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1. Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
PG-13 | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench
Votes: 297,741 | Gross: $102.83M
2. Death on the Nile (2022)
PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh, Russell Brand
Votes: 189,751 | Gross: $45.63M
3. Marnie (1964)
PG | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mark marries Marnie although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Martin Gabel, Louise Latham
Votes: 54,022 | Gross: $7.00M
4. Frenzy (1972)
R | 116 min | Thriller
A serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Anna Massey
Votes: 49,545 | Gross: $12.60M
5. 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: 50,258 | Gross: $4.08M
6. Family Plot (1976)
PG | 120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/actor boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane
Votes: 24,907
7. Quiz (2020)
TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama, History
'Quiz' tells the story of Charles Ingram, a former British army major who caused a major scandal after being caught cheating his way to winning £1 million on the game show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'
Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, Sian Clifford, Mark Bonnar, Aisling Bea
Votes: 8,038
8. Cheap Thrills (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A scheming couple put a struggling family man and his old friend through a series of increasingly twisted dares over the course of an evening at a local bar.
Director: E.L. Katz | Stars: Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton, David Koechner
Votes: 20,506 | Gross: $0.06M
9. 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: 33,063 | Gross: $0.34M
10. 10 Rillington Place (1971)
GP | 111 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
What happened to the women at 10 Rillington Place? The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt, Pat Heywood
Votes: 9,830
11. The Sister (2020)
60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Almost a decade into his new devoted married life Nathan is rocked to the core when Bob, an unwelcome face from the past, turns up on his doorstep with shocking news, triggering a series of catastrophic decisions.
Stars: Russell Tovey, Amrita Acharia, Bertie Carvel, Paul Bazely
Votes: 3,196
12. I Start Counting (1970)
Not Rated | 105 min | Mystery, Thriller
A 15 year-old girl coming to terms with her sexuality suspects her foster brother may be guilty of a murder.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Jenny Agutter, Bryan Marshall, Clare Sutcliffe, Simon Ward
Votes: 1,153
13. Deadfall (1968)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices, the Moreaus, attempt to steal diamonds from the château of millionaire Salinas. However, Henry's partners in crime aren't the most emotionally stable people.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Michael Caine, Giovanna Ralli, Eric Portman, Nanette Newman
Votes: 1,274
14. The Lady Vanishes (1979)
PG | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Mystery
While travelling by rail in interwar Nazi Germany, a young socialite finds that a fellow female passenger has disappeared from the train, but nobody else remembers her having been on board.
Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Herbert Lom
Votes: 2,999
15. Midnight Lace (1960)
Approved | 103 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In London, a recently-wed American woman's sanity comes into question after she claims to be the victim of a threatening stalker.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy
Votes: 6,045 | Gross: $7.40M
16. Because of the Cats (1973)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A gang of wealthy ne'er do wells rape and terrorize women for fun and force their husbands to watch. A police detective tries to catch them, but can he break their twisted loyalty to one another?
Director: Fons Rademakers | Stars: Bryan Marshall, Alexandra Stewart, Edward Judd, Sebastian Graham Jones
Votes: 507
17. The Running Man (1963)
Approved | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 1,883
18. She Played with Fire (1957)
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An insurance investigator runs into an ex-girlfriend, who is still as beautiful as he remembered her, but is now married. He soon finds himself involved in arson, blackmail, and murder.
Director: Sidney Gilliat | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Arlene Dahl, Dennis Price, Violet Farebrother
Votes: 872
19. Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
Unrated | 99 min | Crime, Drama
When an injured wife murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the owner's three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Alan Bates, Bernard Lee, Hayley Mills, Norman Bird
Votes: 3,763
20. Kill Your Friends (2015)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Music
An A&R man working at the height of the Britpop music craze goes to extremes in order to find his next hit.
Director: Owen Harris | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Thomas Conroy, James Corden, Georgia King
Votes: 10,043
21. Girly (1970)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A wealthy, fatherless British clan kidnaps bums and hippies and forces them to participate in an elaborate role-playing game in which they are the perfect family; those who refuse or attempt escape are ritualistically murdered.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Michael Bryant, Ursula Howells, Pat Heywood, Howard Trevor
Votes: 1,584
22. Loot (1970)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Crime
Based on the play by Joe Orton, this film follows the adventures of two pals who have pulled off a bank robbery and have to hide the loot. Fortunately one of them works in a funeral parlor ... See full summary »
Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: Lee Remick, Richard Attenborough, Hywel Bennett, Milo O'Shea
Votes: 629
23. Jo (1971)
85 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A writer of detective stories desperately trying to hide a corpse in his house - and at the same time to know exactly who he killed accidentally.
