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1. Black Butler (2008–2011)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Ciel Phantomhive takes care of the many unsettling events in Victorian England. Aided by Sebastian Michaelis, his loyal butler with seemingly inhuman abilities. But is there more to this black-clad butler than meets the eye?
Stars: J. Michael Tatum, Brina Palencia, Michael C. Pizzuto, Monica Rial
Votes: 9,318
2. Crooked House (2017)
PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets.
Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner | Stars: Max Irons, Stefanie Martini, Glenn Close, Honor Kneafsey
Votes: 27,583
3. Harriet the Spy (1996)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. But when her friends find her secret notebook, the tables are turned on her. Can she win them back and still keep on going with the spy business?
Director: Bronwen Hughes | Stars: Michelle Trachtenberg, Rosie O'Donnell, Gregory Smith, Vanessa Chester
Votes: 11,074 | Gross: $26.54M
4. Get a Clue (2002 TV Movie)
TV-G | 83 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
A wealthy student with too much fashion sense, her equally rich friends, and her rival/superior from the school paper work together to solve the case when their teacher goes missing.
Director: Maggie Greenwald | Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Bug Hall, Ian Gomez, Brenda Song
Votes: 7,291
5. Mira, Royal Detective (2020–2022)
TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A brave, resourceful girl becomes a royal detective in India after solving a mystery that saved the kingdom's young prince.
Stars: Leela Ladnier, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Kal Penn, Nardeep Khurmi
Votes: 362
6. Black Butler: Book of Circus (2014)
TV-MA | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Ciel Phantomhive, the queen's watchdog, is given two tickets to go to a traveling circus for himself and his demon butler, Sebastian. His job is to enter the circus and look for multiple missing children that are believed to be abducted.
Stars: Matthew Mercer, J. Michael Tatum, Brina Palencia, Yûki Kaji
Votes: 2,254
7. Whiz Kids (1983–1984)
60 min | Adventure
The adventures of a group of young kids who are amateur computer experts and detectives.
Stars: Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet, Andrea Elson
Votes: 456
8. The Westing Game (1997)
PG | 95 min | Family, Horror, Mystery
The tenants of the Sunset Towers must compete to learn who killed an eccentric millionaire and win a $20 million inheritance.
Director: Terence H. Winkless | Stars: Ray Walston, Ashley Peldon, Diane Ladd, Sally Kirkland
Votes: 594
9. Black Butler II (2010–2011)
TV-MA | Animation, Action, Comedy
In late-nineteenth century England, one year and three months after the dramatic conclusion of the original series, Kuroshitsuji II introduces a new butler and young master. The sadistic ... See full summary »
Stars: Aya Hirano, Nana Mizuki, Takahiro Sakurai
Votes: 2,531
10. The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo (1996–1999)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Crime, Family, Mystery
The adventures of an aspiring detective girl who solves crime in her spare time.
Stars: Irene Ng, Pat Morita, Adam Busch, Preslaysa Edwards
Votes: 563
11. My Friends Tigger & Pooh (2007–2010)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A girl and her dog have adventures with tigger and pooh in the hundred acre woods
Stars: Angelica Bolognesi Bonacini, Jim Cummings, Chloë Grace Moretz, Dee Bradley Baker
Votes: 555
12. Clubhouse Detectives (1997)
PG | 85 min | Adventure, Family, Mystery
A bunch of kids have to solve a murder
Director: Eric Hendershot | Stars: Michael Ballam, Michael Galeota, Jimmy Galeota, Suzanne Barnes
Votes: 442
13. The Three Exclamation Marks (2019)
99 min | Adventure, Family
Friends Franzi, Marie and Kim planned to spend the summer rehearsing for a Peter Pan play, but when strange things start to happen at the theatre they take on the role of investigators.
Director: Viviane Andereggen | Stars: Lilli Marie Lacher, Alexandra Petzschmann, Paula Renzler, Jürgen Vogel
Votes: 289
14. Night of the Beast (1993)
Not Rated | 92 min | Horror
Lovely young starlets, auditioning for an upcoming low-budget horror flick, are kidnapped and locked up by a skull-faced movie producer.
Director: Eric Louzil | Stars: Robert May, Gene LeBrock, Shanna McCullough, Mark Richardson
Votes: 180
15. Emil und die Detektive (2001)
111 min | Family, Adventure, Comedy
Emil goes to Berlin to see his grandmother with a large amount of money and is offered sweets by a strange man that make him sleep. He wakes up at his stop with no money. It is up to him and a group of children to save the day.
Director: Franziska Buch | Stars: Tobias Retzlaff, Anja Sommavilla, Jürgen Vogel, Maria Schrader
Votes: 1,249
16. The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper (1976 TV Movie)
120 min | Family, Mystery
Daffy Fernald loses her brother's toy rocket when it flies into a storm drain. She knows Alvin will be upset if he finds out, so she climbs into the dark tunnel to search for it. She spots ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Leetch | Stars: Eric Shea, Clay O'Brien, Kim Richards, Richard Bakalyan
Votes: 67
17. The Mysterious Boy (2013)
88 min | Adventure, Family, Mystery
Mirko's secret becomes an adventure of Koko, Tomo and Marijana.
Director: Drazen Zarkovic | Stars: Antonio Parac, Karlo Maloca, Vanja Markovinovic, Toma Budanko
Votes: 370
18. The Boy in the Mirror (2014)
78 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The story of a boy who sees his mirror reflection come to life.
Director: Guilherme Fiúza Zenha | Stars: Lino Facioli, Regiane Alves, Ricardo Blat, Gisele Fróes
Votes: 260
19. The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton (1974 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama, Family
A boy inventor, his sister and his buddy catch a crooked city treasurer and his cronies with science.
Director: Tom Leetch | Stars: Eric Shea, Clay O'Brien, Kim Richards, Edward Andrews
Votes: 77
20. In the Name of Sherlock Holmes (2011)
99 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
The movie follows two boys, Holmes and Watson in their investigation into the disappearance of the city's children that eventually leads to a dark journey into the supernatural.
Director: Zsolt Bernáth | Stars: Szénási Kristóf, Ungvár Ádám, Kugler Nikolett, Tibor Gáspár
Votes: 163
21. Diamonds on Wheels (1973 TV Movie)
84 min | Comedy, Family
Three kids get mixed up with jewel thieves and stolen diamonds in a 24-hour road rally.
Director: Jerome Courtland | Stars: Patrick Allen, George Sewell, Derek Newark, Dudley Sutton
Votes: 81
22. Fearless Frida (1994)
75 min | Comedy, Family
Director: Søren Ole Christensen | Stars: Anette Brandt, Mathias Klenske, Ida Kruse Hannibal, Gunilla Odsbøl
Votes: 104
23. Thriller Restaurant the Movie (2010)
Not Rated | 100 min | Animation, Horror
At the spooky western styled mansion turned restaurant "Thriller Restaurant," Kuroka and Ryu disappear. After their disappearance others start to disappear at the restaurant. Rumors soon ... See full summary »
Director: Masayuki Ochiai | Stars: Masumi Asano, Ayame Gôriki, Hiroaki Hirata, Hairi Katagiri
Votes: 62
24. Priklyucheniya Kalle-syschika (1976 TV Movie)
125 min | Adventure, Family
In the small Swedish town there is a "war of the Scarlet and White Rose" - the rivalry of two companies of children. The White Rose guys are starting an investigation into a series of strange events.
Director: Arunas Zebriunas | Stars: Arunas Bukyalis, Tadas Dilis, Povilas Gaidys, Gediminas Girdvainis
Votes: 62
25. Operacija Barbarossa (1990– )
25 min | Action, Comedy, Mystery
Stars: Kruno Martinovic, Nikola Pokupcic, Dora Lipovcan, Mario Vuk
Votes: 52
26. Zelená knízka (1949)
78 min | Crime, Family
Director: Josef Mach | Stars: Eduard Linkers, Svetla Svozilová, Stanislav Neumann, Otto Krcka
Votes: 14
27. The Blackness (1961– )
30 min | Drama, Family
A family on holiday, somewhere in England, encounter a mysterious tramp who frightens them with his tales of a chemical compound that has polluted the local environment. The tramp always ... See full summary »
Stars: Kevin Stoney, Ralph Nossek, Rosalie Westwater, Diarmid Cammell
28.
Whiz Kids (1983–1984)
Episode:
A Chip Off the Old Block
(1983)
60 min | Adventure
The Whiz Kids and Lou help the police when a student's hacking of a local bank intersects with a million dollar heist by a pair of bank insiders.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Max Gail, Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet
Votes: 14
29.
Whiz Kids (1983–1984)
Episode:
Airwave Anarchy
(1983)
Adventure
Lou and the Whiz Kids help the Los Angeles Police Department when the LAPD's first computer-based dispatch the system, the Mobile Data Terminal System, is hacked by a team of thieves.
Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Max Gail, Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet
Votes: 15
30.
Whiz Kids (1983–1984)
Episode:
Altaira
(1984)
Adventure
Richie falls in love with a Senator's daughter which pulls Farley into a case of political corruption and arms manufacturing and the Whiz Kids' efforts to save a local park.
Director: Georg Fenady | Stars: Max Gail, Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet
Votes: 11
31.
Whiz Kids (1983–1984)
Episode:
Amen to Amen-Re
(1984)
Adventure
The Whiz Kids visit a hands on museum and help release an Egyptian curse which affects not only family and friends, but a case of police corruption that Lou is working on.
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Max Gail, Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet
Votes: 14
32.
Whiz Kids (1983–1984)
Episode:
Candidate for Murder
(1983)
Adventure
When Lou's newspaper's photographer inadvertently photographs a wanted man, the resulting murder and growing political coverup intersect with Jeremy's need to interview a senator for a ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Max Gail, Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet
Votes: 12
33.
