Movies by Lists - Mysteries, Mostly Murder Mostly British (82 [86]) 
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| 39 Steps, TheA man in London tries to help a counter-espionage Agent. But when the Agent is killed, and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring which is trying to steal top secret information. | 1935 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (55.5K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Adventures of Tartu, The1940. Captain Terence Stevenson with the British Army is part of the bomb disposal unit in London, his primary job to defuse them. Despite having no experience as a spy, he is asked by his superiors, because of his academic backgroun | 1943 | Harold S. Bucquet | Drama, Romance, Thriller, War | 7.0 (981 votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| An Inspector CallsWhen a young girl is found dead an inspector is sent to investigate a prosperous Yorkshire household. It emerges that each member of the family has a guilty secret - each one is partly responsible for her death. | 1954 | Guy Hamilton (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.5 (4.1K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| And Then There Were NoneSeven guests, a newly hired secretary and two staff are gathered at a manor house on an isolated island by an unknown absentee host and are killed off one-by-one. They work together to determine who the killer is before it's too late | 1945 | René Clair (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (14.6K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Another Man's PoisonA mystery writer becomes involved in a tangled web of murderous deception not unlike the plots of her novels. | 1951 | Irving Rapper | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 7.0 (2.8K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Arsène LupinA detective is tasked to capture an elusive thief called Arsene Lupin. | 1932 | Jack Conway | Crime, Mystery, Romance | 6.9 (1.1K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Bishop Misbehaves, TheOn a walking tour of English cathedrals, Donald Meadows meets Hester Granthem in church. Hearing he is from that hot-bed of crime, Chicago, Hester asks Donald to help her in a robbery she has planned. Thinking it a joke, he plays ... | 1935 | Ewald André Dupont | Comedy, Crime | 6.6 (325 votes) | 85 | 20240605 |
| Black Abbot, TheA gang of crooks uses the legend of a ghost haunting an old dark mansion to help them kidnap a rich man. | 1934 | George A. Cooper | Comedy, Crime, Mystery | 4.7 (128 votes) | 56 | 20240605 |
| Black Widow, TheMark Sherwin ( Robert Ayres) is the victim of a brutal beating and car theft. The thief dies in a crash; Mark suffers from amnesia, and recuperates on a horse-training property. Discovering a clue, he returns home to find he had b... | 1951 | Vernon Sewell | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.2 (108 votes) | 62 | 20240524 |
| Body Vanished, The1939. Drama. Directed by Walter Tennyson. Starring Anthony Hulme, C. Denier Warren & Ernest Sefton. This murder mystery poses the dilemma of a vanishing corpse. | 1939 | Walter Tennyson | Comedy, Crime, Mystery | 5.7 (184 votes) | 46 | 20220414 |
| Bombsight Stolen [Cottage to Let]Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight. | 1941 | Anthony Asquith | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller, War | 6.8 (1.2K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Brighton Strangler, TheAfter suffering a head injury during the Blitz, an actor comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage. | 1945 | Max Nosseck | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.3 (487 votes) | 67 | 20211228 |
| British IntelligenceAlthough the home of cabinet minister Arthur Bennett is a hotbed of spies, moles, and double agents, no one knows the true identity of notorious German spymaster Strendler. | 1939 | Terry O. Morse | Romance, Thriller, War | 6.1 (1.2K votes) | 61 | 20230424 |
| Chamber of Horrors [The Door with Seven Locks]A murder is found to be connected to a false heir and a secret underground torture chamber. | 1940 | Norman Lee | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 5.6 (545 votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| CrossroadsAn amnesiac French diplomat is blackmailed for crimes that he committed before he lost his memory. | 1942 | Jack Conway | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery | 6.7 (1.4K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Crow Hollow1952. Drama. Directed by Michael McCarthy. Starring Natasha Parry & Donald Houston. In a spooky mansion, one of three sinister spinsters tries to poison her nephew's wife to steal a large inheritance. | 1952 | Michael McCarthy | Thriller | 6.1 (281 votes) | 69 | 20211228 |
| Dear MurdererA businessman plans to kill his cheating wife's lover and make it look like suicide. | 1947 | Arthur Crabtree | Crime, Drama | 6.9 (883 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Death on the NileAs Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey? | 1978 | John Guillermin | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.3 (31.4K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| Dr. Morelle The Case of the Missing HeiressA young woman goes missing under strange circumstances. A friend of hers tries to find out what happened and it almost leads to another case of a missing young woman. Dr. Morrell has his hands full trying to solve this case. | 1949 | Godfrey Grayson | Mystery | 5.9 (104 votes) | 73 | 20211228 |
| Evil Under the SunTrying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi. | 1982 | Guy Hamilton (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.1 (16.3K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Fatal Witness, TheThe young John Bedford fights with his wealthy old aunt Lady Elizabeth Ferguson. She is sure John stole her emerald brooch. The next morning Lady Elizabeth is found murdered. Scotland Yard inspector William 'Bill' Trent is on the cas | 1945 | Lesley Selander | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 6.0 (115 votes) | 65 | 20211228 |
