A Glean movie guide
The Modern Whodunit & Beyond
Everyone is a suspect.
Sharp wit, eccentric suspects, and puzzles that keep you guessing until the final reveal.
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The movie list
- 01
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Benoit Blanc returns for a sun-drenched, satirical puzzle involving a tech billionaire’s private island.
World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.
- 02
Clue
A fast-paced cult classic that perfectly captures the chaotic energy of a mansion-set murder mystery.
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.
- 03
See How They Run
This meta-whodunit set in 1950s London playfully deconstructs the very tropes it uses to solve a murder.
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.
- 04
Murder on the Orient Express
A lavish, star-studded adaptation of Agatha Christie’s most famous puzzle set aboard a snowbound train.
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.
- 05
Gosford Park
An intricate look at class dynamics and secrets hidden behind the doors of a sprawling English country estate.
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.
- 06
The Last of Sheila
A primary influence on Rian Johnson, this complex mystery turns a scavenger hunt into a deadly game of secrets.
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.
- 07
Sleuth
A theatrical battle of wits filled with mechanical toys, elaborate games, and constant plot reversals.
A man who loves games and theatre invites his wife's lover to meet, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
- 08
Game Night
A high-energy comedy where a suburban mystery party spirals into a real-life conspiracy with genuine stakes.
Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it's all supposed to be part of the game. As the competitors set out to solve the case, they start to learn that neither the game nor Brooks are what they seem to be. The friends soon find themselves in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn over the course of one chaotic night.
- 09
The Nice Guys
A sharp-tongued noir that balances a surprisingly dense mystery with incredible comedic chemistry.
A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
- 10
Bodies Bodies Bodies
A biting satire that traps a group of wealthy friends in a mansion for a deadly game of "who did it."
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.