Movie·2007·94 min

Watching the Detectives

Name: Watching the Detectives
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 2007-05-01
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Lucy Liu, Jason Sudeikis, Michael Panes, Heather Burns

Watching the Detectives streams in the US on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Fawesome, YOW.tv and 8 more apps, as of October 5, 2026.

Sometimes love is stranger than fiction.

6.3 / 10 · TMDBAudience 55%IMDb 6.2Letterboxd 3.5

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Comedy Romance

Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets turned upside down and the line between reality and the movies quickly begins to blur.

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