Edward Buzzell, Song of the Thin Man, MGM, 1947

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: August 28, 1947.
• Running time: 86 minutes.
• Tagline: WILLIAM POWELL and MYRNA LOY and me too. We’re all together again in a NEW MGM mystery comedy!

• Song of the Thin Man (1947)
• Song of the Thin Man poster

W.S. Van Dyke, Shadow of the Thin Man, MGM, 1941

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: November 21, 1941.
• Running time: 97 minutes.
• Tagline: The first Thin Man picture in 2 years – and it’s a honey!

• Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
• Shadow of the Thin Man poster

W.S. Van Dyke, Another Thin Man, MGM, 1939

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: November 17, 1939.
• Running time: 103 minutes.
• Tagline: Their Merriest Hit! Mr. and Mrs. Thin Man Have a B-A-B-Y!

• Another Thin Man (1939)
• Another Thin Man poster

W.S. Van Dyke, After the Thin Man, MGM, 1936

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: December 25, 1936.
• Running time: 113 minutes.
• Tagline: Mr. and Mrs. Thin Man are back in their NEW hit!

• After the Thin Man (1936)
• After the Thin Man poster

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Dumb Witness, ITV, 1996

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: March 16, 1996.
• Running time: 103 minutes.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Dumb Witness (1996)

Gerd Oswald, A Kiss Before Dying, United Artists, 1956

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: June 12, 1956.
• Running time: 94 minutes.
• Tagline: Girl by girl… Caress by caress… He fell deeper in love – deeper in trouble – until he found this terrifying way out…

• A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
• A Kiss Before Dying poster

Robert Florey, Murders in the Rue Morgue, Universal Pictures, 1932

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: February 21, 1932.
• Running time: 60 minutes.
• Tagline: Based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe.

• Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
• Murders in the Rue Morgue poster

John Carpenter, The Thing, Universal Pictures, 1982

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: June 25, 1982.
• Running time: 109 minutes.
• Tagline: The ultimate in alien terror.

• The Thing (1982)
• The Thing poster

Alfred Hitchcock, The Trouble with Harry, Paramount Pictures, 1955

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: October 3, 1955.
• Running time: 99 minutes.
• Tagline: The Unexpected From Hitchcock!

• The Trouble with Harry (1955)
• The Trouble with Harry poster

Alfred Hitchcock, Saboteur, Universal Pictures, 1942

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: April 22, 1942.
• Running time: 108 minutes.
• Tagline: Unmasking the man behind your back!

• Saboteur (1942)
• Saboteur poster

Christopher Nolan, The Prestige, Touchstone Pictures, 2006

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: October 20, 2006.
• Running time: 130 minutes.
• Tagline: Are You Watching Closely?
• An adaptation of Christopher Priest’s 1995 novel of the same name.

• The Prestige (2006)
• The Prestige poster

 

Stanley Kubrick, The Shining, Warner Bros., 1980

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: May 23, 1980.
• Running time: 146 minutes.
• Tagline: A Masterpiece Of Modern Horror.
• Based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King.

• The Shining (1980)
• The Shining poster

Alfred Hitchcock, Marnie, Universal Pictures, 1964

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: July 22, 1964.
• Running time: 130 minutes.
• Tagline: Alfred Hitchcock’s suspenseful sex mystery.

• Marnie (1964)
• Marnie poster

Noel M. Smith, Mystery House, Warner Bros., 1938

Rating: 3/5 Buy

• Release date: May 21, 1938.
• Running time: 56 minutes.
• Tagline: Who will be the killer’s next victim?

• Mystery House (1938)
• Mystery House poster

David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Paramount Pictures & Warner Bros. Pictures, 2008

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: December 25, 2008.
• Running time: 166 minutes.
• Tagline: Life isn’t measured in minutes, but in moments.
• Donald Graham Burt & Victor J. Zolfo won the 1009 Academy Award for Best Art Direction.
• Greg Cannom won the 2009 Academy Award for Best Makeup.
• Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton & Craig Barron won the 2009 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button poster

Robert Siodmak, The Spiral Staircase, RKO Radio Pictures, 1946

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: February 6, 1946.
• Running time: 83 minutes.

• The Spiral Staircase (1946)
• The Spiral Staircase poster

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Three Act Tragedy, ITV, 2010

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: January 3, 2010.
• Running time: 90 minutes.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Three Act Tragedy (2010)
• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Three Act Tragedy (2011)

Douglas Hickox, Theatre of Blood, United Artists, 1973

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: April 5, 1973.
• Running time: 104 minutes.
• Tagline: Vincent Price has reserved a seat for you in the “theatre of blood.”

