✗ SKIP — Not worth it

Crooked House

Name: Crooked House
Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Thriller
Released: 2017-09-06
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Glenn Close, Max Irons, Stefanie Martini, Christina Hendricks, Terence Stamp

2017 · 1h 55m · Mystery, Crime, Thriller

IMDb 6.3 Metacritic 59 RT 57%

With scores hovering in the mid-50s across the board, 'Crooked House' is a creaky mystery that can't quite nail the intrigue. Skip it tonight and find something with more bite—there are better whodunits competing for your attention.

Plot

A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.

Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner

Cast: Glenn Close, Max Irons, Stefanie Martini, Christina Hendricks, Terence Stamp

Related Movies

Backrooms (2026)

✓ Watch it

Horror · Mystery · Science Fiction

A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
La partenza (2025)

✗ Skip it

Mystery
Psycho (1960)

✓ Watch it

Horror · Thriller · Mystery

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
High and Low (1963)

✓ Watch it

Drama · Crime · Thriller

A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
Rear Window (1954)

✓ Watch it

Thriller · Mystery · Drama

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Parimala and Co (2026)

✗ Skip it

Crime · Comedy · Mystery

A dark comedy centered around a chaotic family whose tangled relationships and unpredictable situations lead to emotionally charged and absurd moments, blending humor with underlying tension and drama.