Best Canadian Mystery Movies
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Best Canadian Mystery Movies
TOP Movies: Lucky Number Slevin (2006), The Silencing (2020), The Suicide Squad (2021), Cube (1997), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Gothika (2003), Level 16 (2018), The Kid Detective (2020), Summer of 84 (2018), Red Rooms (2023), Strange But True (2019), Flashback (2020), Disappearance at Clifton Hill (2019), The King Tide (2023), Ready or Not (2019), Secrets in a Small Town (2019), Good Neighbours (2010), Enemy (2013), Arrival (2016), Scream VI (2023).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, neo noir, clever, dark comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, hitman, assassin, revenge, plot twist, mistaken identity, organized crime, disorder, secrets, mysterious character, mafia, master criminal ...
Time:
2000s, year 1979, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, seattle
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A reformed hunter becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local sheriff set out to track a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago.
Style:
suspense, captivating, perverse, action thriller, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, forest, manhunt, hunter, small town, sheriff, missing daughter, disappearance, missing girl, dead girl, revenge ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
canada, chicago
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The continuing escapades of the Suicide Squad.
Style:
entertaining, funny, visually stunning, perverse, saga ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
superhero, supernatural ability, fight scenes, violence, super villain, female warrior, final battle, giant monster, graphic violence, alien parasite, villain turns good, evil genius ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., south america, america, louisiana
Is relevant?
260K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Seven strangers are taken out of their daily lives and placed mysteriously in a deadly cube where they all agree they must find their way out.
Style:
psychological, surreal, suspenseful, mind bending, twist ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, trap, trapped, claustrophobia, isolation, group of strangers, mathematics, maze, survival horror, death, fear, game of death ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team arrive in Three Pines to solve the unusual murder of a much-loved woman and find dark secrets shadowing this usually peaceful village.
Style:
suspense, clever, realistic, tense, captivating
Plot:
homicide detective, twists and turns, courtroom drama, murder, investigation, murder mystery, under the surface, partner, uncover truth, police detective, tragic event, small town life ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Spain
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
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, ...
Style:
futuristic, neo noir, detective, tech noir, thought provoking ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, dystopia, investigation, dark future, technology, robot, flying car, bounty hunter, violence, police detective, memory ...
Time:
future, near future, 2040s, distant future, year 2017 ...
Place:
california, nevada, space western, san diego california, los angeles ...
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124K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a car crash, a criminal psychologist (Halle Berry) comes to, only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband -- but she has no memory ...
Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, psychological thriller, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mental institution, serial killer, murder, mental illness, mind game, supernatural, insanity, investigation, psychiatrist, supernatural horror, rape, violence against women ...
Time:
year 2003, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, new hampshire
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19K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The teenage girls of Vestalis Academy are meticulously trained in the art of being “clean girls,” practicing the virtues of perfect femininity. But what exactly are they being trained for? Vivien intends to find out.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, mysterious, melancholic, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, boys' night
Plot:
dark secret, boarding school, punishment, female protagonist, distopia, discipline, isolation, girls' boarding school, obedience, imprisonment, pervert, vaccine ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.
Style:
neo noir, detective, suspenseful, funny, dark ...
Audience:
date night, kids
Plot:
private detective, closeted homosexual, small town, murder mystery, private investigator, missing girl, investigation, kidnapping, murder, evidence, murder investigation, who done it ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Summer is usually a time for fun and games, but some teens get much more danger than they bargained for after beginning to suspect their neighbor is a serial murderer.
Style:
suspense, retro, disturbing, spooky, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, group of friends, friendship, private investigation, murder, psychopath, murder mystery, basement, murder suspect, surveillance, neighbor, child killer ...
Time:
year 1984, 2010s, 80s
Place:
oregon, usa
Is relevant?
20K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The high-profile case of serial killer Ludovic Chevalier has just gone to trial, and Kelly-Anne is obsessed. When reality blurs with her morbid fantasies, she goes down a dark path to seek the final piece of the case's puzzle.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
murder trial, murder mystery, trial, model, canadian woman, serial killer, obsessed fan, murder, killing spree, serial murder, murder investigation, problem ...
Place:
quebec, montreal, canada
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, unwed pregnancy, pregnancy, woman, pregnant woman, unplanned pregnancy, family problems, pregnant girlfriend, family secret, relationship problems, mysterious girl, relationships ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After a chance encounter with a man forgotten from his youth, Fred literally and metaphorically journeys into his past.
Style:
mind bending, psychological, tense, captivating, mindfuck ...
Plot:
sent to the past, time loop, midlife crisis, time traveler, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, painter, life turned upside down, drug, investigation, moral dilemma, choice, uncover truth ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Following the death of her mother, a young woman returns home to Niagara Falls and becomes entangled in the memory of a kidnapping she claims to have witnessed as a child.
Style:
suspense, bleak, surprise ending, neo noir, intellectual ...
