Knives Out

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

A whodunit that critics nearly universally embraced, praising Rian Johnson's gleeful dismantling of murder-mystery conventions through layered narrative twists and sharp satirical wit. The ensemble — particularly Daniel Craig and Ana de Armas — drew warm notices, though a minority of critics found the political commentary too surface-level and the plot machinery too reliant on dense expository dialogue.