Top 100 Mystery Movies List

#80 Mystery Movie

A Perfect Getaway (2009) R

Two pairs of lovers on a Hawaiian vacation discover that psychopaths are stalking and murdering tourists on the islands.

Director:

David Twohy

Writers:

David Twohy

Stars:

Milla Jovovich, Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant

#79 Mystery Movie

Hot Fuzz (2007) R

Exceptional London cop Nicholas Angel is involuntarily transferred to a quaint English village and paired with a witless new partner. While on the beat, Nicholas suspects a sinister conspiracy is afoot with the residents.

Director:

Edgar Wright

Writers:

Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg

Stars:

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman

#78 Mystery Movie

The Stepfather (2009) PG-13

Michael returns home from military school to find his mother happily in love and living with her new boyfriend. As the two men get to know each other, he becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand.

Director:

Nelson McCormick

Writers:

J.S. Cardone, Donald E. Westlake

Stars:

Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward

#77 Mystery Movie

House of Games (1987) R

A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.

Director:

David Mamet

Writers:

David Mamet, Jonathan Katz

Stars:

Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum

#76 Mystery Movie

To Catch a Thief (1955) PG

When a reformed jewel thief is suspected of returning to his former occupation, he must ferret out the real thief in order to prove his innocence.

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers:

John Michael Hayes, David Dodge

Stars:

Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis

#75 Mystery Movie

Reversal of Fortune (1990) R

Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.

Director:

Barbet Schroeder

Writers:

Alan M. Dershowitz, Nicholas Kazan

Stars:

Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Ron Silver

#74 Mystery Movie

Blue Velvet (1986) R

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

Director:

David Lynch

Writers:

David Lynch

Stars:

Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper

#73 Mystery Movie

Oldboy (2013) R

Obsessed with vengeance, a man sets out to find out why he was kidnapped and locked into solitary confinement for twenty years without reason.

Director:

Spike Lee

Writers:

Garon Tsuchiya, Nobuaki Minegishi

Stars:

Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Samuel L. Jackson

#72 Mystery Movie

Synchronicity (2015) R

A physicist who invents a time machine must travel back to the past to uncover the truth about his creation and the woman who is trying to steal it.

Director:

Jacob Gentry

Writers:

Jacob Gentry

Stars:

Chad McKnight, Brianne Davis, AJ Bowen

#71 Mystery Movie

Irrational Man (2015) R

A tormented philosophy professor finds a will to live when he commits an existential act.

Director:

Woody Allen

Writers:

Woody Allen

Stars:

Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey

#70 Mystery Movie

Touch of Evil (1958) PG-13

A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town.

Director:

Orson Welles

Writers:

Orson Welles, Whit Masterson

Stars:

Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh

#69 Mystery Movie

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

Director:

John Huston

Writers:

John Huston, Dashiell Hammett

Stars:

Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George

#68 Mystery Movie

Risen (2015) PG-13

In 33 AD, a Roman Tribune in Judea is tasked to find the missing body of an executed Jew rumored to have risen from the dead.

Director:

Kevin Reynolds

Writers:

Kevin Reynolds, Paul Aiello

Stars:

Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth

#67 Mystery Movie

Open Grave (2013) R

A man wakes up in the wilderness, in a pit full of dead bodies, with no memory and must determine if the murderer is one of the strangers who rescued him, or if he himself is the killer.

Director:

Gonzalo López-Gallego

Writers:

Eddie Borey, Chris Borey

Stars:

Sharlto Copley, Thomas Kretschmann, Josie Ho

#66 Mystery Movie

I'll Follow You Down (2013)

After the disappearance of a young scientist on a business trip, his son and wife struggle to cope, only to make a bizarre discovery years later - one that may bring him home.

Director:

Richie Mehta

Writers:

Richie Mehta

Stars:

John Paul Ruttan, Rufus Sewell, Gillian Anderson

#65 Mystery Movie

The Wolfman (2010) R

Upon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man is bitten, and subsequently cursed by, a werewolf.

Director:

Joe Johnston

Writers:

Andrew Kevin Walker, David Self

Stars:

Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt

#64 Mystery Movie

Trespass (2011) R

As they're held for ransom, a husband and wife's predicament grows more dire amid the discovery of betrayal and deception.

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Writers:

Karl Gajdusek

Stars:

Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Cam Gigandet

#63 Mystery Movie

Identity (2003) R

Stranded at a desolate Nevada motel during a nasty rain-storm, ten strangers become acquainted with each other when they realize that they're being killed off one by one.

Director:

James Mangold

Writers:

Michael Cooney

Stars:

John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet

#62 Mystery Movie

The Box (2009) PG-13

A small wooden box arrives on the doorstep of a married couple, who know that opening it will grant them a million dollars and kill someone they don't know.

Director:

Richard Kelly

Writers:

Richard Kelly, Richard Matheson

Stars:

Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella

#61 Mystery Movie

Murder by Death (1976) PG

Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.

Director:

Robert Moore

Writers:

Neil Simon

Stars:

Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers

1 2 3 4 5