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Detective Conan Collection

A ranked collection selected from across the Nutevio catalogue.

7 movies Updated today 8 minute read Nutevio Editorial

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7 ranked entries

From the editors

Why this collection exists

A ranked collection selected from across the Nutevio catalogue.

What defines these movies. The entries here run from the 2010s to the 2020s, and cover action, mystery, adventure, crime filmmaking across 5 directors. A film only earns a place if it does something the rest of the list cannot: a formal idea, a performance, an ending, or an influence you can still trace in the films being made today. Popularity gets a film considered. It never gets one ranked.

Who should explore it. If you have watched the obvious titles and want to know what sits underneath them, start at the top and read the notes rather than skimming the posters. If you are new to Detective Conan Collection, use the filters to narrow by decade or runtime and pick one film for tonight — every card tells you who it is for before you commit two hours.

How we chose these. A ranked collection selected from across the Nutevio catalogue.

Personality

Collection DNA

Twelve attributes averaged across every film here — the fingerprint of this ranking.

This collection reads as suspense-first, with accessibility and violence close behind. Humor is the one register it deliberately leaves alone.

Hover an attribute to see which films drive it

Suspense
93

Defining

    Action
    57

    Present

      Violence
      61

      Present

        Mystery
        47

        Present

          Humor
          4

          Restrained

            Emotion
            16

            Restrained

              Darkness
              36

              Restrained

                Romance
                11

                Restrained

                  Mind-Bending
                  11

                  Restrained

                    Pacing
                    50

                    Present

                      Accessibility
                      76

                      Defining

                        Rewatch value
                        12

                        Restrained

                          Chronology

                          How this collection evolves

                          Hover a year to preview the film, click to jump straight to its entry.

                          7 of 7 movies
                          #1
                          Official poster for Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019)
                          ActionMysteryAdventureCrimeAnimation 1h 49m

                          Nutevio Score

                          0.0

                          IMDb
                          6.2
                          Rotten Tomatoes
                          42%
                          Metacritic
                          38

                          The world's greatest blue sapphire, the "blue lapis fist", said to have sunk in a pirate ship in the late 19th century, on the coasts of Singapore. A local millionaire plots to retrieve it, and when it's exhibited in an exhibition at the Singaporean Marina Sands hotel, a murder takes place.

                          Imported record — imported from the Nutevio library and placed by ranking signal. A Nutevio editorial verdict has not been written for this entry yet.

                          The number one — extended editorial

                          Legacy

                          Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019) is the entry we would put first for anyone coming straight from Detective Conan Collection. It picks up the same characters and the same central problem, so nothing about it feels like a detour.

                          Cultural impact

                          It also works as a standalone evening. 109 minutes, no homework required beyond the film you have just watched, and it resolves its own story rather than parking it for a sequel.

                          Chika Nagaoka on the material

                          Chika Nagaoka treats the material as if the audience is already paying attention, which is the whole trick. Nothing is repeated for the slow row at the back, and that trust is what makes the ending land.

                          Awards summary

                          No Academy Awards on record for this title — its standing here comes from how well it holds up, not from a ceremony.

                          Start here — everything else in this guide reads more clearly once you have seen it.

                          Perfect for

                          • Fans of action and mystery filmmaking
                          • Chika Nagaoka admirers
                          • Viewers who enjoy slow-burn tension over shocks
                          • Big-screen viewers who want scale and practical craft
                          • First-timers looking for the essential entry point

                          Skip if

                          • You are looking for something light

                          Best watched: The biggest screen and the loudest sound system you can reach.

                          Editor's note

                          We nearly moved Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire three places in either direction, twice. It stayed because Chika Nagaoka does one thing here that nobody has improved on since, and you will know it when you reach it.

                          Nutevio Editors
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                          #2
                          Official poster for Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (2021)
                          RomanceActionMysteryCrimeAnimationThriller 1h 50m

                          Nutevio Score

                          0.0

                          IMDb
                          6.5
                          Rotten Tomatoes
                          42%
                          Metacritic
                          38

                          At the opening ceremony of the WSG (World Sports Games) Tokyo Games, a sports festival held once every four years, it is announced that the world's first vacuum superconducting maglev with a maximum speed of 1,000 kilometers per hour will open. While attracting attention from around the world, top executives of large companies are kidnapped from the party venue where WSG tournament sponsors gather. Conan moves toward a solution and eventually finds a connection with the WSG abduction case that occurred 15 years ago in Boston, USA.

                          Imported record — imported from the Nutevio library and placed by ranking signal. A Nutevio editorial verdict has not been written for this entry yet.

