The Big Screen: Celluoid Eyes

A Timeline, Plotting the History and Development of the Private Eye Film

"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

Movies missing from this list might be found at
TV Eyes: The Made for the Tube Movies and Pilots.

1914

• The Lone Wolf (series of films, from 1914-49)

1915

• The Ivory Snuff Box (1915)
• One Million Dollars (1915, MGM)

1916

• Whispering Smith (1916, Signal Film)

1918

• Boston Blackie's Little Pal (1918, Metro)

1926

• Whispering Smith (1926, Metropolitan)

1927

• The Gorilla (1927, 20th Century-Fox)
• Whispering Smith Rides (1927, Universal Pictures)

1930

• Roadhouse Nights (1930, USA)

1931

• City Streets (1931, Paramount)
• Dangerous Female (1931, aka "The Maltese Falcon")
• Divorce Detective (1931)

1933

• The Nuisance (1933, MGM)
• Private Detective 62 (1933, Warner Brothers; aka "Man Killer")

1934

• The Case of the Howling Dog (1934, Warner Brothers)
• Curtain at Eight (1934, Majestic)
• Jimmy the Gent (1934, Warner Bros.)
• The Thin Man (1934, MGM)
• The Woman Condemned (1934, Progressive Pictures)
• Woman in the Dark (1934, RKO)
• Woman in the Shadows (1934, RKO)

1935

• The Case of the Curious Bride (1935, Warner Brothers)
• The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935, Warner Brothers)
• Mister Dynamite (1935, Universal Pictures)
• Secrets of Chinatown (1935, Northern Films/Commonwealth Productions)
• Whispering Smith Speaks (1935, Fox)
• Whispering Smith Speaks (1935, Fox)

1936

• After the Thin Man (1936, MGM)
• The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936, Warner Brothers)
• Meet Nero Wolfe (1936, Columbia)
• Murder With Pictures (1936, Paramount Pictures)
• Muss 'em Up (1936, RKO; aka "The House of Fate")
• Mysterious Crossing (1936, Universal; aka "Murder on the Mississippi")
• Satan Met a Lady (1936, Warner Brothers)
• Smart Blonde (1936, Warner Brothers)
• Women Are Trouble (1936, MGM)

1937

• The Adventurous Blonde (1937, Warner Brothers)
• The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937, Warner Brothers)
• Fly Away Baby (1937, Warner Brothers)
• The League of Frightened Men (1937, Columbia)
• Murder Goes to College (1937, Paramount)
• Meet Flashgun Casey (1937, MGM; aka "Here's Flash Casey")
• Secret Agent X-9 (1937)
• The Westland Case (1937, Universal)

1938

• The Black Doll (1938, Universal)
• Blondes at Work (1938, Warner Brothers)
• Convicted (1938, Columbia)
• The Lady in the Morgue (1938, Universal)
• The Last Express (1938, Universal)
• The Last Warning (1938, Universal)
• Mr. Wong, Detective (1938, Monogram)
• Romance on the Run (1938, Republic Pictures)
• There's Always a Woman (1938, Columbia)
• Torchy Blane in Panama (1938, Warner Brothers)
• Torchy Gets Her Man (1938, Warner Brothers)
• Trouble in Panama (1938, Warner Brothers)

1939

• Another Thin Man (1939, MGM)
• Death of a Champion (1939, Paramount)
• The Gorilla (1939, 20th Century-Fox)
• It's a Wonderful World (1939, MGM)
• Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939, Monogram)
• Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939, Monogram)
• Private Detective (1939, Warner Brothers)
• There's That Woman Again (1939, Columbia)
• Torchy Plays with Dynamite (1939, Warner Brothers)
• Torchy Runs For Mayor (1939, Warner Brothers)
• Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939, Warner Brothers)

