Top 10 Sexiest Movie Detectives

MsMojo

They're smart, they're stylish, and they'll steal your heart while solving the crime. Join us as we count down our picks for the most irresistible silver screen sleuths! From tattooed detectives to smooth-talking private eyes, these characters captivate us with their charm, intelligence, and undeniable screen presence.

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00:00Is that the Maharaja's missing diamond?

00:03Or just another souvenir?

00:05Welcome to Ms. Mojo.

00:07And today, we're counting down our picks for the most memorable silver screen gumshoes

00:11that we just can't take our eyes off of.

00:13These characters are not only charismatic and alluring,

00:16but are also skilled investigators.

00:19Keep the change.

00:20There is no change.

00:24Keep it anyway.

00:26Number 10. Loki. Prisoners.

00:29Detective Loki.

00:31I'm heading up the investigation into your daughter's disappearance.

00:34Please sit down.

00:36This movie has a tatted-up Jake Gyllenhaal with slicked-back hair and an intense piercing gaze.

00:41What more could we ask for?

00:42The Oscar-nominated actor plays a detective named Loki.

00:46And let's be real, that is one of the coolest names you can have.

00:49His sleuthing skills are put to the test when he's assigned to look into the disappearance of two little girls,

00:54Anna and Joy, in Conyers, Pennsylvania.

00:56While Anna's father, played by Hugh Jackman, desperately resorts to vigilantism,

01:01Loki is calm and methodical, preferring thorough investigation over impulsive implications.

01:07We're considering all possibilities, Mr. Dover.

01:10I hear what you're saying.

01:12I'm not crossing anybody off my list.

01:14Just...

01:15Let me do my job.

01:17This restraint makes his eventual outburst all the more impactful,

01:21especially as it's followed by a breakthrough.

01:24In the end, Loki successfully reunites the girls with their families.

01:28She's doing real good.

01:30She's gonna be up and around in a few days, aren't she, buddy?

01:34She just wanted to come and say thank you and hi to her hero.

01:38We knew he could do it.

01:40Number 9.

01:41Victoria Iphigenia, V.I. Warshawski.

01:44V.I. Warshawski.

01:45Get her off my desk.

01:48Hey, Earl.

01:49What, you got some special breeding program for these mutants?

01:52Kathleen Turner means business in this action comedy.

01:56V.I. Warshawski is a no-nonsense private detective with quips for days

02:00and her heel on the patriarchy's neck.

02:02However, she's also a bit of a romantic.

02:04After a lovely night out with a gentleman,

02:06she babysits his teenage daughter,

02:08only for him to turn up dead the next day.

02:10Before the heartbreak comes the case,

02:13when a little girl asks her to find her dad's killer.

02:15Ha!

02:16Ha!

02:17Psych!

02:18Come on, honey, let's go.

02:19Run!

02:20Equipped with a mean punch and a colorful vocabulary,

02:24Warshawski is intimidating yet irresistible.

02:27We should have gotten more of her.

02:28Hey, now, wait a minute.

02:29What about my exclusive?

02:31What exclusive?

02:32Hey, I already told you everything I know.

02:34Yeah?

02:36You always did suffer from premature articulation.

02:38Number 8.

02:40Philip Marlowe, The Big Sleep.

02:42Tell me about yourself, Mr. Marlowe.

02:44Well, there's much to tell.

02:45I'm 38.

02:46I went to college.

02:47I can still speak English when my business demands it.

02:49Used to work for the district attorney's office.

02:51Brought to life by Humphrey Bogart,

02:53this character is the blueprint for hard-boiled Hollywood detectives.

02:56The Big Sleep, adapted by Howard Hawks

02:59from Raymond Chandler's novel of the same name,

03:01presents a complex web of slaughter and shakedowns.

03:04Amid the chaos stands Bogie's Marlowe

03:06as the pinnacle of noir sexiness.

03:09He's self-assured but world-weary,

03:11with razor-sharp intelligence

03:12and that smoky voice that makes us weak in the knees.

03:15Got any good ideas, soldier?

03:16One or two.

03:17Somebody gunned Geiger,

03:19somebody got gunned by Geiger who ran away,

03:21or he had meat for dinner

03:22and likes to do his butchering in the parlor.

03:24No, I don't like it either.

03:25If the action isn't swoon-worthy enough for you,

03:28wait till Lauren Bacall saunters in as Vivian.

03:30The chemistry he creates with the actress

03:32will have you holding your breath.

03:34I'd like to tell your father about Regan.

03:36I think he can take it.

03:38You've forgotten one thing.

03:41Me.

03:46What's wrong with you?

03:49Nothing you can't fix.

