Crime / Mystery

The Getaway is a sleek, violent, and deeply cynical crime thriller that helped redefine the modern action film. Directed by Sam Peckinpah—known for his slow-motion shootouts and unflinching portrayals of brutality—and led by a laconic, magnetic Steve McQueen, The Getaway blends pulp fiction with existential cool.

Raising Arizona, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, is a madcap, irreverent, and deeply original crime-comedy that helped define the Coen Brothers’ reputation for blending quirky humour, visual inventiveness, and offbeat Americana.

Few films have managed to capture the spirit of both the old-school Hollywood caper and the gritty charm of Depression-era America quite like The Sting.

Three Days of the Condor is a taut, cerebral thriller that expertly captures the disillusionment and paranoia of post-Watergate America.

A Shot in the Dark is the second film in the Pink Panther series, but unlike its predecessor, it puts Inspector Jacques Clouseau at the centre of the action.

Released in 1963, The Pink Panther introduced the world to Inspector Jacques Clouseau, a bumbling French detective whose ineptitude somehow results in justice.

Sidney Lumet’s 1974 film Murder on the Orient Express is widely considered one of the greatest cinematic adaptations of an Agatha Christie novel.

Review of the adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1937 detective novel of the same name. Directed by John Guillermin (famous for The Towering Inferno), this version is a lush, star-studded ensemble mystery set against the backdrop of the Egyptian Nile.

Review of Will Hay's last feature film "My Learned Friend".

Review of the classic crime romance film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall

Review of the James Cagney crime drama "White Heat".

Review of the adaptation of an Ernest Hemingway short story—it’s a defining piece of film noir, a poetic, fatalistic puzzle wrapped in hard shadows and even harder choices.

Review of the 1940's entertaining hybrid — part gangster caper, part anti-Nazi propaganda thriller, and part screwball comedy.

Review of the 1940's Hitchcock classic crime drama "Rope".

Review of the Frank Capra madcap crime comedy "Arsenic and Old Lace". Starring Cary Grant.

Review of the second instalment of the Godfather trilogy.

Review of the Martin Scorsese crime drama "Mean Streets". Starring Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel.

Review of the Peter Weir Amish Crime Drama "Witness". Starring Harrison Ford.

Review of David Lean's final directorial adventure in the form of E.M. Forster’s layered and enigmatic novel about colonialism, culture, and the unbridgeable gulfs between people.

Review of the Brian De Palma Crime Drama "The Untouchables". Starring Kevin Costner and Sean Connery.