A Glean movie guide
The Art of the Modern Whodunit
Peel back the layers.
Clever puzzles, eccentric suspects, and sharp-witted satire for fans of Benoit Blanc.
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The movie list
- 01
Clue
A fast-paced, hilarious masterpiece of the genre featuring a brilliant ensemble and endless wit.
Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.
- 02
See How They Run
A stylish and self-aware mystery that pokes fun at theatrical tropes while delivering a genuine puzzle.
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.
- 03
The Last of Sheila
This intricate yacht-set scavenger hunt served as a primary inspiration for the Knives Out series.
A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game—but the game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.
- 04
Evil Under the Sun
A vibrant, sun-drenched Poirot mystery set at an exclusive island resort filled with wealthy suspects.
An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.
- 05
Bodies Bodies Bodies
A razor-sharp social satire that traps a group of privileged friends in a mansion during a deadly game.
In an isolated family mansion, a group of rich 20-somethings decides to play Bodies Bodies Bodies, a game where one of them is secretly a "killer" while the rest tries to "escape". Things take a turn for the worse when real bodies start turning up, setting off a paranoid and dangerous chain of events.
- 06
Murder by Death
A star-studded parody that gathers the world's greatest fictional detectives for a chaotic dinner party.
Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.
- 07
Death on the Nile
A glamorous, high-stakes investigation aboard a luxury steamer where everyone has a motive for murder.
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.
- 08
The Menu
A biting satire of high-society and foodie culture that turns a remote dinner into a suspenseful survival game.
A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
- 09
Confess, Fletch
A charming and dialogue-driven mystery featuring a witty investigator navigating a world of eccentric elites.
The roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime suspect in a murder case while searching for a stolen art collection. The only way to prove his innocence? Find out which of the long list of suspects is the culprit - from the eccentric art dealer and a missing playboy to a crazy neighbor and Fletch’s Italian girlfriend. Crime, in fact, has never been this disorganized.
- 10
Gosford Park
An elegant and complex look at class dynamics hidden within a traditional English country house murder.
In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.