Top Mystery Movies List

#60 Mystery Movie

Grand Piano (2013) R

A pianist with stage fright endures a performance under enemy eyes, who will shoot if a wrong note is played.

Director:

Eugenio Mira

Writers:

Damien Chazelle

Stars:

Elijah Wood, John Cusack, Kerry Bishé

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#59 Mystery Movie

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) R

A young FBI agent disappears while investigating a murder miles from Twin Peaks that may be related to the future murder of Laura Palmer; the last week of the life of Laura Palmer is chronicled.

Director:

David Lynch

Writers:

David Lynch, Robert Engels

Stars:

Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Mädchen Amick

#58 Mystery Movie

The Andromeda Strain (1971) G

A group of scientists investigate a deadly new alien virus before it can spread.

Director:

Robert Wise

Writers:

Michael Crichton, Nelson Gidding

Stars:

James Olson, Arthur Hill, David Wayne

#57 Mystery Movie

Before I Go to Sleep (2014) R

A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her.

Director:

Rowan Joffe

Writers:

Rowan Joffe, S.J. Watson

Stars:

Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong

#56 Mystery Movie

Frank and Lola (2016)

A psychosexual noir love story, set in Las Vegas and Paris, about love, obsession, sex, betrayal, revenge and, ultimately, the search for redemption.

Director:

Matthew Ross

Writers:

Matthew Ross

Stars:

Michael Nyqvist, Imogen Poots, Michael Shannon

#55 Mystery Movie

The Bone Collector (1982)

A quadriplegic ex-homicide detective and his female partner try to track down a serial killer who is terrorizing New York City.

Director:

Phillip Noyce

Writers:

Jeffery Deaver, Jeremy Iacone

Stars:

Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah

#54 Mystery Movie

Devil's Knot (2013)

The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a satanic ritual.

Director:

Atom Egoyan

Writers:

Paul Harris Boardman, Scott Derrickson

Stars:

Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Alessandro Nivola

#53 Mystery Movie

Charades (1998) R

Barry is a down-and-out-guy who takes a job at the shipping department of Technoworks. He gets invited to the house of his boss Quinn, for a weekend afternoon barbecue with some of his boss's friends. The party gets weird, Barry plays a demented version of charades while standing on the picnic table, and the next door neighbor starts screaming racial slurs over the fence.

Director:

Stephen Eckelberry

Writers:

Richmond Riedel, Karen Black

Stars:

Robert Fields, Jack Scalia, James Wilder

#52 Mystery Movie

The American (2010) R

An assassin hides out in Italy for one last assignment.

Director:

Anton Corbijn

Writers:

Rowan Joffe, Martin Booth

Stars:

George Clooney, Paolo Bonacelli, Violante Placido

#51 Mystery Movie

Mystic River (2003) R

With a childhood tragedy that overshadowed their lives, three men are reunited by circumstance when one has a family tragedy.

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Writers:

Brian Helgeland, Dennis Lehane

Stars:

Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon

#50 Mystery Movie

Mysterious Skin (2004)

A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.

Director:

Gregg Araki

Writers:

Gregg Araki, Scott Heim

Stars:

Brady Corbet, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elisabeth Shue

#49 Mystery Movie

Unknown (2011) PG-13

A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.

Director:

Jaume Collet-Serra

Writers:

Oliver Butcher, Stephen Cornwell

Stars:

Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones

#48 Mystery Movie

Nerve (2016) PG-13

A high school senior finds herself immersed in an online game of truth or dare, where her every move starts to become manipulated by an anonymous community of "watchers."

Director:

Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman

Writers:

Jeanne Ryan, Jessica Sharzer

Stars:

Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Emily Meade

#47 Mystery Movie

Buried (2010) R

Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.

Director:

Rodrigo Cortés

Writers:

Chris Sparling

Stars:

Ryan Reynolds, José Luis García Pérez, Robert Paterson

#46 Mystery Movie

The Secret in their Eyes (2009) R

A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.

Director:

Juan José Campanella

Writers:

Eduardo Sacheri, Juan José Campanella

Stars:

Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago

#45 Mystery Movie

North by Northwest (1959)

A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers:

Ernest Lehman

Stars:

Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason

#44 Mystery Movie

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) PG-13

After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.

Director:

Dan Trachtenberg

Writers:

Josh Campbell, Matthew Stuecken

Stars:

John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr.

#43 Mystery Movie

The Client (1994) PG-13

A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family.

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Writers:

John Grisham, Akiva Goldsman

Stars:

Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro

#42 Mystery Movie

Brick (2005) R

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

Director:

Rian Johnson

Writers:

Rian Johnson

Stars:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas, Emilie de Ravin

#41 Mystery Movie

The Machinist (2004) R

An industrial worker who hasn't slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity.

Director:

Brad Anderson

Writers:

Scott Kosar

Stars:

Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

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