03:50Daniel Craig really went from playing

04:07the world's most famous British secret agent,

04:09James Bond,

04:10to the internet's favorite southern private eye.

04:12If that's not an impressive range,

04:14we don't know what is.

04:15Behind his strong southern accent,

04:17which has gone viral since we first heard it in Knives Out,

04:20Benoit Blanc is an extremely witty and capable detective.

04:23You are right.

04:24None of these weak alibis and domestic squibbles

04:27answer your question.

04:28Why is Benoit Blanc here?

04:32Well, now I will tell you why.

04:34His idiosyncrasies often serve as comic relief,

04:37but also allow him to get close to his suspects

04:39and uncover the truth as they underestimate him

04:42and lower their guard.

04:43In his element, the silver fox with his stunning blue eyes

04:46and impeccable style is a vision to behold.

04:49This crime clashed with the presence of Benoit Blanc.

04:53Number 6.

04:54Cassie Mayweather, Murder by Numbers.

04:57Why'd you tell him not to let me inside the perimeter?

04:59Don't get pissy on me.

05:00I told him not to let anybody in.

05:02It's your first time I said it.

05:03I didn't want you stepping on your tongue.

05:04Sandra Bullock knows a thing or two about playing tough women.

05:07In Murder by Numbers, she is Cassie Mayweather,

05:10an unrelenting homicide detective with an infallible hunch.

05:14Having survived a gruesome assault herself,

05:16she makes it her personal mission to deliver justice.

05:19So when she's assigned to investigate a murder

05:21that reminds her too much of her own trauma,

05:24she bulldozes through opposition to find the real killers.

05:27No, I've been trying to find Olivia's killer, okay?

05:29I'm busting my ass tonight.

05:30Olivia?

05:30Am I running the investigation?

05:31Who the hell is Olivia?

05:32The victim.

05:33Is this still my investigation?

05:34I'm just wondering...

05:35It's a coordinated effort.

05:38You're getting way too involved in this, Cassie.

05:40Cassie's vulnerability is humanizing

05:42and amplifies her fierce determination,

05:45giving us a multi-dimensional character

05:46we can't help but root for.

05:48Besides, it's no secret that Bullock thrives in action scenes.

05:52We could watch her all day.

05:53Hey, Richard!

06:00You think you're so smart, huh?

06:02Number 5.

06:03Amelia Donaghy, the Bone Collector.

06:06My name's Amelia.

06:07What's your name?

06:07Chris.

06:08Chris, hey.

06:09I got a job for you.

06:12Get some money.

06:13I need you to buy me one of those

06:14cheap old cardboard cameras.

06:17You know, the ones that you can, like, throw away?

06:19Yeah.

06:19Okay, as fast as you can.

06:21Angelina Jolie as a prodigious rookie cop

06:23with a spine of steel?

06:25What could be sexier than that?

06:26Her character, Amelia,

06:28investigates a serial murder case

06:29alongside expert homicide detective Lincoln Rime,

06:32played by Denzel Washington.

06:34She is sharp, observant,

06:36has excellent instincts,

06:37and a nose for the truth.

06:39On weekends, always one or two cops

06:41that'll lend their hand.

06:42Got a tough deal winding up like that?

06:44You won't hear them complaining about it.

06:46Nah, he gets too much pleasure

06:47pushing other people's butts.

06:48At the same time,

06:49she's also emotionally intelligent

06:51and has an endearing,

06:53life-affirming relationship with Rime.

06:55Donaghy is the kind of cop

06:56kids would want to be like.

06:57She genuinely strives

06:59to make the world a better place

07:00and looks unbelievably cool doing it.

07:03We'd expect nothing less

07:04from the Oscar-winning Jolie.

07:05Your phone's down.

07:07You need his concern?

07:09My phone's fine.

07:11I don't need his concern.

07:12Number 4.

07:13David Mills, 7.

07:14I've been trying to figure something

07:16in my head

07:17and maybe you can help me out, yeah?

07:20When a person is insane...

07:22David Fincher's iconic crime thriller

07:24posits Brad Pitt's character

07:25as the beating heart of the story.

07:27David Mills is a young and ambitious

07:29but inexperienced detective

07:31investigating a serial killer

07:32who's committing murders

07:33based on the seven deadly sins.

07:35He is righteous,

07:36outraged by crime and injustice,

07:39and can be reckless in his ways,

07:41especially with his hair-trigger temper.

07:42I spun him like a top.

07:45You know, I'm more like slow motion.

07:48I remember...

07:51riding in that ambulance.

07:53His audacious brattiness

07:54does have its own charm,

07:56especially when paired

07:57with Pitt's otherworldly good looks.

