Top 100 Mystery Movies List

#40 Mystery Movie

The Nice Guys (2016) R

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

Director:

Shane Black

Writers:

Shane Black, Anthony Bagarozzi

Stars:

Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice

#39 Mystery Movie

The Others (2001) PG-13

A woman who lives in a darkened old house with her two photosensitive children becomes convinced that her family home is haunted.

Director:

Alejandro Amenábar

Writers:

Alejandro Amenábar

Stars:

Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan

#38 Mystery Movie

Sherlock Holmes (2009) PG-13

Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.

Director:

Guy Ritchie

Writers:

Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham

Stars:

Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams

#37 Mystery Movie

Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.

Director:

Billy Wilder

Writers:

Agatha Christie, Billy Wilder

Stars:

Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton

#36 Mystery Movie

Dark City (1998) R

A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun.

Director:

Alex Proyas

Writers:

Alex Proyas

Stars:

Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly

#35 Mystery Movie

Sleuth (2007) R

On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.

Director:

Kenneth Branagh

Writers:

Harold Pinter, Anthony Shaffer

Stars:

Michael Caine, Jude Law, Harold Pinter

#34 Mystery Movie

Hugo (2011) PG

In Paris in 1931, an orphan named Hugo Cabret who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Writers:

John Logan, Brian Selznick

Stars:

Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee

#33 Mystery Movie

The Family Fang (2015) R

A brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared.

Director:

Jason Bateman

Writers:

Kevin Wilson, David Lindsay-Abaire

Stars:

Jason Bateman, Nicole Kidman, Kathryn Hahn

#32 Mystery Movie

The Long Goodbye (1973) R

Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

Director:

Robert Altman

Writers:

Leigh Brackett, Raymond Chandler

Stars:

Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden

#31 Mystery Movie

Zodiac (2007) R

In the late 1960s/early 1970s, 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.

Director:

David Fincher

Writers:

James Vanderbilt, Robert Graysmith

Stars:

Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo

#30 Mystery Movie

The Game (1997) R

After a wealthy banker is given an opportunity to participate in a mysterious game, his life is turned upside down when he becomes unable to distinguish between the game and reality.

Director:

David Fincher

Writers:

John Brancato, Michael Ferris

Stars:

Michael Douglas, Deborah Kara Unger, Sean Penn

#29 Mystery Movie

The Girl on the Train (2016) R

A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life.

Director:

Tate Taylor

Writers:

Erin Cressida Wilson, Paula Hawkins

Stars:

Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson

#28 Mystery Movie

Complete Unknown (2016) R

As a man contemplates moving to a new state with his wife for her graduate program, an old flame - a woman who often changes identities - reenters his life at a birthday dinner party.

Director:

Joshua Marston

Writers:

Joshua Marston, Julian Sheppard

Stars:

Erin Darke, Rachel Weisz, Hansel Tan

#27 Mystery Movie

The Ghost Writer (2010) PG-13

A ghostwriter hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy.

Director:

Roman Polanski

Writers:

Robert Harris, Roman Polanski

Stars:

Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams

#26 Mystery Movie

Mulholland Drive (2001) R

After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.

Director:

David Lynch

Writers:

David Lynch

Stars:

Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux

#25 Mystery Movie

Gone Baby Gone (2007) R

Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally.

Director:

Ben Affleck

Writers:

Ben Affleck, Aaron Stockard

Stars:

Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Casey Affleck

#24 Mystery Movie

Veronica Mars (2014) PG-13

Years after walking away from her past as a teenage private eye, Veronica Mars gets pulled back to her hometown - just in time for her high school reunion - in order to help her old flame Logan Echolls, who's embroiled in a murder mystery.

Director:

Rob Thomas

Writers:

Rob Thomas, Diane Ruggiero

Stars:

Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni

#23 Mystery Movie

The Illusionist (2006) PG-13

In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.

Director:

Neil Burger

Writers:

Neil Burger, Steven Millhauser

Stars:

Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows movie

#22 Mystery Movie

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) PG-13

Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty.

Director:

Guy Ritchie

Writers:

Michele Mulroney, Kieran Mulroneys

Stars:

Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Jared Harris

#21 Mystery Movie

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

An African American police detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile southern town.

Director:

Norman Jewison

Writers:

Stirling Silliphant, John Ball

Stars:

Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates

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