Movie List for "mystery 2"

Rouge (1987) Drama Fantasy Music Mystery Romance Movie

Fleur is the blue angel in one of Hong Kong’s “flower houses” – bordellos and night clubs of the 1930’s. A detached and beautiful performer, she falls in love with Twelfth Master Chan, heir… Year 1987.

Generes: Drama, Fantasy, Music, Mystery, Romance
Director: Stanley Kwan
Writer: Kang Chien Chiu, Pik Wah Lee (novel), Pik Wah Lee (screenplay)
Actors: Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, Alex Man, Emily Chu

L.A. Confidential (1997) Crime Drama Mystery Thriller Movie

As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen – one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy – investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice. Year 1997.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Curtis Hanson
Writer: James Ellroy (novel), Brian Helgeland (screenplay), Curtis Hanson (screenplay)
Actors: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell

Ghost in the Shell (1995) Animation Action Crime Drama Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller Movie

A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master. Year 1995.

Generes: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Writer: Shirow Masamune (based on the manga by), Kazunori Itô (screenplay)
Actors: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera, Yutaka Nakano

North by Northwest (1959) Adventure Mystery Thriller Movie

A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies. Year 1959.

Generes: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Ernest Lehman
Actors: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis

The Birds (1963) Drama Horror Mystery Romance Movie

A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people. Year 1963.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Daphne Du Maurier (from the story by), Evan Hunter (screenplay by)
Actors: Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Tippi Hedren

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) Crime Horror Mystery Thriller Movie

A criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death. Year 1933.

Generes: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Fritz Lang
Writer: Norbert Jacques (characters), Fritz Lang (scenario), Fritz Lang, René Sti (French adaptation), Thea von Harbou (scenario), Thea von Harbou
Actors: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Thomy Bourdelle, Gustav Diessl, Rudolf Schündler

The Usual Suspects (1995) Crime Mystery Thriller Movie

A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup. Year 1995.

Generes: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Bryan Singer
Writer: Christopher McQuarrie
Actors: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak

Pit and the Pendulum (1961) Drama Horror Mystery Movie

In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister’s death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor. Year 1961.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director: Roger Corman
Writer: Richard Matheson (screenplay), Edgar Allan Poe (story “The Pit and the Pendulum”)
Actors: Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele, Luana Anders

The Maltese Falcon (1941) Film-Noir Mystery Movie

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette. Year 1941.

Generes: Film-Noir, Mystery
Director: John Huston
Writer: John Huston (screen play by), Dashiell Hammett (based upon the novel by)
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre

The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979–) Action Adventure Crime Drama Mystery Movie

After WWII is over, a young officer Volodya Sharapov returns to Moscow to work in MUR – Moskovskiy Ugolovny Rozysk (Moscow Criminal Police). There he meets Gleb Zheglov who is a chief of a … Year 1979–.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
Actors: Vladimir Vysotskiy, Vladimir Konkin, Sergey Yurskiy, Aleksandr Belyavskiy

Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) Crime Drama Mystery Thriller Movie

An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative. Year 1964.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Robert Aldrich
Writer: Henry Farrell (screenplay), Lukas Heller (screenplay), Henry Farrell (story)
Actors: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead

House on Haunted Hill (1959) Horror Mystery Movie

A millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife. Year 1959.

Generes: Horror, Mystery
Director: William Castle
Writer: Robb White
Actors: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Alan Marshal

Double Indemnity (1944) Crime Drama Film-Noir Mystery Thriller Movie

An insurance representative lets himself be talked by a seductive housewife into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses the suspicion of an insurance investigator. Year 1944.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Billy Wilder
Writer: Billy Wilder (screenplay), Raymond Chandler (screenplay), James M. Cain (from the novel by)
Actors: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall

Rebecca (1940) Drama Mystery Romance Thriller Movie

A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat’s wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife’s spectral presence. Year 1940.

Generes: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Daphne Du Maurier (celebrated novel), Robert E. Sherwood (screen play), Joan Harrison (screen play), Philip MacDonald (adaptation), Michael Hogan (adaptation)
Actors: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson

Se7en (1995) Crime Drama Mystery Thriller Movie

Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives. Year 1995.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: David Fincher
Writer: Andrew Kevin Walker
Actors: Morgan Freeman, Andrew Kevin Walker, Daniel Zacapa, Brad Pitt

Zerograd (1988) Comedy Drama Mystery Sci-Fi Movie

An engineer in charge of the production line of a factory in Moscow is sent to a small town to try to specify the distributor the new dimensions of a mechanic part they need. But in this … Year 1988.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Director: Karen Shakhnazarov
Writer: Aleksandr Borodyanskiy, Karen Shakhnazarov
Actors: Leonid Filatov, Oleg Basilashvili, Vladimir Menshov, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan