Top Mystery Movies


The Top Mystery Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Mystery List". Lists are calculated daily.

161. Happy Death Day

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Christopher Landon
Actors: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews, Charles Aitken, Jason Bayle
Plot: Tree Gelbman has been murdered. But the college student finds herself reliving the same day over and over again and the only way out is to find out who is killing her... and why.

162. Murder on the Orient Express

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench
Plot: Based on the classic murder-mystery from Agatha Christie - a lavish train ride for the well-to-do turns into something much more when a murder occurs. Thirteen strangers - one culprit and one dashing investigator, Hercule Poirot - everyone claims their innocence but the truth will come out - but will it be soon enough before another murder?

163. Suicide Club ( Jisatsu saakuru )

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sion Sono
Actors: Ryo Ishibashi, Akaji Maro, Saya Hagiwara, Yoko Kamon, Masatoshi Nagase, Kimiko Yo
Plot: The collective suicide of 54 girls at a train station starts Detective Kuroda on a case with many questions but few leads. As a wave of suicides sweep the country, the detective comes across a website that seems to predict the deaths while a high school student on her own investigation finds a connection to a popular all-girl pop group, Desert.

164. My Name is Julia Ross

Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Actors: Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty, George Macready, Roland Varno, Anita Sharp-Bolster, Doris Lloyd
Plot: A woman is employed by a employment agency to work for the widow Mrs. Hughes. Arriving at the house she is surprised when, two days later, she awakens in a different house, with new clothes and new identity - daughter-in-law of Mrs. Hughes - told she suffered a nervous breakdown. But it is all a plot by Ralph, the son of Mrs. Hughes - to maker her his new bride - for the woman he murdered. And she just may suffer the same fate.

165. Unknown Woman, The ( sconosciuta, La )

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Actors: Kseniya Rappoport, Pierfrancesco Favino, Alessandro Haber, Claudia Gerini, Michele Placido, Piera Degli Esposti

166. Farewell, My Lovely

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dick Richards
Actors: Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Harry Dean Stanton, Jack O'Halloran, Sylvester Stallone

167. Bunny Lake is Missing

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Otto Preminger
Actors: Laurence Olivier, Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, Martita Hunt, Anna Massey, Clive Revill
Plot: A hysterical woman reports her young daughter missing. But the authorities can find no proof that her daughter ever existed.

168. The Hound of the Baskervilles

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, André Morell, Marla Landi, David Oxley, Francis De Wolff
Plot: Sherlock Holmes is hired by the newest heir of the Baskerville estate to
investigate a curse where the family is stalked and killed by a
supernatural hound.

169. American Friend, The ( Amerikanische Freund, Der )

Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Wim Wenders
Actors: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller
Plot: An art forger diagnosed with leukemia is slowly drawn into a shady world of criminal business dealings.

170. Odd Thomas

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stephen Sommers
Actors: Patton Oswalt, Willem Dafoe, Anton Yelchin, Nico Tortorella, Addison Timlin, Leonor Varela
Plot: Based on the best-selling novel by Dean Koontz: Short order cook Odd
Thomas has the ability to see dead people - literally everywhere - but
tries his best to live a "normal" life. But a new man enters town -
accompanied by a group of bodachs - ghosts who feed on pain and suffering,
and Thomas knows the town is in danger. Teaming up with gal pal Stormy and
the local sheriff, he aims to stop the disaster before it happens.

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