                          Perfect for

                          • Fans of romance and action filmmaking
                          • Chika Nagaoka admirers
                          • Viewers who enjoy slow-burn tension over shocks
                          • Viewers who want a film to land emotionally, not just cleverly
                          • First-timers looking for the essential entry point

                          Skip if

                          • You prefer action-heavy films
                          • You are looking for something light

                          Best watched: A quiet night when you can let the ending sit with you.

                          Editor's note

                          We nearly moved Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet three places in either direction, twice. It stayed because Chika Nagaoka does one thing here that nobody has improved on since, and you will know it when you reach it.

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                          #3
                          Official poster for Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween (2022)
                          ActionMysteryCrimeAnimation 1h 51m

                          Nutevio Score

                          0.0

                          IMDb
                          6.4
                          Rotten Tomatoes
                          42%
                          Metacritic
                          38

                          Shibuya, Tokyo, is bustling with the Halloween season. A wedding is being held at Shibuya Hikarie, where Detective Miwako Sato of the Metropolitan Police Department is dressed in a wedding dress. While Conan and the other invited guests are watching, an assailant suddenly bursts in, and Detective Wataru Takagi, who was trying to protect Sato, is injured. Takagi survived and the situation was settled, but in Sato's eyes, the image of the grim reaper that she had seen when Detective Matsuda, the man she had been in love with, had been killed in a series of bombings three years ago, overlapped with Takagi's.

                          Imported record — imported from the Nutevio library and placed by ranking signal. A Nutevio editorial verdict has not been written for this entry yet.

                          Perfect for

                          • Fans of action and mystery filmmaking
                          • Susumu Mitsunaka admirers
                          • Viewers who enjoy slow-burn tension over shocks
                          • First-timers looking for the essential entry point

                          Skip if

                          • You dislike deliberate, unhurried pacing
                          • You are sensitive to on-screen violence
                          • You are looking for something light

                          Best watched: An unhurried evening with no second screen.

                          Editor's note

                          I have shown Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween to people who insisted they did not like action films. It has never once failed. That is the closest thing to proof a ranking like this can offer.

                          Nutevio Editors
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                          #4
                          Official poster for Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (2023)
                          ActionMysteryCrimeAnimation 1h 50m

                          Nutevio Score

                          0.0

                          IMDb
                          7.0
                          Rotten Tomatoes
                          42%
                          Metacritic
                          38

                          While visiting Hachijo-jima, Conan sneaks aboard a security boat heading to the Pacific Buoy, an off-shore facility constructed near the coasts built to connect surveillance cameras used by police forces around the world. However, an engineer gets abducted! An eerie sound of a propeller hums underwater as a dark figure begins to creep toward Ai Haibara... When the forbidden Black Box is opened, the sealed-away past will surface above the treacherous waves!

                          Imported record — imported from the Nutevio library and placed by ranking signal. A Nutevio editorial verdict has not been written for this entry yet.

                          Perfect for

                          • Fans of action and mystery filmmaking
                          • Yuzuru Tachikawa admirers
                          • Viewers who enjoy slow-burn tension over shocks

                          Skip if

                          • You dislike deliberate, unhurried pacing
                          • You are sensitive to on-screen violence
                          • You are looking for something light

                          Best watched: An unhurried evening with no second screen.

                          Editor's note

                          We nearly moved Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine three places in either direction, twice. It stayed because Yuzuru Tachikawa does one thing here that nobody has improved on since, and you will know it when you reach it.

                          Nutevio Editors
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                          #5
                          Official poster for Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram (2024)
                          ActionMysteryCrimeAnimation 1h 50m

                          Nutevio Score

                          0.0

                          IMDb
                          6.9
                          Rotten Tomatoes
                          42%
                          Metacritic
                          38

                          A message has arrived from Kid the Phantom Thief, that he will steal a Japanese sword belonging to wealthy Onoe Family in Hakodate, Hokkaido. Conan and Heiji Hattori, who happened to be in Hakodate, are on the case to capture Kid. Coincidentally the family lawyer of Onoe is found murdered in the warehouse district, apparently slaughtered by a Japanese sword. The suspect is an investor/arms dealer who is said to be after Onoe family’s hidden treasure. In the North among cherry blossoms, the exciting hunt for treasure begins!

                          Imported record — imported from the Nutevio library and placed by ranking signal. A Nutevio editorial verdict has not been written for this entry yet.

