1'Clue'
The board game gets a shoutout in Glass Onion, but there's never a bad time to watch the hilarious murder mystery comedy. The ensemble works together perfectly. You'll never look at those little playing pieces from Parker Brothers again. I honestly might go watch it right now.
2'Murder on the Orient Express'
Before Glass Onion, Leslie Odom Jr. starred in another ensemble murder mystery with of-the-moment actors and connections between the characters that are revealed throughout: Murder on the Orient Express, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh as Agatha Christie's campiest detective (and clear inspiration for Benoit Blanc) Hercule Poirot.
3'Death on the Nile'
For this Hercule Poirot adaptation, however, I suggest you go with the 1978 film rather than the recent film. It has an iconic cast including Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, and Maggie Smith. It is a sunny, beloved murder mystery classic.
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4'Gosford Park'
This one is basically like a murder mystery version of Downton Abbey. It even (and, like Death on the Nile, also) stars Maggie Smith! Stories and films like this provide the thesis for the Benoit Blanc films: rich people are ridiculous and almost always horrible.
5'The Last of Sheila'
'70s nostalgia is very in right now, and without giving too much away, there are some similarities between this and Glass Onion. The screenplay for this movie was written by Anthony Perkins, who starred in a little film called Psycho, and legendary composer Stephen Sondheim did the score. Remember in Knives Out when Benoit Blanc sang along to the Sondheim tune "Losing My Mind" from Follies in the car? That was an homage to Sondheim's love for murder mysteries and involvement in this film.
6'Once Upon a Crime'
It doesn't get more '90s than John Candy and Jim Belushi. Two tourists in Monte Carlo, Monaco return a lost dog only to discover the dog's owner has been murdered. Various couples in Monte Carlo seem suss, and a detective is brought in to sort things out.
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7'Crooked House'
This adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel came out the same year as Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express and therefore flew under the radar. It has an impressive cast as well including Christina Hendricks, Gillian Anderson, and Glenn Close.
8'The Name of the Rose'
9'Murder Mystery'
This Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston collab for Netflix pokes fun at Agatha Christie mysteries with a romantic comedy twist. The two stars play a married couple who rekindle their relationship while attempting to clear their name.
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10'Brick'
This one is more of a film noir homage set in high school, similar to Veronica Mars and some choice episodes of Riverdale, but it is directed by Rian Johnson and stars his longtime collaborator Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
11'Radioland Murders'
Star Wars completists might want to know that this movie has a story by George Lucas himself. It's about a murder that takes place at the taping of an old-time radio show.
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