Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

1890-09-14 Torquay, Devon, England, UK 104 Credits

Biography

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English crime novelist, short story writer and playwright. She is best known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, a murder mystery, The Mousetrap, and six romances under the name Mary Westmacott. In 1971 she was made a Dame for her contribution to literature. ...

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A Haunting in Venice

A Haunting in Venice

2023

Novel

6.6

Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween séance at a decaying, haunte...

The Menu

The Menu

2022

Original Concept

7.2

A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile

2022

Novel

6.4

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfec...

Promise of death

Promise of death

2021

Novel

7.3

Detective Suguro is enjoying a stay at a luxurious hotel in Wakayama. Also staying at the hotel is an unusual family led by rich widow Mrs. Hondo. She...

Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple

Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple

2020

as Self - Writer (archive footage)

6.9
Acting

British writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976) published her first novel in 1920, in which the eccentric Belgian private sleuth Hercule Poirot made his de...

A Murder Is Announced

A Murder Is Announced

2019

Novel

6.0

Japanese adaptation of Agatha Christie's A Murder is Announced.

Le Crime en héritage : Agatha Christie crève l'écran

Le Crime en héritage : Agatha Christie crève l'écran

2019

as Self - Writer (archive footage)

Acting
Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime

Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime

2018

as Self - Writer (archive footage)

7.4
Acting

British author Agatha Christie (1890-1976) is the world's most translated author: her heroes, private detective Hercule Poirot and amateur sleuth Miss...

Kuroido Goroshi

Kuroido Goroshi

2018

Original Story

Writing

March 1952, the only doctor in the village Shiba had found a dead body of Sanako. The cause of death is overdose of sleeping pills. Sanako had been su...

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

2018

Novel

5.5

A police detective Shoukokuji Ryuuya from the first section of Metropolitan Police Department is tasked to investigate the murder case of a woman whic...

4.50 from Paddington

4.50 from Paddington

2018

Novel

6.7

Toko Amano worked as a detective, but to take care of her sick husband she quit her job. After her husband passed away, Toko Amano now works as a cris...

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

2017

Novel

6.7

Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

Agatha Christie contre Hercule Poirot : Qui a tué Roger Ackroyd ?

Agatha Christie contre Hercule Poirot : Qui a tué Roger Ackroyd ?

2017

as Self (archive footage)

8.0
Acting
Crooked House

Crooked House

2017

Novel

6.4

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

Chorabali

Chorabali

2016

Original Story

5.8
Writing

Sumon is compelled to grow up in the city's underworld as mafia lord Osman Ali's killer machine. After killing a pregnant woman carrying Osman Ali's i...

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

2015

Original Story

6.6
Writing

The Japanese adaption of Agatha Christie's famous whodunit "Murder on the Orient Express".

The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet

The Mystery of Agatha Christie, With David Suchet

2013

as Self - Writer (archive footage)

7.5
Acting

David Suchet, TV's Poirot, has spent more of his life acting out the plots and dramas created by Agatha Christie than anyone else in the world. Suchet...

Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime

2012

Story

5.6
Writing

Prudence and Bélisaire Beresford have decided to take things easy. But when a rich Russian heiress disappears, Prudence can't resist and Bélisaire is ...

Fatal Invitation

Fatal Invitation

2011

Novel

3.8

An ordinary summer day change to darkness when a young woman's body is found dead in her garden. 6 people are invited to a beautiful house that holds ...

Crime Is Our Business

Crime Is Our Business

2008

Novel, Story

5.9
Writing

Loosely based on "4.50 from Paddington" by Agatha Christie.

The Great Alibi

The Great Alibi

2008

Novel

5.1

Like every weekend senator Henri Pagès and his wife entertain guests at their beautiful mansion in a peaceful village near Paris. But this time around...

Towards Zero

Towards Zero

2007

Novel

6.0

Inviting the ex-wife to a family reunion when the none-too-secure new wife will be there hardly seems to be a recipe for success, and true to form, bo...

