21. The Big Lebowski
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joel Coen
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, John Turturro, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Plot: A slob of a man with the same name as a more wealthier person is mistaken and has his rug taken from him. With the help of his lazy friends, he tries to get his rug back.
22. Strangers on a Train
Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Ruth Roman, Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock, Kasey Rogers
Plot: A man develops a theory of how complete strangers can get away with murder, and tells a tennis star of his intentions. Who will go through with what?
23. The Illusionist
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Neil Burger
Actors: Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan, Aaron Johnson
Plot: In Vienna around the turn of the century, fantastic magician uses his abilities to get the love of a woman.
24. Arsenic and Old Lace
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Capra
Actors: Cary Grant, Peter Lorre, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey
Plot: A nephew of two aunts comes home to find that his aunts may have been killing people and storing them in the basement, as if it was normal - he finds out on his wedding day.
25. Gone Baby Gone
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ben Affleck
Actors: Casey Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Michelle Monaghan, Amy Madigan, Robert Wahlberg, Ed Harris
Plot: A young girl is kidnapped in the Boston area which stretches two detectives professional and home lives to the brink. Based on a novel.
26. Mulholland Drive
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Lynch
Actors: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Ann Miller, Brent Briscoe, Dan Hedaya
Plot: A car accident leaves a woman amnesic, but she teams up with a young, eager Hollywood hopeful in search of clues that lead them both deeper into a world that is part dream and part reality.
27. Rope
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: James Stewart, John Dall, Cedric Hardwicke, Farley Granger, Constance Collier, Douglas Dick
Plot: A group of men strangle one of their friends and hide him in a closet, then invite guest over to test how well they committed the crime - think they had achieved the perfect crime.
28. Charade
Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stanley Donen
Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Coburn, Walter Matthau, George Kennedy, Dominique Minot
Plot: A women living in Paris is being chased down by different groups as they
are all after money that her murdered ex-husband had stolen. Who can she
trust to protect her?
29. The Big Sleep
Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Howard Hawks
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone, Peggy Knudsen
Plot: A private detective witnesses murder and a serious of criminal events during his investigation - he is not sure who to believe or who to love.
30. Touch of Evil
Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Orson Welles
Actors: Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, Joanna Cook Moore
Plot: Set in a border town of Mexico, a battle between good cop and bad cop, in which corruption is the main plot point.
