Like a modern-day movie version of the game Clue (shout-out to the bomb ’80s adaptation also), Rian Johnson’s Knives Out speaks directly to the sleuth inside all of us. Harlan Thrombey has been killed, with a dagger, in his third-floor study, and everyone is a suspect. A puzzler that’s a blast from its opening scene, scored by heavy strings to its final resolution set to the tune of the Stones, this one is several cuts above the rest.

Equally worthy of a watch? Its 2021 sequel, Glass Onion, which takes the murder mystery to Greece and features a star-studded cast including Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kate Hudson, and more.

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