Top Mystery Movies


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

281. 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

282. 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.

283. Lady of Burlesque

Year of Release: 1943
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William A. Wellman
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O'Shea, Iris Adrian, Charles Dingle, J. Edward Bromberg, Frank Conroy

284. The Red House

Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Delmer Daves
Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, Judith Anderson, Rory Calhoun, Allene Roberts, Julie London
Plot: Brother and sister Pete and Ellen Morgan - known locally as "the
mysterious Morgans" have raised Meg as their adopted daughter. With Pete
having trouble tending to the farm on his wooden leg, Meg's friend Nath
is brought in to help with chores. One windy night, he attempts to take
a shortcut through the woods where Pete warns him about "The Red House"
- Nath goes on anyway and soon the mystery behind the Red House consumes
him and Meg and leads to revelations and hard truths.

285. Lifepod

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ron Silver
Actors: Robert Loggia, Jessica Tuck, Stan Shaw, Adam Storke, Kelli Williams, Ed Gale
Plot: The passengers trapped in the lifepod try to figure out who's to blame for the ship's accident before they all die.

286. Wer

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: William Brent Bell
Actors: A.J. Cook, Sebastian Roché, Vik Sahay, Stephanie Lemelin, Oaklee Pendergast, Simon Quarterman

287. Buster's Mal Heart

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sarah Adina Smith
Actors: Rami Malek, DJ Qualls, Kate Lyn Sheil, Lin Shaye, Toby Huss, Mark Kelly

288. To All a Goodnight

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Hess
Actors: Jennifer Runyon, Forrest Swanson, Linda Gentile, William Lauer, Judith Bridges, Katherine Herrington
Plot: A mad and masquerading Santa stalks girls at a finishing school.

289. Next Door ( Naboer )

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Norwegian
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pål Sletaune
Actors: Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie A. Mosli, Julia Schacht, Anna Bache-Wiig, Michael Nyqvist, Øystein Martinsen

290. Triangle

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Christopher Smith
Actors: Liam Hemsworth, Melissa George, Rachael Carpani, Michael Dorman, Emma Lung, Henry Nixon
Plot: Jess feels a strange sense of deja vu after her friends' ship gets capsized in a storm and they come across an apparently deserted cruise ship in the middle of the ocean. They soon learn they aren't alone, and whoever is on the ship with them intends to hunt them down one by one.

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