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Mystery Movies: The Good, The Bad and The Terrible. (1950-2023)

by BedBird • Created 5 years ago • Modified 6 months ago
English-speaking movies with the mystery tag, mainly with a 4.0+ rating. Happy Movie Hunting!
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  • Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame in In a Lonely Place (1950)

    1. In a Lonely Place

    19501h 34mApproved
    7.9 (38K)
    A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
    DirectorNicholas RayStarsHumphrey BogartGloria GrahameFrank Lovejoy
  • Marlene Dietrich, Richard Todd, Michael Wilding, and Jane Wyman in Stage Fright (1950)

    2. Stage Fright

    19501h 51mApproved62Metascore
    7.0 (17K)
    A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence after he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsMarlene DietrichJane WymanRichard Todd
  • Mystery Street (1950)

    3. Mystery Street

    19501h 33mApproved
    7.2 (3.8K)
    A small-town policeman is assisted by a Harvard professor after the discovery of a human skeleton on a Massachusetts beach.
    DirectorJohn SturgesStarsRicardo MontalbanSally ForrestBruce Bennett
  • Joan Fontaine in Born to Be Bad (1950)

    4. Born to Be Bad

    19501h 34mApproved
    6.6 (3.2K)
    A woman's attempt to appear innocent and sweet clashes with her lover, who sees through her act, and the wealthy man she tries to trick into marrying her.
    DirectorNicholas RayStarsMel FerrerJoan FontaineRobert Ryan
  • Lee J. Cobb, John Dall, and Jane Wyatt in The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)

    5. The Man Who Cheated Himself

    19501h 21mApproved
    6.8 (3.1K)
    A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his newly-minted detective brother assigned to the case alongside him.
    DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsLee J. CobbJane WyattJohn Dall
  • Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, and Jack Webb in Dark City (1950)

    6. Dark City

    19501h 38mApproved
    6.7 (2.9K)
    Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.
    DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsCharlton HestonLizabeth ScottViveca Lindfors
  • Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde in So Long at the Fair (1950)

    7. So Long at the Fair

    19501h 26mApproved
    7.1 (2.7K)
    Vicky Barton visits Paris with her brother Johnny, only to discover the following morning he has gone missing and the hotel staff have no recollection of his presence.
    DirectorsAntony DarnboroughTerence FisherStarsJean SimmonsDirk BogardeDavid Tomlinson
  • Madeleine (1950)

    8. Madeleine

    19501h 41mApproved
    6.9 (2.3K)
    Madeleine's middle-class family cannot understand why she puts off marrying a respectable young man; they know nothing about her long-term affair with a Frenchman.
    DirectorDavid LeanStarsAnn ToddNorman WoolandIvan Desny
  • Gordon MacRae and Virginia Mayo in Backfire (1950)

    9. Backfire

    19501h 31mApproved
    6.5 (1.9K)
    While recuperating from wartime back injuries at a hospital, veteran Bob Corey is visited on Christmas Eve by a beautiful stranger with an even stranger message.
    DirectorVincent ShermanStarsViveca LindforsDane ClarkVirginia Mayo
  • Robert Young and Betsy Drake in The Second Woman (1950)

    10. The Second Woman

    19501h 31mApproved
    6.3 (1.5K)
    In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house.
    DirectorJames V. KernStarsRobert YoungBetsy DrakeJohn Sutton
  • Ray Milland and Lana Turner in A Life of Her Own (1950)

    11. A Life of Her Own

    19501h 48mApproved
    6.2 (1.5K)
    A girl from Kansas arrives in New York City to become a model. Her further success brings her before moral choice.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsLana TurnerRay MillandTom Ewell
  • Claudette Colbert, Paul Kelly, Philip Ober, and Robert Ryan in The Secret Fury (1950)

    12. The Secret Fury

    19501h 25mApproved
    6.6 (1.4K)
    A woman preparing to marry her fiance is accused of bigamy by a stranger but she fights back by trying to prove she's the victim of a conspiracy designed to discredit her.
    DirectorMel FerrerStarsClaudette ColbertRobert RyanJane Cowl
  • Five Angles on Murder (1950)

    13. Five Angles on Murder

    19501h 28mApproved
    6.8 (1.3K)
    A woman is murdered, but she is seen in different ways by different people.
    DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsJean KentDirk BogardeJohn McCallum
  • Zachary Scott in Guilty Bystander (1950)

    14. Guilty Bystander

    19501h 31mApproved
    6.2 (1.2K)
    An alcoholic ex-cop, now the house detective at a scuzzy hotel in an even scuzzier part of town, stumbles through New York City's sleazy underworld searching for his kidnapped son.
    DirectorJoseph LernerStarsZachary ScottFaye EmersonMary Boland
  • Hunt the Man Down (1950)

