Related: TV's Best Mystery Comedies, Ranked: From 'The Afterparty' to 'Murderville' The film features a swathe of big-name actors including Australian actors Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe, along with Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, and Kevin Spacey. It follows a group of LAPD officers in the 1950s and unpacks the interaction between police corruption and Hollywood celebrities during the time. The film was directed by Curtis Hanson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Brian Helgeland, and is based on the 1990 novel of the same name by James Ellroy. Unfortunately 1997 was also the year that Titanic was released, so it was a pretty tough year for award success, to say the least. Confidential was nominated for nine awards.

The mystery thriller was released in 1997 and received significant critical acclaim and commercial success, including winning the Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. A classic whodunit with the modern bells and whistles of great production values and the high-quality acting one would expect from such a talented A-list cast and crew.Īnother staple in the murder mystery genre is L.A. As we have come to expect with Poirot, he soon becomes entangled in a new job when the murder of an American businessman is discovered aboard the train. The 1930s set film follows Hercule Poirot as he travels on the Orient Express, a luxury train service, with his friend Bouc and 13 other passengers from a variety of backgrounds and statuses. The film, which is based on the Agatha Christie classic of the same name, has previously been adapted to countless TV miniseries and films ever since it was originally published.

How else to kick off a murder mystery movie list than with the first Hercule Poirot flick that Kenneth Branagh brought to the big screen? Murder on the Orient Express released in theaters back in November 2017, with Branagh starring as the unflappable mustachioed detective Hercule Poirot, along with big name actors such as Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Daisy Ridley.

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