Here is the last 2025 Turner Classic Movies schedule of the mystery and crime movies they will be airing. It’s hard to believe the year is almost over!
I know this is a mystery blog, but I have (as usual ever December) annotated the Christmas movies that I was able to find. I want to tell you about a few that I think are so good that you probably won’t want to miss them: Christmas in Connecticut (1945), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942), Desk Set (1957), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), and The Bishop’s Wife (1948). These are movies that I tend to watch every year.
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TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES CHANNEL MYSTERY MOVIES – November 2025
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Monday – December 1, 2025
6:00 AM The Venetian Affair (1967)
A reporter investigates an American diplomat’s murder in Venice.
Dir: Jerry Thorpe. Cast: Robert Vaughn, Elke Sommer, Felicia Farr
92 mins
7:45 AM Signpost to Murder (1964)
A convicted murderer, who escaped from a mental institution, hides out in the home of a woman whose husband is missing.
Dir: George Englund. Cast: Joanne Woodward, Stuart Whitman, Edward Mulhare
77 mins
9:30 AM Wait Until Dark (1967)
A blind woman fights against drug smugglers who’ve invaded her home.
Dir: Terence Young. Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna
108 mins
11:45 AM Cape Fear (1962)
A released convict decides to menace and wreak havoc on the family of his defense lawyer.
Dir: J. Lee Thompson. Cast: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen
105 mins
1:45 PM Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
A medium and her husband stage a kidnapping in order for her to pretend to solve the crime and achieve fame.
Dir: Bryan Forbes. Cast: Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Margaret Lacey
116 mins
4:00 PM Psycho (1960)
A woman on the run gets mixed up with a repressed young man and his violent mother.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin
109 mins
6:00 PM Seconds (1966)
A bored rich man buys a new life from a secret organization.
Dir: John Frankenheimer. Cast: Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph
107 mins
8:00 PM Silver Streak (1976)
A book editor takes a train from Los Angeles to Chicago, looking forward to a restful trip. During the journey, he has a love affair, witnesses a murder, is accused of committing it himself by an undercover FBI agent, becomes the target of the real murderer…
Dir: Arthur Hiller. Cast: Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder
113 mins
*****I haven’t seen this movie yet, but I think it’s a mystery/comedy movie…*****
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Tuesday – December 2, 2025
8:30 AM The Split (1968)
A gang of thieves plots to rob the Los Angeles Coliseum box office during a Rams game.
Dir: Gordon Flemyng. Cast: Jim Brown, Diahann Carroll, Ernest Borgnine
90 mins
10:15 AM Harper (1966)
A broken-down private eye sets out to find a rich woman’s missing husband.
Dir: Jack Smight. Cast: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris
121 mins
4:00 PM The Haunting (1963)
Hill House has a reputation for evil. The mysterious New England mansion has been the scene of grisly murders. But when four people spend the night, they find themselves trapped by The Haunting. Anthropologist Dr. John Markway, who seeks to disprove the legends; …
Dir: Robert Wise. Cast: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson
112 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Wednesday – December 3, 2025
10:00 AM The Prize (1963)
An American Nobel Prize-winner gets mixed up with spies when he travels to Stockholm to collect his award.
Dir: Mark Robson. Cast: Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer
136 mins
11:15 PM A Christmas Story (1972) CHRISTMAS
A young boy’s pet dog and a mouse embark on an adventure to deliver his letter to Santa on Christmas eve.
Dir: Joseph Barbara, William Hanna. Cast: Daws Butler, Don Messick, Hal Smith
30 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Thursday – December 4, 2025
11:30 PM The Bishop’s Wife (1948) CHRISTMAS
An angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
Dir: Henry Koster. Cast: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven
109 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – December 5, 2025
10:45 AM The Woman in White (1948)
Classic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
Dir: Peter Godfrey. Cast: Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet
109 mins
6:15 PM The Bat (1959)
A female mystery novelist turns detective to unmask a demented killer.
Dir: Crane Wilbur. Cast: Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon
80 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – December 6, 2025
8:15 AM The Saint in London (1939)
The Saint’s investigation of a counterfeiting ring uncovers a nest of spies.
Dir: John Paddy Carstairs. Cast: George Sanders, Sally Gray, David Burns
72 mins
2:00 PM It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) CHRISTMAS
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth. Cast: Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
115 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – December 7, 2025
12:00 AM Cry of the City (1948)
Police Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome.