1940

• Doomed to Die (1940, Monogram)
• The Fatal Hour (1940, Monogram)
• Hold That Woman (1940, PRC)
• Michael Shayne, Private Detective (1940, 20th Century Fox)
• Midnight Limited (1940, Monogram)
• Phantom of Chinatown (1940, Monogram)

1941

• The Big Store (1941, MGM)
• Blue, White and Perfect (1941, 20th Century Fox)
• Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941, Columbia)
• Dangerous Lady (1941, PRC)
• A Date with The Falcon (1941, RKO)
• Dressed to Kill (1941, 20th Century Fox)
• The Gay Falcon (1941, RKO)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941, Warner Brothers)
• Meet Boston Blackie (1941, Columbia)
• No Hands on the Clock (1941, Paramount)
• Shadow of the Thin Man (1941, MGM)
• Sleepers West (1941, 20th Century Fox)
• This Man is Dangerous (1941)

1942

• Alias Boston Blackie (1942, Columbia)
• Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942, Columbia)
• Eyes in the Night (1942, MGM)
• The Falcon Takes Over (1942, RKO)
• The Falcon's Brother (1942, RKO)
• Grand Central Murder (1942, MGM)
• Just Off Broadway (1942, 20th Century Fox)
• The Living Ghost (1942; aka "A Walking Nightmare")
• The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942, 20th Century Fox)
• Time to Kill (1942, 20th Century Fox)
• X Marks the Spot (1942, Republic Pictures)

1943

• After Midnight With Boston Blackie (1943, Columbia)
• The Chance of a Lifetime (1943, Columbia; see Boston Blackie)
• The Falcon Strikes Back (1943, RKO)
• The Falcon and the Co-Eds (1943, RKO)
• The Falcon in Danger (1943, RKO)
• Find the Blackmailer (1943, Warner Bros.)
• No Place for a Lady (1943, Columbia)

1944

• Crime by Night (1944, Warner Brothers)
• Double Indemnity (1944, Paramount)
• 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)
• Leave It to the Irish (1944, Monogram)
• Make Your Own Bed (1944)
• Murder My Sweet (1944, RKO; aka "Farewell, My Lovely")
• One Mysterious Night (1944, Columbia; see Boston Blackie)
• Shadow of Suspicion (1944, Monogram)
• The Thin Man Goes Home (1944, MGM)

1945

• Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion (1945, Columbia)
• Boston Blackie's Rendezvous (1945, Columbia)
• The Hidden Eye (1945, MGM)
• Having a Wonderful Crime (1945, RKO)
• The Hat-Box Mystery (1947, Screen Art)
• I Love a Mystery (1945, Columbia)
• The Spider (1945, Twentieth Century Fox)

1946

• 120, rue de la Gare (1946, Sirius)
• Accomplice (1946, PRC)
• Behind Green Lights (1946)
• The Big Sleep (1946, Warner Brothers)
• Blonde for a Day (1946, PRC)
• Boston Blackie and the Law (1946, Columbia)
• A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946, Columbia)
• The Dark Corner (1946, 20th Century Fox)
• The Devil's Mask (1946, Columbia)
• The Falcon's Adventure (1946, RKO)
• The Falcon's Alibi (1946, RKO)
• The French Key (1946)
• The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946, Warner Bros.)
• The Inner Circle (1946, Republic Pictures; aka "The Twisted Circle")
• Larceny in Her Heart (1946, PRC)
• Murder is My Business (1946, PRC)
• Mysterious Intruder (1946, Columbia)
• Passkey to Danger (1946, Republic)
• The Phantom Thief (1946, Columbia; see Boston Blackie)
• The Runaround (1946)
• Send For Paul Temple (1946, Butchers)
• The Unknown (1946, Columbia)

1947

• Big Town (1947, Paramount; aka "Guilty Assignment")
• Big Town After Dark (1947, Paramount; aka "Underworld After Dark")
• Blackmail (1947, Republic)
• Born to Kill (1947, RKO)
• The Brasher Doubloon (1947, 20th Century Fox)
• The Case of the Baby-Sitter (1947, Screen Art)
• The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947, Columbia Pictures)
• Exposed (1947, Republic)
• Heartaches (1947, PRC)
• High Tide (1947, Monogram)
• I Cover Big Town (1947, Paramount; aka "I Cover the Underworld")
• The Lady in the Lake (1947, MGM)
• My Favorite Brunette (1947, Paramount)
• Out of the Past (1947, RKO)
• Philo Vance's Gamble (1947, PRC)
• Riff Raff (1947, RKO)
• Song of the Thin Man (1947, MGM)
• Three on a Ticket (1947, PRC)
• Too Many Winners (1947, PRC)
• Whispering City (1947, Eagle-Lion/Québec Productions)

1948

• Appointment with Murder (1948, Film Classics)
• Behind Locked Doors (1948, Aro Productions/Eagle-Lion Films)
• Big Town Scandal (1948, Paramount; aka "Underworld Scandal")
• Calling Paul Temple (1948)
• Catalina Interlude (1948, Paramount Pictures)
• The Cobra Strikes (1948, Eagle-Lion Films)
• Dick Barton, Special Agent (1948, Exclusive Films)
• The Devil's Cargo (1948, Film Classics)Incident (1948, Monogram)
• Incident (1948, Monogram)
• I Love Trouble (1948, Columbia)
• I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948, Monogram)
• Mystery in Mexico (1948, RKO)
• No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948)
• Trapped By Boston Blackie (1948, Columbia)
• Uneasy Terms (1948, British Pathe)
• Whispering Smith (1948, Paramount)

1949

• Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949, Columbia)
• Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949, Exclusive Films)
• The Lucky Stiff (1949)
• Love Happy (1949, United Artists)
• Manhandled (1949, Paramount)
• Search for Danger (1949, Film Classics)
• Top 'o the Morning (1949, Paramount)

1950

• Dick Barton at Bay (1950, Exclusive Films)
• Guilty Bystander (1950, Film Classics)
• Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950, MGM)
• Paul Temple Returns (1950, Nettlefold Films)
• Paul Temple's Triumph (1950, Butchers/Nettlefold Films)

1951

• Danger Zone (1951, Spartan Productions; aka "Pier of Peril")
• The Fat Man (1951, Universal)
• La strada buia (1951, Republic; aka "Fugitive Lady")
• Pier 23 (1951, Spartan Productions; aka "Flesh and Leather")
• Roadblock (1951, RKO)
• Roaring City (1951, Spartan Productions)
• Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard (1951, Hammer-Lesser/RKO)
• Whispering Smith Hits London (1951, Hammer-Lesser/RKO)
• Whispering Smith Investigates (1951, Hammer-Lesser/RKO)
• You Never Can Tell (1951, Universal; aka "You Never Know)

1952

• The Assassin (1952, British Film-Makers)
• Venitian Bird (1952, British Film-Makers; aka "The Assassin")

1953

• I, the Jury (1953, Parklane Productions)
• Park Plaza 605 (1953, A&B Productions; aka "Norman Conquest")
• Plunder of the Sun (1953, Warner Brothers)

1954

• A toi de jouer Callaghan (1954, France)
• La Nuit d'Austerlitz (1954, Telefilm)
• Loophole (1954, Allied Artists)
• Meet Mr. Callaghan (1954, British Eros)
• Plus de whiskey pour Callaghan (1954, France)
• World for Ransom (1954, Plaza Productions)

1955

• Kiss Me Deadly (1955, Parklane Productions)

1956

• The Come-On (1956, Allied Artists)
• Passport to Treason (1956)
• Who Done It? (1956, Ealing Studios)

1957

• Love in the Afternoon (1957, Allied Artists Pictures Corporation)
• My Gun Is Quick (1957, United Artists)

1958

• Vertigo (1958, Paramount)

1959

• Enigme aux Folies-Bergeres (1959)

1960

• Callaghan remet ça (1960, France)
• Calling Mr. Callaghan (1960, Atlantis)

1961

• Three Blondes in His Life (1961)
• Twenty Plus Two (1961)

1962

• Secret File: Hollywood (1962, Crown International)

1963

• The Girl Hunters (1963, Fellane)

1964

• Code 7, Victim 5 (1964, Columbia Pictures)

1966

• Harper (1966, Warner Brothers)

1967

• Gunn (1967, Paramount)
• The Money Jungle (1967)
• Tony Rome (1967, 20th Century Fox)

1968

• The Detective (1968, Fox)
• Lady In Cement (1968, 20th Century Fox)
• Rogue's Gallery (1968, Paramount)
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1968, United Artists)

1969

• Kiss Kiss Kill Kill (1969)
• Marlowe (1969, MGM)
• P.J. (1968, Universal)

1970

• Cotton Comes To Harlem (1970)
• Darker Than Amber (1970, National General)
• Trader Hornee (1970, Entertainment Ventures Inc)

1971

• Body Fever (1971, Republic Pictures)
• Deadlocked (1971, Republic Pictures)
• The Grissom Gang (1971)
• Klute (1971, Warner Brothers)
• The Last Original B Movie (1971, Republic Pictures)
• Shaft (1971, MGM)
• Supercool (1971, Republic Pictures)

1972

• Chandler (1972)
• Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972)
• The Gore Gore Girls (1972, Lewis Motion Picture Enterprises)
• Gumshoe (1972, Memorial Enterprises)
• Hickey and Boggs (1972, United Artists)
• The Public Eye (1972, Universal)
• Shaft's Big Score! (1972, MGM)
• Tatort - Tote Taube in der Beethovenstrasse (1972, German; aka "Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street")
• Trouble Man (1972, 20th Century Fox/JDFB Productions)

1973

• The Long Goodbye (1973, United Artists)
• Shaft in Africa (1973, MGM)
• Shamus (1973, Columbia; aka "Passion For Danger")

1974

• Black Eye (1974, Warner Bros.)
• Chinatown (1974, Paramount)
• The Conversation (1974, Paramount)
• The Midnight Man (1974, Universal Pictures)

1975

• The Black Bird (1975, Columbia)
• The Brotherhood of the Yakuza (1975, Warner Brothers)
• Death Journey (1975)
• Farewell, My Lovely (1975, EK Corporation/ITC)
• The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975, Strathmore Productions)
• Night Moves (1975, Warner Brothers)
• Peeper (1975, Twentieth Century-Fox; aka "Fat Chance")
• Sheba, Baby (1975, American-International)
• The Yakuza (1975, Warner Brothers)

1976

• The Drowning Pool (1976, Warner Brothers)
• Murder By Death (1976, Columbia TriStar)
• No Way Back (1976)
• St. Ives (1976, Warner Brothers)
• Tatuaje (1976, Profilmar/Spain)

1977

• La nuit de Saint-Germain-des-Pres (1977, Filmologies)
• The Late Show (1977, Warner Brothers)
• Poliziotto senza paura (1977; aka "Magnum Cop," "Fatal Charm")
• Skip Tracer (1977, Highlight Productions; aka "Deadly Business")

1978

• Adéla Jeste Nevecerela (1978, Czechoslovakia)
• The Big Fix (1978, Universal)
• The Big Sleep (1978, Winkast)
• Blind Rage (1978)
• The Cheap Detective (1978, Columbia/EMI)
• Fearless (1978, Italian)

1979

• Sunburn (1979, Paramount)
• The Tattoo Connection (1979, Hong Kong)

1980

• Cheaper to Keep Her (1980, American Cinema)
• The Hunter (1980, Paramount /Rastar Pictures)
• The Man With Bogart's Face (1980, Fox; aka "Sam Marlow, Private Eye")

