Some Good WhoDunIt/Mystery Films?
10-04-05, 02:59 AM
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Some Good WhoDunIt/Mystery Films?
I have netflix and am trying to see more of these kinds of movies. They can be from any decade. Ones that I like have been "Death on the Nile" "House on Haunted Hill" 1958, "Rear Window" and even "Clue."
They can have elements of comedy in them like Clue, or just all out mystery/whodunit like Death on the Nile. Anyone have any good suggestions. I especially enjoy seeing something happen, like a murder, and it's up to the viewer to find out who among the many suspects on screen in the killer. But that doesn't have to be the format.
Thanks guys.
They can have elements of comedy in them like Clue, or just all out mystery/whodunit like Death on the Nile. Anyone have any good suggestions. I especially enjoy seeing something happen, like a murder, and it's up to the viewer to find out who among the many suspects on screen in the killer. But that doesn't have to be the format.
Thanks guys.
10-04-05, 05:46 AM
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murder on the orient express w/ albert finney
presumed innocent w/ harrison ford
chinatown w/ jack nicholson
the third man w/ orson welles
charade, north by northwest w/ cary grant
the thin man w/ william powell
the big sleep, the maltese falcon w/ humphrey bogart
gorky park, body heat w/willliam hurt
devil in a blue dress, one false move dir by carl franklin
house of games, the spanish prisoner dir by david mamet
the lady vanishes, the 39 steps dir by hitchcock
laura w/ dana andrews
a shot in the dark w/ peter sellers ( a pink panther film)
and if you liked clue: the cheap detective w/ peter falk
presumed innocent w/ harrison ford
chinatown w/ jack nicholson
the third man w/ orson welles
charade, north by northwest w/ cary grant
the thin man w/ william powell
the big sleep, the maltese falcon w/ humphrey bogart
gorky park, body heat w/willliam hurt
devil in a blue dress, one false move dir by carl franklin
house of games, the spanish prisoner dir by david mamet
the lady vanishes, the 39 steps dir by hitchcock
laura w/ dana andrews
a shot in the dark w/ peter sellers ( a pink panther film)
and if you liked clue: the cheap detective w/ peter falk
10-04-05, 07:14 AM
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I'd check out Murder by Death with Peter Falk. I don't know if the DVD is still available though.
10-04-05, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by noonan4224
I'd check out Murder by Death with Peter Falk. I don't know if the DVD is still available though.
Definately a must see.Some others are:
- D.O.A. (the original over the remake) has a unique slant on the classic muder mystery
- Interview
- No Way Out
- Perfect Murder
- Name of the Rose
- Murder By Decree (a Jack the Ripper story)
- Crimson Rivers (French but should be readily found)
- Vidoq (also French but may not be readily found)
- If you like TV series check out Poirot, Cadfael, Sherlock (w/ Jeremy Brett) and esp. Foyle's War.
Not quite "whodunit" but good mystery style films are:
- Deathtrap
- Sleuth
10-04-05, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by noonan4224
I'd check out Murder by Death with Peter Falk. I don't know if the DVD is still available though.
First movie I thought of...even though it's a parody of "Whodunnit" flicks.
10-04-05, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by noonan4224
I'd check out Murder by Death with Peter Falk. I don't know if the DVD is still available though.
Which one has
Spoiler:
Is it Murder by Death or The Cheap Detective, or something else?
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10-05-05, 12:47 AM
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first one that came to mind was murder on the orient express which was stated above. And i suppose you can add A shot into the dark into the list, though thats really a comedy.
10-05-05, 12:16 PM
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I'd like to recomend that instead of watching identity go hit your balls with a hammer.
not really a mystery but;
north by northwest is also a sort of mystery.
and not really who dun its or mysterys but any of kurosawa's crime films are worth checking out. I.E. stray dog, bad sleep well, high and low, etc.
not really a mystery but;
north by northwest is also a sort of mystery.
and not really who dun its or mysterys but any of kurosawa's crime films are worth checking out. I.E. stray dog, bad sleep well, high and low, etc.
10-05-05, 10:36 PM
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EVIL UNDER THE SUN is probably my favorite of the Hercule Poirot/Agatha Christie films... it has just enough snarky comedy and crackling mystery to keep you engaged throughout. It's really just a wonderful little movie, less heavy and more whimsical than DEATH ON THE NILE, which I loved but not quite as much.
Check out TEN LITTLE INDIANS (or AND THEN THERE WERE NONE) for a freaky b&w whodunnit that kept me up for nights when I was a kid.
Incidentally, why is it that the victim in Agatha Christie stories always ends up surrounding themselves with people who want to kill them... usually at some remote or distant location at that.
Check out TEN LITTLE INDIANS (or AND THEN THERE WERE NONE) for a freaky b&w whodunnit that kept me up for nights when I was a kid.
Incidentally, why is it that the victim in Agatha Christie stories always ends up surrounding themselves with people who want to kill them... usually at some remote or distant location at that.