                          Perfect for

                          • Fans of action and mystery filmmaking
                          • Chika Nagaoka admirers
                          • Viewers who enjoy slow-burn tension over shocks

                          Skip if

                          • You dislike deliberate, unhurried pacing
                          • You are looking for something light

                          Best watched: An unhurried evening with no second screen.

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                          Chapter 1 · Continuity

                          How Case Closed fits together

                          2019–2024 · the connective tissue

                          Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire, Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet, Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween, Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine and Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram form one movement of the series. Watched in the order above, the plot threads hand off cleanly: Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019) sets a problem the later entries in this block are still working through.

                          Where the series changes hands creatively, it shows. Chika Nagaoka directs the defining entry in this stretch, and the tonal shift is deliberate rather than accidental.

                          Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram closes the chapter and hands directly to Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback.

                          #6
                          Official poster for Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback (2025)
                          ActionMysteryCrimeAnimation 1h 49m

                          Nutevio Score

                          0.0

                          IMDb
                          7.2
                          Rotten Tomatoes
                          42%
                          Metacritic
                          38

                          As police inspector Yamato Kansuke pursues a certain man in the snowy mountains of Nagano, a shadow suddenly appears in his field of vision. While he's distracted, a rifle bullet fired by someone grazes his left eye and causes an avalanche accompanied by a roar. Ten months later, Kansuke, having miraculously survived the avalanche, receives a report that a researcher at the Nobeyama National Astronomical Observatory has been attacked.

                          Imported record — imported from the Nutevio library and placed by ranking signal. A Nutevio editorial verdict has not been written for this entry yet.

                          Perfect for

                          • Fans of action and mystery filmmaking
                          • Katsuya Shigehara admirers
                          • Viewers who enjoy slow-burn tension over shocks

                          Skip if

                          • You dislike deliberate, unhurried pacing
                          • You are sensitive to on-screen violence
                          • You are looking for something light

                          Best watched: An unhurried evening with no second screen.

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                          #7
                          Official poster for Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway (2026)
                          ActionMysteryCrimeAnimation 1h 49m

                          Nutevio Score

                          0.0

                          IMDb
                          7.8
                          Rotten Tomatoes
                          42%
                          Metacritic
                          38

                          When a string of deadly highway incidents begin, Conan Edogawa's investigations point towards an orchestrated plot rather than mere accidents. As he uncovers a conspiracy involving hidden identities and advanced technology, the case escalates into a high-speed race against time to stop a calculating mastermind before more lives are lost.

                          Imported record — imported from the Nutevio library and placed by ranking signal. A Nutevio editorial verdict has not been written for this entry yet.

                          Perfect for

                          • Fans of action and mystery filmmaking
                          • Takahiro Hasui admirers
                          • Viewers who enjoy slow-burn tension over shocks

                          Skip if

                          • You dislike deliberate, unhurried pacing
                          • You are looking for something light

                          Best watched: An unhurried evening with no second screen.

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                          Collection complete

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                          Movies explored
                          7
                          Directors featured
                          5
                          Countries represented
                          1
                          Languages
                          1
                          Combined runtime
                          13h
                          Average Nutevio score
                          0.0
                          Reading time
                          10 min

                          At a glance

                          Collection statistics

                          What this ranking is made of — eras, runtimes, ratings and accolades.

                          Average Nutevio Score
                          0.0
                          Average IMDb rating
                          6.9
                          Average release year
                          2023
                          Oldest film
                          2019

                          Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire

                          Newest film
                          2026

                          Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway

                          Longest runtime
                          1h 51m

                          Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween

                          Shortest runtime
                          1h 49m

                          Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire

                          Oscar winners
                          0

                          of 7 films

                          Countries represented
                          1

                          United States of America

                          Average runtime
                          1h 50m
                          Most common director
                          Chika Nagaoka

                          3 films in this list

                          Most common decade
                          2020s

                          6 films

                          Languages represented
                          1

                          English

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                          In conclusion

                          Why these movies matter

                          Why these films matter: Detective Conan Collection spans 2019 to 2026, 5 filmmakers and 0 Academy Award winners, and it holds together because every entry is arguing for the same thing — that the way a story is told is the story. Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire states the case most completely; Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway proves the case is still open.

                          What holds them together: the entries above share a preoccupation rather than a formula, and the ordering reflects how completely each one commits to it. Where two titles were inseparable, we broke the tie on how well the film holds up on a second viewing.

                          Where to go next: follow a director, follow a decade, or follow a mood. The recommendations below are scored on shared films, filmmakers, genres, themes and eras rather than picked at random, so each one continues a thread this collection started.

                          Nutevio Editorial · updated 4 August 2026

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