| Fingers at the WindowIn Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic. | 1942 | Charles Lederer | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 6.3 (974 votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Firebird, TheHerman Brandt, a handsome but overly conceited actor, lives in the same apartment building in Vienna as Carola and John Pointer and their 18-year-old daughter Mariette. One day, as Carola leaves to walk her dog, Brandt sides up to... | 1934 | William Dieterle (*) | Drama, Mystery, Romance | 6.1 (327 votes) | 74 | 20240605 |
| Foreign CorrespondentOn the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London. | 1940 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Action, Romance, Thriller, War | 7.5 (20.2K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Four Men and a PrayerThe sons of a disgraced British officer try to clear his name. | 1938 | John Ford (*) | Adventure, Mystery | 6.1 (747 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Frightened Lady, The [The Case of the Frightened Lady]"Mark's Priory," the Lebanons' family seat, is a house of terror to Ilsa Crane, Lady Lebanon's niece and secretary. The strange behavior of two sinister footmen, Gilder and Brooks, adds greatly to her fear, and her sole consolation l | 1940 | George King | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.4 (288 votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
| GaslightTen years after her aunt was murdered in their London home, a woman returns from Italy in the 1880s to resume residence with her new husband. His obsessive interest in the home rises from a secret that may require driving his wife in | 1944 | George Cukor (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 7.8 (27.4K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Ghost Train, TheHigh jinks and chills ensue when a group of people become stranded at an isolated station and a legendary phantom train approaches. | 1941 | Walter Forde | Comedy, Horror | 6.3 (1.5K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Girl in the NewsNurse Anne Graham (Margaret Lockwood) is controversially, but rightly, acquitted of murder after her elderly patient dies under suspicious circumstances. Changing her name, she gets a position nursing wheelchair-bound Edward Bentley | 1940 | Carol Reed (*) | Crime, Thriller | 6.7 (283 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Gosford ParkSet in the 1930s, this movie brings a group of pretentious rich and famous together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect. | 2001 | Robert Altman (*) | Comedy, Drama, Mystery | 7.2 (85.5K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Green For DangerAfter the nurse who declares that a recent surgical death was a murder dies also, an enigmatic Scotland Yard inspector arrives to investigate. | 1946 | Sidney Gilliat | Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (4.8K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Hangover SquareA promising classical musician finds his life poisoned by a music hall dancer -- and by the strange gaps in his memory. | 1945 | John Brahm | Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller | 7.4 (3K votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
| Haunted HoneymoonA dead body is discovered in the newly purchased home of a gentleman sleuth and his mystery-novelist bride. | 1940 | Arthur B. Woods, Richard Thorpe | Comedy, Drama, Mystery | 6.3 (746 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Highly DangerousA British lady entomologist travels to a Balkan country to look into germ warfare trials using various bugs as carriers. | 1950 | Roy Ward Baker | Action, Thriller | 5.9 (560 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| House of Fear, TheSherlock Holmes investigates a series of deaths at a castle with each foretold by the delivery of orange pips to the victims. | 1945 | Roy William Neill | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (5.4K votes) | 69 | 20220912 |
| Inspector Calls, AnWhen a young girl is found dead an inspector is sent to investigate a prosperous Yorkshire household. It emerges that each member of the family has a guilty secret - each one is partly responsible for her death. | 1954 | Guy Hamilton (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.5 (4.1K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Inspector Hornleigh on HolidayIt comes as no surprise when Inspector Hornleigh and his assistant, Sergeant Bingham, go to enjoy the winds and rains on their annual seaside vacation, when they run into a "busman's holiday." One of their fellow boarders at Balmoral | 1939 | Walter Forde | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.9 (210 votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
| Kind LadyMary Herries is a rich woman with a habit of contributing to those less fortunate than her. On her way home from a concert on Christmas Eve she discovers a poor, would-be artist outside her estate. Mary takes pity on this artist, Hen | 1935 | George B. Seitz | Drama | 6.9 (477 votes) | 76 | 20211228 |
| Ladies in RetirementThe housekeeper to a retired actress tries at the same time to look after her own two emotionally disturbed sisters, with dramatic results. | 1941 | Charles Vidor (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 7.1 (1.3K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Lady Vanishes, TheWhile travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train. | 1938 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 7.8 (51.1K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Lodger, TheA landlady suspects her new lodger is Jack the Ripper. | 1944 | John Brahm | Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.1 (3.5K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| London Blackout MurdersA man helps the authorities uncover a ring of murderous Nazi spies in wartime London. | 1943 | George Sherman | Crime, Drama, Thriller, War | 5.9 (128 votes) | 59 | 20211228 |
