Eye (1980, Fox) Samrat & Co.
- Satan Met a Lady (1936, Warner Brothers)
- The Scratch (2009, Maverick Entertainment Group)
- Search for Danger (1949, Film Classics)
- Secret Agent X-9 (1937)
- Secret File: Hollywood (1962, Crown International)
- Secrets of Chinatown (1935, Northern Films/Commonwealth Productions)
- Send For Paul Temple (1946, Butchers)
- Sex, Secrets and Lies 2 (2002; MRG Entertainment; aka "Wicked Temptations")
- Shadow of Suspicion (1944, Monogram)
- Shadow of the Thin Man (1941, MGM)
- Shaft (1971, MGM)
- Shaft's Big Score! (1972, MGM)
- Shaft in Africa (1973, MGM)
- Shaft (2000)
- Shamus (1973, Columbia)
- Shatterbrain (1991, Scotti Bros./Borde/Raich; aka "The Resurrected")
- Sheba, Baby (1975, American-International)
- Silver City (2004, Silver City Films Inc./Anarchist's Convention Films)
- The Singing Detective (2003, Haft Entertainment/Icon Entertainment)
- Skip Tracer (1977, Highlight Productions; aka "Deadly Business")
- Sleepers West (1941, 20th Century Fox)
- Small Town Crime (2017, 6 Foot Films)
- Smart Blonde (1936, Warner Brothers)
- The Smiling Man (2007, Kelp Entertainment)
- So Undercover (2013)
- The Soft Kill
- Song of the Thin Man (1947, MGM)
- South Beach (1992, Po' Boy Productions)
- The Spider (1945, Twentieth Century Fox)
- The Squeeze (1987, TriStar)
- Stairway to the Distant Past (1994, Japan)
- Suburbicon (2017, Paramount)
- Sunburn (1979, Paramount)
- Sunset Grill (1993)
- Supercool (1971, Republic Pictures)
- T
- Tales from the Crypt: Bordello of Blood (1996)
- The Tattoo Connection (1979, Hong Kong)
- Tatort - Tote Taube in der Beethovenstrasse (1972, German)
- Tatuaje (1976, Profilmar/Spain)
- Tengoku No Tobira (2001, Columbia)
- There's Always a Woman (1938, Columbia)
- There's That Woman Again (1939, Columbia)
- They All Laughed (1981, MGM)
- The Thin Man (1934, MGM)
- The Thin Man Goes Home (1944, MGM)
- This Man is Dangerous (1941)
- The Thomas Crown Affair (1968, United Artists)
- The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
- Three Blondes in His Life (1961)
- Three on a Ticket (1947, PRC)
- Time to Kill (1942, 20th Century Fox)
- Timetable
- Tokyo Raiders (2000)
- Tony Rome (1967, 20th Century Fox)
- Too Late (2016, Vanishing Angle/Foe Killer Films)
- Too Many Winners (1947, PRC)
- Top 'o the Morning (1949, Paramount)
- Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939, Warner Brothers).
- Torchy Blane in Panama (1938, Warner Brothers)
- Torchy Gets Her Man (1938, Warner Brothers)
- Torchy Plays with Dynamite (1939, Warner Brothers)
- Torchy Runs For Mayor (1939, Warner Brothers)
- Total Exposure (1991, Republic)
- Trader Hornee (1970, Entertainment Ventures Inc)
- Trap (1996, Japan)
- Trapped By Boston Blackie (1948, Columbia)
- Trixie (2000, Pandora Cinema/Sandcastle 5 Productions)
- Trouble in Panama (1938, Warner Brothers)
- Trouble is My Business (2017, Lumen Actus)
- Trouble Man (1972, 20th Century Fox/JDFB Productions)
- True Love (2014)
- Tu ying dang an (1991, Betaview Film/Hong Kong; aka "Mission Kill")
- Twenty Plus Two (1961)
- Twilight (1998, Paramount)
- The Two Jakes (1990, Paramount)
- U
- Umihoozuki (1995, Japan/Taiwan; aka "The Breath")
- Under Suspicion (1992, Columbia)
- Underworld After Dark (1947, Paramount; aka "Big Town After Dark")
- Underworld Scandal (1948, Paramount; aka "Big Town Scandal")
- Uneasy Terms (1948, British Pathe)
- The Unknown (1946, Columbia)
- An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982, Boyd's/Castle Hill)
- V
- V.I. Warshawski (1991, Hollywood Pictures)
- The Valdemar Legacy (2010, aka "La herencia Valdemar")
- The Valdemar Legacy II: The Forbidden Shadow (2010, aka "La herencia Valdemar II: La Sombra Prohibida")
- Vares (2004; "Vares, Private Eye")
- Venitian Bird (1952, British Film-Makers; aka "the Assassin)
- Veronica Mars (2014, Warner Bros Digital)
- Vertigo (1958, Paramount)
- W
- Waga jinsei saiaku no toki (1993, Japan; aka "The Most Terrible Time in My Life")
- A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014, Universal)
- A Walking Nightmare (1942; aka "The Living Ghost")
- Wana (1996, Japan; AKA Trap)
- The Westland Case (1937, Universal)
- Where's Marlowe? (1998, Paramount)
- Whispering City (1947, Eagle-Lion/Québec Productions)
- Whispering Smith (1916, Signal Film)
- Whispering Smith (1926, Metropolitan)
- Whispering Smith (1948, Paramount)
- Whispering Smith Hits London (1951, Hammer-Lesser/RKO)
- Whispering Smith Investigates (1951, Hammer-Lesser/RKO)
- Whispering Smith Rides (1927, Universal Pictures)
- Whispering Smith Speaks (1935, Fox)
- Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard (1951, Hammer-Lesser/RKO)
- Who Done It? (1956, Ealing Studios)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988, Touchstone Pictures)
- Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
- Wicked Temptations (2002; MRG Entertainment; aka "Sex, Secrets and Lies 2")
- Wild At Heart (1990)
- The Woman Condemned (1934, Progressive Pictures)
- Woman in the Dark (1934, RKO)
- Woman in the Shadows (1934, RKO)
- Women Are Trouble (1936, MGM)
- World for Ransom (1954, Plaza Productions)
- The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1993, Japan)
- X
- X Marks the Spot (1942, Republic Pictures)
- Y
- The Yakuza (1975, Warner Brothers)
- Yellow Pages (1988, Miramax)
- You Never Can Tell (1951, Universal)
- You Never Know (see You Never Can Tell)
- Z
- Zen Noir (2007, Dreaming Dog Entertainment/Zenmovie))
- Zero Effect (1998, Castle Rock)
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