Top Mystery Movies


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

261. Scream 2

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Neve Campbell, Liev Schreiber, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy, Courteney Cox, Laurie Metcalf
Plot: Two years after the horrifying murders in Woodsboro, Sidney Prescott is haunted once again by tragedy when she sets off for college. A film version of her life is being made while a new killer begins to terrorize her and her friends.

262. Mortal Thoughts

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Rudolph
Actors: Demi Moore, Glenne Headly, Bruce Willis, Harvey Keitel, John Pankow, Billie Neal
Plot: A woman (Demi Moore) is telling a detective (Harvey Keitel) the story of
how her best friend's husband was brutally attacked and what she did to
stop it.

263. Swimming Pool

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: François Ozon
Actors: Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Charles Dance, Jean-Marie Lamour, Marc Fayolle, Mireille Mossé
Plot: A prim, conservative and very successful mystery author takes up her publisher's offer to use his country house in the off season for a relaxing change of pace. The appearance of his uninhibited daughter gives a jolt to her life and her writing.

264. The Big Sleep

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Winner
Actors: Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark, James Stewart, Joan Collins

265. Ten Little Indians

Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: George Pollock
Actors: Stanley Holloway, Shirley Eaton, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Hugh O'Brian, Dennis Price, Fabian

266. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Chaves
Actors: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Julian Hilliard, Charlene Amoia, Sterling Jerins, Shannon Kook
Plot: The Warrens are called to Connecticut to help the Glatzel whose young son, David, is experiencing chilling behavior. Convinced the boy is being possessed, the Warrens do all they can to save the boy - not knowing their actions will lead to even more dangerous consequences.

267. I Wake Up Screaming

Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Actors: Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Laird Cregar, William Gargan, Alan Mowbray

268. Mystery of the Wax Museum

Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh, Allen Vincent, Edwin Maxwell

269. Final Destination 3

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Wong
Actors: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Kris Lemche, Alexz Johnson, Sam Easton, Gina Holden
Plot: A premonition about a roller coaster accident lets Wendy Christensen and a
group of her friends to escape death. Once again, cheating death is only
the beginning - beating death is another matter.

270. The Cat and the Canary

Year of Release: 1927
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Paul Leni
Actors: Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley, Tully Marshall, Gertrude Astor, Flora Finch
Plot: Young Anabelle West is set to inherit a fortune from her eccentric
relative -- if she can prove that she is sane! In the event that she
cannot inherit the money, another relative, whose identity is kept secret,
will step in to take her place.

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