Does anyone have any recommendations for good movies in which the characters try to get away with committing the "perfect murder" or any other "perfect crime" (bank heist, jewelry heist, art heist, etc.)? I am looking for some good "whodunnits" or "howcatchems" ... where the "perfect crime", of course, unravels before the viewer's eyes. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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Strangers on a Train, also from hitchcock and also pretty damn good. If you haven't, you should really check this out.
The Killing by Stanley Kubrick is a great heist film
shareThere are two movies where the perfect murder is comitted -
The Ringer 1952
Mr Denning Drives North 1951
Also try -
The Woman in the Window 1944
Scarlett Street 1945
The House by the River 1950
Jigsaw 1962
Charade 1963
The Clouded Yellow 1950
I Wake Up Screaming 1941
Conflict 1945
Laura 1944
Endless Night 1971
Boomerang 1947
Obsession 1948
Town on Trial 1956
Compulsion 1959
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956
As regards heists -
11 Harrowhouse 1974
Inside Out 1975
Who's Minding the Mint 1967
The Asphalt Jungle 1950
Robbery 1967
The Big Job 1965
That's all I can remember for now.
3 years earlier, Hitchcock Did, "Rope!" The quintessential movie about committing the perfect crime. The film was inspired by the Loep and leopold case in 1924.
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Who's Minding the Mint is a bit of a comedy; and if you enjoy it, you should check out The Lady Killers and The Lavender Hill Mob. All three are great movies!
shareI don't see anything about "A Perfect Murder" in 1998. It is this story starring Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Viggo Mortensen.
It actually says,"A remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic Dial M for Murder (1954)."
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Double Indemnity
I re-watched Double Indemnity recently on TV and giggled laughed by backside off with that scene the main character had with the former lawyer in prison, when the former lawyer explained the concept of double indemnity, and ended her little speech with "Kinda makes you feel all warm and tingly inside, don't it?".
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Vertigo, but perfect crime isn't the main thing in that film.
shareWhat about Body Heat? I remember that being a GREAT movie..
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Woody Allen's film, Match Point, was good. At least, I thought so.
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