Murder in Three Acts

Movie · 5.9 / 10 · 30 Sept 1986 · English

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.

The Mirror Crack'd

Movie · 6.1 / 10 · 6 Feb 1980 · English

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

The Maltese Falcon

Movie · 7.7 / 10 · 18 Oct 1941 · English

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

The Naked City

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 4 Mar 1948 · English

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

The Night Stalker

Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 11 Jan 1972 · English

Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into his own hands.

The Blue Gardenia

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 20 Mar 1953 · English

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.

Murder on the Orient Express

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 22 Nov 1974 · English

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.

The Night Strangler

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 16 Jan 1973 · English

After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he’s on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every 21 years, for the past century, a killer murders a certain number of people, drains them of their blood, and then disappears into the night. Kolchak is on his trail, but can he stop him?

Maniac

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 20 May 1963 · English

When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

Fallen Angel

Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 15 Nov 1945 · English

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.

Shadow of a Doubt

Movie · 7.5 / 10 · 12 Jan 1943 · English

In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.

Murder Most Foul

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 1 Mar 1964 · English

A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation.