The Maltese Falcon (1931)

6.3

Drama
1947
Movie

The Paradine Case

6.3
1947

In London, barrister Anthony Keane takes the case of Maddalena Paradine, a beautiful woman accused of poisoning her blind husband. Though happily married, Keane becomes infatuated with his enigmatic client and convinced of her innocence. His obsession clouds his judgment as he builds a defense implicating her servant, André Latour—an act that leads to devastating consequences both in court and at home.

6.1

Mystery
1980
Movie

The Mirror Crack'd

6.1
1980

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

Genre : Mystery

6.1

Mystery
1946
Movie

Lady in the Lake

6.1
1946

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.

Genre : Mystery

7.6

Drama
1944
Movie

Laura

7.6
1944

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

6.4

Crime
2019
Movie

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

6.4
2019

Nancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set out to solve the mystery, make new friends, and establish their place in the community

7.7

Crime
1951
Movie

Strangers on a Train

7.7
1951

A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.

6.6

Thriller
1949
Movie

The File on Thelma Jordon

6.6
1949

Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.

Genre : Thriller

5.9

Crime
1986
Movie

Murder in Three Acts

5.9
1986

In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.

Drama
1955
Movie

The Big Combo

7
1955

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.

6.7

Comedy
1947
Movie

My Favorite Brunette

6.7
1947

Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.

Genre : Comedy

6.6

Crime
1946
Movie

The Dark Corner

6.6
1946

Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.

6.6

Crime
1945
Movie

Fallen Angel

6.6
1945

An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.

7.2

Comedy
1964
Movie

A Shot in the Dark

7.2
1964

Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic series of mishaps, testing the patience of his irritable boss Charles Dreyfus as casualties mount.

Genre : Comedy

7.1

Drama
1974
Movie

Murder on the Orient Express

7.1
1974

In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

6.5

Crime
1953
Movie

The Blue Gardenia

6.5
1953

Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.

6.8

Crime
1998
Movie

The Interview

6.8
1998

A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted?

7.1

Comedy
1939
Movie

Another Thin Man

7.1
1939

Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.

Genre : Comedy