Detective and crime films that invite you to find out who the killer is

Many detective and crime films feature the killer, that mystery that much of the plot tries hard to keep hidden until the last moment, so when he appears on the screen you think, he was always there! But if you think you’re smarter than its director, it’s fun to play trying to figure out who’s behind the crimes, before the revelation happens.

Director Rian Johnson knew all too well with his own crime investigation movie, find out who the killer is it would not be an easy task. ‘Knives Out’, starring Ana de Armas, Daniel Craig and Chris Evans, is about the apparent suicide of the head of a wealthy family, and the prime suspect is his young caretaker, who will now have to face the rest of the family. Available on Netflix.

Murder on the Orient Express

Adaptation of the play by Agatha Christie, Kenneth Branagh directs and stars in ‘Murder on the Orient Express’. It’s a investigative film in which the viewer is invited to solve the crime committed on a train, investigated by detective Hercules, who must figure out which of all the passengers is responsible. Available on Star+.

crooked house

Directed by Gilles Paquet Brenner, we ‘crooked house’, a film of crime and intrigue Based on another of Agatha Christie’s novels. It is a story with Max Irons, Terence Stamp and others, in which Aristides Leónides, patriarch of a wealthy family, is murdered, shortly after his niece introduces her fiancé. Available on Claro and YouTube.

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mystical river

Clint Eastwood directs this crime drama starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon and more. “Mystic River” chronicles the reunion of Jimmy, Sean and Dave, old friends who are reunited after the murder of one of their daughters. But the police investigation is influenced by the secrets of the childhood friends’ past. Available on HBO Max.

Minority report

Although set in a science fiction world, Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of ‘Minority Report’ is still the classic storyline to discover the killer. Played by Tom Cruise, Colin Farrel, among others, a policeman from the future has only 36 hours to prove his innocence for a crime he is about to commit. Available on Netflix.

see how they run

With a touch of comedy, we have Tom George’s latest mystery film, ‘Watch Them Run’. Starring Saoirse Ronan and Sam Rockwell, the story is set in 1950s London, where Inspector Stoppard and his rookie assistant investigate the case of the murder of a cast member in a comedy, which leads them to enter in a creepy world.