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1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
directed by David Fincher
featuring Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Berkoff, Robin Wright, Yorick Van WageningenA discredited journalist (Daniel Craig) and a mysterious computer hacker discover that even the wealthiest families have skeletons in their closets ... More
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2. Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011)
directed by Dick Lowry
featuring Tom SelleckTom Selleck stars as Robert B. Parker's fictional hero Jesse Stone in this mystery that finds the retired police officer investigating the possible ... More
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3. Jesse Stone: Stone Cold (2005)
directed by Robert Harmon
featuring Tom Selleck, Jane Adams, Reg Rogers, Viola Davis, Mimi RogersA tough cop must deal with some ugly crimes in a small New England town in this made-for-TV mystery. Jesse Stone (Tom Selleck) is the thick-skinned ... More
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6. Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007)
directed by Robert Harmon
featuring Tom Selleck, Viola Davis, Kohl Sudduth, Stephen McHattie, Vito RezzaThe fourth installment of the Jesse Stone series finds restless New England police chief Stone (Tom Selleck) fighting boredom by attempting to solve ... More
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7. Winter's Bone (2010)
directed by Debra Granik
featuring Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey, Garret Dillahunt, Sheryl LeeHer family home in danger of being repossessed after her meth-cooking dad skips bail and disappears, Ozark teen Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) breaks ... More
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8. Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010)
directed by Robert Harmon
featuring Tom SelleckDisgraced former Paradise, Massachusetts Police Chief Jesse Stone (Tom Selleck) goes into self-imposed exile after being suspended from the force, ... More
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9. Notorious (1946)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Leopoldine KonstantinThough Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious was produced by David O. Selznick's Vanguard Films, Selznick himself had little to do with the production, which ... More
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10. Smiley's People (1982)
directed by Simon Langton
featuring Alec Guinness, Vass Anderson, Eileen Atkins, Anthony Bate, Andrew BradfordA sequel to 1980's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, this BBC miniseries once again focuses on British spy George Smiley (Sir Alec Guinness), once again ... More
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11. Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009)
directed by Robert Harmon
featuring Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, Stephen McHattie, William Devane, Camryn ManheimList of all editionsThe fifth installment of the Jesse Stone franchise finds the Massachusetts police chief drawing the wrath of the Town Council after inadvertently ... More
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12. Sin City (2005)
directed by Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
featuring Jessica Alba, Devon Aoki, Alexis Bledel, Powers Boothe, Rosario DawsonList of all editionsThe Eisner Award-winning comic series Sin City comes to life in this live-action feature adaptation from director Robert Rodriguez and creator Frank ... More
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13. Tower of Terror (1997)
directed by D.J. MacHale
featuring Steve Guttenberg, Kirsten Dunst, Nia PeeplesList of all editionsSteve Guttenberg stars in this thriller as a once-respected reporter who has fallen on hard times and is now working for a sleazy tabloid. He happens ... More
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14. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
directed by John Huston
featuring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Ward Bond, Barton MacLane, Gladys GeorgeList of all editionsAfter two previous film versions of Dashiell Hammett's detective classic The Maltese Falcon, Warner Bros. finally got it right in 1941--or, rather, ... More
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15. The Blue Dahlia (1946)
directed by George Marshall
featuring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva, Doris DowlingList of all editionsThis neat, fast-paced perfectly cast film noir reflects the hard-boiled, grim wit of the author of its screenplay, Raymond Chandler. Johnny Morrison ... More
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17. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
directed by Sidney Lumet
featuring Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, Martin Balsam, Vanessa RedgraveList of all editionsLike many of Agatha Christie's mysteries, Murder on the Orient Express is predicated on an actual event, in this case the Lindbergh kidnapping. In ... More
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18. To Catch a Thief (1955)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jesse Royce Landis, John Williams, Charles VanelList of all editionsA jewel thief is at large on the Riviera, and all evidence points to retired cat burglar Cary Grant. Escaping the law, Grant heads to the Cote D'Azur ... More
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19. Without a Clue (1988)
directed by Thom Eberhardt
featuring Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones, Lysette Anthony, Paul FreemanList of all editionsAccording to Without a Clue, master detective Sherlock Holmes was a wholly fictional character. Well, we knew that; what we didn't know was that ... More
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20. Prime Suspect 1 (1993)
directed by Christopher Menaul
featuring Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, John Benfield, John Bowe, Zoë WanamakerList of all editionsHelen Mirren delivers a standout performance in this TV miniseries as Jane Tennison, a London police detective. Tennison is trying to track down a ... More
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21. The First Deadly Sin (1980)
directed by Brian G. Hutton
featuring Frank Sinatra, Faye Dunaway, Brenda Vaccaro, George Coe, James Whitmore, David Dukes, Joe SpinellList of all editionsThe First Deadly Sin was Frank Sinatra's final starring movie vehicle. Based on a novel by Lawrence Sanders, it casts Sinatra as Edward Delaney, a ... More
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22. Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
directed by Penny Marshall
featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Jonathan Pryce, Stephen Collins, James Belushi, John Wood, Carol Kane, Annie PottsList of all editionsPenny Marshall in her feature film directing debut, four screenwriters, and a ebullient Whoopi Goldberg join forces to make Jumpin' Jack Flash, a ... More
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23. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)
directed by Shane Black
featuring Robert Downey, Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen, Dash MihokList of all editionsA thesp-turned-crook gets a chance at career in movies as well as crime scene investigation in this offbeat action comedy with nods to Raymond ... More
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24. Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006)
directed by Robert Harmon
featuring Tom SelleckList of all editionsTom Selleck returns to the role of small-town police chief Jesse Stone in this prequel to the CBS TV movie Stone Cold. Having been booted from the ... More
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25. Dark City (1998)
directed by Alex Proyas
featuring Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Richard O'BrienList of all editionsAlex Proyas (The Crow) directed this noir-styled futuristic thriller, scripted by Proyas, Lem Dobbs (Kafka), and David S. Goyer (The Puppet Masters). ... More







