Best of the "Whodunnit?" Genre (Part One)
by Eurocheese
Rian Johnson’s upcoming Knives Out is a thrill ride of a whodunnit, toying with one of the most enjoyable film genres. To celebrate, I'm sharing my all time list of favorite murder mysteries. Feel free to add your own in the comments – we could all use some good discoveries from any era or country.
Before we begin some whodunnit qualifiers to narrow down this list. The films must have:
- A set group of suspects, who we get to know through the film (disqualifies movies like Se7en)
- An unknown culprit (knocks out most of Hitchcock)
- Evidence, so the audience has some chance of guessing the final answer
- ...And the identity of the culprit being revealed late in the film, either by a detective or the movie itself.
This should go without saying, but a whodunnit isn’t as fun when the answer is spoiled, so no spoilers in the comments (about any of these or Knives Out)!
TEN FAVOURITE WHODUNNITS...