The Greatest Mystery Movies Ever Made

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Whodunits, detective stories and slow-tightening conspiracies. Clever, twisty, impossible to stop.

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Chinatown

Chinatown

1974 · 2h 10m · Movie

A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

R
8.4
2
Zodiac

Zodiac

2007 · 2h 37m · Movie

Between 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.

R
7.9
3
Knives Out

Knives Out

2019 · 2h 10m · Movie

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate.

PG-13
8.0
4
Glass Onion

Glass Onion

2022 · 2h 19m · Movie

Tech billionaire Miles Bron invites his friends for a getaway on his private Greek island. When someone turns up dead, Detective Benoit Blanc is put on the case.

PG-13
6.8
5
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011 · 2h 38m · Movie

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years by hacker Lisbeth Salander.

R
7.8
6
Memories of Murder

Memories of Murder

2003 · 2h 11m · Movie

In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.

Not Rated
8.7
7
Prisoners

Prisoners

2013 · 2h 33m · Movie

A desperate father takes the law into his own hands after police fail to find two kidnapped girls.

R
8.5
8
L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential

1997 · 2h 18m · Movie

As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

R
8.2
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Rear Window

Rear Window

1954 · 1h 52m · Movie

A bored photographer recovering from a broken leg passes the time by watching his neighbors and begins to suspect one of them of murder.

PG
8.7
10
The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

1941 · 1h 40m · Movie

San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.

Approved
7.9
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Seven

Seven

1995 · 2h 7m · Movie

Two detectives try to track down a serial killer who chooses his victims based on the Seven Deadly Sins.

R
8.7
12
Gone Girl

Gone Girl

2014 · 2h 29m · Movie

The husband of a missing woman becomes the main suspect in her disappearance.

R
8.2
13
The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

1995 · 1h 46m · Movie

The sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story of how a notorious criminal influenced the events that began with five criminals meeting in a seemingly random police lineup.

R
8.4
14
Vertigo

Vertigo

1958 · 2h 8m · Movie

A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.

PG
8.3
15
The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

1946 · 1h 54m · Movie

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail--and what might be love.

Approved
8.0
16
Mystic River

Mystic River

2003 · 2h 18m · Movie

The tragic murder of a 19-year-old girl reunites three childhood friends still living in Boston--the victim's gangster father, a detective, and the disturbed man they both suspect of killing her.

R
7.8
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Nightcrawler

Nightcrawler

2014 · 1h 57m · Movie

A petty thief desperate for work muscles into the world of crime journalism and becomes the star of his own story as he blurs the line between observer and participant.

R
7.9
18
The Nice Guys

The Nice Guys

2016 · 1h 56m · Movie

In 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star.

R
7.6
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Brick

Brick

2006 · 1h 50m · Movie

A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.

R
7.3
20
Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

1974 · 2h 8m · Movie

Returning home from Istanbul on the Orient Express, renowned Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is called upon to solve the murder of an American businessman aboard the train. The suspects are numerous and the clues confusing.

PG
7.2
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Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

2017 · 1h 54m · Movie

When a murder occurs aboard the train on which he's travelling, celebrated Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.

PG-13
6.4
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The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose

1986 · 2h 10m · Movie

An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.

R
7.6
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Cure

Cure

1997 · 1h 51m · Movie

A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.

Not Rated
8.5
24
Memento

Memento

2000 · 1h 53m · Movie

A former insurance investigator who now suffers from anterograde amnesia uses notes and tattoos to hunt down his wife's murderer.

R
8.4
25
Devil in a Blue Dress

Devil in a Blue Dress

1995 · 1h 42m · Movie

A Black war hero is hired to find a mysterious woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal in 1948 Los Angeles.

R
7.2
26
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

2005 · 1h 43m · Movie

After being mistaken for an actor, a New York thief is sent to Hollywood to train under a private eye for a potential movie role, but the duo are thrown together with a struggling actress into a murder mystery.

R
7.4
27
Clue

Clue

1985 · 1h 34m · Movie

Six guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, but after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up.

PG
7.7
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See How They Run

See How They Run

2022 · 1h 38m · Movie

In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered.

PG-13
6.4
29
Bad Times at the El Royale

Bad Times at the El Royale

2018 · 2h 21m · Movie

1969. Four strangers check in at the El Royale Hotel. The hotel is deserted, staffed by a single desk clerk. Some of the new guests' reasons for being there are less than innocent and some are not who they appear to be.

R
7.0
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Angel Heart

Angel Heart

1987 · 1h 53m · Movie

In 1955 New Orleans, small-time private investigator Harry Angel is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cypher to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite, but the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.

R
7.3
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The Conversation

The Conversation

1974 · 1h 53m · Movie

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

PG
8.0
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Blow-Up

Blow-Up

1966 · 1h 51m · Movie

A fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.

Not Rated
7.5
33
Anatomy of a Fall

Anatomy of a Fall

2023 · 2h 31m · Movie

A woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.

R
8.1
34
Decision to Leave

Decision to Leave

2022 · 2h 19m · Movie

A detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.

Not Rated
7.9
35
The Third Man

The Third Man

1949 · 1h 44m · Movie

Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.

Approved
8.3
36
Wind River

Wind River

2017 · 1h 47m · Movie

A wildlife officer helps a rookie FBI agent investigate the murder of a young woman on an American Indian reservation in Wyoming.

R
7.6