81 best detective movies of 2022

List of the 81 best movies of 2022 as selected by visitors to our site: The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Parallel, The Little Things, Every Breath You Take, The Dry, Major Grom: Plague Doctor, The Seventh Day, Cruella, Oxygen, The Woman in the Window, Censor, Suicide Forest Village, Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob, Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, Fear Street: 1978, Midnight in the Switchgrass, No Sudden Move, Old, Recalled
Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, detective
CountryUSA

A chilling story of terror, murder and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of the most sensational cases from their files, it starts with a fight for the soul of a young boy, then takes them beyond anything they’d ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryCanada

A group of friends stumble upon a mirror that serves as a portal to a "multiverse", but soon discover that importing knowledge from the other side in order to better their lives brings increasingly dangerous consequences.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA

Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA

A psychiatrist, whose client commits suicide, finds his family life disrupted after introducing her surviving brother to his wife and daughter.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryAustralia, USA, United Kingdom

Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, comedy, short, crime, detective
CountryRussia

Igor Grom is a skilled policeman from St. Petersburg, known for his daring nature and uncompromising attitude towards the criminals of all kinds. Incredible strength, analytical mind and integrity – these qualities make Major Grom the perfect policeman. Working tirelessly, he always pushes through, and meets the challenges standing in the way.

Markimdb: 4.5
Genrehorror, detective
CountryUSA

A renowned exorcist teams up with a rookie priest for his first day of training. As they plunge deeper into hell on earth, the lines between good and evil blur, and their own demons emerge.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA

In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
CountryFrance, USA

A woman wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there, and must find a way out before running out of air.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryUSA

An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors only to witness a disturbing act of violence.

Markimdb: 6
Genrehorror, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom

Film censor Enid takes pride in her meticulous work, guarding unsuspecting audiences from the deleterious effects of watching the gore-filled decapitations and eye gougings she pores over. Her sense of duty to protect is amplified by guilt over her inability to recall details of the long-ago disappearance of her sister, recently declared dead in absentia. When Enid is assigned to review a disturbing film from the archive that echoes her hazy childhood memories, she begins to unravel how this eerie work might be tied to her past.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrehorror, detective
CountryJapan

One day a mysterious box arrived and a curse began to spread all over. The source of the box is 'Jukai Village'. The village is hidden in Jukai Forest, a suicide spot that once you enter it, you can never come out.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, detective
CountryUSA

An evil sorceress transports the gang back to the age of chivalrous knights, spell-casting wizards, and fire-breathing dragons.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, cartoon, crime, detective
CountryUSA

Following a brutal series of murders taking place on Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, Gotham City's young vigilante known as the Batman sets out to pursue the mysterious serial killer alongside police officer James Gordon and district attorney Harvey Dent.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA, Canada

Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer’s morbid game.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrehorror, detective
CountryUSA, Canada

In 1978, two rival groups at Camp Nightwing must band together to solve a terrifying mystery when horrors from their towns' history come alive.

Markimdb: 4.4
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryUSA

FBI Agent Karl Helter and his partner Rebecca Lombardo are very close to busting a sex-trafficking ring. When they realize their investigation has crossed the path of a brutal serial killer, they team up with a Texas Ranger to put an end to the infamous 'Truck Stop Killer'.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genredrama, crime, detective
CountryUSA

A group of criminals are brought together under mysterious circumstances and have to work together to uncover what's really going on when their simple job goes completely sideways.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Japan

A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountrySouth Korea

Soo Jin, a woman suffering from post-traumatic memory loss, returns to her daily life with her husband after an accident. But her recovery takes an unexpected turn when she starts experiencing eerie visions: One day, she sees a vision of a child living in the same building being hit by a car. Shortly after almost risking her life to save the child, she has yet another chilling vision about a girl living on the 7th floor being harassed by a man, and does what she can to help the girl. She runs into her former boss at an art school, and learns that learns that her husband may not be telling the truth about everything. Meanwhile, detective Ki-sang finds Soo Jin’s husband on the surveillance footage of a crime scene and starts to investigate him. Soo Jin’s suspicion grows as she sees a vision of her husband killing a neighbor. While searching for the truth about her husband, she stumbles upon a wedding photo of her with a strange man other than her husband…

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrehorror, detective
CountryUSA, Canada

In 1666, a colonial town is gripped by a hysterical witch-hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come, and it's up to teenagers in 1994 to finally put an end to their town's curse, before it's too late.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, cartoon, crime, detective
CountryUSA

As Gotham City's young vigilante, the Batman, struggles to pursue a brutal serial killer, district attorney Harvey Dent gets caught in a feud involving the criminal family of the Falcones.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA

Desperate to save their marriage, a young couple takes a deal to move into their dream home, but disturbing events reveal the house's troubled history.

Markimdb: 6
Genrehorror, comedy, detective
CountryUSA

When a proposed pipeline creates hostilities between residents of a small town, a newly-arrived forest ranger must keep the peace after a snowstorm confines the townspeople to an old lodge. But when a mysterious creature begins terrorizing the group, their worst tendencies and prejudices rise to the surface, and it is up to the ranger to keep the residents alive, both from each other and the monster which plagues them.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, detective
CountryUSA

Nicolas Bannister, a rugged and solitary veteran living in a near-future Miami flooded by rising seas, is an expert in a dangerous occupation: he offers clients the chance to relive any memory they desire. His life changes when he meets a mysterious young woman named Mae. What begins as a simple matter of lost and found becomes a passionate love affair. But when a different client's memories implicate Mae in a series of violent crimes, Bannister must delve through the dark world of the past to uncover the truth about the woman he fell for.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, crime, detective
CountryUSA, United Kingdom

Rembrandt and Anna, two world premier assassins who share a mysterious past from Vietnam, traverse the globe competing for high-profile contracts. When Anna's mentor is murdered, she and Rembrandt must form an uneasy alliance and return to Vietnam to track down his killer.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrehorror, detective
CountryUSA, Canada

In 1994, a group of teenagers discovers that the terrifying events which have haunted their town for generations ​are all connected — and that they may be the next targets.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genredrama, crime, detective, biography
CountryUSA

Based on real life transcripts culled from conversations between FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier and serial killer Ted Bundy that took place between 1984 and 1989, No Man of God details the complicated relationship that formed between the two men during Bundy’s final years on death row.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrehorror, detective
CountryUSA

Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities with a mysterious tie to her past.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryIndia

Under investigation as a suspect in her husband's murder, a wife reveals details of their thorny marriage that seem to only further blur the truth.

Markimdb: 4.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia

When a voyeuristic divorcee fixates on the lives of a perfect couple a far, she soon gets embroiled in a murder mystery that unfolds revealing truths about her own life.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA

The plot follows a tortured FBI agent suffering from an irrational fear of darkness, as he investigates a mysterious former prostitute in order to catch a vicious serial killer.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantastic, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom

Jane wakes up in a strange attic, in a parallel world, with seemingly no way out. She is stuck in a time-loop, destined to relive the same day over and over with little memory of her doing it before. But with each 'reset' she starts to remember more and more and begins to piece together what may be happening to her, with clues pointing to a Professor Aaron Ostergaard. She makes her way to the mysterious Wytness Quantum Research Centre, run by Charles Marland-White, to try to find a way out.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryIndia

The culprits behind multiple deaths in a family over a few years are exposed, but there is more to it than meets the eye.

Markimdb: 5
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryBrazil

A woman tries to help her twin sister, with whom she has a strong connection, recover from a trauma. But weird things surround their lives.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genredetective
CountryUSA

When a young woman, Lola, is invited to a secret facility, she discovers an experiment beyond space and time. After uncovering her own past life as a teenage boy named Robbie, she embarks on a malevolent path for justice against the ex-con who killed him.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountrySouth Africa

A special crimes investigator forms an unlikely bond with a serial killer to bring down a global child sex trafficking syndicate.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

Reeling from the unexpected death of her husband, Beth is left alone in the lakeside home he built for her. Soon she begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.

