Best Mystery Films of 1996

Unforgettable

Iconoclastic director John Dahl ... of the store shooting victims that he gets a clear picture of the presumed killer, Eddie Dutton (Kim Coates). [ best mystery films - 1996 ]

Prime Suspect 5

Helen Mirren returns as ... she becomes romantically involved with DCS Ballinger (John McArdle), who is her superior -- and also a married man. [ best mystery films - 1996 ]

Sudden Manhattan

In the bizarre style ... investigate the murders. The movie become a surreal descent into existential madness, with an increasingly outrageous, often incomprehensible plot. [ best mystery films - 1996 ]

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice

This made-for-TV cop drama ... icier outside with every passing day. Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice originally aired over NBC on February 18, 1996. [ best mystery films - 1996 ]

Clubhouse Detectives

When snoopy Billy Rackman ... turns to his pals at the Blue Heaven Clubhouse to solve the crime and bring the killer to justice. [ best mystery films - 1996 ]

The Pale Horse

Agatha Christie's super sleuth ... Easterbrook gets involved with a trio of contemporary witches while looking into the death of a priest. [ best mystery films - 1996 ]

Cadfael: A Morbid Taste for Bones

In acquiescence to the ... Winifred. Although Cadfael (Derek Jacobi) exposes the monk's vision as fraudulent, he withholds the truth behind the monk's lies. [ best mystery films - 1996 ]

Inspector Morse: The Daughters of Cain

Part of the long-running ... undergraduate students had committed suicide. The two deaths are found to be linked through Brooks' daughter, Kay (Amanda Ryan). [ best mystery films - 1996 ]

The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins helped pioneer ... gone? The Moonstone was first aired in the United States as part of the award-winning anthology series Masterpiece Theatre. [ best mystery films - 1996 ]

Deadly Pursuits

In this made-for-TV movie, ... aired again in 1999 and subsequently joined several other Spelling vehicles in frequent rotation on the Lifetime cable channel. [ best mystery films - 1996 ]

Original Sin

P.D. James: Original Sin ... When deaths start occurring among this circle of people, Dalgliesh must figure out which of them know the truth. [ best mystery films - 1996 ]

A Touch of Frost: Series 04

David Jason stars as ... the vicious assault on a beautiful psychology student -- and beyond that, a long-unsolved death outside Frost's current jurisdiction. [ best mystery films - 1996 ]