Mystery movies from the 80s

Loyalty, lies and ledger books — Tom Reagan keeps the balance.

An author, his biggest fan, and a house you can’t simply walk out of.

Friendship, stories and a cafe that will not stop gossiping.

One prosecutor’s obsession against the official story — and a movie that dares you to decide which to trust.

Sex, lies and an ice pick — but it's Nick Curran who keeps you watching.

Kevin in the city: booby traps, pigeons and a very expensive hotel.

Laura Palmer at the centre of a town that keeps looking away.

A hitman, a 12-year-old, and a strange sort of family — Léon still asks the same awkward question: can a professional learn to care?

A love story dressed as a crime spree — and a TV camera that can’t look away.

Sam 'Ace' Rothstein keeps the books — and loses the world.

Two professionals on opposite sides of the law, both terrible at leaving their work at the office.

A lie told well turns into a legend.

A small-town detective, a bungled ransom and the stubborn decency that keeps everything human.

A father's public refusal to pay the ransom turns grief into a bounty — and a country into a jury.

A slasher that knows its own rules — and still makes Sidney Prescott fight them.

A friendship assembled from TV habits, awkwardness and one too many channels.

Guilt, ghosts and a conman who actually sees the dead — Peter Jackson's offbeat haunted-house caper that still refuses to be tidy.

A sequel that remembers who mattered: survivors, not set-pieces.

A Faustian deal in a pinstripe suit — ambition, rhetoric and a very persuasive boss.

A birthday present that strips a man of control — and asks whether anyone ever really had it.

Teen outsiders, school staff that stop being themselves, and an alien infection that’s really about fitting in — with a very curious photographer at the centre.

A very long night, jealous impulses and a masked doorway into power.

A murder mystery with moguls, magic and one very awkward constable.

A small camera. Three students. An acheingly persuasive unknown.

Redemption, ghosts and the quiet power of not being heard.