Top 250 Mystery Movies, a list by GalacticBoy

8.6

/1987907/

85

/43194/

84

/22463/

4.4

/3097724/

84

/156/

95

/26052/

65

/22/

3.5

age 17+

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

91

8.5

/564100/

82

/9351/

83

/6954/

4.4

/758503/

99

/134/

95

/8885/

100

/18/

4.0

age 10+

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

90

8.5

/777755/

82

/14288/

84

/10724/

4.3

/1254034/

97

/118/

95

/10327/

97

/18/

4.0

age 14+

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

78

8.5

/1225094/

83

/22825/

81

/11070/

4.1

/854202/

87

/83/

96

/25630/

76

/22/

1.5

age 17+

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.

80

8.5

/1565330/

83

/36070/

82

/17095/

4.3

/1609958/

77

/206/

92

/43661/

66

/36/

3.0

age 14+

A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

89

8.4

/762568/

82

/13614/

82

/8806/

4.4

/891126/

91

/148/

94

/16503/

94

/15/

4.0

age 16+

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

84

8.4

/1418782/

83

/32045/

81

/15794/

4.2

/1692626/

93

/184/

94

/27540/

83

/34/

3.0

age 17+

Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

86

8.3

/706418/

83

/17721/

82

/9465/

4.4

/1352385/

82

/160/

94

/11750/

78

/33/

4.0

age 17+

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.

86

8.3

/773798/

79

/19245/

81

/12255/

4.3

/1264917/

90

/164/

88

/17084/

84

/25/

4.0

age 12+

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

87

8.3

/367189/

80

/6064/

79

/4374/

4.2

/313996/

97

/119/

94

/5406/

98

/16/

age 11+

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

85

8.3

/243982/

82

/5389/

81

/3114/

4.4

/499818/

91

/124/

92

/1357/

80

/42/

3.5

A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.

89

8.2

/455500/

80

/8221/

81

/6162/

4.2

/740688/

93

/98/

92

/6508/

100

/32/

4.0

age 13+

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

79

8.2

/1130298/

81

/26682/

79

/12479/

4.1

/1207924/

86

/167/

90

/39164/

64

/35/

3.0

age 14+

Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.

78

8.2

/518302/

81

/15670/

81

/7642/

4.3

/1160121/

85

/92/

92

/9668/

57

/13/

2.5

age 17+

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

88

8.2

/653795/

79

/10329/

78

/5349/

4.1

/377885/

99

/165/

94

/6454/

91

/28/

4.0

age 17+

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.

82

8.2

/1044417/

81

/21555/

78

/10805/

3.9

/569523/

74

/214/

93

/20845/

72

/33/

4.0

age 14+

From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on the brink of international acclaim. But as the handsome and arrogant Nash accepts secret work in cryptography, he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. His life takes a nightmarish turn and he soon finds himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.

86

8.2

/239966/

81

/7391/

80

/3498/

4.3

/400922/

98

/299/

88

/151/

88

/51/

3.5

age 14+

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

78

8.2

/914057/

81

/24883/

81

/12666/

4.3

/1941622/

81

/248/

87

/5970/

70

/53/

2.5

age 18+

Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street.

78

8.2

/1613095/

81

/41226/

82

/25243/

4.2

/2940920/

69

/263/

77

/26136/

63

/37/

3.5

age 18+

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.

89

8.1

/115968/

78

/1658/

79

/1507/

4.3

/168895/

100

/62/

94

/1327/

100

/11/

Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows no concern about the dog, and Valentine decides to keep it. But the two form a bond when she returns to his house and catches him listening to his neighbors’ phone calls.

88

8.1

/373618/

79

/6334/

79

/4116/

4.3

/448367/

98

/144/

93

/5232/

92

/23/

4.0

age 15+

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

82

8.1

/1153802/

80

/38401/

78

/19541/

4.1

/2818534/

88

/377/

87

/8254/

79

/49/

3.5

age 17+

With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

79

8.0

/674460/

79

/18630/

76

/8851/

3.9

/417954/

88

/75/

88

/14943/

75

/20/

3.0

age 17+

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.

77

8.0

/902353/

79

/24464/

78

/13094/

4.0

/2040293/

88

/124/

80

/871660/

71

/21/

2.5

age 17+

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

82

8.0

/679905/

79

/21092/

74

/8134/

3.7

/292209/

92

/263/

91

/94044/

85

/38/

3.5

age 14+

Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.

