A body, considered to be of a criminal attorney, sends the authorities searching for the killer. Read More »
Mystery
The Cry of the Owl (1987) Claude Chabrol, Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, Jacques Penot, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Robert is a professional and artist, in Vichy after breaking up from his wife, Véronique, herself recently engaged. Read More »
Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939) William Nigh, Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers, Crime, Mystery
A fairly Chinese girl, looking for assistance from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed with a poisoned dart in his entrance hallway Read More »
Nine Girls (1944) Leigh Jason, Ann Harding, Evelyn Keyes, Jinx Falkenburg, Comedy, Mystery
Among those members of a sorority is found killed. Even though the authorities are called in to investigate Read More »
Spotlight on a Murderer (1961) Georges Franju, Pierre Brasseur, Pascale Audret, Marianne Koch, Drama, Mystery
When he sees his days are old count Hervé p Kéraudren decides to hide in a secret alcove and to perish there, simply to frighten his heirs. Read More »
Whispering Footsteps (1943) Howard Bretherton, John Hubbard, Rita Quigley, Joan Blair, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A bank clerk in a small town returns home from a vacation in Indianapolis, and hears a story on the radio about a girl found murdered there. Read More »
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Following their luxury cabin cruiser crashes onto a sea, Bob Rainsford finds himself washed ashore on a remote island. Read More »
Arsène Lupin Returns (1938) George Fitzmaurice, Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Warren William, Mystery, Crime
A girl and a man Trying to find a lady’s affection: the customary love trio? Read More »
The Gay Falcon (1941) Irving Reis, George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Society grand dame Maxine Wood who hosts charity celebrations in her residence is mixed up in a stone theft racket that defrauds insurance businesses. Read More »
The Falcon Strikes Back (1943) Edward Dmytryk, Tom Conway, Harriet Nelson, Jane Randolph, Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Falcon is framed for the murder of a banker and also the convicted of war bonds. He gets his escape to the hills where he hides out at a rustic lodge. Read More »
The Big Sleep (1946) Howard Hawks, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
The Big Sleep is the story of a private investigator, named Philip Marlowe, hired by a wealthy general to find out and stop his youngest daughter Read More »
The Cannibals (1988) Manoel de Oliveira, Luís Miguel Cintra, Leonor Silveira, Diogo Dória, Musical, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
This odd film is a major representative of an even odder film genre: direct-to-celluloid opera. Read More »
D.O.A. (1949) Rudolph Maté, Edmond O’Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
Small-town accountant Frank Bigelow goes to San Francisco for a week’s fun prior to settling down with fiancée Paula. Read More »
Algiers (1938) John Cromwell, Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr, Sigrid Gurie, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Pepe Le Moko, a thief who escaped from France with a fortune in jewels, has for two years lived in, and virtually ruled, the mazelike, impenetrable Casbah, “native quarter” of Algiers. Read More »
Night Must Fall (1937) Richard Thorpe, Merle Tottenham, Kathleen Harrison, Dame May Whitty, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Crotchety old Mrs. Bransom hires a charming young man named Danny as a live-in companion. Read More »