Mystery Thriller Best, a list by dave Miller

6.8

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70

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69

/7152/

3.2

/673655/

66

/175/

62

/8974/

52

/30/

2.0

age 15+

A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.

56

6.0

/19976/

62

/718/

59

/380/

2.8

/4346/

60

/5/

44

/443/

After Ben Garvey foolishly turned back to crime, he thought his life was over when he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. But his death sentence isn't quite what it seems, as Ben regains consciousness near an eerie psychiatric ward, where he's told he's been hired as the groundskeeper. With the state of his soul in question, and the love for his wife and daughter all the more real and powerful, Ben must figure out if he's truly cheated death, or if he's become part of something far more sinister.

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63

6.0

/13831/

65

/1106/

66

/118/

3.0

/19709/

100

/8/

88

/12/

age 16+

During a stormy night in the Scottish Highlands, two criminal brothers on the run seek refuge in a desolate farmhouse. But after taking the resident family captive, they find the house holds even darker secrets of its own.

57

6.7

/208335/

67

/5205/

64

/3232/

3.1

/116961/

44

/97/

58

/4134/

44

/30/

2.0

age 15+

A rare book dealer finds himself at the heart of a string of paranormal events when he is hired to find the last two copies of a text, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, capable of summoning the Devil.

63

5.8

/11701/

59

/694/

61

/308/

3.1

/73869/

88

/43/

54

/92/

64

/5/

age 15+

A disgraced children's puppeteer returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured him his entire life.

78

60

7.5

/15160/

74

/555/

73

/253/

4.0

/43147/

89

/1/

Ninety minutes of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, assembled by David Lynch to continue the story of the final week of Laura Palmer’s life.

69

6.0

/3199/

61

/219/

56

/40/

3.2

/9306/

93

/29/

68

/32/

78

/6/

3.0

An ominous help note finds its way to a 1980s post office, connecting a dead letter investigator to a kidnapped keyboard technician.

50

5.8

/8219/

61

/618/

58

/239/

2.7

/2781/

41

/32/

36

/35/

47

/10/

2.0

age 15+

A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.

51

5.8

/123773/

62

/4230/

61

/2423/

2.8

/69000/

15

/163/

45

/7320/

38

/36/

3.0

age 18+

After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. She's been accused of murdering her husband Dr. Douglas Grey — but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries to regain her memory and convince her co-worker, Dr. Pete Graham, of her innocence, a vengeful spirit uses her as an earthly pawn, which further convinces everyone of her guilt.

79

8.0

/674283/

79

/18575/

76

/8841/

3.9

/415546/

88

/74/

88

/14944/

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.

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57

5.9

/11541/

61

/397/

61

/234/

3.1

/22847/

63

/8/

44

/209/

John Reilly discovers that his family's newly inherited castle in Italy is haunted by a relentless, bloodthirsty creature.

59

6.6

/102854/

67

/2860/

63

/1650/

3.0

/23174/

54

/215/

49

/6337/

55

/34/

2.5

age 18+

As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.

62

5.8

/4007/

61

/310/

57

/92/

3.0

/5515/

95

/20/

46

/30/

63

/7/

2.5

When a mysterious "John Doe" wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted doctor and curious medical examiner must slowly uncover dark and sinister secrets about the man that reveal a more horrifying truth than they could have ever imagined.

68

7.0

/280548/

72

/11153/

67

/4774/

3.2

/109537/

71

/258/

67

/9671/

60

/41/

3.0

age 14+

A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness to be with the only woman he's ever loved.

77

7.2

/338118/

71

/8112/

69

/5099/

3.5

/325453/

92

/203/

77

/3960/

78

/37/

3.5

age 18+

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

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66

7.1

/9137/

73

/548/

68

/141/

3.1

/1788/

67

/93/

Jesse Stone is a former L.A. homicide detective who left behind the big city and an ex-wife to become the police chief of the quiet New England fishing town of Paradise. Stone's old habits die hard as he continues to indulge his two favorite things: Scotch whiskey and women. After a series of murders—the first ever in Paradise—and a high school girl is raped, he's forced to face his own demons in order to solve the crimes.

54

5.9

/88175/

59

/6505/

60

/2396/

2.8

/372450/

73

/155/

39

/718/

64

/23/

1.0

age 15+

A young woman and her fiancé are in search of the perfect starter home. After following a mysterious real estate agent to a new housing development, the couple finds themselves trapped in a maze of identical houses and forced to raise an otherworldly child.

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63

5.8

/5279/

62

/465/

58

/160/

3.0

/3305/

92

/13/

55

/39/

Paralyzed by his fear of dying, Miles Grissom takes out an advert offering $30,000 in reward money to the first person who can show him evidence of an angel, a demon, or prove that ghosts exist - anything to prove to him that we go on after our deaths. He narrows the responses down to three viable candidates - a scientist, a medium, and a worldly entrepreneur. Along with his protective mother, he embarks on an adventure through Los Angeles that will spiral into an unthinkable nightmare.

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6.0

/72048/

62

/4276/

60

/2078/

2.6

/184222/

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/7/

43

/322/

In a massive, mysterious chamber, fifty strangers awaken to find themselves trapped with no memory of how they got there. Organized in an inward-facing circle and unable to move, they quickly learn that every two minutes, one of them must die…executed by a strange device in the center of the room.

51

6.1

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64

/2227/

61

/1458/

3.4

/83245/

42

/71/

35

/1139/

52

/24/

1.0

All bets are off when shady homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. It's up to him and lifelong friend, Naval intelligence agent Kevin Dunne, to uncover the conspiracy behind the killing. At every turn, Santoro makes increasingly shocking discoveries that even he can't turn a blind eye to.

82

8.0

/679787/

79

/21045/

74

/8131/

3.7

/289802/

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.

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6.4

/22666/

67

/472/

63

/323/

3.1

/5257/

71

/104/

54

/267/

64

/33/

3.0

age 16+

The story of the WWII project to crack the code behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt messages sent to their submarines.

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53

6.1

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65

/120/

62

/72/

3.0

/2067/

81

/21/

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60

/8/

When a teenage girl says she's the victim of a secret network called The Sisterhood of Night, a quiet suburban town becomes the backdrop for a modern-day Salem witch trial.

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7.4

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75

/155/

69

/106/

3.7

/1718/

100

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89

/248/

War journalist Paul Prior returns to his New Zealand hometown after his father’s death, rekindling strained relationships with his brother and memories of a troubled past. He befriends Celia, a curious and aspiring writer, who shares a fascination with his world. When Celia mysteriously disappears, Paul becomes the prime suspect, forcing him to confront buried secrets and uncover the dark truths of his family and community.

52

6.3

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65

/45/

56

/27/

3.1

/270/

6

/17/

61

/81/

41

/9/

2.5

Robbie Levinson and Trey McCoy suddenly encounter intolerance and hostility at the hands of their new neighbor, Chris Boyd, the son of a fundamentalist preacher.

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59

6.3

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60

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60

/111/

3.1

/2176/

78

/9/

58

/145/

A former mental patient's repressed anger reaches the boiling point, leading him to embark on a mission of revenge against the thugs who once subjected him to severe physical and mental trauma.

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7.7

/660935/

76

/21134/

75

/11234/

4.0

/1691873/

90

/264/

77

/27621/

79

/40/

4.0

age 18+

Over the course of a decade, editors of the San Francisco Chronicle entice themselves in the murders of the Zodiac Killer. However, as time runs its course, interest in the case dwindles in the eyes of the professionals. The Killer stops interacting with the public. However, believing he has the answers, an amateur cartoonist from the initial sightings races against time to prevent what he believes is another murder.

78

7.8

/607498/

79

/26771/

74

/9809/

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?

74

6.8

/42755/

71

/3847/

70

/560/

3.3

/67632/

88

/136/

95

/43/

64

/28/

age 14+

A determined father risks everything to rescue a dedicated teacher and her students from a raging wildfire.

62

6.2

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66

/1320/

64

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3.1

/18469/

83

/29/

57

/386/

56

/6/

2.0

Two friends' tour of Europe takes a dark turn when one of them contracts a mysterious illness. They race to find out what it is and how to cure it before the sickness consumes him completely.

64

5.8

/6551/

59

/804/

60

/185/

3.1

/17221/

87

/55/

57

/40/

61

/5/

3.0

age 15+

A desperate young journalist turns to podcasting to salvage her career, but her rush to make headlines leads her to an alien conspiracy.