82

8.0

/740955/

78

/38852/

75

/14673/

4.1

/1974550/

88

/440/

88

/605/

81

/54/

3.5

age 16+

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

84

7.9

/516773/

77

/10401/

77

/7211/

3.9

/452275/

89

/203/

89

/7570/

84

/42/

4.0

age 17+

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.

80

7.9

/52375/

76

/867/

76

/677/

4.0

/26881/

89

/28/

90

/700/

49

/30/

4.0

A man who loves games and theatre invites his wife's lover to meet, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.

84

7.9

/136241/

78

/3551/

77

/1989/

4.2

/203020/

94

/71/

92

/2244/

84

/18/

3.5

age 13+

During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.

84

7.9

/421539/

76

/10734/

78

/6802/

4.3

/1090053/

84

/264/

87

/10340/

87

/38/

4.0

age 18+

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

84

IMDb 43

7.9

/860838/

80

/41331/

78

/13527/

4.0

/3698148/

97

/472/

92

/12384/

82

/52/

3.5

age 13+

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. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

81

7.9

/848435/

78

/65069/

76

/18863/

4.1

/2244913/

94

/441/

83

/6109/

81

/52/

3.0

age 11+

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

85

7.9

/38666/

77

/877/

75

/642/

4.2

/70603/

96

/52/

89

/442/

4.0

A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.

82

7.9

/90011/

77

/1739/

76

/1190/

4.0

/80961/

96

/91/

92

/1187/

76

/15/

age 15+

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.

80

7.8

/126113/

77

/2926/

76

/1851/

3.9

/129626/

79

/29/

90

/1311/

65

/11/

4.0

age 16+

Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.

82

7.8

/562203/

78

/20775/

75

/8070/

4.1

/887369/

91

/203/

89

/63819/

81

/37/

age 17+

Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.

78

7.8

/607699/

79

/26771/

75

/9817/

3.7

/436800/

84

/192/

93

/29721/

68

/38/

3.0

age 14+

Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?

83

7.8

/92224/

78

/2061/

76

/1486/

4.0

/182073/

95

/55/

92

/2513/

83

/16/

After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines.

80

7.8

/910934/

76

/35096/

76

/11503/

4.0

/3590226/

85

/527/

87

/9068/

72

/68/

3.5

age 14+

In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.

82

7.8

/798959/

78

/48266/

76

/18433/

4.1

/3944850/

98

/403/

86

/6257/

85

/48/

3.0

age 15+

Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

84

7.8

/117751/

76

/2083/

76

/1830/

4.2

/235796/

96

/57/

93

/1914/

87

/11/

3.5

The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.

82

7.8

/324295/

76

/6139/

76

/4569/

4.0

/658441/

83

/218/

80

/31908/

85

/36/

4.0

age 16+

A young girl irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

82

7.8

/216245/

78

/7278/

76

/2774/

3.8

/130188/

100

/5/

85

/2345/

A departing professor gathers his closest colleagues for an intimate farewell, but the night takes an unexpected turn when he shares a stunning secret about his past. As the conversation unfolds, skepticism and curiosity collide, challenging everything they thought they knew about history, science, and belief.

80

7.8

/391777/

78

/15115/

75

/6071/

3.8

/301124/

90

/194/

89

/9664/

67

/29/

3.5

age 14+

With only three weeks left in his three-year contract, Sam Bell is eager to return to Earth. Stationed alone at a Moon-based facility with his computer assistant GERTY, an unexpected accident sets off a series of unsettling events that shake his isolation.

79

7.8

/524026/

77

/15703/

73

/7411/

3.9

/598220/

86

/256/

86

/10426/

71

/41/

3.5

age 18+

Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

72

7.8

/713847/

77

/32021/

77

/14916/

4.0

/1162164/

74

/332/

77

/4680/

68

/51/

2.0

age 18+

Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.

85

7.7

/135077/

74

/3027/

75

/1952/

4.2

/245818/

94

/141/

89

/2050/

88

/17/

4.0

age 16+

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

76

7.7

/277466/

77

/6649/

76

/3739/

4.0

/398825/

77

/47/

89

/3807/

47

/18/