Mystery Movies of 1996
Primal Fear
A high-profile slaying becomes the case of an ambitious attorney's career in this ... [ Mystery movie - 1996 ]
September
Adapted from a novel by Rosemunde Pilcher, the British miniseries September boasted a fairly impressive cast in a fairly impressive production. Jacqueline Bisset starred as Pandora, a worldly middle-aged woman who after many years at large ... [ Mystery movie - 1996 ]
Before and After
Director Barbet Schroeder and screenwriter Ted Tally adapted the novel by Rosellen Brown into this intriguing drama that, while heavily criticized for a third-act ... [ Mystery movie - 1996 ]
Mulholland Falls
Four men just barely on the right side of the law step ... [ Mystery movie - 1996 ]
Lone Star
Reminiscent of a fine novel in depth and complexity, writer-director John Sayles' ... [ Mystery movie - 1996 ]
Unforgettable
Iconoclastic director John Dahl used a screenplay by John Geddie as the basis for this far-fetched story of a man -- suspected of killing his wife -- who borrows murder victims' memories to track the ... [ Mystery movie - 1996 ]
Prime Suspect 5
Helen Mirren returns as police detective Jane ... [ Mystery movie - 1996 ]
Sudden Manhattan
In the bizarre style of director Hal Hartley, for whom she performed in The Unbelievable Truth and Trust, actress Adrienne Shelly's debut as a director ... [ Mystery movie - 1996 ]
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
This made-for-TV cop drama was the second in a series of films inspired by the best-selling ... [ Mystery movie - 1996 ]
Clubhouse Detectives
When snoopy Billy Rackman accidentally witnesses a murder, he tells his mother all about it. She doesn't believe ... [ Mystery movie - 1996 ]
The Pale Horse
Agatha Christie's super sleuth Mark Easterbrook gets involved with a trio of contemporary witches while looking into the death of a priest. ~ ... [ Mystery movie - 1996 ]
Cadfael: A Morbid Taste for Bones
In acquiescence to the wish of the Prior of Shrewsbury Abbey to have the bones of St. Winifred on display, a group of monks ... [ Mystery movie - 1996 ]
Inspector Morse: The Daughters of Cain
Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector ... [ Mystery movie - 1996 ]
The Moonstone
Wilkie Collins helped pioneer a new literary genre when he published The Moonstone in 1868, widely believed to be the first detective novel, and this adaptation for British television brings his classic story back to life. In 1848, a few ... [ Mystery movie - 1996 ]
Deadly Pursuits
In this made-for-TV movie, a former lap dancer befriends a well-off young man who's ... [ Mystery movie - 1996 ]
Original Sin
P.D. James: Original Sin is another murder mystery featuring Scotland Yard investigator Adam Dalgliesh. A respected author summons Dalgliesh to Peverell Publishing in order to investigate a disturbing series of threatening letters that have been ... [ Mystery movie - 1996 ]
