Genre Horror
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
★★★½ — The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
Genre Mystery
Mystery cinema earns its keep by making the audience complicit: you piece together clues alongside the detective, or realise too late you were misreading everything. Hitchcock understood this better than anyone, and films like Rear Window and Vertigo remain the genre's gold standard for psychological unease done with precision. Browse Macca's reviews below and see how well the best mysteries hold up.
Genre Mystery
Inferno (2016)
★★ — Inferno (2016)
Genre Thriller
Angels & Demons (2009)
★★½ — Angels & Demons (2009)
Genre Thriller
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
★★★½ — The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Genre Horror
The Thing (2011)
★★ — The Thing (2011)
Genre Action
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
★★★ — Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Genre Horror
Life (2017)
★★½ — Life (2017)
Genre Mystery
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
★½ — Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Genre Drama
The Man with the Fir Tree (1995)
★★ — The Man with the Fir Tree (1995)
Genre Drama
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
★★★★ — Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Genre Mystery
Vertigo (1958)
★★★½ — Vertigo (1958)
Genre Mystery
Mangroves (2018)
★★★ — Mangroves (2018)