Polanski has a go at the film noir detective thriller, very bleak, very twisted and very menacing it is to. Nicholson plays a private-eye in pre-war LA who is hired to pursue an adultery case, but finds himself embroiled in a complicated murder investigation. find out more...

An Agatha Christie thriller in a sumptous setting; Mia Farrow is superb as the woman scorned, obsessively stalking her ex-fiancee and his new wife on their luxury honeymoon. Ustinov plays the chocolate-swilling sleuth Poirot and, as always, there's a cunning twist. One of the best. find out more...

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Ustinov as Poirot investigates the murder of the universally disliked Arlena (Rigg) on a sunny Adriatic island. All the suspects have airtight alibis and the pivotal clue concerns the woman under the sombrero. A beautifully filmed suspense from the Agatha Christie stable, they don't make 'em like this anymore! find out more...

Revered, misunderstood and oft-discussed, Stephen Weeks' rarely seen 1974 dreamlike chiller is the absolute definition of a cult British Horror film. Set in 1920 s England it tells of three former public schoolmates, Larry Dann (The Bill), Murray Melvin (The Devils) and the enigmatic Vivian Mackerell (the inspiration for Bruce Robinson' s creation 'Withnail', seen here in his only major screen role), who reunite in a country mansion haunted by the spirit of insane former resident Marianne Fai find out more...

The year is 1932 and the world of the aristocracy is drawing to an inevitable close, but in the house of Sir William McCordle such realities are forgotten for a weekend shooting party. As the eclectic mixture of guests arrive so the belly of the house also swells with various valets and personal servants; but as characters develop it becomes clear that some have neglected to know their place and before the weekend is out a murder has been committed. 'Gosford Park' is a quite stunning recreation find out more...

The first, and arguably the best, adaptation of an Agatha Christie mystery, with Albert Finney making his first appearance as Poirot. An American tycoon is found dead on the luxurious Orient Express, stabbed 12 times with a dagger, but which one of the all-star cast dunnit? Excellent. find out more...

A clever science-fiction thriller which is genuinely thought provoking rather than just visually mind-blowing. On the thirteenth floor of a tower block three men have created an amazing virtual world set in 1937 Los Angeles, but the brutal murder of the project's leader leaves one of the designers, Douglas Hall, as the main suspect. In order to vindicate himself and indeed find out whether or not he is the killer, Hall must immerse himself in the virtual world he has helped to create and attempt find out more...