The Detective fingerprintStrong craft, light on feelings.
Tense
Emotionally reserved
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Crime, mystery, and everyday modern life
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Crime, mystery, and everyday modern life
Its world is built around crime, mystery, and everyday modern life.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
Based on the GoodWatch fingerprint: our scores for 70+ attributes of every movie. Select a row to see all of them.
An adult look at a police detective.
You are here: The DetectiveTap a poster to move
You are herePreview
vscompared with The Detective
The Detective1968
Point at a poster to compare itHold a poster to compare it
A chip fills to its level. Tap a full one for titles without that trait, a low one for titles with it.
Open a page:Raat Akeli Hai (2020)Inspector Avinash (2023)The Absent One (2014)Farewell, My Lovely (1975)Justified: City Primeval (2023)French Connection II (1975)The Naked Kiss (1964)Deadwind (2018)Night Moves (1975)Three Days of the Condor (1975)Lone Star (1996)A Most Violent Year (2014)Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)The Hunters (1996)Crime Novel (2005)The Letter (1940)Carancho (2010)Detective Story (1951)Harper (1966)House of Games (1987)Suspect (1987)In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023)The Good Thief (2003)May God Save Us (2016)Signal (2016)Heaven (2002)Small Town Crime (2018)The Good Liar (2019)The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)Mahaan (2022)The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009)Dark Passage (1947)The Snow Girl (2023)Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One (2021)River (2015)Return to Paradise (1998)Cold in July (2014)Metro Manila (2013)Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)Collateral (2018)I'm Your Woman (2020)The Salesman (2016)Maqbool (2003)Hightown (2020)Jaane Jaan (2023)The Connection (2014)4 Blocks (2017)Joint Security Area (2000)Vikram Vedha (2022)Yennai Arindhaal (2015)Murder Mubarak (2024)Paranoid (2016)Michael Clayton (2007)Shallow Grave (1994)Badlands (1973)Dept. Q (2025)Narc (2002)Chance (2016)The Rover (2014)Eddington (2025)Gloria (1980)Common Wealth (2000)Breach (2007)
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
The Detective is included with a subscription to YouTube TV in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 62/100 (IMDb 6.5). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG in the United States. Content advisories: violence and sexual content.
1 h 54 min
The Detective runs 1 h 54 min.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $4 million to make and earned $7 million worldwide, 1.4 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Detective in 5 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
6.5
