In despair after breaking up with his girlfriend, a man hires a thug he has never seen to kill him. Read More »
Mystery
Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943) William Beaudine, Dick Purcell, Helen Parrish, Tim Ryan, Crime, Mystery
The Morgan family’s patriarch is soon to die. He hosts a dinner party for the family to tell them all he’s setting aside his last will to be opened by his nearly 8-year-old granddaughter thirteen years in the future when she turns twenty-one. Read More »
Smokescreen (1964) Jim O’Connolly, Peter Vaughan, John Carson, Yvonne Romain, Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a blazing car goes over the cliff to the east of Brighton an insurance investigator is sent to the coast to poke around. Read More »
The Argyle Secrets (1948) Cy Endfield, William Gargan, Marjorie Lord, Ralph Byrd, Drama, Mystery, Romance
An investigative reporter tells his assistant about a book called The Argyle Album, which contains a list of people who were traitors and war profiteers during World War II. Read More »
Le mystère de la chambre jaune / The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930) Marcel L’Herbier, Roland Toutain, Huguette Duflos, Léon Belières, Crime, Mystery
Mathilde Strangerson, the daughter of an eminent scientist, narrowly escapes being murdered in her own bedroom by an unknown assailant. Read More »
Absolution (1978) Anthony Page, Richard Burton, Dominic Guard, David Bradley, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
At a Catholic public school, Benjamin Stanfield is tired of being the teacher’s pet and decides to play a practical joke on his form master Father Goddard. Read More »
The Lady Vanishes (1979) Anthony Page, Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Action, Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
On a train traveling through pre-WW II Germany, American heiress Amanda Kelly befriends a Miss Froy, an older nanny. Read More »
Fear (1946) Alfred Zeisler, Peter Cookson, Warren William, Anne Gwynne, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A medical student–broke, hungry and desperate for money–is hired to murder a loan shark. After the killing he is tormented by guilt over what he’s done. Read More »
La fille inconnue / The Unknown Girl (2016) Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Adèle Haenel, Olivier Bonnaud, Jérémie Renier, Crime, Drama, Mystery
The efficient Dr. Jenny Davin works hard and has been chosen to replace Dr. Habran, who has just retired, at the Kennedy Hospital. Read More »
Home at Seven (1952) Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins, Crime, Drama, Mystery
David Preston, a bank official goes missing for 24 hours and has no memory of the lost time, but when he learns that the steward of his local club has implicated him in a robbery, and has been found murdered. Read More »