| Love From a StrangerA lottery winner breaks up with her fiancé and marries a fortune hunter who proves to be dangerous. | 1937 | Rowland V. Lee | Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 6.5 (538 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| LuredBritish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic-poem clues to the cops. | 1947 | Douglas Sirk (*) | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (3.6K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Man Who Knew Too Much, TheAn ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination. | 1934 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 6.8 (18.5K votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
| Midnight LaceIn London, a recently wed American woman's sanity comes into question after she claims to be the victim of a threatening stalker. | 1960 | David Miller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.8 (5.2K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Moonstone, TheA valuable gem from India is stolen in an old dark mansion and it is up to Scotland Yard inspector Charles Irwin to find out who did it among all the suspects who were in the house. | 1934 | Reginald Barker | Crime, Mystery, Romance | 5.0 (354 votes) | 62 | 20240605 |
| Most Dangerous Game, TheA psychotic big game hunter deliberately strands a luxury yacht on a remote island, where he begins to hunt its passengers for sport. | 1932 | Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller | 7.1 (12K votes) | 63 | 20211228 |
| Mummy, TheAn Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he thinks is his long-lost princess. | 1932 | Karl Freund | Fantasy, Horror | 7.1 (25.9K votes) | 73 | 20211228 |
| Murder Ahoy!After Miss Jane Marple is made a trustee of a merchant marine training vessel, a fellow trustee is poisoned, and ship's officers are later murdered after she comes on board. | 1964 | George Pollock | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.1 (5.1K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Murder at 3amA police detective suspects that his sister's boyfriend is a murderer. | 1953 | Francis Searle | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 5.2 (189 votes) | 60 | 20230328 |
| Murder at the GallopWhen a wealthy old man appears to have been "frightened to death" by a cat, Miss Jane Marple suspects one of his four relatives, all heirs to his estate, of his murder. | 1963 | George Pollock | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (6K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Murder in the Blue RoomA party is thrown at a haunted mansion, people start to die, and a man who spent a night in the "blue room" disappears. | 1944 | Leslie Goodwins | Comedy, Horror, Musical, Mystery | 5.9 (308 votes) | 61 | 20211228 |
| Murder Is Announced, AAn unusual announcement in the newspaper leads the curious villagers to Miss Blacklock's home, where they become witnesses to a murder. | 1985 | David Giles | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 8.0 (2.1K votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Murder on Approval [Barbados Quest]J. D. Everleigh, a wealthy American, purchases a rare stamp in London from Geoffrey Blake, who says he represents Robert Coburn, a stamp agent. Everleigh begins to suspect the stamp is a counterfeit and hires private-detective Tom Ma | 1955 | Bernard Knowles | Adventure, Crime, Mystery | 5.7 (154 votes) | 70 | 20211228 |
| Murder on The Orient ExpressIn December 1935, when his transcontinental luxury train is stranded by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before, with a multitude of suspects. | 1974 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.3 (60.4K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Murder Party, The [The Night of the Party]A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious suspect, but the Inspector isn't so sure ... | 1934 | Michael Powell (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 5.8 (166 votes) | 61 | 20240605 |
| Mystery JunctionLarry Gordon, well-known crime writer, is on a train journey when a scream is heard. Upon investigation, the guard had been mugged and a man murdered. Another man is arrested but the full story is yet to be discovered. | 1951 | Michael McCarthy | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 5.9 (176 votes) | 65 | 20211228 |
| Mystery of Edwin Drood, TheAn opium-addicted choirmaster develops an obsession for a beautiful young girl and will not stop short of murder in order to have her. | 1935 | Stuart Walker | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance | 6.6 (485 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Night Train to MunichAfter Germany invades Czechoslovakia, the German and the British intelligence services try to capture Czech scientist Dr. Axel Bomasch (James Harcourt), inventor of a new type of armor-plating. | 1940 | Carol Reed (*) | Drama, Thriller, War | 7.2 (4.9K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Obsession [The Hidden Room]Clive Riordan plans a devilish revenge against his wife's lover. | 1949 | Edward Dmytryk (*) | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.4 (1.9K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| October Man, TheWhen the murder of a young woman happens, her next-door neighbor is under suspicion due to his previous stay in a mental hospital. | 1947 | Roy Ward Baker | Crime, Mystery | 7.1 (1.3K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Passenger to LondonA British agent is murdered on a passenger train. Before his death, he plants important secret papers in the trunk owned by a female passenger. | 1937 | Lawrence Huntington | Thriller | 5.6 (178 votes) | 57 | 20231001 |