Markimdb: 4
Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom

When a lowly postman is inducted into a top-secret superhuman DNA program at a research facility, it's revealed that he'll be able to receive, control and send information based on the senses of others.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, detective
CountryIndia

When Paaru sees a fairy tale she heard from from a stranger as a child painted across the walls of a costal town, she goes in search of the man who painted it - Maara.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genremelodrama, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Republic of Ireland

A young film student in the early 80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrehorror, drama
CountryUSA, Mexico, Canada

A young teacher discovers that her troubled student's father and younger brother harbor a deadly supernatural secret. Taking the boy into her care, the teacher must fight for their survival against horrors beyond imagination.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genreaction, comedy, detective
CountryChina

Following the excitement of first Bangkok and then New York, a big murder case takes place in Tokyo. Chinatown master detectives Tangren (Wang Baoqiang) and Qinfeng (Liu Haoren) are invited to take up the mystery. Adding to the excitement are the other detectives on the CRIMASTER international detective list as well as the current top rank, Q. Yet another hilarious battle of wits is set to take place...

Markimdb: 6
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA

A young couple, find themselves becoming interested in the sex life of their neighbors across the street. What starts as an innocent curiosity turns into an unhealthy obsession.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryIndia

When civil engineer Siddharth is arrested for a murder on the basis of a pictorial evidence, cops discover his lookalike Aditya and realize they have only 48 hours to solve the case.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, detective
CountrySouth Korea

A teenage girl who has the ability to bring death by using Hanja (Chinese characters), names, photos, and belongings; and a just social issues reporter, fighting against the massive evil hidden behind an IT conglomerate. The film for the series "The Cursed".

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA

Todd is the story of a man who has always felt like the "odd man out." From a young age, Todd is shunned and ridiculed by his peers. Over time his pain and anger turns into rage and despair. When psychoanalysis and depression drugs don't work, the young eccentric becomes morbid and introverted, withdrawing from society in a downward spiral to insanity. He not only sets his sights on an aspiring young actress, but on his psychiatrist and the doctor's family too. "TODD" takes you on a nail biting, edge of your seat journey into the mind of a budding madman.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom

Catherine's seemingly perfect rural life is turned upside down after she discovers her husband is hiding a dark secret that leads her to the unthinkable: murder.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryCanada

When blind former skier Sophie cat-sits in a secluded mansion, three thieves invade for the hidden safe. Sophie's only defense is army veteran Kelly, who she meets on the See For Me app. Kelly helps Sophie defend herself against the invaders and survive.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, comedy, detective
CountryUSA, United Kingdom

An engaged Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter for an anonymous sexual encounter and becomes ensnared in a sinister world of lying, infidelity, and digital data.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genreaction, thriller, detective
CountryCanada

Nicolas Shaw is a retired U.S. special operative who becomes part of an elite 'invisible' team that quietly takes out the worst villains around the world.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, detective
CountryUSA

With Mystery, Inc. on the tail of a strange object in Nowhere, Kansas, the strange hometown of Eustice, Muriel, and Courage, the gang soon find themselves contending with a giant cicada monster and her winged warriors.

Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany

When a man's only son goes missing, he travels to the town where his ex-wife lives in search of answers. To play a man whose life is clouded by mystery, McAvoy will not be given a script of dialogue.

Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryJapan

A kind man aspires to become a manga writer, but villains and evil deeds do not come easily to him, for he has little experience or natural inclination for them. Things take a surprise turn when he comes across a family who were described as idealized that are no more. He uses the real-life situation for his work.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrethriller, detective
CountryIndia

A dark rainy night, an empty house, a stranded couple and an unknown man. A sleek game of the cat and the mouse starts playing on, as the three of them find a dead body in the basement.

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Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryGermany

The dark secrets of a seemingly peaceful island threaten to swallow up an orphaned student when he grows close to a mysterious new teacher.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genredrama, crime, detective
CountryAustria, Germany

The blind ex-commissioner Alexander Haller will never forget May 12, 2017. It is the day he lost his fiancée Kara and his eyesight in a bomb attack. When a mysterious note appears on a murder victim with exactly this date, his past catches up with him.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryIndia

A First class judicial Magistrate comes across an 8 year old boy-Nithin & his murder stories. Do they have real life connection?

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA

Drowning in debt, child support and bills all while white knuckling it through sobriety, Francis is coming undone. When his roommate, Shelly, goes missing, Francis is thrown headlong into her private world; a slip stream of money, violence and terrifying allegiances. As secrets are exposed and tensions mount, a search for Shelly devolves into striving for meaning in the face of oblivion.

Genreaction, thriller, detective
CountryUSA

A disgraced ex-cop seeks solace by moving to the woods, but his quiet life comes to an end when a private eye recruits him to investigate the murder of an eccentric TV star's wife.

