I love mystery films that involve the solution of a problem or a crime.
Yes, I enjoy those types of movies too! They are interesting and keep you wanting to see the end of the mystery. Who did it?
a criminal.
Suspense is often maintained as an important plot element. This can be done through the use of the soundtrack, camera angles, heavy shadows, and surprising plot twists. Alfred Hitchcock used all of these techniques, but would sometimes allow the audience in on a pending threat then draw out the moment for dramatic effect.
This genre has ranged from early mystery tales, fictional or literary detective stories, to classic Hitchcockian suspense-thrillers to classic private detective films. A related film subgenre is spy films.
in an interview with Mark Cousins, "There's a lot of discussion in "Snake Eyes" about why do we reveal who did it so soon. Well, the problem is that it isn't about who did it. It's a mystery about a relationship, two people, and how finding that out affects their relationship...those kinds of procedural movies are extremely boring..."
See also.
- List of films featuring surveillance
- List of American films of 1998