Murder Mysteries
by daleholmgren | created - 13 Oct 2017 | updated - 16 May 2021 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Murder by the Book (II) (1987 TV Movie)
45 min | Drama, Mystery
Poirot has been murdered! Did Dame Agatha Christie do it?
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Peggy Ashcroft, Ian Holm, Richard Wilson, Michael Aldridge
Votes: 106
2. Murder by the Book (I) (1987 TV Movie)
Unrated | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A mild-mannered mystery writer has become so immersed in his material that his character constantly appears to him as a hallucination. Intent on getting rid of him, the writer finds himself embroiled in a mystery all his own.
Director: Mel Damski | Stars: Robert Hays, Catherine Mary Stewart, Christopher Murney, Fred Gwynne
Votes: 214
3. Murder by the Book (2006– )
60 min | Documentary, Crime
Well-known crime authors talk about some of the most compelling true crime stories that have long captivated them.
Stars: Ron McLarty, G. Larry Butler, Kalina Justice, Stephen Thomas Young
Votes: 47
4. Murder by the Book (2005 Video)
A man desperately wants to get rid of his annoying wife, and so he relies on a strange murder handbook to help him commit the perfect crime.
5. Deathtrap (1982)
PG | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's play.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon, Irene Worth
Votes: 15,440 | Gross: $19.28M
6. Dead Wrong (1983)
Not Rated | 92 min | Thriller, Drama
It's an exciting action-packed story about a group of modern-day pirates who agree to smuggle dope into Canada.
Director: Len Kowalewich | Stars: Britt Ekland, Winston Rekert, Jackson Davies, Dale Wilson
Votes: 57
7. Sleuth (2007)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Michael Caine, Jude Law, Harold Pinter, Kenneth Branagh
Votes: 33,032 | Gross: $0.34M
8. Sleuth (1972)
PG | 138 min | Mystery, Thriller
A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Alec Cawthorne, John Matthews
Votes: 50,166 | Gross: $4.08M
9. Guilty Conscience (1985 TV Movie)
Approved | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While an unfaithful criminal lawyer considers killing his wife, his spouse develops some schemes of her own.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Blythe Danner, Swoosie Kurtz, Donegan Smith
Votes: 1,012
11.
Sunday Night Thriller (1981)
Episode:
The Business of Murder: Part 1
(1981)
Thriller
Stars: Gareth Hunt, Martin Jarvis, Judy Loe, Sonia Stratton
12. Scene of the Crime (1949)
Passed | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
While his wife is urging him to quit the force, a Los Angeles homicide detective hunts for the killer responsible for the murder of his ex-partner, who might have been on the take with local bookies.
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria DeHaven, Tom Drake
Votes: 1,365
13. Scene of the Crime (1986)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In the woods, a 13-year-old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day. The boy does as he's told, only to be attacked by the convict's partner. A murder ... See full summary »
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Nicolas Giraudi, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Wadeck Stanczak
Votes: 1,073 | Gross: $0.16M
14. Stage Struck (1958)
Approved | 95 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman arrives in New York City determined to become a great theatrical star, but discovers that her goal may not be as easily attainable as she had hoped.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Henry Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Joan Greenwood, Herbert Marshall
Votes: 816
15. Stage Struck (1948)
Passed | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The police find the body of hostess Helen Howard (Wanda McKay), disposed of by petty racketeer Nick Mantee (Kane Richmond) after she was shot in his Bluejay night club by Benny Nordick (... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Kane Richmond, Audrey Long, Conrad Nagel, Ralph Byrd
Votes: 204
16. River's Edge (1986)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama
A high school slacker commits a shocking act and proceeds to let his friends in on the secret. However, the friends' reaction is almost as ambiguous and perplexing as the crime itself.
Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, Daniel Roebuck
Votes: 20,687 | Gross: $4.60M
17. Murder in the First (2014–2016)
TV-MA | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A single murder case is dissected from the committing of the crime through to the investigation, arrest and trial.
Stars: Taye Diggs, Kathleen Robertson, Ian Anthony Dale, Raphael Sbarge
Votes: 7,854
18. The Following (2013–2015)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A brilliant, charismatic, and psychotic serial killer communicates with other active serial killers and activates a cult of believers who follow his every command.
Stars: Kevin Bacon, James Purefoy, Shawn Ashmore, Valorie Curry
Votes: 91,494
19. Murder in the First (1995)
R | 122 min | Drama, Thriller
An eager and idealistic young attorney defends an Alcatraz prisoner accused of murdering a fellow inmate. The extenuating circumstances: his client had just spent over three years in solitary confinement.
Director: Marc Rocco | Stars: Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz
Votes: 30,677 | Gross: $17.38M
20. Closed Circuit (2013)
R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy.
Director: John Crowley | Stars: Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Jim Broadbent, Ciarán Hinds
Votes: 23,283 | Gross: $5.73M
21. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
R | 110 min | Drama, Thriller
After her sex offender husband gets caught in the act and kills himself, an embittered pregnant widow loses her child, and embarks on a mission of vengeance against one of her husband's victims and the woman's family.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay, Matt McCoy, Ernie Hudson
Votes: 48,914 | Gross: $88.04M
22. Shadow of Fear (2004)
PG-13 | 88 min | Thriller
When a young man accidentally kills someone, he is plunged into a rich man's world of blackmail, betrayal, adultery and ...murder.
Director: Rich Cowan | Stars: Matthew Davis, James Spader, Aidan Quinn, Peter Coyote
Votes: 1,700
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