Classic suspense movies
# Murder on the Orient Express
Year: 1974 | Country: GB
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery
Synopsis
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
# Death on the Nile
Year: 2022 | Country: US
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Ali Fazal
Synopsis
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.
# Psycho
Year: 1960 | Country: US
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam
Synopsis
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
# Vertigo
Year: 1958 | Country: US
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones
Synopsis
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
# North by Northwest
Year: 1959 | Country: US
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll
Synopsis
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
# Knives Out
Year: 2019 | Country: US
Director: Rian Johnson
Cast: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon
Synopsis
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
# Coherence
Year: 2013 | Country: GB
Director: James Ward Byrkit
Cast: Emily Baldoni, Maury Sterling, Nicholas Brendon, Lorene Scafaria, Elizabeth Gracen
Synopsis
Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead.
# The Sixth Sense
Year: 1999 | Country: US
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, Trevor Morgan
Synopsis
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
# Se7en
Year: 1995 | Country: United States of America
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, John C. McGinley, Kevin Spacey
Synopsis
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one
# Shutter Island
Year: 2010 | Country: United States of America
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Synopsis
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a
# Mulholland Drive
Year: 2001 | Country: FR
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Ann Miller, Mark Pellegrino
Synopsis
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
# Saw
Year: 2004 | Country: US
Director: James Wan
Cast: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Ken Leung
Synopsis
Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With a chilling voice and cryptic instructions, Jigsaw informs them that they must partake in a gruesome game in order to secure their freedom.
# Fight Club
Year: 1999 | Country: United States of America
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto, Helena Bonham Carter
Synopsis
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every
# The Usual Suspects
Year: 1995 | Country: US
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Spacey
Synopsis
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
# Inception
Year: 2010 | Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
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Synopsis
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inc
# The Prestige
Year: 2006 | Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Andy Serkis
Synopsis
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
# Memento
Year: 2000 | Country: US
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior, Russ Fega
Synopsis
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.
# Rear Window
Year: 1954 | Country: US
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr
Synopsis
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
# The Invisible Guest
Year: 2017 | Country: ES
Director: Oriol Paulo
Cast: Mario Casas, Ana Wagener, Jose Coronado, Bárbara Lennie, Francesc Orella
Synopsis
Barcelona, Spain. Adrián Doria, a young and successful businessman accused of murder, meets one night with Virginia Goodman, an expert interrogation lawyer, in order to devise a defense strategy.