
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 »
Mystery
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 »
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 »
Kat (2001) Martin Schmidt, Liv Corfixen, Martin Brygmann, Charlotte Munck, Horror, Mystery

Due to a failed séance of her flat mate’s quirky grandparents, the cat of law student Maria gets possessed by demonic powers and starts some horrible massacres Read More »
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) Kerry Conran, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Action, Adventure, Mystery

In 1939, an intrepid reporter in New York City makes a connection between the story she’s covering– of famous scientists suddenly disappearing around the world Read More »
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) John Sturges, Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western

From the time John J. Macreedy steps off the train in Black Rock, he feels a chill from the local residents. Read More »
Charlie Chan in London (1934) Eugene Forde, Warner Oland, Drue Leyton, Ray Milland, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

After receiving congratulations from the Home Secretary for solving his most recent case, Charlie is sought out by Pamela Gray Read More »