Best Agatha Christie
by kall6695 | created - 04 Feb 2020 | updated - 25 Apr 2021 | PublicI've read all the books and plays. I have all the books and plays in paperback and/or hard back. I've been collecting all the movies. Except the ones that aren't my favorite. Might collect them too, just for comparison sake. So I'm making a list of all of the BEST movies.
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1.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Murder on the Orient Express
(2010)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Poirot investigates the murder of a shady American businessman stabbed in his compartment on the Orient Express when it is blocked by a blizzard in Croatia.
Director: Philip Martin | Stars: David Suchet, Tristan McShepherd, Sam Crane, Toby Jones
Votes: 4,984
By far the best version of this title ever. Poirot is supreme!
2. 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: 296,674 | Gross: $102.83M
Featuring Kenneth Branagh as Poirot. He does not resemble Poirot in the least, other than the curved moustaches. Poirot is famous for his egg shaped body and head and his black hair and moustaches. Branagh does not even attempt to resemble Poirot! Sad! Even so, it is a great movie!! Loads of famous actors.
3. Evil Under the Sun (1982)
PG | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Trying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Peter Ustinov, James Mason, Maggie Smith, Colin Blakely
Votes: 20,192 | Gross: $6.11M
For sheer amusement, Peter Ustinov is great as Poirot! Of the 6 films with Peter, This is the best. It tends to be a bit campy, but the performances are excellent and the soundtrack of Cole Porter music is great.
4. Death on the Nile (1978)
PG | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow, Simon MacCorkindale, Jane Birkin
Votes: 39,851
Another great Ustinov Poirot film.
5.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Five Little Pigs
(2003)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lucy Crale enlists Poirot to investigate the 14-year-old murder in which her mother was hanged for poisoning her artist father.
Director: Paul Unwin | Stars: David Suchet, Rachael Stirling, Aidan Gillen, Toby Stephens
Votes: 4,091
Love this episode. Music is beautiful. The story is just so moving and sad. One of my favorites.
6.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Murder in Mesopotamia
(2001)
TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Poirot is on holiday in Iraq, the wife of the head scientist at an archaeological dig confides to him that she is the target of threatening letters.
Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Ron Berglas, Barbara Barnes
Votes: 2,296
For some reason, I really like this movie. It isn't one of the more popular or famous Christie movies, but the motive behind the killing is chilling.
7.
Marple (2004–2013)
Episode:
Miss Marple: Nemesis
(2007)
TV-14 | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Miss Marple and her nephew, novelist Raymond West, embark on a coach tour of historic English houses with an eclectic group of characters at the behest of a late friend who had knowledge of an unsolved murder.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Laura Michelle Kelly, Dan Stevens, Graeme Garden
Votes: 1,857
Best Miss Marple who goes after a killer as nemesis. Her friend from A Caribbean Mystery, Mr. Rafiel, requests her assistance in solving an old crime.
8.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
After the Funeral
(2006)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a man disinherits his sole beneficiary and bequeaths his wealth to others just prior to his death, Poirot is called in to investigate.
Director: Maurice Phillips | Stars: David Suchet, Philip Anthony, Robert Bathurst, Anna Calder-Marshall
Votes: 2,580
Very clever twist in this mystery. Unexpected.
9.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
(2000)
TV-14 | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Poirot comes out of retirement when his industrialist friend is brutally murdered a short while after a local widow who was suspected of killing her husband commits suicide.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: David Suchet, Philip Jackson, Oliver Ford Davies, Malcolm Terris
Votes: 2,454
Excellent movie.
10.
Marple (2004–2013)
Episode:
Towards Zero
(2007)
TV-PG | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A wealthy woman holds a party at her Devon estate for family and friends. When a solicitor and the hostess herself are both murdered, Miss Marple tries to find a clever killer with a devious plan.
Directors: David Grindley, Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Julian Sands, Zoë Tapper, Paul Nicholls
Votes: 1,655
Excellent episode, however is not a Miss Marple story. Detective Battle is the detective in the book. However, they have managed to fit Miss Marple in nicely. Geraldine McEwan is the best Miss Marple Actress.
11. A Caribbean Mystery (1983)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Miss Marple is on vacation in a luxurious Caribbean resort, a fellow guest confides he has evidence that another resident of the hotel is an unscrupulous serial murderer but is poisoned before he can reveal his identity to her.
Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Helen Hayes, Barnard Hughes, Jameson Parker, Season Hubley
Votes: 824
With Helen Hayes as Miss Marple. This is a really enjoyable version of this book. One of my favorites. Barnard Hughes is exceptional as the incorrigible Mr. Rafiel.
12.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The Hollow
(2004)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Poirot stumbles on the murder scene of philandering Dr Christow in a country house as his wife stands next to him with a revolver in her hand.
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: David Suchet, Jonathan Cake, Megan Dodds, Sarah Miles
Votes: 2,560
Excellent episode and also very sad and moving.
