Top 24 Mystery Movies Hits from 1954

A bored photographer recovering from a broken leg passes the time by watching his neighbors and begins to suspect one of them of murder. Learn about Rear Window / IMDB / YouTube

A London playboy plots the perfect murder of his rich, unfaithful Wife. More about Dial M for Murder / IMDB / YouTube

A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century. Details on Ugetsu / IMDB / YouTube

This is the life of a Hollywood movie star named Maria, as told by writer/director Harry Dawes, from being discovered in Madrid, Spain, until her funeral in Italy. Find out about The Barefoot Contessa / IMDB / YouTube

A wealthy family is visited by a police inspector, who questions the family about the suicide of a young working-class woman. Look into An Inspector Calls / IMDB / YouTube

A young man plots revenge against the woman he believes murdered his cousin, but his plans are shaken when he comes face to face with the enigmatic beauty. Find out about My Cousin Rachel / IMDB / YouTube

An aspiring young writer insinuates herself into the life of a Broadway producer only to meet an unexpected fate. Info on Black Widow / IMDB / YouTube

An atomic scientist claims he was abducted by aliens after being injured in a plane crash. Read about Killers from Space / IMDB / YouTube

An illusionist becomes homicidal when his best kept magic secrets are stolen by his rival. Info on The Mad Magician / IMDB / YouTube

After an enigmatic, self-described pathologist rents the attic room of a Victorian house, his landlady begins to suspect her lodger is Jack the Ripper. More about Man in the Attic / IMDB / YouTube

Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul. Look into The Detective / IMDB / YouTube

A trucker framed for murder breaks out of jail, takes a young woman hostage, and enters her sports car in cross-border road race hoping to get to Mexico before the police catch him. Look into The Fast and the Furious / IMDB / YouTube

During the Cold War, an American soldier is abducted in West Berlin, sparking a recovery effort led by Colonel Steve Van Dyke. More about Night People / IMDB / YouTube

A Dutch intelligence officer recruits an Allied woman to act as liaison with dashing Resistance leader The Scarf for a British attack on Arnhem. Get info on Betrayed / IMDB / YouTube

When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be. All evidence points to Dupin, but soon it becomes apparent that it is someone (or something) stronger and deadlier than a human. Check out Phantom of the Rue Morgue / IMDB / YouTube

Framed for murder, Jim Guthrie barely escapes lynching by the town mob, becomes a wanted fugitive for three years but returns to find the real killer. Look into Three Hours to Kill / IMDB / YouTube

A policeman tries to protect a young woman against a hit man, when she flees New York after witnessing a mob killing. Explore Dangerous Mission / IMDB / YouTube

Heavy fog grounds flights at London airport. A group of passengers board an airline bus to reach an alternative airport, hoping to depart from there instead. Look into The Runaway Bus / IMDB / YouTube

A broke American in London meets a woman who offers to pay him for a marriage of convenience. He agrees, but awakes bloodied in a strange place, having unknowingly become entangled in her father's murder. Learn about Blackout / IMDB / YouTube

At a carnival called the Garden of Evil, a man is murdered, apparently by a gorilla...or someone in a gorilla suit. Details on Gorilla at Large / IMDB / YouTube

An American woman goes to Hawaii to search for her husband, MIA since the war, but he's a fugitive from the law and involved in a private feud against his former crime syndicate partners. Read about Hell's Half Acre / IMDB / YouTube

In a 1950s British village, a teenager, who is in love with her Latin language teacher, disappears, prompting the police to investigate the teacher, amidst public rumors of rape and murder. See more about Personal Affair / IMDB / YouTube

A biographer researching a book on a pilot who died during the test flight of a new plane falls in love with the pilot's sister. As he uncovers more about the test flight, people connected with the case begin to die. See more about The Teckman Mystery / IMDB / YouTube

A beautiful but heartless television actress uses seduction and tricks to blackmail the men in her life to a point where she could get herself killed. Learn about The Glass Web / IMDB / YouTube