    15. Hunt the Man Down

    19501h 9mApproved
    6.5 (1.1K)
    The suspect in a 12-year-old murder case is finally caught and tried, but the witnesses are a bit hard to track down...
    DirectorGeorge ArchainbaudStarsGig YoungLynne RobertsMary Anderson
  • Jean Simmons in The Clouded Yellow (1950)

    16. The Clouded Yellow

    19501h 35mApproved
    6.9 (1.1K)
    A former British agent is employed at the Fenton country estate where he aids Fenton's niece in eluding the police after she's unjustly accused of murdering a local gamekeeper.
    DirectorRalph ThomasStarsJean SimmonsTrevor HowardSonia Dresdel
  • Richard Conte and Coleen Gray in The Sleeping City (1950)

    17. The Sleeping City

    19501h 26mApproved
    6.6 (1K)
    In New York, the murder of a Bellevue Hospital intern prompts the police to send an undercover detective to investigate.
    DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsRichard ConteColeen GrayRichard Taber
  • Brian Donlevy, Howard Duff, and Peggy Dow in Shakedown (1950)

    18. Shakedown

    19501h 20mApproved
    7.1 (955)
    Unscrupulous and opportunistic San Francisco news media photographer Jack Early steps on and uses folks to get ahead, but in the end he tangles with the wrong people.
    DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsHoward DuffPeggy DowBrian Donlevy
  • Patricia Neal, Eleanor Parker, and Ruth Roman in Three Secrets (1950)

    19. Three Secrets

    19501h 38mApproved
    6.9 (795)
    Three women who secretly gave up their newborn sons for adoption in 1945 wonder if the 5-year-old survivor of a plane crash, named in the the local newspapers, is their long-abandoned son.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsEleanor ParkerPatricia NealRuth Roman
  • Deborah Kerr, Peter Lawford, Mark Stevens, and Robert Walker in Please Believe Me (1950)

    20. Please Believe Me

    19501h 27mApproved
    5.7 (687)
    An English woman, inherits a Texas Ranch and heads to America. A gambler in debt pursues her, so does a bachelor on the hunt, who is traveling with his lawyer, to whom Kirbe is most attracted. Unfortunately, he thinks she's running a scam.
    DirectorNorman TaurogStarsDeborah KerrRobert WalkerMark Stevens
  • Sue Casey, Ann Dvorak, Phyllis Kirk, Marjorie Main, Dorothy Malone, Nancy Saunders, and James Whitmore in Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)

    21. Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

    19501h 9mApproved
    6.7 (669)
    A paroled embezzler skips town with his $100K loot and boards the Chicago-New York train, followed by an assortment of shady characters who want the money, but en-route to NYC the embezzler is murdered and his loot disappears.
    DirectorNorman TaurogStarsMarjorie MainJames WhitmoreAnn Dvorak
  • This Side of the Law (1950)

    22. This Side of the Law

    19501h 14mApproved
    6.4 (651)
    A drifter is bailed out of jail by a lawyer, who hires him to impersonate a millionaire until the man can be declared legally dead and the estate settled. However, the man soon finds out that things are not exactly how they seem.
    DirectorRichard L. BareStarsViveca LindforsKent SmithJanis Paige
  • Joan Dixon, John Howard, and Robert Shayne in Experiment Alcatraz (1950)

    23. Experiment Alcatraz

    195057mApproved
    5.6 (348)
    A doctor tests his theory that blood diseases can be cured by atomic radiation by using prison inmates as experiments.
    DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsJohn HowardJoan DixonWalter Kingsford
  • Ricardo Cortez, Joan Dixon, and Robert Sterling in Bunco Squad (1950)

    24. Bunco Squad

    19501h 7mApproved
    6.1 (337)
    A detective goes after a ring of phony "mediums" who are trying to swindle a rich widow out of her fortune.
    DirectorHerbert I. LeedsStarsRobert SterlingJoan DixonRicardo Cortez
  • Fay Baker, Richard Denning, James Griffith, and Marie Windsor in Double Deal (1950)

    25. Double Deal

    19501h 4mApproved
    6.0 (277)
    A woman inherits an Oklahoma oil well and hires an itinerant oil engineer to start drilling but she runs afoul of a greedy oil tycooness who wants her company at any cost, even if it means murder, sabotage and deceit.
    DirectorAbby BerlinStarsMarie WindsorRichard DenningTaylor Holmes

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