Top Mystery Movies


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

61. The Vast of Night

Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Andrew Patterson
Actors: Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz, Gail Cronauer, Bruce Davis

62. The Lost Weekend

Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Howard Da Silva, Phillip Terry
Plot: A true alcoholic's life is followed for four days when he is on and off his binge drinking.

63. Tenant, The ( locataire, Le )

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Thriller/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet
Plot: A man searching for the apartment finds the perfect place. One day he starts becoming like the former tenant, even though he had no previous knowledge of him.

64. Orphanage, The ( orfanato, El )

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Actors: Fernando Cayo, Belén Rueda, Roger Príncep, Andrés Gertrúdix
Plot: An orphan returns to her former orphanage with her new family to remodel and re-open the grounds. When she and her son venture to the beach he leaves a trail of sea-shells for one of his imaginary friends to follow. What exactly follows them back though?

65. Girl Who Played with Fire, The ( Flickan som lekte med elden )

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Daniel Alfredson
Actors: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Sofia Ledarp
Plot: The second film of The Millenium Trilogy finds Lisbeth Salander being hunted for murder. The infallible evidence she built in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is now the most damning thing in her life!

66. Identity

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Mangold
Actors: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Alfred Molina
Plot: A group of strangers find themselves stranded in a Nevada motel during a freak rainstorm. One by one they are being murdered, but the for what reason?

67. House of Games

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Mamet
Actors: Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum, Lilia Skala
Plot: Margaret Ford (Crouse) is a psychiatrist who is trying to help Billy Hahn, a gambler who wants to end his life. Billy confesses that he owes $25,000 that needs to be paid if not he will be killed. She then looks for Mike (Mantegna) to compromise the dilemma. She gets close to Mike and wants to write about his line of work.

68. Picnic at Hanging Rock

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Weir
Actors: Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse, Kirsty Child
Plot: In 1900 the girls from the Appleyard Boarding School go on a Valentine's Day picnic to local landmark Hanging Rock. Three girls and a teacher go missing and the mystery surrounding the disappearance deepens when a search proves futile.

69. Laura

Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Otto Preminger
Actors: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price
Plot: Detective Mark McPherson is investigating the case of Laura - a girl who entranced every man she came across. A striking portrait, along with suspects testimony, paints the perfect picture and he finds himself falling under her spell leading to a startling revelation.

70. Rust and Bone ( De rouille et d'os )

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jacques Audiard
Actors: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Yannick Choirat, Jean-Michel Correia
Plot: Alain is not a warm man - a bouncer by trade, he finds himself charged with taking care of his son and relocates to his sister's home to become part of the family. However, he may yet find a way to love after meeting Stéphanie, and a sudden accident will bring these two broken individuals closer together.

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