By the Pricking of My Thumbs

By the Pricking of My Thumbs

2005

Novel

6.2

The Beresfords investigate mysterious deaths at an old people's home.

Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures

Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures

2004

as Self (archive footage)

8.1
Acting

A biopic of Agatha Christie including her 10 day disappearance.

Sparkling Cyanide

Sparkling Cyanide

2003

Novel

4.7

Based on the novel by Agatha Christie In this TV movie, a classic mystery is updated and relocated to a glamorous world of London socialites and secre...

Subho Mahurat

Subho Mahurat

2003

Story

5.5
Writing

An actress mysteriously dies after the "Shubho Mahurat," a celebration of the first shot of the film. A journalist and her perceptive aunt investigate...

Identity

Identity

2003

Original Concept

7.2

Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers th...

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

2001

Novel

6.1

Agatha Christie's classic whodunit speeds into the twenty-first century. World-famous sleuth Hercule Poirot has just finished a case in Istanbul and i...

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

2000

Novel

6.0

Agatha Christie's master sleuth Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) is lured out of retirement when a series of vicious murders occur in the sleepy English ...

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

1997

Novel

5.6

Writer Mark Easterbrook has a vested interest in solving the murder of a priest. That's because Mark himself is under suspicion. But to save his reput...

Innocent Lies

Innocent Lies

1995

Novel

4.8

In September 1938 a British detective comes to a small French coastal town in order to investigate the death of a colleague. Prime suspects are the me...

Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

1992

Novel

7.5

A town busybody is poisoned at a busy reception in the home of famous film star Marina Gregg. The poisoned drink seemed intended for Marina, but Miss ...

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

1991

Novel

6.9

At the insistence of Ruth Van Rydock, an old schoolfriend who is convinced that there is something wrong, Miss Marple agrees to visit 'Stonygates', th...

The Trouble With Agatha Christie

The Trouble With Agatha Christie

1991

as Self - Writer (archive footage)

10.0
Acting

An investigation into the mysterious world of the crime novelist Agatha Christie, with comments from poison experts, policeman and pathologists and me...

Mousetrap

Mousetrap

1990

Novel

5.1

The criminal history is inscribed in the everyday life of prosperous, apparently quite prosperous people. Suddenly, the truth is revealed, hidden for ...

Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait

Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait

1990

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Profile celebrating the centenary of the famous author Agatha Christie’s birth. Looking at her life, her character and the key moments in her childhoo...

Peril at End House

Peril at End House

1990

Novel

5.6

A classic mystery story based on the famous novel by Agatha Christie.

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

1989

Novel

6.5

While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is...

Ten Little Indians

Ten Little Indians

1989

Novel

4.9

Ten people are invited to go on an African safari, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?

The Man in the Brown Suit

The Man in the Brown Suit

1989

Novel

5.0

An American woman gets involved in a diamond theft in South Africa.

Appointment with Death

Appointment with Death

1988

Novel

6.1

Emily Boynton, the stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed ...

Ten Little Indians

Ten Little Indians

1987

Novel

7.5

A disturbing psychological thriller based on the classic novel by Agatha Christie. Ten strangers are forced to come face to face with their dark pasts...

Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

1987

Novel

7.3

Travelling on the 4.50 from Paddington, Mrs McGillicuddy witnesses a murder on a passing train - but where is the body?

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

1986

Novel

6.6

Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slac...

Murder in Three Acts

Murder in Three Acts

1986

Novel

5.7

In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural unt...

Agatha Christie’s The Last Seance

1986

Short Story

Writing

Simone is growing increasingly worried about her powers but is promised by her overbearing fiance that she can stop after one more dramatic seance.

Dead Man's Folly

Dead Man's Folly

1986

Novel

6.3

During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.

Thirteen at Dinner

Thirteen at Dinner

1985

Novel

5.7

Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make h...

Murder with Mirrors

Murder with Mirrors

1985

Novel

6.5

When Miss Jane Marple arrives at palatial Stonygates, one thing is certain. Before there's time to lather a warm scone with marmalade and place a tea ...

