Don�t you just love it when you�re watching a mystery movie where you
become deeply engrossed in every scene.
So much so that you the viewer
feels compelled to figure out what exactly is going on?Well this is where I
thought I�d hunt down all the films that made me think - All those movies
that take full advantage of the �detective experience�.
Shane Black�s comedy crime mystery - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Stars
Robert Downey Jr.
Playing Harry Lockhart.
A petty thief turned accidental
actor who finds himself taking private eye lessons from Val Kilmer
character- Detective Gay Perry.
During his first lesson Harry and Gay come
across a dead girl who is coincidently linked to Harrys childhood sweetheart
Harmony - a failing actress played by Michelle Monaghan
Been a quirkly, very amusing film, with a superb cast- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
is a sharp and clever mystery.
That combined with Downey's and Kilmer's
strong on screen chemistry and individual performances makes this movie
hard to forget.
The pace comes at us almost as quickly as the clever
dialogue, making it nearly impossible for the average viewer to get
bored.The adaptation of Dennis Lehane's best-selling novel Mystic River
directed by Clint Eastwood Follows Three working class men, forever bound
together by a mutual childhood tragedy that overshadowed their lives.
The
story picks up where circumstances for these men change, as one has a
new family tragedy.
Sean Penn is great in his portrayal of Jimmy Markum.
A character in one
respect; a worried father, and in another - a cold-blooded man with very
few things to like about him...
The rest of the cast is really solid, with
Kevin Bacon as a reliable cop with a terrible private life.
And Tim Robbins
as a traumatised father.
Mystic River is brutal, tough and uncompromising; but still, a masterpiece,
and some of Clint Eastwood's best work.
Charade the mystery romance comedy, directed by Stanley Donen, follows
Regina Lampert- Who after returning from her skiing holiday, is informed
that her husband has been murdered.
Now all alone, several strange men are pursuing her- who want a large
fortune her murdered husband had stolen.
The film Stars the classiest of actors in both Audrey Hepburn and Cary
Grant.
Where Hepburn's performance as Mrs Lampert- a woman who
desperately needs help, fits perfectly with Carry Grants not so
trustworthy character Mr Joshua.
Charade is vivid, fast-paced and easily one of the best in the mystery
movie genre � but strangely enough it's not well known even among classic
films...
As dark comedies go, it's about as entertaining as you can get with
all the elements of a great thriller and in under two hours.
Christopher Nolans Mystery
Thriller Memento � The plot revolves around Lenny, a man with no short
term memory who tries to solve the murder of his wife.
In this movie Guy Pearce's character takes snapshots to help him
remember everyday things like who his friends are, what car he drives,
where he lives and so on.
As you can imagine this setup is perfect for
generating paranoia and uncertainty, confusion, suspicion, and even
betrayal.
And that's pretty much what you get in this film.
Memento is a challenging movie, and not to be missed if you are looking for
something clever and original.
It requires it�s audience to follow along,
participating by fitting puzzle pieces together, while it doesn't provide any
obvious or easy answers.
The Big Lebowski The Coen Brothers Comedy Crime Mystery.
Where "The Dude" Lebowski, accidently mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski
has gangsters pee on his rug.
Seeking compensation for his soiled rug �The
Dude� enlists his bowling buddies Walter and Donnie for help, which leads
to a very werid tale of kidnapping and more.
While better known as a comedy...
this film is also a satisfying detective
story that does leave you guessing.
The characters are brilliantly written
where the performance of the dude by Jeff Bridges, the relaxed slouch with
a goofy smile is hilariously unforgettable, as well as John Goodman who
plays Walter the crazy Vietnam Vet .
The Big Lebowski is like no other film I've seen, it's a mystery that's highly
re-watchable... filled with black humour and crazy characters.
The modern masterpiece of atmosphere and suspense- Prisoners directed
by Denis Villeneuve's, Prisoners
Where two families see their worlds go upside down when their daughters
go missing.
The movie follows Keller Dover who takes the law into his own
hands as he's on the hunt for his daughter and her friend.
You get to see Hugh Jackman's best performance as Anna's father, where
he really loses the plot trying to find answers while having no luck.
And
Jake Gyllenhaal's acting never ceases to impress - as the cop assigned to
the case.
Prisoners is very dark - and at times hard to sit through.
While some critics
think that this film is way too long with a run time over two and a half
hours, the suspense in this movie never stops.
The Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Thriller..
Rear
Window.. follows L.B a wheelchair-bound photographer who spies on his
neighbours from his apartment window and becomes thoroughly convinced...
one of them has committed murder.
Jimmy Stewart is great as LB Jefferies who passes the time, by playing
Peeping Tom on his neighbours, while at the same time having doubts about
marring his girlfriend Lisa, played by Grace Kelly.
This film is great at, mixing humour, romance and drama in a very effective
way.
The build up of suspense in the last 30 minutes movie is brilliant!
And
you'll be finding it hard to blink guessing what happens next.
The director known for the X-men franchise- Bryan Singer's Crime Mystery
The Usual Suspects
is a film set in the aftermath of a ship fire that totally burns the cargo and
crew.
Where a sole survivor- Verbal Kint explains the events leading up to the
horrors that occured on this boat, which all kicks off when five criminals
meet at a seemingly random police line-up.
This is one of Kevin Spacey's best performances as verbal the scared,
disabled con-man.
Gabriel Byrne is convincing as the ex-con trying to build
a new life, and the rest of the cast is topnotch.
The Usual Suspects has a great, gritty script, with one of the strongest
movie endings of all time.
Everything contributes to making it an
engrossing & suspenseful film.
Jonathan Demme's Crime Thriller The Silence of the Lambs Is the story of
Jodie Foster as the FBI trainee Clarice Starling, who is summoned to help
find the serial killer `Buffalo Bill.' by getting help from another serial killer-
Hannibal Lecter, played by Anthony Hopkins
Where the main focus of this movie is the confrontations between Foster
and Hopkins.
Jodie Foster's performance is brilliantly convincing as the
naive rookie agent, as well as Anthony Hopkins, where he is the definition
of creepy- as the incarcerated serial killer.
Silence of the Lambs takes many dark twists and turns, creating one of the
most suspenseful thrillers ever.
Everything is wrapped together well- the
performances are great..
and it's full of highly quotable and memorable
scenes.
Based on a series of real murders in Korea Joon-ho Bong's
True Crime Drama - Memories of Murder.
Set in a small Korean province in the 1980's, three detectives struggle with
the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an
unknown culprit.
Seo a detective from Seoul who has volunteered to assist with the
investigation, Is methodical and rational while the two brutal and illogical
local detectives Park and Jo, investigate the murder using brutality and
torture.
Memories of Murder is a drama first with elements of a thriller combined
with dark comedy.
The acting of the two lead cops is brilliant.
And thanks
to a great script, the character development is very believable and
fascinating.
David Finchers dark Crime Drama Seven...
Two detectives, Mills a rookie
and Somerset a veteran close to retirement are on the hunt for a serial
killer who's calling card is the seven deadly sins.
This film remains fresh and original as it progresses... by keeping us the
audience in the dark, where you always feel a couple of steps behind the
story.
Both Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman display sharp realistic performances as
the two detectives and Gwyneth Paltrow gives one of her strongest
performances to date.
Seven is very clever and suspenseful film that will disturb and shock on
first viewing.
It's a rarity for a movie to be completely unsettling and yet
still entertaining.