Best Mystery Movies – page 5
273K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kale is a 17-year-old placed under house arrest after punching his teacher. He is confined to his house, and decides to use his free time spying on his neighbors. Things start to get weird when guests enter the Turner's house and don't ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, teen, intense, scary ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, murder, neighbor, paranoia, house arrest, voyeurism, homicidal maniac, loneliness, death, investigation, kidnapping, voyeur ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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579K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, discovering he's involved in a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. He learns he's part of a top-secret experimental program that enables ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, mind bending, clever, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
time loop, time travel, train, alternate reality, parallel universe, twists and turns, memory, save the day, changing the past or future, destiny, terrorism, time ...
Time:
future, year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, somalia, afghanistan, illinois
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
Style:
futuristic, neo noir, cerebral, suspense, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
cyberpunk, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, murder, foreknowledge, precognition, frame up, psychic, murder mystery, time loop, police investigation ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, 20th century, year 2002 ...
Place:
washington d.c., virginia, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.
Style:
disturbing, scary, atmospheric, spooky, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, police, murder, supernatural, small town, shaman, possession, curse, zombie, daughter, murder mystery, priest ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
south korea, korea, tokyo
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622K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it means partnering with scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve the mystery.
Style:
feel good, 3d animation, funny, witty, computer animated ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
anthropomorphic animal, anthropomorphism, furry, conspiracy, happy ending, female protagonist, stereotypes, friendship, racial relations, police, rabbit, discrimination ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 21st century
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20K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In 1960s Massachusetts, an unhappy prison secretary is beguiled by a new co-worker who pulls her into complicity in a crime that surpasses her wildest imaginings.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, thrilling, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
prison, lesbian, female protagonist, juvenile detention, workplace, prison guard, workplace situations, prison warden, intrigue, coworker, female friendship, alcoholism ...
Time:
year 1964, 60s
Place:
new england, boston
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
While video chatting one night, six high school friends receive a Skype message from a classmate who killed herself exactly one year ago. A first they think it's a prank, but when the girl starts revealing the friends' darkest secrets, ...
Style:
scary, psychological, suspenseful, teen horror, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, internet, found footage, teenager, suicide, youth, ghost, cyberbullying, computer, social media, revenge, supernatural ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the subtropical province of Guizhou, Chen Sheng embarks on a journey to find his nephew.
Style:
captivating, enigmatic, thought provoking, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
surrealism, countryside, time, mysticism, dialogue, existentialism, magic realism, trippy, exodus, rain, time warp, dog ...
Time:
future
Place:
china
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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 ...
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183K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.
Style:
slasher, suspense, slasher horror, scary, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
masked killer, serial killer, characters killed one by one, homicidal maniac, whodunit, mystery killer, threatening telephone call, killing spree, characters murdered one by one, sister sister relationship, murder mystery, gory violence ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in Nick Park's animated adventure, in which the lovable inventor and his intrepid pup run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane ...
Style:
claymation, feel good, humorous, witty, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, horror for children ...
Plot:
stop motion, dog, cartoon rabbit, cartoon dog, competition, garden, experiment gone awry, wallace and gromit, halloween, rabbit, eccentricity, monster ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
europe, northern england, yorkshire, england
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Alice Gould, a private investigator, pretends to be mentally ill in order to enter a psychiatric hospital and gather evidence for the case she is working on: the death of a patient in unclear circumstances.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
female detective, murder investigation, mental disorder, uncover truth, police investigation, crime investigation, investigation, working undercover, murder mystery, secret, psychiatric patient, psychiatric ward ...
Place:
spain
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
Style:
suspense, romantic drama, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
coming of age, murder mystery, swamp, secret relationship, lonely, woman, twists and turns, nature, outcast, abusive father, teenage girl, domestic abuse ...
Time:
1950s, year 1953, year 1968, year 1969, year 1962 ...
Place:
north carolina
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in ...
Style:
sexy, independent film, psychological thriller, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rape, paranoia, mind control, escape, female protagonist, religion, sexualized violence, hippie, physical abuse, lake, home invasion, drugged ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, new york state, new york, usa, california
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43K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A hardened cop deals with three conflicting perspectives involving a brutal double murder. The case is complicated as the prime suspects are the parents who supposedly killed their teenage daughter.
