Teri Hatcher, Charlize Theron, James Spader, Eric Stoltz, Danny Aiello, and Jeff Daniels in 2 Days in the Valley (1996)

Gordon Harker and Violet Loraine in Road House (1934)

Emily Blunt in The Girl on the Train (2016)

Anthony Sheppard in Mr. Horatio Knibbles (1971)

To expand on the title description of this list; crime/detective, mystery/noir, suspense/action-thriller drama's. With that in mind it could stretch to hundreds of worthy entries of course. However, here are 40 essential films in this multi-faceted genre. Britain(10), The USA(9), France(6) and Italy(5) lead the way, followed by Finland(3), Sweden, Russia(2) and Denmark, Belgium, Germany(1). The 1960's(11) and 1970's(9) are the most represented decades. The 1940's(3), 50's(6), 80''s(2), 90's(3), 2000's(4) & 2010's (2) all feature as well. Claude Chabrol(4 titles), Matti Kassila, Sydney Lumet, Val Guest, Basil Dearden(3), Aleksey Balabanov & Damiano Damiani(2) are kings of the genre.

Joel Rinne in Inspector Palmu's Error (1960)

MOVIES SEEN BY CHRISTOPHER NICHOLAS GODELLAS

Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, and Eugene Pallette in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster in The Messenger (2009)

Vivica A. Fox, Mark Consuelos, and Caterina Scorsone in 1-800-Missing (2003)

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