Plot:
magic show, motel, female protagonist, investigation, amateur detective, puzzle, disappearance, complex characters, child abduction, niagara falls, mental illness, manipulation ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After the mayor of an idyllic island village discovers a child with mysterious powers awash on their shores, the once peaceful community devolves into civil war, torn over the belief that the child is the next saviour.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
village, countryside, small village, village life, rural area, rural setting, remote island, island, village people, child, supernatural power, political manipulation ...
Is relevant?
230K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.
Style:
horror comedy, scary, suspense, brutal, dark comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
game, rite, satanic cult, hide and seek, ritual, wedding, pursuit, family curse, fiancee, murder, woman kills a man, twists and turns ...
Time:
2010s, year 1989, year 2019, 80s
Place:
illinois, canada
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A mother's worst nightmare comes true when her teenage daughter goes missing.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, suspense
Plot:
missing daughter, investigation, danger, rescue, mother daughter relationship, teenager, survival, hopes, life & death, police investigation, small town, mother ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Takes place in 1995, the year of the second referendum on the separation of Quebec. In the dead of winter, a serial killer is on the loose in the small Montreal neighborhood of Notre Dame de Grace. The tenants of an old apartment house must figure ...
Style:
serious, psychological, captivating, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police detective, cat, rape, police investigation, investigation, who to trust, friendship, snow, male female relationship, xmas ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1995
Place:
canada, montreal
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236K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Spain, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.
Style:
surreal, psychological, twist ending, mind bending, clever ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
doppelganger, obsession, mental illness, symbolism, paranoia, nightmare, lookalikes, infidelity, disturbed individual, spider, surrealism, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Is relevant?
852K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
psychological, philosophical, intellectual, reflective, twist ending ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
first contact, alien, female protagonist, linguist, ufo, extraterrestrial, alien contact, time, alien invasion, creature, science, alien race ...
Time:
year 2016, future, 2010s
Place:
montana, china, america, massachusetts, venezuela ...
Is relevant?
147K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.
Style:
slasher, slasher horror, dark, meta, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, characters killed one by one, mystery killer, asthmatic, killer, characters murdered one by one, roommate roommate relationship, secret relationship, therapist, father daughter relationship, shrine, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Five students on spring break meet at a secluded island cabin for a weekend getaway. Stranded on the island they become the prey of a mysterious killer who seems bent on revenge for something the friends have done.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, rough, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
characters killed one by one, psycho killer, homicidal maniac, island, vengeance, stranded on an island, survival, unknown killer, deathtrap, danger, redneck, murder mystery ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
43K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, surreal, cerebral, bleak ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, mental illness, childhood trauma, murder, haunted by the past, paranoia, mental patient, misfit, macabre, psychopath, twists and turns, mental health ...
Time:
2000s, 1950s, year 2002, 50s, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, east end london, united kingdom ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In 1666, a colonial town is gripped by a hysterical witch-hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come, and it's up to teenagers in 1994 to try and finally put an end to their town's curse, before it's too late.
Style:
slasher, suspense, scary, queer horror, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
violent, supernatural, serial killer, lesbianism, forest, lesbian, murder, lgbt, clairvoyant, witchcraft, witch, blood ...
Time:
2020s, 90s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1978 ...
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
520K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.
Style:
scary, suspense, cult classic, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
manly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, isolation, survival, creature, body horror, alien, fear, paranoia, snow, ufo, suspicion, supernatural ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 20th century
Place:
antarctica, antarctic, south pole
Is relevant?
64K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two siblings spend the night alone with their new stepmother. Stuck in a remote mountain cabin, the trio are terrorised by a supernatural force.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, psychological thriller, disturbing, psychological horror ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stepmother, suicide, cult leader, winter, mass suicide, religion, destiny, violence, murder, suicide of mother, snow, loss of mother ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
massachusetts
Is relevant?
91K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.
Style:
serious, surreal, dark comedy, dark fantasy, visual ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
supernatural, investigation, good versus evil, murder mystery, danger, vengeance, dark humor, supernatural ability, transformation, snake, devil, false accusation ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
usa, seattle, turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A man staying at a secluded historical mansion, finds his life being haunted by the presence of a spectre.
Style:
suspense, gothic, creepy, spooky, atmospheric ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, isolated house, macabre, haunted, mansion, musician, supernatural, senator, death of wife, revenge, murder ...
Time:
year 1980, victorian era, 20th century, 70s, 1900s ...
Place:
seattle, usa, new york, washington d.c., washington state ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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 his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, confusing ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, plot twist, investigation, mental illness, insanity, psychology, memory, paranoia, mental institution, schizophrenia, psychiatrist, mental patient ...
Time:
1950s, year 2010, year 1954, 1940s, year 1945 ...
Place:
iran, persia, america, boston
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After hearing a child screaming for help from the green depths of a vast field of tall grass, Becky, a pregnant woman, and Cal, her brother, park their car near a mysterious abandoned church and recklessly enter the field, discovering that they are ...
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, demonic, slasher, perverse ...
Plot:
folk horror, maze, stephen king, brother sister relationship, pregnancy, pregnant woman, time, brother sister reunion, boy, relocation, time travel, cursed ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
america
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