The Best PG Detective Movies

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Updated August 26, 2023
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List of PG detective movies, ranked from best to worst with movie trailers when available. This list takes the best PG detective moviess and pits them against each other to see once and for all what the greatest PG detective movies of all time is. This list of popular PG detective moviess includes information like who directed the film, when it was released and which actors starred in the movie. If you think the top PG detective movies isn't as high as it should be then be sure to vote it up so it can take its rightful place among the other great PG Detective films on this list. If you're trying to find a specific PG Detective film you can search this list and filter to find what you're looking for.

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  • Nancy Drew
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    Nancy Drew

    Emma Roberts, Josh Flitter, Max Thieriot
    25 votes
    • Released: 2007
    • Directed by: Andrew Fleming
    Amateur sleuth Nancy Drew (Emma Roberts) accompanies her father (Tate Donovan) on a business trip to Los Angeles and stumbles across evidence in the case of a movie star's long-unsolved death. The young heroine's resourcefulness and integrity are put to the test in the glamorous -- but sometimes treacherous -- world of Hollywood.

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  • Murder by Death
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    Murder by Death

    Peter Falk, Peter Sellers, Truman Capote
    7 votes
    • Released: 1976
    • Directed by: Robert Moore
    Five diverse, infamous private eyes, including Sam Diamond (Peter Falk), Sidney Wang (Peter Sellers) and Jessica Marbles (Elsa Lanchester), are invited to the mysterious Lionel Twain's castle for a dinner party. There, they are told that Twain plans an unsolvable murder in the house at midnight -- and he will pay $1 million to the one who determines the killer. But when Twain's blind butler, Bensonmum (Alec Guinness), dies long before the deadline, the stakes go up for the trapped sleuths.

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  • Death on the Nile
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    Death on the Nile

    Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis, David Niven
    11 votes
    • Released: 1978
    • Directed by: John Guillermin
    On a luxurious cruise on the Nile River, a wealthy heiress, Linnet Ridgeway (Lois Chiles), is murdered. Fortunately, among the passengers are famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) and his trusted companion, Colonel Race (David Niven), who immediately begin their investigation. But just as Poirot identifies a motley collection of would-be murderers, several of the suspects also meet their demise, which only deepens the mystery of the killer's identity.

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  • The Seven-Ups
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    The Seven-Ups

    Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Victor Arnold
    11 votes
    • Released: 1974
    • Directed by: Peter D'Antoni
    Buddy Manucci (Roy Scheider) is a tough New York City cop who operates as part of an unconventional team called "The Seven-Ups" that uses drastic measures to bring criminals to justice. When Vito Lucia (Tony Lo Bianco), one of Manucci's street contacts, uses a classified police list to kidnap mobsters and hold them for ransom, it sets off a series of escalating conflicts. After a member of Manucci's unit is killed in the ensuing violence, the cop and his crew stop at nothing to get Lucia.

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  • Murder on the Orient Express
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    Murder on the Orient Express

    Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam
    13 votes
    • Released: 1974
    • Directed by: Sidney Lumet
    Murder on the Orient Express is a classic whodunit. On a lavish train journey through Europe, Detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) is thrust into a murder investigation when a passenger is found dead. With the train stranded due to snow and a killer among the eclectic guests, Poirot must unravel the intricate web of deceit before another strike.

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  • Murder by Decree
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    Murder by Decree

    Christopher Plummer, James Mason, Donald Sutherland
    6 votes
    • Released: 1979
    • Directed by: Bob Clark
    After learning of mass murderer Jack the Ripper's gruesome reign of terror, private detective Sherlock Holmes (Christopher Plummer) decides to investigate. The police are no help, withholding information about the case from Holmes. But the detective refuses to be deterred, seeking the crucial assistance of psychic Robert Lees (Donald Sutherland), who sets him on the right path. Holmes, along with his trusted sidekick, Dr. Watson (James Mason), descends into a shadowy underworld of crime.

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