Style:
suspense, suspense thriller, social, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, renaissance, suspect, police detective, twists and turns, planting evidence, crime scene, danger, police, domestic servant, investigation, murder mystery ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2008
Place:
india
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242K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Style:
neo noir, surreal, dark, cerebral, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, small town, voyeurism, sadomasochism, sex scene, violence, dark humor, abuse, sex, nightclub, sexual humiliation, serial killer ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1986
Place:
canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Traveling on a ferry heading to the island of Hierro where they will spend their holidays, Mary loses her son Diego, and no one can explain what happened. Six months later, Maria struggles to overcome the pain of loss and continue his life. Then, ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, scary, suspenseful, spooky ...
Plot:
missing child, uncover truth, obsession, supernatural, woman in danger, parents and children, obsessive quest, danger, mental disorder, female nudity, ghost, supernatural horror ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canary islands, spain
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime ...
Style:
neo noir, feel good, detective, surreal, parody ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
private detective, rabbit, false accusation, falsely accused, satire, femme fatale, sexy woman, childhood, chase, looney tunes, singer, frame up ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 80s, year 1947, year 1988 ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, america, seattle
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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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89K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Ireland, Belgium, Denmark
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
surreal, suspense, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
trapped, psychological torture, paradox, young couple, mysterious man, human experiment, suburbs, voyeurism, evil child, buying a house, evil wins, unhappy ending ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
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35K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Christmas Eve. On his way to his in-laws with his family, Frank Harrington decides to try a shortcut, for the first time in 20 years. It turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life.
Style:
suspense, christmas horror, twist ending, clever, disturbing ...
Plot:
ghost, time loop, fear, forest, supernatural horror, wrong place wrong time, road trip, danger, supernatural, lost in the woods, gory, cabin in the woods ...
Time:
year 2003
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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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235K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past ...
Style:
psychological, psychological horror, suspense, scary, mysterious ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
curse, supernatural power, fear, evil smile, going insane, psychiatric ward, demon, mental illness, paranoia, suicide, female protagonist, mental health ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices—and two strangers appear at their door.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, psychological, sinister ...
Plot:
blackout, catastrophe, chaos, crisis, anxiety, apocalypse, terror, vacation gone wrong, vacation, problem, civil war, social issues ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cellblock's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, ...
Style:
touching, emotional, heartbreaking, sentimental, sad ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
death penalty, prison, stephen king, death row, death sentence, convict, supernatural, false accusation, prison life, life philosophy, electric chair, execution ...
Time:
1930s, year 1999, 20th century, 90s, year 1935
Place:
southern usa, usa, louisiana, america, persia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, tense, suspenseful, action thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
autism, accountant, assassin, mathematics, lone hero, organized crime, twists and turns, vigilante, justice, hitman, violence, gunfight ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 1989, 2000s, year 2006 ...
Place:
washington d.c., chicago, illinois, new hampshire, germany ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: China, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Jack Reacher must uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy in order to clear his name. On the run as a fugitive from the law, Reacher uncovers a potential secret from his past that could change his life forever.
Style:
intense, perverse, exciting, saga, action adventure ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
vigilante, chase, fight, assassination, hitman, tough girl, military, corruption, lone hero, military police, female soldier, prison escape ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
afghanistan, new orleans, north america, alabama, washington d.c.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An aspiring actress crosses paths with a prolific serial killer in '70s LA when they're cast on an episode of "The Dating Game."
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, period piece ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murderer, sexual assault, problem, sexual predator, teenage runaway, rape victim, sex, based on real people, violence, actress ...
Time:
year 1978, year 1979, year 1971, year 1977, 70s ...
Place:
california, wyoming, new york, los angeles
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136K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain ...
Style:
psychological horror, creepy, bloody, disturbing, absurd ...
Plot:
pop singer, concert, suicide, dancing, supernatural horror, pop star, car accident, drug addiction, tattoo, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, escape ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
usa
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122K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
While serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, family man Justin Kemp finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma…one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict—or free—the accused killer.
Style:
suspenseful, philosophical, crying, non-linear, mysterious
Plot:
murder trial, trial, lawyer, car accident, pregnant woman, murder, cemetery, judge, court, prosecutor, assistant district attorney, courtroom ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
savannah georgia, georgia
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