Dangerous Women

Dangerous Women

1985

Novel

Shuhei, a mystery writer, is invited to a dinner party at a country house. The guests include Tanase and his wife Noriko. Next day, Tanase is shot and...

Ordeal by Innocence

Ordeal by Innocence

1984

Novel

4.9

Dr. Arthur Calgary visits the Argyle family to return an address book lost some time ago by Jack Argyle, only to find out that Jack has been executed ...

Sparkling Cyanide

Sparkling Cyanide

1983

Novel

6.1

The beautiful but unfaithful wife of a successful lawyer meets her untimely end at their anniversary dinner. After a suicide note is found soon after ...

A Caribbean Mystery

A Caribbean Mystery

1983

Novel

5.8

Aging Major Palgrave, an idiosyncratic but charming mystery writer, reveals to Miss Jane Marple that one of the guests at a luxurious Caribbean resort...

The Secret Adversary

The Secret Adversary

1983

Novel

6.8

After a chance meeting and an indiscreet conversation, childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley become involved in a convoluted intrigue ...

Spider's Web

Spider's Web

1982

Novel

7.4

Clarissa, the wife of a Foreign Office diplomat, is given to daydreaming. 'Supposing I were to come down one morning and find a dead body in the libra...

Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

1982

Novel

6.4

Sir Wilfred Robarts, a famed barrister is released from the hospital, where he stayed for two months following his heart attack. Returning to the prac...

The Soul's beauty

1982

Novel

Based on Agatha Christie's Novel "The Tenth Victim" Madiha is a middle-class employee. When her relative dies and inherits a large amount of money, sh...

Evil Under the Sun

Evil Under the Sun

1982

Novel

6.9

An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangli...

Murder Is Easy

Murder Is Easy

1982

Novel

6.4

American computer whiz Luke Williams meets elderly Lavinia Fullerton on a London-bound train. She reveals she's discovered the identity of a serial ki...

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

1981

Novel

6.8

When two mysterious deaths mar an otherwise pleasant weekend in the English countryside, unflappable flapper Lady Eileen Brent teams up with the dashi...

The Mirror Crack'd

The Mirror Crack'd

1980

Novel

6.1

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

Towards Zero

Towards Zero

1980

Novel

6.0

Verso l'ora zero is an Italian television film from 1980. It is based on the Agatha Christie novel Towards Zero.

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

1980

Novel

6.6

This intriguing story is set in the 1930s at a country house, where two amateur sleuths, Bobby Jones and Lady Frankie Derwent, try to unravel the myst...

Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile

1978

Novel

7.1

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime s...

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

1974

Novel

7.1

In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None

1974

Novel

5.7

Ten people are invited to a hotel in the Iranian desert, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the kille...

Black Coffee

Black Coffee

1973

Novel

7.0

The inventor Sir Claude Amery wants to give the thief of the formula for his latest invention the chance to return it in the dark without being recogn...

Endless Night

Endless Night

1972

Novel

6.1

Shiftless dreamer Michael Rogers fantasizes about a lifestyle above his means and marries a wealthy, young girl who just came of age. They hire a famo...

Mord im Pfarrhaus

1970

Novel

6.5

Dix petits nègres

1970

Novel

6.0
Les Dix Petits Nègres

Les Dix Petits Nègres

1970

Novel

Nadu Iravil

Nadu Iravil

1970

Novel

A murder-mystery, in which the friend of a wealthy, elderly couple tries to bring about a reconciliation between them on the one hand, and their their...

Five Dolls for an August Moon

Five Dolls for an August Moon

1970

Novel

5.8

A wealthy playboy gathers a group of bourgeois friends at his isolated beach house for a weekend of relaxation. When bodies start pilling up, they rea...

Zehn kleine Negerlein

Zehn kleine Negerlein

1969

Story

7.0
Writing
La Toile d'araignée

La Toile d'araignée

1969

Novel

8.3
Love from a Stranger

Love from a Stranger

1967

Novel

6.0
Les Quatre Vérités

Les Quatre Vérités

1966

Novel

1.0
The Alphabet Murders

The Alphabet Murders

1965

Novel

5.7

The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.