• Theatre of Blood (1973)
• Theatre of Blood poster

George Cukor, Gaslight, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1944

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: May 4, 1944.
• Running time: 114 minutes.
• Tagline: Strange drama of a captive sweetheart!
• Ingrid Bergman won the 1945 Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
• Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Edwin B. Willis and Paul Huldschinsky won the 1945 Academy Award for Best Art Direction (black-and-white).

• Gaslight (1944)
• Gaslight poster

Jim Gillespie, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Columbia Pictures, 1997

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: October 17, 1997.
• Running time: 100 minutes.
• Tagline: If you’re going to bury the truth, make sure it stays buried.

• I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
• I Know What You Did Last Summer poster

George Bowers, The Hearse, Crown International Pictures, 1980

Rating: 3/5 Buy

• Release date: June, 1980.
• Running time: 95 minutes.
• Tagline: The Barrier Between Life and Death is no Greater than the Thickness of a Door. And Now… The Door is Open!

• The Hearse (1980)
• The Hearse poster

J. Lee Thompson, Eye of the Devil, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: July 1966 (UK).
• Running time: 96 minutes.
• Tagline: If you’re seeking the climax in mind-chilling terror… we’ve got your number!

• Eye of the Devil (1966)
• Eye of the Devil poster

Ted Post, Magnum Force, Warner Bros., 1973

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: December 25, 1973.
• Running time: 124 minutes.
• Tagline: Clint Eastwood is Dirty Harry in Magnum Force.

• Magnum Force (1973)
• Magnum Force poster

George Sluizer, The Vanishing, 20th Century Fox, 1993

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: February 5, 1993.
• Running time: 109 minutes.
• Tagline: Obsession is the Ultimate Weapon. If someone you loved mysteriously vanished how far out of your mind would you go to find them?

• The Vanishing (1993)
• The Vanishing poster

Alfred Hitchcock, Suspicion, RKO Radio Pictures Inc., 1941

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: November 14, 1941.
• Running time: 99 minutes.
• Tagline: Each time they kissed… there was the thrill of love… the threat of murder!
• Joan Fontaine won the 1942 Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

• Suspicion (1941)
• Suspicion poster

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Cards on the Table, ITV, 2006

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: March 19, 2006.
• Running time: 94 minutes.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Cards on the Table (2006)

Blake Edwards, A Shot in the Dark, United Artists, 1964

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: June 23, 1964.
• Running time: 102 minutes.
• Tagline: Meet the inspector who was always on the job In The Bedroom… In The Nightclub… In The Nudist Colony! It’s Sellers the Sleuth… and there’s nothing he won’t do to track down a body – dead or alive!
• The second installment in the Pink Panther series.

• A Shot in the Dark (1964)
• A Shot in the Dark poster

Joel Coen, The Big Lebowski, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1998

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: March 6, 1998.
• Running time: 119 minutes.
• Tagline: Times like these call for a Big Lebowski.

• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• The Big Lebowski poster

Robin Hardy, The Wicker Man, British Lion Films, 1973

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: December, 1973 (UK).
• Running time: 88 minutes.
• Tagline: From the writer of ‘Frenzy & Sleuth’ Anthony Shaffer’s incredible occult thriller.

• The Wicker Man (1973)
• The Wicker Man poster

George A. Romero, Night of the Living Dead, Image Ten, 1968

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: October 1, 1968.
• Running time: 96 minutes.
• Tagline: They keep coming back in a bloodthirsty lust for HUMAN FLESH!… Pits the dead against the living in a struggle for survival!

• Night of the Living Dead (1968)
• Night of the Living Dead poster

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Murder in Mesopotamia, ITV, 2001

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: July 8, 2001.
• Running time: 100 minutes.
• The character of Captain Hastings was added to the story, reducing Amy Leatheran’s contribution drastically.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Murder in Mesopotamia (2001)

George Pollock, Ten Little Indians, Tenlit Films Ltd., 1965

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: June, 1965 (UK).
• Running time: 91 minutes.
• Tagline: The Whodunnit Break! A first in motion pictures! Just before the gripping climax of the film, you will be given sixty seconds to guess the killer’s identity! The film will pause and on the screen you will see clues to help you decide who the murderer is…We Dare You To Guess!

