CRAIG'S TOP 10 GENRE SERIES - MYSTERY

“Mystery film is a sub-genre of the more general category of crime film and at times the thriller genre. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a crime by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction.”

#1. 12 ANGRY MEN - 1957

Director: Sidney Lumet

Starring: Henry Fonda, Lee J Cobb, Jack Warden

#2. REAR WINDOW - 1954

 Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly

#3. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT - 1967

 Director: Norman Jewison

Starring: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger

#4. SHUTTER ISLAND - 2010

 Director: Martin Scorsese

Starring: Leonardo Di-Caprio, Mark Ruffalo, Michelle Williams, Ben Kingsley

#5. THE USUAL SUSPECTS - 1995

 Director: Bryan Singer

Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Benicio Del Toro

#6. CHANGELING - 2008

 Director: Clint Eastwood

Starring: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan

#7. SE7EN - 1995

Director: David Fincher

Starring: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey

#8. LAURA - 1944

Director: Otto Preminger

Starring: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Vincent Price

#9.A FEW GOOD MEN - 1992

 Director: Rob Reiner

Starring: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore

#10. CHINATOWN - 1974

 Director: Roman Polanski

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston

Intriguing contenders here, with some popular films making the list though some of them place in random order which most of you will probably think what the hell? Typically I chose 3 classics for the top 3 with 12 Angry Men deservedly winning here, a genre which I've become to appreciate more though the likes of Chinatown and Laura need re-watches for definite. Also I had to ensure that these films were more 'mystery' based than Crime which had been done earlier!