The basic concept for the film was developed by Johnson after he made Brick in 2005. He wanted to make an Agatha Christie-inspired murder mystery film, but his next project became Star Wars: The Last Jedi. After finishing his press tour for that film, he spent seven months writing the script for Knives Out.

"Gone Girl" is a 2014 psychological thriller film that tells the story of the disappearance of Amy Dunne, and the subsequent investigation into her husband Nick Dunne's possible involvement in her disappearance. The film is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Gillian Flynn, who also wrote the screenplay. The film is directed by David Fincher and stars Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike in the lead roles.

"No Sudden Move" is a 2021 crime thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh. The movie is set in 1954 Detroit and revolves around a group of criminals who are hired for a seemingly simple job. However, their plan takes an unexpected turn, leading to a complex web of deception and danger. The story explores themes of greed, betrayal, and the consequences of being caught in a high-stakes criminal conspiracy.

Directed by Louis Leterrier and filmed on screenplay written by Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakinand Edward Ricourt, Now You See Me follows a strange sequence of events centered on weird show group of magicians named The Four Horsemen. Their show features neither rabbits out of top hat nor playing cards out of sleeves. There is something much more valued by audience in modern world than these old fashioned tricks, and The Four Horsemen have a proposition for this demand. Meet their tricks: a real bank robbery, a million dollars heist, a white collar blackmailing. How it's possible to be real? The question that demands some non-magic answers, at least such question has FBI – and these guys will play hard to get an answer. The stakes are raising when magic hunters get to know that weird magicians have some plan to shock the audience with their next incredibly risky yet audacious robbery has ever happened in the history of FBI, the robbery that probably will occupy number one in The Hall of Fame of Robberies, if such ever existed. Unfortunately, the attempts of FBI agents to discover what are really standing behind the magic tricks break on their suspiciousness to each other. Finally, as the day X comes closer they decide to ask for help from world most known magic mythbusters, with ambiguous reputation Thaddeus (played by Morgan Freeman). The greatest crime of the century is about to happen, however neither FBI agents, not Thaddeus are approached a step closer to unlock the puzzle of The Four Horsemen's riddle. What is this- a double-cross of one agent, Thaddeus' betrayal or … real magic? Besides the twisted plot we have great pleasure to watch an unparalleled play of actors. Besides abovementioned Morgan Freeman, Now You See Me stars some truly superior actors: Dave Franco (Warm Bodies, 21 Jump Street, Fright Night), Isla Fisher (Desperados, The Great Gatsby, Rise of the Guardians, Bachelorette) and Jesse Eisenberg (To Rome with Love, 30 Minutes or Less, The Social Network.)

"See How They Run" is a comedy mystery film released in 2022, directed by Tom George and written by Mark Chappell. The movie features a star-studded cast including Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody, Ruth Wilson, Reece Shearsmith, Harris Dickinson, and David Oyelowo. The story follows a group of eccentric characters who gather in a country estate for a weekend party. However, their celebration takes an unexpected turn when a murder occurs, and they must work together to solve the mystery and identify the killer.

"No Country for Old Men" is a 2007 neo-Western thriller film directed and written by Joel and Ethan Coen, adapted from Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel of the same name. The movie features a drug deal gone wrong, and a hunter named Llewelyn Moss who finds and keeps the two million dollars in cash that resulted from it. A psychopathic killer, Anton Chigurh, is sent to retrieve the money and brutally kills anyone who gets in his way.