07:59Add to that his fit physique

08:00under those bad boy leather jackets

08:02and you can't help but swoon.

08:04While his ending was unfortunate,

08:07we'll always remember David Mills

08:08as a fierce protector

08:09willing to kill for love.

08:11Give me your gun.

08:11What's going on over there?

08:13Put the gun down.

08:15I saw you in the box.

08:16What was in the box?

08:17Because I envy your normal life.

08:19Put the gun down, baby.

08:20It seems that envy is my sin.

08:22Number 3.

08:23John Shaft.

08:24Shaft.

08:24How come a couple of cats from Harlem

08:26come downtown this morning

08:28looking for John Shaft?

08:29Richard Roundtree.

08:30That's it.

08:31That's the commentary.

08:32To this day,

08:33we're yet to see

08:34a fictional detective rival

08:35Roundtree's swagger as Shaft.

08:37The moment he appears on screen,

08:39the world bends around

08:40his quiet authority.

08:42He's a formidable fighter

08:43who isn't afraid

08:44to get his hands dirty,

08:45but his leather coats

08:46are always spotless.

08:48With infinitely quotable dialogues

08:49delivered in Roundtree's

08:51velvety voice,

08:52John Shaft exudes

08:53such deadly charisma,

08:54it'll make your heart beat faster.

08:56Two sweet guesses.

08:59Betty Shaft.

09:01Bet your lovely self it is.

09:02And I'm ready.

09:05Can you dig it?

09:06The silver-tongued detective

09:07has New York City

09:08in the palm of his hand,

09:09but he acts like

09:10it's no big deal.

09:11No wonder Shaft spawned

09:12an eponymous franchise

09:13and became a cornerstone

09:14of pop culture.

09:15I was born black

09:16and I was born poor.

09:21I love you.

09:24Yeah, I know.

09:25Number 2.

09:26Lou Harper.

09:27Harper.

09:28Say, uh,

09:29did you send a limousine

09:30from Mr. Samson

09:31to Van Nuys Airport

09:32yesterday?

09:33No, sir.

09:34Well, there was this

09:35here fellow at the airport

09:36and said he left

09:36in a big black limousine.

09:38Played by new Hollywood

09:39heartthrob Paul Newman,

09:40this smooth-talking

09:41private eye

09:42is a delight to watch.

09:43Swapping the doom

09:44and gloom of film noir

09:45for the bright

09:46California sun,

09:47Lou Harper makes you

09:48want to be him

09:49or be with him.

09:50You probably still think

09:51a woman's place

09:51is in the home.

09:53Not in my home.

09:55With his laid-back,

09:56sardonic humor,

09:58debonair charm

09:58and roguish smile,

10:00he's a ladies' man

10:01through and through.

10:02Yet his heart lies

10:03with his missus,

10:04Susan,

10:04who's bent on divorcing him.

10:06Lou doesn't let his emotions

10:07derail his mission, though.

10:09He knows how to get

10:10the job done,

10:10by hook or by crook.

10:12Although we're sure

10:13those gorgeous blue eyes

10:14help, too.

10:14It was five or six weeks.

10:17I really felt alive.

10:21So all I can do, Albert,

10:22is just do the dirty job

10:24all the way down the line.

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10:41Say what you will

10:56about Guy Ritchie

10:57turning the titular character

10:58into an action hero,

11:00but Robert Downey Jr.

11:01brings a level of magnetism

11:02to the detective

11:03that's hard to resist.

11:05His take on Baker Street's finest

11:06is far from purely cerebral,

11:08though this Sherlock

11:09is no less of a genius.

11:11In fact,

11:11he uses his expansive knowledge

11:13of human anatomy

11:14to subdue his opponents

11:15in fights.

11:16First point of attack.

11:19Two throat paralyzed vocal cords.

11:21Stop screaming.

11:23Three got to be heavy drinker

11:24floating ribbed liver.

11:26His boldness

11:27is turned up to 11

11:28and his sarcasm

11:29is through the roof,

11:30which only makes him

11:31even more desirable.

11:33Let's not forget

11:33that disheveled look

11:34he sports through

11:35most of the film.

11:36Where his hair

11:37always seems to fall

11:38in perfectly messy angles.

11:40RDJ's Holmes

11:40is a certified hottie.

11:42Name your price.

11:44Well, the great benefit

11:44of being a consulting detective

11:46is that I

11:46can pick and choose my clients.

11:49So, consider it done.

11:50I'll stop him.

11:51Which of these movie detectives

11:52would you gladly

11:53get arrested by?

11:54Tell us in the comments.

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