A Glean movie guide
The Ultimate Whodunnit Guide
Everyone is a suspect.
Unmask the killer with these essential locked-room mysteries and clever detective stories.
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The movie list
- 01
Knives Out
A sharp, modern reinvention of the classic murder mystery with a brilliant ensemble cast.
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
- 02
Clue
A hilarious and fast-paced cult classic that brings the iconic board game to life with multiple endings.
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
Murder on the Orient Express
A visually stunning adaptation of Agatha Christie’s most famous puzzle set on a snowbound luxury train.
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.
- 04
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Benoit Blanc returns for a high-concept, colorful mystery set on a tech billionaire’s private Greek 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.
- 05
Gosford Park
An intricate and elegant upstairs-downstairs mystery that explores social class during a 1930s hunting party.
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 complex and highly rewarding puzzle-movie involving a deadly scavenger hunt on a Mediterranean yacht.
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
See How They Run
A witty, meta-textual mystery that pokes fun at the genre while delivering a genuine 1950s-style investigation.
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.
- 08
Death on the Nile
A glamorous and suspenseful riverboat journey where every passenger 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.
- 09
Crooked House
A dark and atmospheric family-estate mystery based on one of Agatha Christie's personal favorite stories.
A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.
- 10
Evil Under the Sun
Peter Ustinov shines as Poirot in this sun-drenched mystery focused on alibis and clever timing.
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.