The Best of Agatha Christie's POIROT
by ButtonFilms37 | created - 21 Jun 2015 | updated - 10 months ago | PublicRewatching the feature-length episodes of Poirot on Blu-Ray. I've always enjoyed them all, but if I had to rank them this would be the order.
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1.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The ABC Murders
(1992)
Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Poirot receives taunting letters from a serial killer who appears to choose his victims and crime scenes alphabetically.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Donald Sumpter
Votes: 2,776
2.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Peril at End House
(1990)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Poirot is staying at an exclusive Cornish resort, he meets a beautiful heiress whose life is in danger.
Director: Renny Rye | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Polly Walker
Votes: 2,291
3.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Five Little Pigs
(2003)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lucy Crale enlists Poirot to investigate the 14-year-old murder in which her mother was hanged for poisoning her artist father.
Director: Paul Unwin | Stars: David Suchet, Rachael Stirling, Aidan Gillen, Toby Stephens
Votes: 4,090
4.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Curtain: Poirot's Last Case
(2013)
TV-PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An ailing Poirot returns to Styles with Hastings nearly three decades after solving their first mystery there in order to prevent a serial killer from claiming more victims.
Director: Hettie Macdonald | Stars: David Suchet, Helen Baxendale, Hugh Fraser, Anne Reid
Votes: 2,566
5.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Evil Under the Sun
(2001)
TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Poirot's rehabilitative health retreat on an island resort becomes an even more stimulating mental exercise when a flirtatious film star is found strangled on a nearby beach.
Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran
Votes: 2,679
6.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Hercule Poirot's Christmas
(1994)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The tyrannical patriarch of a dysfunctional but wealthy family summons his adult children for a Christmas reunion, but prior to the holiday his throat is slashed apparently by one of them.
Director: Edward Bennett | Stars: David Suchet, Philip Jackson, Vernon Dobtcheff, Simon Roberts
Votes: 2,578
7.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
(1990)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hastings renews his friendship with Poirot and involves him in the mysterious poisoning of the mistress of a manor house married to a man twenty years her junior.
Director: Ross Devenish | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Beatie Edney
Votes: 2,313
8.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Hallowe'en Party
(2010)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
During a village's Hallowe'en party, a young girl boasts of having witnessed a murder from years before. No one believes her tale until her body is found later on in the evening, drowned in the apple-bobbing bucket.
Director: Charlie Palmer | Stars: David Suchet, Amelia Bullmore, Zoë Wanamaker, Deborah Findlay
Votes: 2,311
9.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
After the Funeral
(2006)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a man disinherits his sole beneficiary and bequeaths his wealth to others just prior to his death, Poirot is called in to investigate.
Director: Maurice Phillips | Stars: David Suchet, Philip Anthony, Robert Bathurst, Anna Calder-Marshall
Votes: 2,577
10.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Death on the Nile
(2004)
TV-14 | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A wealthy American heiress honeymooning on a Nile cruise ship is stalked by a former friend, whose boyfriend she had stolen before making him her new husband.
Director: Andy Wilson | Stars: David Suchet, James Fox, Emma Griffiths Malin, JJ Feild
Votes: 4,140
11.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Sad Cypress
(2003)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Elinor Carlisle seems to be the obvious murderer of her ailing aunt and the beautiful romantic rival who broke up her engagement, but Poirot uncovers darker motives.
Director: David Moore | Stars: David Suchet, Elisabeth Dermot Walsh, Rupert Penry-Jones, Kelly Reilly
Votes: 2,629
12.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Dumb Witness
(1996)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An elderly woman confides to Poirot that she fears one of her relatives is trying to kill her for her money. He persuades her to disinherit her heirs, but she is murdered anyway.
Director: Edward Bennett | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Ann Morrish, Patrick Ryecart
Votes: 2,083
13.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Cat Among the Pigeons
(2008)
TV-14 | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A foreign revolution, a kidnapped princess, and a trove of priceless rubies are linked to a prestigious girls' school, where staff members are brutally murdered.
Director: James Kent | Stars: David Suchet, Harriet Walter, Raji James, Adam De Ville
Votes: 2,230
14.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Murder on the Links
(1996)
TV-14 | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Poirot and Hastings are holidaying in France, a businessman tells Poirot that his life is in danger. The next day he is found stabbed to death on a nearby golf course.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Diane Fletcher, Damien Thomas
Votes: 2,077
15.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Three Act Tragedy
(2010)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a vicar chokes to death on a cocktail while attending a party held by actor Sir Charles Cartwright, Poirot initially dismisses the idea of murder but reconsiders when another guest dies in the same manner.
Director: Ashley Pearce | Stars: David Suchet, Martin Shaw, Kimberley Nixon, Art Malik
Votes: 2,226
16.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Death in the Clouds
(1992)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Poirot sleeps on an airplane flight from Paris to London, a notorious French moneylender is murdered with a poisoned dart.
Director: Stephen Whittaker | Stars: David Suchet, Philip Jackson, Sarah Woodward, Shaun Scott
Votes: 2,041
17.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Hickory Dickory Dock
(1995)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Miss Lemon persuades Poirot to investigate a series of apparently minor thefts in a university hostel, but simple kleptomania soon turns to baffling homicide.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: David Suchet, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran, Paris Jefferson
Votes: 2,053
18.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Lord Edgware Dies
(2000)
TV-14 | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A beautiful actress becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her tyrannical husband - except that she has a cast-iron alibi for the night of the crime.
Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran
Votes: 2,203
19.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Murder on the Orient Express
(2010)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Poirot investigates the murder of a shady American businessman stabbed in his compartment on the Orient Express when it is blocked by a blizzard in Croatia.
Director: Philip Martin | Stars: David Suchet, Tristan McShepherd, Sam Crane, Toby Jones
Votes: 4,980
20.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Third Girl
(2008)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a seemingly neurotic young heiress tells Ariadne Oliver and Poirot that she thinks she may have killed someone, her ex-nanny is found with her wrists slashed.
Director: Dan Reed | Stars: David Suchet, David Yelland, Jemima Rooper, Zoë Wanamaker
Votes: 2,067
21.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Dead Man's Folly
(2013)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mrs Oliver is asked to devise a murder hunt for a Devon fête, but her sense of foreboding summons Poirot to the scene. Her fears are realized when the girl playing murder victim winds up truly murdered.
Director: Tom Vaughan | Stars: David Suchet, Sean Pertwee, Chris Gordon, Richard Dixon
Votes: 1,996
22.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The Mystery of the Blue Train
(2005)
TV-PG | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Poirot investigates the brutal murder of an American heiress and the theft of a fabulous ruby on the Blue Train between Calais and Nice.
Director: Hettie Macdonald | Stars: David Suchet, James D'Arcy, Alice Eve, Nicholas Farrell
Votes: 2,632
23.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Elephants Can Remember
(2013)
TV-PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ariadne Oliver becomes an amateur sleuth when her goddaughter tasks her to find out the truth behind her parents' mysterious deaths.
Director: John Strickland | Stars: David Suchet, Adrian Lukis, Annabel Mullion, Zoë Wanamaker
Votes: 2,248
24.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Cards on the Table
(2006)
TV-PG | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The enigmatic, sinister Mr. Shaitana, one of London's richest men, invites 8 guests, 4 of them possible murderers and 4 'detectives' to his opulent apartment.
Director: Sarah Harding | Stars: David Suchet, James Alper, Philip Bowen, Cordelia Bugeja
Votes: 2,438
25.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The Clocks
(2009)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Four clocks surround an unidentified corpse in a blind woman's house, and a young typist is summoned to the crime scene. However, Poirot is convinced that the complicated setup is merely hiding a simpler solution.
Director: Charlie Palmer | Stars: David Suchet, Olivia Grant, Anna Skellern, Tom Burke
Votes: 2,216
26.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Murder in Mesopotamia
(2001)
TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Poirot is on holiday in Iraq, the wife of the head scientist at an archaeological dig confides to him that she is the target of threatening letters.
Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Ron Berglas, Barbara Barnes
Votes: 2,295
27.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Appointment with Death
(2008)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Syria 1937. While accompanying her husband on an archaeological dig, the abusive and overbearing Lady Boynton is found stabbed to death.
Director: Ashley Pearce | Stars: David Suchet, Tim Curry, Jawad Elalami, Christina Cole
Votes: 2,522
28.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
(1992)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After Poirot pays a routine visit to his dentist, the doctor apparently shoots himself to death a short time later. Chief Inspector Japp appropriately recruits the detective as both witness and consultant.
Director: Ross Devenish | Stars: David Suchet, Philip Jackson, Joanna Phillips-Lane, Peter Blythe
Votes: 1,851
29.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The Labours of Hercules
(2013)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Poirot's pursuit of an infamous art thief leads him to a snowbound hotel in the Swiss Alps, where he is met with a plethora of mysteries and the reappearance of a familiar face from the past.
Director: Andy Wilson | Stars: David Suchet, Patrick Ryecart, Rupert Evans, Lorna Nickson Brown
Votes: 2,225
30.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Mrs McGinty's Dead
(2008)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A pair of photographs are the only clues that Poirot has to solve the murder of a village charwoman, and to prove the innocence of the victim's lodger.
Director: Ashley Pearce | Stars: David Suchet, Joe Absolom, Simon Molloy, Richard Hope
Votes: 2,054
31.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
(2000)
TV-14 | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Poirot comes out of retirement when his industrialist friend is brutally murdered a short while after a local widow who was suspected of killing her husband commits suicide.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: David Suchet, Philip Jackson, Oliver Ford Davies, Malcolm Terris
Votes: 2,454
32.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The Big Four
(2013)
TV-PG | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As the threat of world war looms large, Poirot seeks the help of friends both old and new when he is pitted against a dangerous group of dissidents responsible for a series of violent murders.
Director: Peter Lydon | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Pauline Moran, Philip Jackson
Votes: 2,005
33.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The Hollow
(2004)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Poirot stumbles on the murder scene of philandering Dr Christow in a country house as his wife stands next to him with a revolver in her hand.
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: David Suchet, Jonathan Cake, Megan Dodds, Sarah Miles
Votes: 2,559
34.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Taken at the Flood
(2006)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young widow is left in sole possession of her late husband's fortune, her brother who dominates her refuses to let her share it with her in-laws, so they enlist Poirot to prove her missing first husband might not be dead.
Director: Andy Wilson | Stars: David Suchet, Jenny Agutter, Patrick Baladi, Eva Birthistle
Votes: 2,014
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