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American mystery films

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The Great Mouse Detective

1986 animated film directed by John Musker, David Michener, Ron Clements and Burny Mattinson

Shutter Island (film)

Shutter Island is a 2010 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenplay was adapted by Laeta Kalogridis from the 2003 novel by Dennis Lehane. It follows Deputy U.S. Marshal Edward "Teddy" Daniels and his partner Chuck, who come to the fictional Shutter Island in Boston Harbor to investigate its criminal psychiatric facility after one of its patients goes missing; Daniels has his own ulterior motives for taking the case. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo, with Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow and Michelle Williams in supporting roles.

Sherlock Holmes

2009 film directed by Guy Ritchie

The Usual Suspects

1995 film directed by Bryan Singer

2011 historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese

Mulholland Drive

2001 film by David Lynch

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

2011 film directed by Guy Ritchie

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1988 film directed by Robert Zemeckis

The Maltese Falcon

1941 film by John Huston

2015 film directed by Denis Villeneuve

1941 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock

2008 film directed by D. J. Caruso

1958 film by Orson Welles

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

2018 film directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston

2005 film directed by John Polson

Bad Day at Black Rock

2006 film by David Lynch

2005 film by John Singleton

1971 American blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks

The Long Goodbye

1973 film by Robert Altman

1999 film by Clint Eastwood

The Spiral Staircase

1946 film by Robert Siodmak

1999 film by Jan de Bont

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

2011 film by Robert Rodriguez

Rules of Engagement

2000 film by William Friedkin

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1939 film by Sidney Lanfield

A Soldier's Story

1984 film by Norman Jewison

1983 film by Richard Franklin

1948 film by Jules Dassin

Motherless Brooklyn

2019 film by Edward Norton

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane

1990 film directed by Renny Harlin

1993 film by Philip Kaufman

2007 film directed by Nimród Antal

Shadows and Fog

1991 film by Woody Allen

Dolores Claiborne

1995 film by Taylor Hackford

Hollywoodland is a 2006 American mystery drama film directed by Allen Coulter and written by Paul Bernbaum. The story presents a fictionalized account of the circumstances surrounding the death of actor George Reeves (Ben Affleck), the star of the 1950s film Superman and the Mole Men and the television series Adventures of Superman. Adrien Brody stars as a fictional character, Louis Simo, a private detective investigating Toni Mannix (Diane Lane); who was involved in a long romantic relationship with Reeves and was the wife of MGM studio executive Eddie Mannix (Bob Hoskins). Reeves had ended t

2022 film directed by Harry Bradbeer

Hearts in Atlantis

2001 film by Scott Hicks

1994 film directed by Russell Mulcahy

2007 film by Andrew Fleming

1990 film by Jack Nicholson

And Then There Were None

1945 film by René Clair

Young Sherlock Holmes

1985 film by Barry Levinson

The Limits of Control

2009 film directed by Jim Jarmusch

2007 film directed by Kenneth Branagh

2008 film by Masayuki Ochiai

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

1942 film by Roy William Neill

2013 film by Spike Lee

2014 film by Rob Thomas

Mortal Thoughts

1991 film by Alan Rudolph

Devil in a Blue Dress

1995 film by Carl Franklin

White Bird in a Blizzard

2014 film by Gregg Araki

Before and After

1996 film by Barbet Schroeder

Dressed to Kill

1946 film by Roy William Neill

1995 film directed by Gregory Widen

Batman: The Killing Joke

2016 direct-to-video animated film directed by Sam Liu

1947 film by John Cromwell

Extreme Measures

1996 film directed by Michael Apted

Terror by Night

1946 film by Roy William Neill

Texas Killing Fields

2011 film by Ami Canaan Mann