1981

• La chèvre (1981, Gaumont/France)
• Pour la peau d'un flic (1981, Adel Productions; French)
• They All Laughed (1981, MGM)

1982

• Asesinato en el comité central (1982, Spain)
• Blade Runner (1982, Warner Brothers)
• Chan is Missing (1982, New Yorker Films/Wayne Wang Productions)
• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982, Universal)
• I, the Jury (1982, Warner Brothers)
• It's Called Murder, Baby (1982, Lightning Video)
• The Last Fight (1982, Best Film & Video)
• M'as-tu vu en cadavre? (1982)
• Nestor Burma, detective en choc (1982, Zenith)
• An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982, Boyd's/Castle Hill)

1983

• Dixie Ray, Hollywood Star (1983)
• Hammett (1983, Orion Pictures/Warner Brothers)
• Mortelle Randonnèe (1983; in French)
• Nick Danger in the Case of the Missing Yolks (1983, Nesmith Enterprises)

1984

• Against All Odds (1984, Columbia)
• City Heat (1984, Warner Bros.)
• The Naked Face (1984, Cannon)
• Polar (1984, Les Films Noirs/France 3; French)

1985

• Blood Simple (1985, Foxton Entertainment/River Road)
• Deadly Passion (1985, Lightning Video)
• Detectives Inc. (1985, Shamus Productions)
• The Empty Beach (1985, Jethro Films)
• Fletch (1985, Universal)
• Foxtrap (1985)
• Hollywood Harry (1985, U.S.A.)
• Jagged Edge (1985)

1986

• Armed Response (1986, Cinetel)
• Confidential (1986, Brightstar)
• Eight Million Ways to Die (1986, Producer Sales Organisation)

1987

• Adventures of a Private Eye (1987)
• Angel Heart (1987, TriStar)
• Deadly Illusion (1987, Pound Ridge Films; aka "Love You to Death")
• The Squeeze (1987, TriStar)

1988

• Diamond's Edge (1988, Red Rooster; akaA "Just Ask For Diamond")
• Die Hard (1988, Fox)
• Going Undercover (1988, Miramax)
• Gotham (1988, Showtime)
• Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988)
• Les Rats de Montsouris (1988, Telefilm)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988, Touchstone Pictures)
• Yellow Pages (1988, Miramax)

1989

• Kill Me Again (1989, MGM)
• Fletch Lives (1989, Universal)
• From Hollywood to Deadwood (1989, Island Pictures)
• Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)

1990

• The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
• Dead Women in Lingerie (1990, Curb Esquire Films)
• Everybody Wins (1990, Orion Pictures)
• The Raven Red Kiss-Off (1990, Fries Entertainment)
• The Two Jakes (1990, Paramount)
• Wild At Heart (1990)

1991

• Dead Again (1991, Paramount)
• F/X2: The Deadly Art of Illusion (1991, Orion)
• The Last Boy Scout (1991, Geffen Pictures)
• Living to Die (1991, Trinity)
• Pure Luck (1991, Universal)
• The Resurrected (1991, Scotti Bros./Borde/Raich; aka "Shatterbrain")
• Total Exposure (1991, Republic)
• Tu ying dang an (1991, Betaview Film/Hong Kong; aka "Mission Kill")
• V.I. Warshawski (1991, Hollywood Pictures)

1992

• Beyond Justice (1992, Reteitalia)
• The Bodyguard (1992)
• Honeymoon in Vegas (1992, MGM)
• Happy Birthday, Turke! (1992)
• South Beach (1992, Po' Boy Productions)
• Under Suspicion (1992, Columbia)

1993

• Backstreet Justice (1993)
• City Hunter (1993, golden Harvest)
• Little Miss Millions (1993, New Horizons; aka "Home for Christmas")
• Raw Justice (1993, West Side Studios)
• The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1993, Japan)
• Sunset Grill (1993)
• Waga jinsei saiaku no toki (1993, Japan; aka "The Most Terrible Time in My Life")

1994

• Clean Slate (1994)
• Harukana Jidai no Kaidan O (1994 , Japan; aka "Stairway to the Distant Past")
• Ego Trip (1994, Canadian; aka "Ride Me")
• A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)
• The Private Eye Blues (1994, Hong Kong)
• Stairway to the Distant Past (1994, Japan)

1995

• Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
• Guns and Lipstick (1995)
• In the Mouth of Madness (1995, New Line Cinema)
• Playback (1995 Precious/Playboy)
• Rough Magic (1995)
• Umihoozuki (1995, Japan/Taiwan; aka "The Breath")

1996

• Asylum (1996)
• The Big Fall (1996, PM Entertainment Group)
• Bordello of Blood (1996)
• Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
• The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996, Forge/New Line Cinema) 
• An Occasional Hell (1996, Greenlight Productions)
• Tales from the Crypt: Bordello of Blood (1996)
• Wana (1996, Japan; aka "Trap")

1997

• The Big Empty (1997)
• Catherine's Grove (1997, High Fliers)
• La Conciergerie (1997, Canadian, aka "The Haven")
• Fatal Pursuit (1997, Crossroads Entertainment)
• Hollywood Confidential (1997, Fox)

1998

• À Vendre (1998, Canal+; aka "For Sale")
• The Big Lebowski (1998, Working Title Films)
• Brown's Requiem (1998)
• Dirty Work (1998, MGM/UA)
• A Gun, A Car, A Blonde (1998)
• Twilight (1998, Paramount)
• Where's Marlowe? (1998, Paramount)
• Zero Effect (1998, Castle Rock)

1999

• 8MM (1999, Columbia)
• Bondage House (1999, Japan)
• Le Dernier souffle (1999, Canada; aka "Dead End")
• 8MM (1999, Columbia)
• The Lost Son (1999, Columbia Tristar/United International)
• Los mares del sur (1990, Cyrkfilms/I.C.C./Spain)
• Love at Large (1990, Orion)
• Love Walked In (1999, TriStar)
• Payback (1999, Paramount)
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

2000

• Charlie's Angels (2000, Columbia)
• The Eye (2000 , Seville Pictures)
• Frozen With Fear (2000, Milagro Films)
• The Monkey's Mask (2000)
• The Right Temptation (2000, Columbia)
• Shaft (2000)
• Tokyo Raiders (2000)
• Trixie (2000, Pandora Cinema/Sandcastle 5 Productions)

2001

• Asesinato en el Meneo (2001; aka "Murder at El Meneo")
• Camouflage (2001, Camouflage/Interlight)
• The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001, Dreamworks)
• Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku No Tobira (2001, Columbia)
• Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door (2001, Columbia)
• Knockin' On Heaven's Door (2001, Columbia)
• Memento (2001, I Remember/Newmarket Capital Group/Team Todd)
• Russian Doll (2001, Beyond Films/Screen Artists -- Australia)
• Tengoku No Tobira (2001, Columbia)

2002

• Blood Work (2002, Warner Bros.)
• Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002, Touchstone)
• On the Edge (2002)
• Wicked Temptations (2002; MRG Entertainment; aka "Sex, Secrets and Lies 2")

2003

• A Matter of Principal (2003, Another Level Inc.)
• The Singing Detective (2003, Haft Entertainment/Icon Entertainment)

2004

• Al Roach, Private Insectigator (2004, Turner Classic Movies)
• A Killer Within (2004, Fireside Entertainment)
• Looking for Kitty (2004, Marlboro Road Gang)
• Män som hatar kvinnor (2009, Yellow Bird/Nordisk Film and TV)
• Munich Mambo (2004)
• The Overlookers (2004, Overlook Terrace Productions)
• Pulp Fiction Art: Cheap Thrills & Painted Nightmares (2005 documentary)
• Silver City (2004, Silver City Films Inc./Anarchist's Convention Films)
• Vares (2004; "Vares, Private Eye")

2005

• Brick (2005, Bergman Lustig Productions)
• The Cutter (2005, Sony Pictures)
• Darwin Awards (2005, 3 Ring Circus Films)
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005, Warner Bros.)