Dir: Robert Siodmak. Cast: Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark
95 mins
10:00 AM Cry of the City (1948)
Police Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome.
Dir: Robert Siodmak. Cast: Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark
95 mins
2:15 PM Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
Dir: Major W. S. Van Dyke. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson
97 mins
8:00 PM Christmas in Connecticut (1945) CHRISTMAS
When a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.
Dir: Peter Godfrey. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
101 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Monday – December 8, 2025
8:00 AM The League of Gentlemen (1960)
An ex-colonel blackmails a group of officers into helping him rob a bank.
Dir: Basil Dearden. Cast: Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey
116 mins
10:00 AM Larceny, Inc. (1942)
An ex-convict and his gang try to use a luggage store to front a bank robbery, but business keeps getting in the way.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford
95 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Tuesday – December 9, 2025
4:30 AM Little Caesar (1930)
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Glenda Farrell
80 mins
9:45 AM The Phenix City Story (1955)
A crusading lawyer takes on the corrupt machine running a Southern town.
Dir: Phil Karlson. Cast: John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant
100 mins
3:45 PM The Night of the Hunter (1955)
After hearing an about-to-be-hanged murderer’s story about some hidden money he left in the care of his two young kids, the murderer’s cell-mate is released and embarks on a journey to find the killer’s family.
Dir: Charles Laughton. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
93 mins
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Wednesday – December 10, 2025
10:45 PM The Gathering (1977) CHRISTMAS
A dying father pulls his torn family back together for a last Christmas. The winner of the Outstanding Special award at the 30th Annual Primetime Emmys in 1978.
Dir: Randal Kleiser. Cast: Edward Asner, Maureen Stapleton, Rebecca Balding
94 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Thursday – December 11, 2025
11:45 AM The Automat (2021)
A documentary focusing on the popular 20th century vending machine that offered freshly cooked meals.
Dir: Lisa Hurwitz Cast: Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Colin Powell
79 mins
*****Not a mystery – however, it’s a really good documentary. I’ve already seen it, but I am going to watch it again.*****
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Saturday – December 13, 2025
3:15 AM The Player (1992)
A frustrated screenwriter menaces a studio executive who eventually kills the writer and gets away with murder.
Dir: Robert Altman. Cast: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward
123 mins
6:00 AM Death of a Scoundrel (1956)
A Czech refugee uses women to advance his business interest.
Dir: Charles Martin. Cast: George Sanders, Yvonne De Carlo, Zsa Zsa Gabor
119 mins
8:15 AM The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
The Saint helps a young beauty take vengeance on the mobsters who ruined her father.
Dir: John Farrow. Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jerome Cowan
64 mins
11:30 AM They’re Always Caught (1938)
This short film shows the role a crime laboratory plays in the solving of criminal investigations.
Dir: Harold S. Bucquet. Cast: Stanley Ridges, John Eldredge, Louis Jean Heydt
22 mins
8:00 PM Killer’s Kiss (1955)
When he rescues a girl from her gangster lover, a prizefighter is marked for death.
Dir: Stanley Kubrick. Cast: Frank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene Kane
67 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – December 14, 2025
12:00 AM Cash on Demand (1961)
A man disguised as a bank insurance inspector enters a London bank and robs it with ingenious “gentlemanly” techniques.
Dir: Quentin Lawrence. Cast: Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Richard Vernon
80 mins
10:00 AM Cash on Demand (1961)
A man disguised as a bank insurance inspector enters a London bank and robs it with ingenious “gentlemanly” techniques.
Dir: Quentin Lawrence. Cast: Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Richard Vernon
80 mins
12:00 PM Holiday Affair (1949) CHRISTMAS
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir: Don Hartman. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
87 mins
4:00 PM The Shop Around the Corner (1940) CHRISTMAS
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
97 mins
6:00 PM Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) CHRISTMAS
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
113 mins
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Thursday – December 18, 2025
4:45 AM The Brighton Strangler (1945)
An actor playing a notorious killer begins to live the part.
Dir: Max Nosseck. Cast: John Loder, June Duprez, Michael St. Angel
67 mins
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Friday – December 19, 2025
10:00 AM Union Station (1950)
A sharp-eyed secretary spots a man with a gun on a train and her alert to the railroad police helps them in their search for a ruthless gang who have kidnapped a blind heiress.
