Top Mystery Movies


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

71. 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, Bouli Lanners, Mourad Frarema
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.

72. The Machinist

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brad Anderson
Actors: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Michael Ironside, John Sharian, Larry Gilliard Jr.
Plot: A loaner who works first shift at a machine shop is trying to get a grip on what is happening to him. Is everyone after him or is it all in his head?

73. Burning ( Beoning )

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chang-dong Lee
Actors: Ah-In Yoo, Steven Yeun, Jong-seo Jeon, Soo-Kyung Kim, Seung-ho Choi, Sung-Keun Moon

74. The Nice Guys

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Shane Black
Actors: Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger, Matt Bomer, Ty Simpkins, Margaret Qualley
Plot: In 1970s LA, a private investigator finds himself in the middle of a conspiracy when he investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star.

75. Reversal of Fortune

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Actors: Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver, Annabella Sciorra, Uta Hagen, Fisher Stevens
Plot: Follows Alan Dershowitz as he defends wealthy socialite Claus von Bulow from attempted murder charges against his brain-dead wife. Instead of the trial, it focuses on Dershowitz and his team as they prepare their defense.

76. To Catch a Thief

Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams, Brigitte Auber, Charles Vanel
Plot: Light and breezy Hitchcock trifle about a retired jewel thief lured out of
retirement by a copycat criminal. Romance ensues with a beautiful
American heiress against the luscious backdrop of the French Riviera.

77. Brick

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rian Johnson
Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas, Emilie de Ravin, Matt O'Leary, Noah Fleiss
Plot: When his ex-girlfriend turns up dead, a high school student must use all
his wits and contacts to find out who killed her.

78. A Shot in the Dark

Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Blake Edwards
Actors: Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders, Herbert Lom, Tracy Reed, Graham Stark
Plot: A sexy parlor maid is accused of killing her lothario lover. Enter the
bumbling Inspector Clouseau, who's intent on proving the young beauty's
innocence even though the evidence indicates otherwise.

79. Suspiria

Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dario Argento
Actors: Stefania Casini, Miguel Bosé, Barbara Magnolfi, Udo Kier, Eva Axén, Jessica Harper
Plot: An American ballet student joins a new academy. Her arrival is overshadowed by the recent killing of a former ballet student. As she tries to fit in she realizes that the faculty are very strange and when she begins to investigate things are really out of hand.

80. Murder by Death

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Moore
Actors: Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Peter Sellers
Plot: The world's greatest detectives are invited to the mansion of an eccentric and invited to solve a puzzling whodunit.

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