Genre: Mystery

Direction Sidney Lumet

Cast Henry Fonda · Lee J. Cobb · Jack Warden · E.G. Marshall

Synopsis 12 Angry Men (1957) follows a jury's tense deliberation over the fate of a young man accused of murder. Initially, eleven jurors vote "guilty," while one dissenter, Juror 8, insists on discussing the case further. As the men debate, hidden...

Direction David Benioff · D.B. Weiss · Timothy Van Patten · Brian Kirk

Cast Emilia Clarke · Kit Harington · Lena Headey · Peter Dinklage

Synopsis TV Series (2011-2019). 8 Seasons. 73 Episodes. An adaptation of George R. R. Martin's epic fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire," in which kings, queens, knights and renegades use swords and magic to battle for the throne. Seven...

Direction Billy Wilder

Cast Tyrone Power · Marlene Dietrich · Charles Laughton · Elsa Lanchester

Synopsis In Witness for the Prosecution (1957), a brilliant but ailing barrister, Sir Wilfrid Robarts, takes on the defense of Leonard Vole, a charming man accused of murdering a wealthy widow. Despite overwhelming evidence, Sir Wilfrid believes in Leonard's innocence. The...

Direction George Roy Hill

Cast Robert Redford · Paul Newman · Robert Shaw · Charles Durning

Synopsis The Sting (1973) follows two grifters, Johnny Hooker and Henry Gondorff, who team up to con a ruthless crime boss, Doyle Lonnegan, seeking revenge for the murder of a mutual friend. Set in 1930s Chicago, the duo devises an elaborate...

Direction Nic Pizzolatto · Cary Joji Fukunaga

Cast Matthew McConaughey · Woody Harrelson · Michelle Monaghan · Michael Potts

Synopsis TV Series (2014). 8 Episodes. Two detectives, Rust Cohle and Martin Hart, lives become entangled during a 17-year hunt for a serial killer in Louisiana... True Detective is a new series on HBO that follows the lives of detectives on...

Direction Ernst Lubitsch

Cast Carole Lombard · Jack Benny · Robert Stack · Stanley Ridges

Synopsis To Be or Not to Be (1942) is a daring wartime comedy set in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. The story follows a troupe of Polish actors who use their theatrical skills to outwit the invading forces. When a daring spy mission goes...

Direction Akira Kurosawa

Cast Toshirô Mifune · Kyôko Kagawa · Yutaka Sada · Takashi Shimura

Synopsis It is the story of Gondo, a shoe company executive (Toshirô Mifune) planning a boardroom intrigue to gain control of the company. He has raised the capital for his plan, when word comes that his son has been kidnapped for...

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast Anthony Perkins · Janet Leigh · John Gavin · Vera Miles

Synopsis Psycho (1960) follows Marion Crane, a secretary who embezzles money and flees to start a new life. Exhausted during her journey, she stops at the secluded Bates Motel, run by the enigmatic Norman Bates and his overbearing mother. As Marion...

Direction Billy Wilder

Cast Fred MacMurray · Barbara Stanwyck · Edward G. Robinson · Tom Powers

Synopsis Double Indemnity (1944) follows Walter Neff, a smooth-talking insurance salesman, who becomes entangled in a dangerous scheme with Phyllis Dietrichson, the seductive wife of one of his clients. The two conspire to murder her husband and stage his death as...

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Peter Lorre · Otto Wernicke · Gustaf Gründgens · Theo Lingen

Synopsis In Fritz Langs startling and exquisite film M, fear stalks the streets of Berlin in the form of a serial child murderer whose grisly accomplishments are so heinous even the criminal minds of the underworld want him dead. Filmed in...

Direction David Fincher

Cast Brad Pitt · Morgan Freeman · Gwyneth Paltrow · Kevin Spacey

Synopsis Seven (1995) follows two detectives, the seasoned William Somerset and the ambitious David Mills, as they hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi. Each gruesome crime scene reflects one of the sins—gluttony, greed,...

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast Cary Grant · Eva Marie Saint · James Mason · Martin Landau

Synopsis North by Northwest (1959) follows Roger Thornhill, a New York advertising executive mistaken for a government agent by foreign spies. After being kidnapped and nearly killed, Thornhill embarks on a cross-country journey to clear his name and uncover the truth....

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast Grace Kelly · Ray Milland · Robert Cummings · John Williams

Synopsis British tennis pro (Ray Milland) suspects that his wealthy wife (Grace Kelly) is fooling around with a handsome American (Robert Cummings). He blackmails a disgraced former army comrade (Anthony Dawson) into murdering his wife and making it look like the...

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Liv Ullmann · Bibi Andersson · Margaretha Krook · Gunnar Björnstrand

Synopsis A nurse is put in charge of an actress who can't talk and finds that the actress's persona is melding with hers.

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast James Stewart · Grace Kelly · Thelma Ritter · Raymond Burr

Synopsis In Rear Window (1954), a photojournalist confined to his apartment with a broken leg passes time by observing his neighbors through his rear window. His growing curiosity turns to suspicion when he believes he witnesses a murder in a neighboring...

Direction Jonathan Demme

Cast Jodie Foster · Anthony Hopkins · Scott Glenn · Ted Levine

Synopsis Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster), a young and ambitious FBI agent, enlists the aid of criminally insane ex-psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) to help track down a vicious serial killer named "Buffalo Bill" who skins his victims and who has...

Direction Tetsurō Araki

Synopsis In the Death Note (TV Series) (2006), a brilliant high school student named Light Yagami discovers a mysterious notebook called the Death Note, which grants him the power to kill anyone whose name he writes in it. Believing he can...

Direction Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast Laurence Olivier · Michael Caine · Alec Cawthorne · John Matthews

Synopsis In Sleuth (1972), a wealthy mystery novelist invites his wife's young lover to his secluded mansion under the guise of a friendly meeting. What begins as a psychological game of wits quickly escalates into a twisted battle of deception and...

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast James Stewart · Kim Novak · Henry Jones · Barbara Bel Geddes

Synopsis San Francisco police detective Scottie Fergusson (James Stewart) develops a fear of heights and is forced to retire when a colleague falls to his death during a chase. An old college friend hires Scottie to watch his wife Madeleine (Kim...

Direction Paul McGuigan

Cast Benedict Cumberbatch · Martin Freeman · Lara Pulver · Mark Gatiss

Synopsis In Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia (TV) (2012), Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson face their most tantalizing case yet when Irene Adler, a cunning dominatrix, acquires compromising photos of a royal family member. Adler's wit and allure challenge Sherlock's intellect...