10 Mystery Movies To Watch Before 'The Pale Blue Eye'
© Powered by ColliderThe new Netflix crime thriller is here to enjoy the holidays in spooky style. Scott Cooper's The Pale Blue Eye , based on the book of the same name, tells the story of August Landauer Christian Bale, who is recruited to solve a brutal murder on the campus of the West Point Military Academy. When the killer goes rogue, apprentice Edgar Allan Poe is brought in to help Landar investigate him.
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Stories such as "Murder in the Rue Morgue " and "Poe's Stolen Letter " shaped the genre as we know it today. Poe's influence is seen everywhere, from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 's Sherlock Holmes to the works of contemporary educator Stephen King . These stories and films immerse us in the world of detectives who hunt down criminals and collect disconcerting evidence. Here is a list of movies that will help you prepare for Helping Detective Landor on December 23rd.
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Blade Runner 2049 follows Ryan Gosling's Officer K as he tracks down and destroys rogue androids known as "Replicants." During a routine mission to track down a rogue replica, K, who is also a replica, finds a clue that could lead him to shoot himself.
Blade Runner 2049 , directed by Denis Villeneuve, is an underrated new crime thriller. 2049 is primarily a science fiction movie, but the mystery in the middle drives the plot and gives us the visuals and plot points we need.
Watch Them Run (2022)
Watch Them Run is a suspenseful mystery novel by Agatha Christie . The action takes place on the night of the 100th performance of a stage version of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap . However, during the celebration, the director in charge of editing the film is found murdered.
Watching Them Run is fast-paced and, most importantly, scripted. The juxtaposition is a familiar trope, as the narrator (and potential murder victim) reminds us: Yet Watch Them Run manages to provide a timely commentary on how we use violent entertainment and the ethos of embellishment in storytelling.
Vertigo (1958)
After an accident on a San Francisco rooftop, Detective Scotty Ferguson, played by the ever-charming James Stewart , suffers from an extreme fear of heights and vertigo. Scotty returns to the world of investigations when an old friend asks for help with his wife's strange behaviour.
In early reviews of Alfred Hitchcock 's Dortigo , some critics found fault with the pacing . But the deliberate pacing is what makes the movie so good. Intentionally or not, Scotty continues his investigation to a shocking conclusion. Despite the original reviews, Vertigo has since been preserved in the Library of Congress and is consistently ranked among the ten best films ever made.
Zodiac (2007)
Zodiac , directed by David Fincher , is based on the real-life investigation of one of America's most notorious killers, The Zodiac Killer. The film tells the story of how San Francisco detectives try to arrest and identify a killer who not only plots to take lives but also mocks law enforcement at every turn.
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The Zodiac has been recognized for its accomplishments in many things, most notably Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey Jr. Zodiac is also known for its historical accuracy, pulling you into a foggy Bay Area with a killer and detective and never looking back. Perhaps it's only fair that the real Zodiac Killer has never been identified and remains one of America's most famous mysteries.
Cry (2016)
Crying is a Korean film about Yoon Jo, a Korean police officer who is called to investigate a murder in a small mountain village in Gokseong. As more and more strange things start to happen and Jung Gu's daughter finally suffers from a mysterious illness, the search for answers becomes a race against time. Is there anything more hidden in the mountains of Korea than disease?
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This Korean mystery/horror hybrid lasts nearly three hours and is about as tough as an organization invading a village. There is a palpable heft as we transition from a Japanese-influenced exotic home to a shaman's ritualistic attempt to ward off disease. This film takes you from the very beginning and refuses to let go, making it a great thriller full of suspenseful intrigue and exorcisms.
glass onion. A puzzle among the drawn daggers (2022)
2019 's Rian Johnson's Knives Away, starring Daniel Craig as Detective Benoit Blanc, was such a hit that a sequel was inevitable. glass onion. Knives Out Mystery is the sequel and we again follow Detective Plank, this time investigating a murder in a Greek resort.
Like the Agatha Christie adaptations that influenced it, The Glass Onion uses an ensemble cast, stellar writing, and outstanding direction to create an intricate and memorable mystery. It doubles down on and improves on the strengths of the first film, making it the rare sequel that could be just as good, if not better, than the original.
"Insomnia" (2002)
Insomnia investigates a murder in rural Alaska as Detective Will Dormer investigates the murder. Dormer's already twisted story turns even darker after a tragic accident in pursuit of the killer. With guilt and a seemingly never-ending battle with insomnia, will Dormer be able to let go of his past and catch the killer before it's too late?
Early films by director Christopher Nolan , such as Memento , are sophisticated mystical noirs. His work on Insomniac is Nolan's best work, even if it's not as metaphysical as his other films. Yet the explorations of character and subject matter that have become cornerstones of his late film are as fresh and exciting as ever. The original Norwegian film of the same name is also worth watching.
"Murder on the Orient Express" (1974)
Murder on the Orient Express. Detective Hercule Poirot, who has boarded the Orient Express to visit a friend, is asked to help solve a murder on the train. What follows is a classic of the crime genre and one of the best crime novels ever published. Agatha Christie was known for resisting adaptations of her books, but this was one of two adaptations she would have loved.
The casting is a major reason for its success, but the cast is often as successful as the script, and the writing team has been nominated for an Academy Award. Although the film did not win Best Screenplay, Ingrid Bergman did win Best Supporting Actress.
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
The Pit and the Pendulum , created mostly by Vincent Price and Roger Corman , tells the story of a young man named Francis Barnard who investigates the disappearance of his sister. But Nicholas, Barnard's brother-in-law, doesn't go into detail easily. Francis is forced to investigate on his own, which leads to increasingly terrifying conclusions.
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Pitt is based (heavily) on a Poe story, but with a sufficiently scary and relatively compelling mystery, like any good Poe story. He also takes the time to add a kind of spooky charm that was missing from the print. In addition, the screenwriter is the famous horror writer Richard Matheson , who previously wrote the novel I Am Legend .
"Prisoners" (2013)
One rainy Thanksgiving night in Pennsylvania, two young girls are kidnapped from their neighborhood. If caught quickly, the suspect is immediately released, much to the anger of parents and families. Killer Dover, the father of one of the missing girls, decides to take matters into his own hands.
The prisoners are as confusing and mysterious as the labyrinth motif that pops up in the movie. This is not an easy secret. Study crime and its impact on societies. It is about grief and anger over loss and an unimaginable critique of religion and the hope it offers, but also about the dangers it poses when militarized.
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