• Ten Little Indians (1965)
• Ten Little Indians poster

Quentin Tarantino, Reservoir Dogs, Live Entertainment, 1992

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: October 23, 1992.
• Running time: 99 minutes.
• Tagline: Four perfect killers. One perfect crime. Now all they have to fear is each other.
• First film by Quentin Tarantino.

• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• Reservoir Dogs poster

Ted Post, Magnum Force, Warner Bros., 1973

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: December 25, 1973.
• Running time: 124 minutes.
• Tagline: Clint Eastwood is Dirty Harry in Magnum Force.

• Magnum Force (1973)
• Magnum Force poster

Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple, The Murder at the Vicarage, BBC, 1986

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: December 25, 1986 (UK) (season 2, episode 1).
• Running time: 102 minutes.

• The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The ABC Murders, ITV, 1992

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: January 5, 1992 (season 4, episode 1).
• Running time: 100 minutes.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The ABC Murders (1992)

Alfred Hitchcock, Strangers on a Train, Warner Bros., 1951

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: June 30, 1951.
• Running time: 101 minutes.
• Tagline: It starts with a shriek of a train whistle… and ends with shrieking excitement!

• Strangers on a Train (1951)

Curtis Hanson, L.A. Confidential, Warner Brothers, 1997

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: September 19, 1997.
• Running time: 138 minutes.
• Tagline: Everything is suspect… Everyone is for sale… And nothing is what it seems.
• Kim Basinger won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
• Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay.

• L.A. Confidential (1997)

Alfred Hitchcock, Spellbound, United Artists, 1945

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: October 31, 1945.
• Running time: 111 minutes.
• Tagline: Strange… Strange… Their Irresistible Love! Dark… Dark… Their Inescapable Fears!
• Miklós Rózsa won the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.

• Spellbound (1945)

Peter Medak, The Changeling, Associated Film Distributors, 1980

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: March 28, 1980.
• Running time: 115 minutes.
• Tagline: “How did you die, Joseph? Did you die in this house? Why do you remain?”

• The Changeling (1980)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Death in the Clouds, ITV, 1992

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: January 12, 1992 (season 4, episode 2).
• Running time: 103 minutes.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Death in the Clouds (1992)

Otto Preminger, Laura, 20th Century Fox, 1944

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: October 11, 1944.
• Running time: 88 minutes.
• Tagline: The story of a love that became the most fearful thing that ever happened to a woman!
• Joseph LaShelle won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White.

• Laura (1944)

Eli Roth, Hostel, Lions Gate Films, 2005

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: January 6, 2006.
• Running time: 94 minutes.
• Tagline: Welcome To Your Worst Nightmare.

• Hostel (2005)

Orson Welles, Citizen Kane, RKO Pictures, 1941

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: May 1, 1941.
• Running time: 119 minutes.
• Tagline: Some called him a hero… Others called him a heel.
• Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay.

• Citizen Kane (1941)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Lord Edgware Dies, ITV, 2000

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: February 19, 2000 (season 7, episode 2).
• Running time: 100 minutes.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Lord Edgware Dies (2000)

Alfred Hitchcock, To Catch a Thief, Paramount Pictures, 1955

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: August 3, 1955.
• Running time: 106 minutes.
• Tagline: For a moment he forgets he’s a thief – and she forgets she’s a lady!
• Robert Burks won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color.

• To Catch a Thief (1955)

Orson Welles, The Stranger, International Pictures, 1946

Rating: 4/5 Buy Link

• Release date: May 25, 1946.
• Running time: 95 minutes.
• Tagline: The most deceitful man a woman ever loved!

• The Stranger (1946)

Sidney Lumet, Murder on the Orient Express, Paramount Pictures, 1974

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: November 24, 1974.
• Running time: 128 minutes.
• Tagline: The Who’s Who in the Whodunnit!
• Ingrid Bergman won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
• “It was well made except for one mistake. It was Albert Finney, as my detective Hercule Poirot. I wrote that he had the finest moustache in England – and he didn’t in the film. I thought that a pity  – why shouldn’t he?” – Agatha Christie

• Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Peril at End House, ITV, 1990

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Original air date: January 7, 1990 (season 2, episode 1).
• Running time: 103 minutes.

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Peril at End House (1990)

Lewis Allen, The Uninvited, Paramount Pictures, 1944

Rating: 4/5 Buy

• Release date: February 10, 1944.
• Running time: 99 minutes.
• Tagline: From the Most Popular Mystery Romance since “Rebecca”!

• The Uninvited (1944)