| Phantom Light, TheA lighthouse keeper has been murdered in mysterious circumstances and, during the ensuing investigation a Phantom Light keeps appearing at the scene of his death. | 1935 | Michael Powell (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 6.2 (589 votes) | 76 | 20221116 |
| Phantom Shot, TheA hated country gentleman is murdered, and the inspector on the case takes the veiwer through his thoughts about the possible murderer and motives as he questions everyone concerned. | 1947 | Mario Zampi | Mystery | 5.8 (12 votes) | 49 | 20211228 |
| Picture of Dorian Gray, TheA corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all. | 1945 | Albert Lewin | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 7.5 (12.9K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| RafflesMan about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend with her parents, Lord and Lady Melrose. A | 1939 | Sam Wood, William Wyler | Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller | 6.4 (937 votes) | 72 | 20211228 |
| RebeccaA 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. | 1940 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 8.1 (133.3K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Saint in London, TheThe Saint returns to London and with the help of an American pickpocket and a beautiful adventuress breaks a counterfeiting ring. | 1939 | John Paddy Carstairs | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance | 6.4 (832 votes) | 72 | 20211228 |
| Secret of the Blue RoomTwenty years after 3 murders occur in a castle's "blue room", three men who each want to marry a beautiful girl decide to spend a night in the room to prove their bravery to her. | 1933 | Kurt Neumann | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 6.4 (792 votes) | 66 | 20211228 |
| Shadows on the StairsOccupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered. | 1941 | D. Ross Lederman | Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 5.7 (671 votes) | 64 | 20211228 |
| Stage FrightA struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence after he's accused of murdering the husband of a high society entertainer. | 1950 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.1 (13.9K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Strange BoardersPre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of vital Air Ministry blueprints on a woman killed in a London road accident. The trail leads to a boarding house in Notting Hill and its ... | 1938 | Herbert Mason | Comedy, Crime, Mystery | 6.9 (92 votes) | 74 | 20240605 |
| SuspicionA shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her. | 1941 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (37.3K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Third Secret, TheThe first secret is what we don't tell people, the second secret is what we don't tell ourselves, and the third secret is the truth. The death of a psychologist is investigated by his teenage daughter and a former patient. | 1964 | Charles Crichton (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (887 votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Three Stops to Murder [Blood Orange]Discharged by his employer, a private eye stays on a jewel theft case after a model with information for him is murdered. | 1953 | Terence Fisher (*) | Crime, Drama | 5.8 (102 votes) | 76 | 20211228 |
| Two Mrs. Carrolls, TheAn artist forms an attachment with a woman on holiday in the country. As the relationship develops, his behavior and information about his past cause her increasing concern. | 1947 | Peter Godfrey | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 6.9 (4.1K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Voice in the Night, A [Wanted for Murder]A woman becomes the target of a man who is gradually becoming insane, unable to resist his urge to strangle women to death, but who appears to be purposely leaving pieces of evidence behind. | 1946 | Lawrence Huntington | Crime, Drama | 6.8 (522 votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Window in London, A [Lady in Distress]A passerby witnesses a murder through the windows of a passing train. He then tries to track down the killer. | 1939 | Herbert Mason | Thriller | 6.6 (317 votes) | 59 | 20211228 |
| Witness For The ProsecutionA veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise. | 1957 | Billy Wilder (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (119.8K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Woman in White, TheA young painter stumbles upon an assortment of odd characters at an English estate where he has been hired to give art lessons to beautiful Laura Fairlie. Among them are Anne Catherick, a strange young woman dressed in white whom he | 1948 | Peter Godfrey | Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 6.6 (1.5K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Woman Possessed, AJohn and Ann want to marry but John's possessive mother is a bit overbearing and jealous. How far will mother go to come between them? | 1958 | Max Varnel | Drama | 5.5 (132 votes) | 68 | 20240605 |
| The Ringer | 1931 | Walter Forde | Thriller | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Black Orchid | 1953 | Charles Saunders | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Miss Marple: The Body in the Library | 1984 | nan | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Cadfael: The Virgin in the Ice | 1995 | Malcolm Mowbray | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 8.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |