Nøkkelord Private Investigator

Privatetterforskeren Matthew Scudder blir leid inn av en narkobaron for å finne ut hvem som har kidnappet og drept hans kone.

Vi befinner oss i Los Angeles, året er 1970. Den rusglade detektiven Larry "Doc" Sportello må finne ut hva som skjedde etter at hans eks-kjæreste forsvant på mystisk vis. Filmen er basert på Thomas Pynchons roman med samme navn.

En privatdetektiv etterforsker noe som ser ut som et selvmord av en falmende pornostjerne i 70-tallets Los Angeles, men oppdager en konspirasjon. En sliten, men brutal pengeinnkrever er på samme sak, og dermed blir de tvunget til å samarbeide - med noe utradisjonelle metoder i bakhånd.

Hans siste sak kan bli den mest innbringende, men den bringer ham også til en ondskap han aldri før har opplevd. Forsvarsadvokat Mickey Haller avtaler å ta saken til Louis Roulet, en glatt playboy og eiendomsmegler. Roulet er anklaget for overfall og hans mor vil gjøre hva som helst for å renvaske sønnens navn og rykte, koste hva det koste vil. Mickey har dermed fått sin første virkelig generøse kunde på flere år, og sammen med medhjelperen Paul Levin ser han nærmere på saken. Et stadig mørkere bilde av Roulet åpenbarer seg. Så skjer et nytt mord, og Mickeys egen moral stilles på prøve.

Marlowe får i oppdrag å beskytte general Sternwoods ustyrlige datter, Carmen. Datteren er ikke særlig interessert i at han foretar seg noe som helst, men Marlowe lar seg ikke stoppe verken av vakre kvinner, penger eller kuler.

En gruppe gjester inviteres til et luksuriøst feriested der alle ønsker oppfylles, men så tar oppholdet på øya en grusom vending.

Dette er den andre spillefilmen basert på tv-serien Tales From The Crypt som igjen er basert på en amerikansk skrekktegneserie utgitt på 50-tallet. Konseptet til denne serien er korte grøssere med en smule humor og noe mer blod. Handlingen dreier seg rundt et bordell befolket av vampyrer. En privatdetektiv får i oppdrag å finne en gutt som forsvant etter et besøk på bordellet. Hun vil nemlig redde broren sin fra de blodsugende skjønnhetene.

Privatdetektiven Tom Welles er en fremgangsrik mann. En dag får han en henvendelse fra en rik enke. Hennes innflytelsesrike mann døde nylig, og etter mannens død oppdaget hun en 8 mm-filmrull som lå gjemt i et pengeskap. Den lydløse filmen viser et grovt, men muligens iscenesatt mord på en ung kvinne, utført av en maskert figur. Enken er dypt sjokkert over filmens innhold, og vil at Welles skal finne ut om kvinnen er i live. Welles tar saken, og blir etterhvert ledet inn i pornoindustriens underverden.

Den driftige privatdetektiven Molly blir en dag kontaktet av FBI. Agentene vil engasjere henne for å infiltrere et college der datteren til en ukjent gangster går. Under falsk identitet som utvekslingsstudent begynner hun på skolen og gjør alt for å skaffe seg informasjon. Men både fester og gutter tar fokuset bort fra oppdraget hennes.

Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.

A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.

Thomas Magnum, a decorated former Navy SEAL, returns home from Afghanistan and applies his military skills to become a private investigator in Hawaii taking jobs no one else will—with the help of fellow vets T.C. Calvin and Rick Wright, and former MI:6 agent, Juliet Higgins.

Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle! Receiving their orders via speaker phone from their never seen boss, Charlie, the Angels employ their incomparable sleuthing and combat skills, as well as their lethal feminine charm, to crack even the most seemingly insurmountable of cases.

In the fictional town of Neptune, California, student Veronica Mars progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father.

A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.

Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two episodes of Barnaby Jones. Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.

Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.

Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.

Ex-pro hockey player Matt Shade irrevocably changes his life when he teams up with fierce P.I. Angie Everett to form an unlikely investigative powerhouse.

Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981 to January 21, 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two brothers who run a private detective agency together.

Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.

Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who work as private eyes, for a deceptive sting operation. It was broadcast on the CBS network for three seasons between September 9, 1975 and August 20, 1978, bumping the Hawaii Five-O detective series to Friday nights.

Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.

When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.

Corrupt ex-cop turned hitman Nick Sax's life is changed forever by a relentlessly positive, imaginary blue winged horse named Happy.

Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series. Filmed in a film noir atmosphere and featuring Henry Mancini music that could tell you the action with your eyes closed, Peter Gunn worked in style. Known as Pete to his friends and simply as Gunn to his enemies, he did his job in a calm cool way.

Tropical Heat is a Canadian action series The plot revolves around private investigator, ex-DEA agent Nick Slaughter who after arriving in the fictional resort town of Key Mariah, Florida and setting up a detective agency there, met up with local tourist agent Sylvie Girard to solve a variety of different cases.