Dir: Rudolph Maté. Cast: William Holden, Nancy Olson, Barry Fitzgerald
81 mins
8:00 PM Holiday Affair (1949) CHRISTMAS
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir: Don Hartman. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
87 mins
9:45 PM The Shop Around the Corner (1940) CHRISTMAS
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
97 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – December 20, 2025
5:00 AM A Carol for Another Christmas (1964) CHRISTMAS
Three ghosts teach an industrialist the importance of international peacekeeping.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Cast: Sterling Hayden, Eva Marie Saint, Ben Gazzara
85 mins
12:00 PM Prancer (1989) CHRISTMAS
A farm girl nurses a wounded reindeer she believes is part of the team that pulls Santa’s sleigh. Her hope is to bring it back to health in time for Christmas.
Dir: John D. Hancock/ Cast: Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Rebecca Harrell Tickell
103 mins
4:00 PM The Thin Man (1934)
In New York, a detective, his wife and his dog solve the murder case of an eccentric inventor.
Dir: W. S. Van Dyke. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan
91 mins
8:00 PM Remember the Night (1940) CHRISTMAS
An assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
Dir: Mitchell Leisen. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi
94 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – December 21, 2025
12:00 AM Lady in the Lake (1947)
Philip Marlowe searches for a missing woman in this mystery shot entirely from the detective’s viewpoint.
Dir: Robert Montgomery. Cast: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan
103 mins
2:00 AM Alias Boston Blackie (1942)
A reformed thief tracks down an escaped convict so he can prove the man is innocent.
Dir: Lew Landers. Cast: Chester Morris, Adele Mara, Richard Lane
67 mins
3:30 AM Cover Up (1949)
An insurance investigator smells something wrong when he looks into a small-town suicide.
Dir: Alfred E. Green. Cast: William Bendix, Dennis O’Keefe, Barbara Britton
85 mins
5:00 AM The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
A child explores her late mother’s life and discovers her maternal bloodline is cursed.
Dir: Gunther V. Fritsch. Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph
70 mins
8:00 AM A Christmas Carol (1938) CHRISTMAS
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin. Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
69 mins
1:30 PM Desk Set (1957) CHRISTMAS
An efficiency expert introduces his amazing new machine that can answer anything to a TV researcher and her staff, but it threatens to put them out of work.
Dir: Walter Lang. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young
103 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Monday – December 22, 2025
12:00 AM There Ain’t No Santa Claus (1926) CHRISTMAS
Charley uses the rent money to buy his wife an inexpensive wristwatch for Christmas, which puts him at odds with his miserly landlord.
Dir: James Parrot. Cast: Charley Chase, Eugenia Gilbert, Noah Young
22 mins
*****Silent?*****
12:30 AM Christmas Past (1925) CHRISTMAS
A compilation of Christmas-themed short, silent films.
Dir: Charles M. Seay, Frank E. Kleinschmidt, J. Searle Dawley. Cast: Barry O’Moore, Julian Reed, Marc McDermott
120 mins
2:45 AM Mon Oncle Antoine (1971) CHRISTMAS
A young boy comes of age at Christmas in rural Quebec.
Dir: Claude Jutra. Cast: Claude Jutra, Jacques Gagnon, Olivette Thibault
110 mins
*****In French*****
8:00 PM It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) CHRISTMAS
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth. Cast: Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
115 mins
10:15 PM The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) CHRISTMAS
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley. Cast: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
112 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Tuesday – December 23, 2025
2:15 AM Lady on a Train (1945)
A young woman enlists a mystery writer to help her solve a murder when the corpse vanishes.
Dir: Charles David. Cast: Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce
93 mins
4:15 AM Miracle on Main Street (1939) CHRISTMAS
In Los Angeles on Christmas Eve, a lonely and depressed dancer hiding from the police finds an abandoned baby and decides to try to raise the child on her own.
Dir: Steve Sekely. Cast: Margo, Walter Abel, William Collier Sr.
78 mins
5:45 AM Roadblock (1951)
An insurance agent’s greedy wife leads him to a life of crime.
Dir: Harold Daniels Cast: Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore
73 mins
7:15 AM Kind Lady (1935)
A con artist and his criminal colleagues move in on a trusting old lady.
Dir: George B. Seitz. Cast: Aline MacMahon, Basil Rathbone, Mary Carlisle
76 mins
12:00 PM Larceny, Inc. (1942)
An ex-convict and his gang try to use a luggage store to front a bank robbery, but business keeps getting in the way.
Dir: Lloyd Bacon. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford
95 mins
2:00 PM Backfire (1950)
A veteran tries to clear an old friend of a murder charge.
