Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie is the world's best-known mystery writer and all-time best selling author of any genre other than William Shakespeare. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 45 foreign languages. Christie published over eighty novels and stageplays, mainly whodunnits and locked-room mysteries, many of these featuring one of her series characters, Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple. She claimed that she detested Poirot, and she eventually killed him off in 'The Curtain', originally intended by her to be published posthumously, but she lived longer than she thought she would! Miss Marple, on the other hand, she liked, as the character was based on her grandmother. She also wrote romances under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1926 she caused a stir after disappearing for ten days; her car was found abandoned in a chalk pit, and she later claimed amnesia as a result of her mother's recent death and the discovery of her husband's affair. She died of natural causes at the age of 85 on 12 January, 1976.
"I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing." - Agatha Christie
Murder On The Orient Express (1974)
7.3/10
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, Anthony Perkins, Joh...
Belgian Detective Hercule Poirot solves a murder on a train in this stylish movie based on the Agatha Christie mystery. Albert Finney is terrific as t... Read more
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
6.5/10
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penel...
A lavish trip through Europe quickly unfolds into a race against time to solve a murder aboard a train. When an avalanche stops the Orient Express dea... Read more
Murder on the Orient Express (Blu-ray) (1974)
7.3/10
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Albert Finney, Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Sean Connery, Jacqu...
Having concluded a case, detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) settles into what he expects will be a relaxing journey home aboard the Orient Expre... Read more
Murder on the Orient Express (Blu-Ray) (2017)
6.5/10
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penel...
A lavish trip through Europe quickly unfolds into a race against time to solve a murder aboard a train. When an avalanche stops the Orient Express dea... Read more
Partners in Crime: The Complete Series (1983)
6.4/10
Starring: Francesca Annis, James Warwick
Two young adventurers for hire. Willing to do anything, go anywhere. Pay must be good. No reasonable offer refused. Thus begins the adventures of Tomm... Read more
Poirot: After the Funeral (2005)
8.6/10
Director: Maurice Phillips
Starring: David Suchet, Robert Bathurst, Kevin Doyle
The eminently mustachioed Poirot becomes embroiled in a familial murder in this Agatha Christie instalment. Called in to investigate by family solicit... Read more
Poirot: Appointment with Death (2008)
8.6/10
Director: Ashley Pearce
Starring: Cheryl Campbell, David Suchet, Tim Curry, Christina Cole, Tom Riley
Holidaying in Syria, Poirot (David Suchet) is drawn to the case of murdered Lady Boynton (Cheryl Campbell). Boynton was the wife of eccentric archaeol... Read more
Poirot: Cards on the Table (2005)
8.6/10
Director: Sarah Harding
Starring: David Suchet, Alexander Siddig, Zoe Wanamaker, Robert Pugh
The wealthy and eccentric foreigner Shaitana has a special fascination with crime and decides to set a trap for a secret murderer to strike again in t... Read more
Poirot: Cat Among the Pigeons (2008)
8.6/10
Director: James Kent
Starring: David Suchet, Adam de Ville, Raji James, Harriet Walter, Don Gallagher
Agatha Christie's much loved detective Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) tackles an intriguing and dangerous murder case involving international espionage... Read more
Poirot: Death on the Nile (2003)
8.6/10
Director: Paul Unwin
Starring: Barbara Flynn, David Suchet, James Fox, Judy Parfitt, Emma Malin
As Poirot's holiday cruise winds its way through the stunning scenery of historic Egypt, the Nile proves to have disturbing currents. Against Poirot's... Read more