Best movies with female detectives

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Best movies with female detectives

Discover the best movies with female detectives, ranked from best to worst.

Based on 0 votes, the movie Destroyer, starring Nicole Kidman and Sebastian Stan, came in first as the best movie with female detectives, followed by Enola Holmes and Enola Holmes 2 from 2022. Scroll down for the top 9 movies with female detectives, recommended by movie fans in 2026.

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Destroyer
2018 - Nicole Kidman, Sebastian Stan, Tatiana Maslany, Bradley Whitford, Toby Kebbell, Scoot...
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Destroyer follows the moral and existential drama of a female LAPD detective, Erin Bell, who as a young woman went undercover with a gang in the California desert, but the results were •••
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Enola Holmes
2020 - Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, Helena Bonham Carter, Louis Partridge...
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While searching for her missing mother, brave teenager Enola Holmes uses her detective skills to outwit her older brother Sherlock and help a fugitive nobleman.
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Enola Holmes 2
2022 - Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, David Thewlis, Louis Partridge, Susan Wokoma, Adeel...
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Enola takes on her first official case as a detective, but to solve the mystery of a missing girl, she'll need the help of her friends and her brother, Sherlock.
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Enola Holmes 3
2026 - Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Helena Bonham Carter, Louis Partridge, Himesh Patel...
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Enola Holmes leaves for Malta, where she plans to get married. Her plans go awry when her brother, Sherlock, goes missing, throwing her into a dangerous case. Millie Bobby Brown and Henry •••
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Longlegs
2024 - Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Michelle Choi-Lee, Dakota...
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FBI agent Lee Harker is assigned to solve the mystery behind shocking murders that appear to be the work of a serial killer. As the investigation becomes more complicated and hints of the •••
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The Enforcer
1976 - Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry GuardinoCrime, Action, Thriller, Drama
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Inspector Harry Callahan is back, this time stuck with a rookie female partner. Together they must stop a terrorist group made up of angry Vietnam veterans in San Francisco. Clint Eastwood •••
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The Silence of the Lambs
1991 - Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald, Brooke Smith...
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Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, must investigate a particularly difficult case: "Buffalo Bill", a cunning killer behind a series of murders, whose latest hostage is the daughter of •••
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Twisted
2004 - Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy GarciaCrime, Thriller, Mystery
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Newly promoted to homicide, San Francisco inspector Jessica Shepard is eager to prove herself. The victims of a string of murders turn out to be her former lovers, and she begins to wonder •••
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Wind River
2017 - Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Gil Birmingham, Kelsey Asbille, Teo Briones, Tantoo...
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An FBI agent teams up with a local man with experience tracking wild animals to investigate a murder on a Native American reservation.
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This list includes, for example, Wind River, Enola Holmes, Destroyer.

What are the most recent movies in this list?

Among the titles with a known release year, the most recent are: Enola Holmes 3 (2026), Longlegs (2024), Enola Holmes 2 (2022).

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Titles released in this period include Destroyer (2018), Wind River (2017).

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