Ten Little Indians

Ten Little Indians

1965

Novel

6.2

Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion. When the host doesn't show up, the guests start dying, one by one, in unique...

Gumnaam

Gumnaam

1965

Novel

6.2

Eight people are trapped on an island when their plane abandons them. They find a large mansion whose butler is expecting them. Then one by one, they ...

Murder Ahoy

Murder Ahoy

1964

Novel

7.0

During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been poisoned after finding a chemical on him. She sets ...

Murder Most Foul

Murder Most Foul

1964

Novel

7.0

A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation.

Murder at the Gallop

Murder at the Gallop

1963

Novel

7.0

Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. ...

Murder She Said

Murder She Said

1961

Novel

7.3

Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.

I Am Justice

I Am Justice

1961

Story, Original Story

Writing

The events of the film take place in a dramatic setting on New Year's Eve, where a group of the elite of society celebrate in the palace of a wealthy ...

The Spider's Web

The Spider's Web

1960

Theatre Play, Story

6.2
Writing

Mystery film based on an Agatha Christie play. An ambassador's wife must hide the corpse of her stepdaughter's unlikeable stepfather from her husband,...

Chupi Chupi Aashey

Chupi Chupi Aashey

1960

Story

Writing

A woman is murdered and a hand bill of a resort run by a young couple is found. Is the murderer headed for it? Who is next victim? All the boarders, i...

Ten Little Indians

Ten Little Indians

1959

Novel

6.3

Ten strangers are invited to a mansion on a remote island, where they are killed one by one by a mysterious assailant. Based on the Agatha Christie no...

Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

1957

Novel

8.2

An ailing barrister agrees to defend a man in a sensational murder trial where the unconvincing testimony of the defendant's wife becomes a subject of...

Ein Fremder kam ins Haus

Ein Fremder kam ins Haus

1957

Novel

6.5

A lot has happened in Cecily Harrington's life. The young woman has not only won 10,000 pounds in the lottery, but has also unceremoniously dumped her...

Das Spinnennetz

1956

Novel

6.0

Spider's Web

1955

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

Ten Little Indians

1949

Novel

Ten people are invited to a summer party on an island oft the Devon coast. They are an extremely varied group from a blustering major to a frigid spin...

Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

1949

Story

8.4
Writing

Agatha Christie tale of a man on trial for murder: a trial featuring surprise after surprise. Not to be confused with the later Hollywood adaptation.

Love from a Stranger

Love from a Stranger

1947

Novel

5.7

Cecily Harrington, struggling along on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She decides to travel rather than marrying her fiance Nigel Law...

And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None

1945

Novel

7.1

Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island and while they are waiting for the mysterious host to appear, a recording levels serious accusations at ...

Love from a Stranger

Love from a Stranger

1937

Novel

5.9

Ann Harding plays a lovely but somewhat naive young woman who goes on a European vacation after winning a lottery. Swept off her feet by charming Basi...

Lord Edgware Dies

Lord Edgware Dies

1934

Novel

5.5

A talented American actress enlists the help of the famed Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, to negotiate a divorce from her husband, Lord Edgware, on...

Lackered Box

Lackered Box

1932

Novel

6.0

The story gets under way at a weekend house party where a scientist is murdered and his secret papers stolen. Putting his "little grey cells" in actio...

Black Coffee

Black Coffee

1931

Novel

6.0

Black Coffee is a 1931 British detective film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott. Based on the 1930 play Black Coffee by Agatha Christie featuring her famo...

Alibi

Alibi

1931

Novel

8.0

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a mysterious suicide at a country house.

Adventures Inc.

Adventures Inc.

1929

Novel

6.0

Based on Agatha Christie's "The Secret Adversary," a young couple looking for adventure become involved in the mystery of a missing woman and an espio...

The Passing of Mr. Quinn

The Passing of Mr. Quinn

1928

Writer

6.0
Writing
Victims Hotel

Victims Hotel

N/A

Original Film Writer

Writing

a TV movie based on an Agatha Christie's novel