Genreaction, thriller, documentary, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

The enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryChina

On a dark night, Xueming hits a pedestrian with his car and flees the scene. Desperate to escape his feelings of guilt, he decides to approach the dead man's wife, Mrs. Liang. Meanwhile, the body is discovered—riddled with bullets. Chen, the detective in charge of the investigation, becomes obsessed with the case. Years later, all three remain caught in a tangled web of memories and lies, desperately searching for a truth that refuses to be revealed…

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA

The Alpines is a psychological thriller that follows seven friends coming together for a weekend getaway after several years of little to no contact. They've grown apart. They've moved on with their lives. But the secrets of their past have come back to haunt them. This time with a very real threat ready to expose every last one.

Markimdb: 2.2
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA

A woman leaves her emotionally abusive husband, only to learn that he used to be the leader of a doomsday cult that she is about to join.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrecomedy, crime, detective
CountryUSA

After being conned into buying a shady '65 Chrysler, Mike's first date plans with girl-next-door Kelsey implode as he finds himself targeted by criminals, cops, and a crazy cat lady.

Markimdb: 4.2
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryUSA

On the 4th of July, a serial killer has a moral crisis when he discovers that his latest victim is a high-school student; simultaneously, a rookie cop and a seasoned detective race against the clock to save her life.

Markimdb: 6
Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
CountryItaly

1960s, the city of Clerville. The forthcoming visit of heiress Eva Kant, who'll be bringing a famous pink diamond with her, catches the attention of Diabolik, the infallible and elusive thief whose real identity is unknown: while trying to steal the jewel, he finds himself bewitched by Eva's charm, a feeling she may be reciprocating. But the police, led by Inspector Ginko, is rapidly closing in on him...

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA

Margot, a documentary filmmaker, heads to a secluded Amish community in the hopes of learning about her long-lost mother and extended family. Following a string of strange occurrences and discoveries, she comes to realize this community may not be what it seems.

Markimdb: 5
Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, detective
CountryUSA

Two roommates’ lives are upended after finding out that their new Manhattan apartment harbors a dark secret.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountrySpain

A group of spanish tourists in Venice finds themselves fighting for their lives against locals that are not too keen on foreigners.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrecomedy, crime, detective
CountryCanada

In preparation for a shotgun wedding before the birth of Baby Guster, Shawn and Groomzilla Gus go rogue in an attempt to track down Selene’s estranged husband, as Lassiter grapples with the future of his career.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genredrama, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Malta, United Kingdom

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot’s Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple’s idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.

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Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryUSA, France

A third installment of the 'Now You See Me' franchise. Plot undisclosed.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Australia

Vic and Melinda Van Allen are a couple in the small town of Little Wesley. Their loveless marriage is held together only by a precarious arrangement whereby, in order to avoid the messiness of divorce, Melinda is allowed to take any number of lovers as long as she does not desert her family.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecrime, detective
CountrySouth Korea

A by-the-book police officer is assigned to secretly investigate a team leader who believes that the rules shouldn't stop an investigation. As the officer investigates further, his own attitudes begin to mirror the team leader's.

Markimdb: 4.1
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA

Mystery writer Grace Miller has killer instincts when it comes to motive - and she'll need every bit of expertise to help solve her sister's murder.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryGermany

A wealthy teen and his friends attending an elite private school uncover a dark conspiracy while looking into a series of strange supernatural events.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryFrance, Belgium

In Paris, a young girl is found dead in a Parisian square, wearing an evening dress. Commissioner Maigret will try to identify him and then understand what happened to the victim.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, adventure, family, cartoon, detective
CountryUSA

Decades since their successful television series was canceled, Chip has succumbed to a life of suburban domesticity as an insurance salesman. Dale, meanwhile, has had CGI surgery and works the nostalgia convention circuit, desperate to relive his glory days. When a former cast mate mysteriously disappears, Chip and Dale must repair their broken friendship and take on their Rescue Rangers detective personas once again to save their friend’s life.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA

Mercenary Nick Boon is trying to atone for his life as an enforcer for a ruthless syndicate. Running from his past, Boon moves to a remote area in the pacific northwest where he meets a struggling widow and her son. When he finds the pair living in fear of a criminal kingpin, Boon realizes the only way to protect them is to do what he does best: kill.




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