Director: Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Claude Gensac, Michel Galabru, Bernard Blier
Votes: 3,683
24. The Scapegoat (1959)
Unrated | 91 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An English schoolteacher meets his lookalike, a French count; and unwillingly swaps identities with him.
Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Nicole Maurey, Irene Worth
Votes: 2,447
25. It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
92 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An escaped convict tries to hide out at his former lover's house, but she has since married and is reluctant to help him.
Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Googie Withers, Jack Warner, John McCallum, Edward Chapman
Votes: 2,396 | Gross: $0.01M
26. Stop Me Before I Kill! (1960)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After surviving a traumatic car accident, a race car driver travels to the Cote D'Azur to recover but is plagued by an urge to strangle his wife.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Claude Dauphin, Diane Cilento, Ronald Lewis, Françoise Rosay
Votes: 1,058
27. Entertaining Mr Sloane (1970)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Sloane, a manipulative lodger, joins Kath's household. Kemp recognizes Sloane as a murderer. Sloane kills Kemp. The story takes an unexpected turn regarding Sloane's fate, deviating from conventional justice.
Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Beryl Reid, Harry Andrews, Peter McEnery, Alan Webb
Votes: 747
28. Take My Life (1947)
79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Philippa Shelley races against time to clear her husband Nicholas Talbot of a murder he did not commit. While she works on getting proof, the prosecution is doing all it can to force a conviction.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Hugh Williams, Greta Gynt, Leo Bieber, Marjorie Mars
Votes: 436
29. Goodbye Gemini (1970)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Unnaturally-close jet-setting twins become enmeshed in the Swinging London scene, where their relationship is strained after they befriend a predatory hustler and his girlfriend.
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Judy Geeson, Martin Potter, Michael Redgrave, Alexis Kanner
Votes: 463
30. The Blonde from Peking (1967)
87 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
An amnesic young woman is found fainting on a bench. A tattoo identifies her as Erica Olsen, ex-companion of a Chinese scientist who holds atomic secrets.
Director: Nicolas Gessner | Stars: Claudio Brook, Mireille Darc, Françoise Brion, Jean-Jacques Delbo
Votes: 224
31. Masquerade (1965)
Not Rated | 102 min | Adventure, Crime, Comedy
The British secret service hire a WWII veteran to voluntarily kidnap and smuggle a 13-year-old Arab prince into Spain. Once there, a gullible American mercenary is hired to protect him, but greed threatens to spoil the operation.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Jack Hawkins, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 568
32. Spy Hunt (1950)
Not Rated | 74 min | Action, Crime, Drama
During the Cold War, a microfilm concealed in the collar of a panther, transported by freight rail, is sought by several spies after the animal escapes its cage following the train's derailment in Switzerland.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Howard Duff, Märta Torén, Philip Friend, Robert Douglas
Votes: 259
33. The Walking Stick (1970)
GP | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young woman's highly ordered and structured life is turned upside-down when she meets a handsome stranger at a party. Friendship soon develops into romance and for the first time in her ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Till | Stars: David Hemmings, Samantha Eggar, Emlyn Williams, Phyllis Calvert
Votes: 563
34. Night Must Fall (1964)
101 min | Crime, Thriller
A psychotic killer gets in the good graces of his aging invalid employer, and worms his way into the affection of her beautiful daughter, with unpleasant results for all.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Albert Finney, Susan Hampshire, Mona Washbourne, Sheila Hancock
Votes: 940
35. Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother (1989)
89 min | Comedy
A man, always very devoted to his mother, decides to look for his father whom he never met. He meets a seductive older woman prone to drinking and her aged boyfriend with whom she has grown tired.
Director: Michael Austin | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Denholm Elliott, Julie Walters, Anna Massey
Votes: 259
36. Utharam (1989)
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
One fine morning, not any different from every other day, a promising poet shoots herself. Leaving no trace of motive, her husband's best friend and journalist, Balu embarks on a journey to find the truth.