Dir: Vincent Sherman. Cast: Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O’Brien
91 mins
4:00 PM Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
After being betrayed, a gangster hangs out in a settlement house while seeking revenge.
Dir: Henry Levin. Cast: Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland
93 mins
8:00 PM Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) CHRISTMAS
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
113 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Wednesday – December 24, 2025
2:15 AM Little Women (1949) CHRISTMAS
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O’Brien
121 mins
4:30 AM Auntie Mame (1958) CHRISTMAS
An eccentric heiress raises her nephew to be a free spirit.
Dir: Morton Dacosta. Cast: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne
143 mins
12:00 PM The Shop Around the Corner (1940) CHRISTMAS
Feuding co-workers do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch. Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan
97 mins
2:00 PM It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) CHRISTMAS
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth. Cast: Don Defore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
115 mins
4:15 PM Holiday Affair (1949) CHRISTMAS
A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.
Dir: Don Hartman. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
87 mins
6:00 PM Christmas in Connecticut (1945) CHRISTMAS
When a magazine writer invites a rescued sailor to spend Christmas with her, he ends up falling in love with her.
Dir: Peter Godfrey. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
101 mins
8:00 PM The Bishop’s Wife (1948) CHRISTMAS
An angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
Dir: Henry Koster. Cast: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven
109 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Thursday – December 25, 2025
12:15 AM A Christmas Carol (1938) CHRISTMAS
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, an elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Edwin L. Marin. Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
69 mins
1:45 AM O. Henry’s Full House (1952) CHRISTMAS
Five stories reveal O. Henry’s gift for the surprise ending.
Dir: Jasper Blystone. Cast: John Steinbeck, Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe
117 mins
****Includes “The Gift of the Magi”*****
4:00 AM Beyond Tomorrow (1940) CHRISTMAS
A ghost tries to smooth the way for two young lovers he knew during his lifetime.
Dir: A. Edward Sutherland. Cast: Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger
84 mins
5:30 AM Star in the Night (1945) CHRISTMAS
Three cowboys see a bright light in the distance and decide to investigate on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Don Siegel. Cast: J. Carrol Naish, Lynne Baggett, Anthony Caruso
21 mins
9:30 AM Little Women (1933) CHRISTMAS
The four March sisters fight to keep their family together and find love while their father is off fighting the Civil War.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas
115 mins
*****If you’re only going to watch one “Little Women” – this is the one!*****
11:30 AM Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) CHRISTMAS
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
113 mins
4:00 PM The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) CHRISTMAS
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
Dir: William Keighley. Cast: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
112 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Friday – December 26, 2025
9:45 AM North by Northwest (1959)
A suave, successful New York advertising executive finds himself, through a case of mistaken identity, embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder that takes him across the country to prove his innocence to the police.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
136 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Saturday – December 27, 2025
8:15 AM The Saint Takes Over (1940)
Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar tries to help a police inspector who’s been framed on bribery charges.
Dir: Jack Hively. Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale
69 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Sunday – December 28, 2025
12:30 AM Odd Man Out (1947)
A wounded IRA man faces betrayal on all sides when the British put a price on his head.
Dir: Carol Reed. Cast: James Mason, Robert Newton, Kathleen Ryan
116 mins
10:00 AM Odd Man Out (1947)
A wounded IRA man faces betrayal on all sides when the British put a price on his head.
Dir: Carol Reed. Cast: James Mason, Robert Newton, Kathleen Ryan
116 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Monday – December 29, 2025
4:15 PM The Brotherhood (1968)
The son of a powerful Mafia don comes home from his army service in Vietnam and wants to lead his own life, but family tradition, intrigues and powerplays involving his older brother dictate otherwise, and he finds himself being slowly drawn back into that world.
Dir: Martin Ritt. Cast: Kirk Douglas, Alex Cord, Irene Papas
96 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
Tuesday – December 30, 2025
8:00 PM Berlin Express (1948)
Allied agents fight an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.
Dir: Jacques Tourneur. Cast: Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin
87 mins
***** ***** ***** *****
If you’re really looking forward to these or other mystery-themed TV specials coming up in December, be sure to leave a comment below!
In case you’re interested in seeing the rest of this month’s television mystery movies, here’s the November television mystery movies schedule:
Upcoming Television Mystery Movies for November 2025 on Turner Classic Movies channel
And here is the page on my site with plenty of entries about movies and television shows you may enjoy:
Cozy Mystery List TV and Movie Section – all you have to do is click on the link to go to that page on my site.
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