13. Appointment with Death (1988)
PG | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a former prison wardress who dominates the lives of her three adult stepchildren and her daughter is found dead at an archaeological dig near the Dead Sea, there are a great many suspects.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud
Votes: 6,049 | Gross: $0.96M
14. Dead Man's Folly (1986 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Jean Stapleton, Constance Cummings, Tim Pigott-Smith
Votes: 2,261
Another great Poirot. Unfortunately, Jean Stapleton as Ariadne Oliver is not a good fit. Neither is Hastings.
15.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Taken at the Flood
(2006)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young widow is left in sole possession of her late husband's fortune, her brother who dominates her refuses to let her share it with her in-laws, so they enlist Poirot to prove her missing first husband might not be dead.
Director: Andy Wilson | Stars: David Suchet, Jenny Agutter, Patrick Baladi, Eva Birthistle
Votes: 2,016
This story is sad, romantic, sad and moving.
16.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Hercule Poirot's Christmas
(1994)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The tyrannical patriarch of a dysfunctional but wealthy family summons his adult children for a Christmas reunion, but prior to the holiday his throat is slashed apparently by one of them.
Director: Edward Bennett | Stars: David Suchet, Philip Jackson, Vernon Dobtcheff, Simon Roberts
Votes: 2,579
Excellent devious plot. This is in my Christmas Movie Collection to rewatch every year.
17.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Peril at End House
(1990)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Poirot is staying at an exclusive Cornish resort, he meets a beautiful heiress whose life is in danger.
Director: Renny Rye | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Polly Walker
Votes: 2,293
18.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Evil Under the Sun
(2001)
TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Poirot's rehabilitative health retreat on an island resort becomes an even more stimulating mental exercise when a flirtatious film star is found strangled on a nearby beach.
Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran
Votes: 2,681
Good movie. I like the other version with Ustinov more- it's more campy. This one is very serious.
19.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Lord Edgware Dies
(2000)
TV-14 | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A beautiful actress becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her tyrannical husband - except that she has a cast-iron alibi for the night of the crime.
Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran
Votes: 2,203
This is a remake of the movie Thirteen at Dinner and is by far a better movie. The acting is much better.
20.
Marple (2004–2013)
Episode:
The Pale Horse
(2010)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Miss Marple's priest friend is battered to death after visiting a dying woman. Seeking justice, she becomes entangled in an organization centered around an inn run by purported witches.
Director: Andy Hay | Stars: Julia McKenzie, Nicholas Parsons, Lynda Baron, Elizabeth Rider
Votes: 1,345
This episode is not originally a Miss Marple story. I think the book is much better.
21.
Marple (2004–2013)
Episode:
Endless Night
(2013)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Miss Marple investigates the downfall of an optimistic young couple who ignored the warnings of a gypsy and built a dream home on allegedly cursed land.
Director: David Moore | Stars: Julia McKenzie, Tom Hughes, Aneurin Barnard, Adam Wadsworth
Votes: 1,206
Another Christie tale that does not involve Miss Marple, unlike this episode.
22.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Death in the Clouds
(1992)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Poirot sleeps on an airplane flight from Paris to London, a notorious French moneylender is murdered with a poisoned dart.
Director: Stephen Whittaker | Stars: David Suchet, Philip Jackson, Sarah Woodward, Shaun Scott
Votes: 2,044
A good episode. Mediocre plot.
23.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
(1990)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hastings renews his friendship with Poirot and involves him in the mysterious poisoning of the mistress of a manor house married to a man twenty years her junior.
Director: Ross Devenish | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Beatie Edney
Votes: 2,313
First full movie featuring David Suchet as Poirot. Hugh Fraser as Hastings. Suchet is the best Poirot ever. Looks like him, acts like him. None of the other actors in other Christie movies approach the character as well as Suchet. Hastings is also very good. Other Hastings' are presented as silly and stupid.
24.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The ABC Murders
(1992)
Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Poirot receives taunting letters from a serial killer who appears to choose his victims and crime scenes alphabetically.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Donald Sumpter
Votes: 2,779
This is a good episode, but I do not care for this movie. Don't care for the way the framed Murderer is treated.
25.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
(1992)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After Poirot pays a routine visit to his dentist, the doctor apparently shoots himself to death a short time later. Chief Inspector Japp appropriately recruits the detective as both witness and consultant.
Director: Ross Devenish | Stars: David Suchet, Philip Jackson, Joanna Phillips-Lane, Peter Blythe
Votes: 1,851
Good plot.
26. Murder in Three Acts (1986 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The cause seems to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis, Emma Samms, Jonathan Cecil
Votes: 2,274
Did not like this version at all. Tony Curtis is ridiculous.
27. Thirteen at Dinner (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An American movie actress, best known for playing dumb blondes, is Scotland Yard's prime suspect when her husband, Lord Edgware, is murdered. The great detective, Hercule Poirot, digs deeper into the case.
Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Faye Dunaway, David Suchet, Jonathan Cecil
Votes: 2,676
Faye Dunaway is Over the Top. Did not care for her at all.
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