Director: V.K. Pavithran | Stars: Mammootty, Sukumaran, Parvathi, Suparna Anand
Votes: 709
37. Golden Salamander (1950)
Not Rated | 96 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A man is torn between tackling a sinister crime syndicate or turning a blind eye to the suffering it creates.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Trevor Howard, Anouk Aimée, Herbert Lom, Walter Rilla
Votes: 714
38. The Assassin (1952)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Travelling to Venice to locate an ex-partisan on behalf of a French insurance company, a British private detective gets mixed-up in a political assassination conspiracy.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Richard Todd, Eva Bartok, John Gregson, George Coulouris
Votes: 553
39. Good-Time Girl (1948)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama
A young girl from the ghetto gets involved with some criminals. Driving while drunk, she knocks down and kills a Policeman. She runs away with two G. I.s who are also on the run and they start a crime wave.
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Diana Dors, George Merritt, Flora Robson, Jean Kent
Votes: 465
40. Live Again, Die Again (1974 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 78 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
After being cryogenically frozen for more than 30 years, a woman wakes to find her husband an old man, her children older than she is, and her daughter is crazy and wants her dead.
Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Cliff Potts, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Mills, Mike Farrell
Votes: 117
41. I Thank a Fool (1962)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama
After prosecuting a doctor for mercy killing, a district-attorney hires the same doctor to care for his mentally ill wife.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Susan Hayward, Peter Finch, Diane Cilento, Cyril Cusack
Votes: 414
42. Crime and Passion (1976)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A Vienna financier embezzles money from his firm and clients, forces his girlfriend to marry an old cuckold voyeur industrialist and runs for his life when the industrialist sends killers after him.
Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Omar Sharif, Karen Black, Joseph Bottoms, Bernhard Wicki
Votes: 349
43. Carnival of Crime (1962)
TV-14 | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A four-alarm murder mystery, this nerve-tingling story is about a dashing, prominent builder in Brazil who is mistakenly accused of killing his wife, but because of it learns the truth about the woman he thought he knew.
Director: George Cahan | Stars: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Alix Talton, Tônia Carrero, Luis Dávila
Votes: 127
44. Midnight Lace (1981 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A TV reporter (Mary Crosby) is mercilessly stalked by a mysterious assassin. Why does he want to kill her?
Director: Ivan Nagy | Stars: Mary Crosby, Gary Frank, Celeste Holm, Carolyn Jones
Votes: 69
45. Poen (1975 TV Movie)
Comedy, Crime
Director: Roger De Wilde | Stars: Daan Hugaert, Rita Lommée, Nolle Versyp, Oswald Versyp
46. The Scorpio Letters (1967 TV Movie)
120 min | Crime, Thriller
Joe Christopher, an American ex-cop living in London, helps out British Intelligence following a suicide which sets him on the trail of a blackmailer known only as Scorpio.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Alex Cord, Shirley Eaton, Laurence Naismith, Oscar Beregi Jr.
Votes: 87
47. Normal (I) (2009)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In a world of decay even the most horrific deeds seem normal. Life account of the most dreaded German serial killer of the 1930s.
Director: Julius Sevcík | Stars: Milan Knazko, Dagmar Havlová, Pavel Gajdos, Zuzana Kajnarová
Votes: 332
48. Lamb to the Slaughter (2002)
PG | 90 min | Mystery
In 1940, when Mary Maloney's husband of 10 years (Patrick Maloney) decides to leave her. Mary takes matters into to her own hands...
Director: Nicole Barnette | Stars: Liz Mamana, Brien Varady, Ron Gilbert, Shane Kramer
Votes: 31
49. Splhající profesor (1992 TV Movie)
51 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
Why does the esteemed Professor Presbury sometimes act like a lunatic? Does his climbing mania have something to do with the late passion with which he developed for the young, charming ... See full summary »
Director: Zdenek Zelenka | Stars: Viktor Preiss, Josef Somr, Petr Kostka, Jan Stastný
Votes: 34
50. Verräter (1967– )
180 min
Stars: Chariklia Baxevanos, Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Karl Michael Vogler, Günther Schramm
Votes: 24