Whiz Kids (1983–1984)
Episode:
Deadly Access
(1983)
Adventure
Richie discovers a secret water project while he tests the security of a chemical company for a security chief, who vanishes after receiving Richie's report.
Director: Corey Allen | Stars: Max Gail, Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet
Votes: 17
34.
Whiz Kids (1983–1984)
Episode:
Fatal Error
(1983)
Adventure
While engaged in online gaming, the Whiz Kids inadvertently get involved with a prison inmate with mad programming skills and try to help him do the right thing after he escapes. Lou works ... See full summary »
Director: Corey Allen | Stars: Max Gail, Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet
Votes: 15
35.
Whiz Kids (1983–1984)
Episode:
Father's Day
(1984)
Adventure
When the background on Alice's new boyfriend doesn't add up, Lou and the Whiz Kids come to the rescue in a case of hidden identities and international spies.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Max Gail, Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet
Votes: 10
36.
Whiz Kids (1983–1984)
Episode:
Maid in the USA
(1984)
Adventure
The Whiz Kids and Lou uncover an international plot.
Director: Max Gail | Stars: Max Gail, Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet
Votes: 12
37.
Whiz Kids (1983–1984)
Episode:
May I Take Your Order Please?
(1984)
Adventure
While working at the drive-through, Alice puts herself in danger after she overhears the plans for an upcoming crime and needs Lou and the Whiz Kids to save her and foil the crime.
Director: Lawrence Levy | Stars: Max Gail, Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet
Votes: 10
38.
Whiz Kids (1983–1984)
Episode:
Programmed for Murder
(1983)
Adventure
The Whiz Kids discover a skeleton on property coveted by a development corporation and join forces with reporter, Lou Farley.
Director: Corey Allen | Stars: Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet, Andrea Elson
Votes: 14
39.
Whiz Kids (1983–1984)
Episode:
Red Star Rising
(1983)
Adventure
Lou, Quinn, and the Whiz Kids get involved in a case involving the Russians, industrial espionage, and murder; all while a book report on classic romance is due at school.
Director: John Newland | Stars: Max Gail, Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet
Votes: 13
40.
Whiz Kids (1983–1984)
Episode:
Return of the Big Rocker
(1983)
Adventure
The Whiz Kids start a techno-pop band and Lou gets them involved in the case of a long-dead rocker who has a doppelgänger performing in Los Angeles.
Director: Barry Crane | Stars: Max Gail, Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet
Votes: 13
41.
Whiz Kids (1983–1984)
Episode:
The Lollypop Gang Strikes Back
(1984)
Adventure
Cases converge as the Whiz Kids investigate a problem at the Social Security Administraion and Lou works to solve and report on a string of convenience store robberies by a group known at the Lollipop Gang.
Director: Dennis Donnelly | Stars: Max Gail, Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet
Votes: 11
42.
Whiz Kids (1983–1984)
Episode:
The Network
(1984)
Adventure
The Whiz Kids pick up a message on their school's computer bulletin board from the notorious hacker "The Wrench" which leads them to inadvertently go a foul of the National Security Agency ... See full summary »
Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Max Gail, Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet
Votes: 11
43.
Whiz Kids (1983–1984)
Episode:
The Sufi Project
(1984)
Adventure
Lou's investigation of a missing persons case leads him and the Whiz Kids to uncover a plot involving computerized communication with dolphins.
Director: Georg Fenady | Stars: Max Gail, Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet
44.
Whiz Kids (1983–1984)
Episode:
The Wrong Mr. Wright
(1983)
Adventure
Lou and the Whiz Kids get involved with a shady computer dating service.
Director: Michael Hamilton | Stars: Max Gail, Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet
Votes: 10
45.
Whiz Kids (1983–1984)
Episode:
Watch Out!
(1984)
Adventure
An old friend of Lou's comes to him for help to find out who is making attempts on his life and trying to destroy the ratings on his TV show.
Director: Dennis Donnelly | Stars: Max Gail, Matthew Labyorteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet
Votes: 9
46.
The Peppercorns (1999– )
Episode:
Tiere in Not
(2009)
28 min | Crime, Family
An exotic parrot flutters into the headquarters and leads Lilly to unscrupulous animal smugglers, who drive a lucrative trade with rare and endangered species.
Director: Klaus Wirbitzky | Stars: Laura Detter, Moritz Jahn, Mira Lieb, Tim Troeger
47.
Sesame Street (1969– )
Episode:
Mr. Herry Get Your Glasses
(1979)
TV-Y | 55 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Today, Herry Monster experiences difficulty reading signs that aren't directly in front of him, so Olivia takes him to see the eye doctor.
Stars: Linda Bove, Jim Henson, Will Lee, Bob McGrath
Votes: 20
48.
Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode:
Return of Sherlock Holmes
(2013)
TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Murdoch finds his investigation into a nanny's disappearance assisted by the man who considers himself the real Sherlock Holmes.
Director: Gail Harvey | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Thomas Craig, Helene Joy, Jonny Harris
Votes: 371