53

6.2

/39981/

65

/4131/

62

/1397/

3.0

/47081/

48

/64/

43

/158/

54

/19/

1.5

age 18+

In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless people have chosen suicide to reset their existence, others try to decide what it all means. Among them is Dr. Harbor's son Will, who has arrived at his father's isolated compound with a mysterious young woman named Isla. There, they discover the strange acolytes who help Dr. Harbor with his experiments.

54

5.9

/181790/

63

/8839/

61

/4427/

3.1

/514898/

44

/117/

57

/20400/

43

/28/

2.0

age 18+

High school senior Wendy's premonition of a deadly rollercoaster ride saves her life and a lucky few, but not from death itself — which seeks out those who escaped their fate.

60

6.7

/323339/

70

/12990/

67

/7158/

3.1

/193051/

36

/257/

57

/25506/

48

/36/

3.0

age 14+

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organization – after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.

68

6.5

/34202/

65

/790/

62

/403/

3.4

/9895/

66

/131/

62

/738/

60

/34/

4.0

age 17+

U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a political career.

54

6.6

/200600/

68

/6449/

64

/3028/

2.8

/64387/

27

/181/

62

/15062/

43

/30/

2.0

age 15+

Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, the unseen caller uses everyday technology to control their actions and push them into increasing danger. As events escalate, Jerry and Rachel become the country's most-wanted fugitives and must figure out what is happening to them.

67

6.9

/235204/

67

/8646/

69

/6242/

3.6

/527875/

73

/119/

64

/1548/

61

/30/

2.5

age 18+

A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

60

6.6

/3024/

61

/61/

60

/40/

3.4

/778/

51

/83/

55

/90/

51

/25/

3.0

After a martini-induced rampage, a fantasy-prone young woman is placed under house arrest.

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58

7.2

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75

/416/

69

/97/

3.3

/816/

59

/28/

Police Chief Jesse Stone, who was suspended by the Paradise, Mass. Town Council, begins moonlighting for his friend, State Homicide Commander Healy, by investigating a series of murders in Boston, leaving Rose and Suitcase to handle a crime spree in Paradise on their own. Jesse pours his energy into his work in an effort to push away his twin demons: booze and women. When his investigation leads to notorious mob boss Gino Fish, Jesse's pursuit becomes hazardous.

69

6.6

/6646/

68

/514/

59

/124/

3.4

/3069/

76

/37/

71

/48/

78

/10/

Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons inquiry. What seems like a simple investigation unearths an intricate web of crime, corruption, human trafficking, and coordinated exploitation of indigenous people’s land. Jay must bury his differences with young local cop Josh, so together they can bring justice to Goldstone.

59

6.2

/31716/

63

/2293/

60

/600/

2.8

/15962/

63

/122/

45

/4/

62

/32/

2.5

age 15+

When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to root out the mole with his former lover and colleague Celia Harrison.

79

7.8

/523922/

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.

71

6.6

/62320/

66

/2987/

66

/1037/

3.4

/221496/

83

/103/

59

/238/

78

/17/

3.5

A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.

63

6.5

/7560/

65

/430/

62

/152/

3.1

/2544/

The second movie in David Hare's Johnny Worricker trilogy. Loose-limbed spy Johnny Worricker, last seen whistleblowing at MI5 in Page Eight, has a new life. He is hiding out in Ray-Bans on the Caribbean islands of the title, eating lobster and calling himself Tom Eliot (he’s a poet at heart). We’re drawn into his world and his predicament when Christopher Walken strolls in as a shadowy American who claims to know Johnny. The encounter forces him into the company of some ambiguous American businessmen who claim to be on the islands for a conference on the global financial crisis. When one of them falls in the sea, their financial PR seems to know more than she's letting on. Worricker soon learns the extent of their shady activities and he must act quickly to survive when links to British prime minister Alec Beasley come to light.

71

7.0

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68

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66

/2953/

3.3

/88703/

87

/159/

65

/6251/

65

/29/

3.5

age 17+

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.

52

6.2

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64

/1204/

59

/482/

2.9

/4368/

43

/131/

31

/314/

50

/39/

2.0

age 16+

A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy.

57

5.8

/9348/

58

/159/

54

/123/

3.1

/2928/

46

/91/

35

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56

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