May 4, 2021 | Originally published on Insider YouTube channel —

Veteran private investigator Andy Kay rates 10 private detective scenes in movies and television shows for realism. Kay has been working as a private investigator for over 25 years. He investigates infidelity, cybercrime, missing pets, and everything in between.

Kay discusses the accuracy of detective scenes in films such as “Knives Out” (2019) with Daniel Craig, “Chinatown” (1974), and “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” (1994). He comments on the prowess of the iconic detectives in “Sherlock Holmes” (2009) featuring Robert Downey Jr., “Searching” (2018), “Vertigo” (1958), and “Veronica Mars” (2014) featuring Kristin Bell. He also discusses television show detectives, such as Benedict Cumberbatch in “Sherlock” (2010), Tom Selleck in “Magnum, P.I.” (1980) and Matthew McConaughey in “True Detective” (2014).