Otto Penzler's 101 Greatest Films of Mystery & Suspense

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From the book of the same name. This list does not include any foreign films, silent films or made for television movies.

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  1. 1.
    The Third Man - Criterion Collection (2-Disc Edition)
    by Carol Reed
  2. 2.
    The Maltese Falcon
    by John Huston
  3. 3.
    Chinatown (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Roman Polanski
  4. 4.
    The Godfather (Widescreen Edition)
    by Francis Ford Coppola
  5. 5.
    The Godfather, Part II (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
    by Francis Ford Coppola
  6. 6.
    Laura (Fox Film Noir)
    by Otto Preminger
  7. 7.
    The Thin Man (Keepcase)
    by W.s. Van Dyke
  8. 8.
    Out of the Past

  9. 9.
    White Heat
    by Raoul Walsh
  10. 10.
    The French Connection
    by William Friedkin
  11. 11.
    Psycho (Collector's Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  12. 12.
    The Sting
    by George Roy Hill
  13. 13.
    Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)
    by Billy Wilder
  14. 14.
    Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Vista Series)
    by Robert Zemeckis
  15. 15.
    Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Billy Wilder
  16. 16.
    The Night of the Hunter
    by Charles Laughton
  17. 17.
    The Public Enemy
    by William Wellman
  18. 18.
  19. 19.
    North By Northwest
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  20. 20.
    The Conversation
    by Francis Ford Coppola
  21. 21.
    Shadow of a Doubt

  22. 22.
    The Usual Suspects (Special Edition)
    by Bryan Singer
  23. 23.
    Vertigo (Collector's Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  24. 24.
    The Killers (1946)
    by Robert Siodmak
  26. 26.
    Body Heat (Deluxe Edition)
    by Lawrence Kasdan
  27. 27.
    Witness For the Prosecution

  28. 28.
    Rebecca
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  29. 29.
    The Big Sleep
    by Howard Hawks
  30. 30.
    The Postman Always Rings Twice
    by David Heeley
  31. 31.
    Murder, My Sweet
    by Edward Dmytryk
  32. 32.
    The Silence of the Lambs (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Jonathan Demme
  33. 33.
    Criss Cross (Universal Noir Collection)
    by Robert Siodmak
  34. 34.
    Rear Window (Collector's Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  35. 35.
    The Untouchables (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Brian De Palma
  36. 36.
    GoodFellas (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese
  37. 37.
    Blade Runner (The Director's Cut)
    by Ridley Scott
  38. 38.
    To Have and Have Not (Snap Case)
    by Arthur Davis
  39. 39.
    The Day of the Jackal
    by Fred Zinnemann
  40. 40.
    L.A. Confidential (Snap Case)

  41. 41.
    Detective Story (1951)
    by William Wyler
  42. 42.
    And Then There Were None
    by René Clair
  43. 43.
    The Big Heat
    by Fritz Lang
  44. 44.
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    Little Caesar
    by Elmer Clifton
  45. 45.
    Dirty Harry
    by Don Siegel
  46. 46.
    Mean Streets (Special Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese
  48. 48.
    I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
    by Mervyn LeRoy
  49. 49.
    Goldfinger (Special Edition)
    by Guy Hamilton
  50. 50.
    Scarface (1932)
    by Howard Hawks (dir.)

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mizoguchi

Untitled — 4 years ago

well, not a bad selection of films in English- but it’s a pity he called the list simply the greatest, when so many international + silent classics are missing

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