2006

• Hollywoodland (2006, Focus Features/Miramax)

2007

• 2 Minutes Later (2007, 2ML Productions)
• C+ Detective (2007, Universe Entertainment; aka "The Detective")
• Gone Baby Gone (2007, Miramax)
• In the Electric Mist (2007)
• Michael Clayton (2007)
• Nancy Drew (2007, Warner Brothers)
• Nymphs Anonymous (2007)
• The Smiling Man (2007, Kelp Entertainment)
• Zen Noir (2007, Dreaming Dog Entertainment/Zenmovie)

2008

• The Caller (2008, Belladonna Productions)
• Cold Play (2008, Morin/Andrews Productions)

2009

• Give 'em Hell, Malone (2009, National Entertainment Media)
• I Come with the Rain (2009)
• Flickan som lekte med elden (2009, Yellow Bird/Nordisk Film and TV)
• The Last Lullaby (2009, Chaillot Films/Timbergrove Entertainment)
• Lonely Street (2009, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment)
• Luftslottet som sprängdes (2009, Yellow Bird/Nordisk Film and TV)
• The Missing Person (2009, 7th Floor)
• The Scratch (2009, Maverick Entertainment Group)

2010

• B+ Detective (2010, Universe Entertainment; aka "The Detective II")
• The Big Bang (2010; Big Bang Productions)
• Detective Byomkesh Bakshi (2010)
• The Jack of Spades (2010)
• La herencia Valdemar (2010, aka "The Valdemar Legacy")
• La herencia Valdemar II: La Sombra Prohibida (2010, aka "The Valdemar LegacyII: The Forbidden Shadow")
• Lowlifes (2010)

2011

• Cat Run (2011, Lleju Productions)
• City Hunter (2011)
• Dead of Night (2011, Fox/Platinum Studios; aka "Dylan Dog")
• One for the Money (2011, Lakeshore/Sidney Kimmel Entertainment/Lionsgate)

2012

• Jack Reacher (2012, Paramount)
• Omertà (2012)

2013

• Broken City (2013, 20th Century Fox)
• Detektiv Downs (2013, Norway)
• Max Anderson, Private Eye (2013, Bad Atom)
• Mike Case: The Big Kiss-Off (2013, Vagabond Entertainment)
• Parker (2013, Filmdistrict)
• So Undercover (2013)

2014

• Cat Run 2 (2014, Lleju Productions)
• Cold in July (2014, Backup Media)
• The Equalizer (2014, Columbia Pictures)
• Inherent Vice (2014, Warner Bros.)
• No Clue (2014, Sparrow Media)
• Out to Kill (2014, Guest House Films)
• True Love (2014)
• Veronica Mars (2014, Warner Bros Digital)
• A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014, Universal)

2015

• Detective Byomkesh Bakshi (2015)
• The Little Sister...(2015, Brooklyn Multimedia)

2016

• Hail, Caesar! (2016, Universal)
• Never Go Back (2016, Paramount)
• The Nice Guys (2016, Silver Pictures)
• Too Late (2016, Vanishing Angle/Foe Killer Films)

2017

• Blade Runner 2049 (2017, Columbia)
• Budapest Noir (2017, Pioneer Pictures)
• City of Tiny Lights (2017, BBC Films)
• Eddy Deco (2017, Helix Films)
• Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017, Voltage Pictures)
• Small Town Crime (2017, 6 Foot Films)
• Suburbicon (2017, Paramount)
• Trouble is My Business (2017, Lumen Actus)
  

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