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Mystery movies

Suspenseful puzzles and 'whodunnits' that keep you guessing until the final, shocking revelation.

Subgenres include: Whodunit, Locked-Room Mystery, Investigation Mystery.

Event Horizon

1121. Event Horizon

Horror Science Fiction Mystery
6.6

19971h 36min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Paul W. S. Anderson

In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.


Conspiracy Theory

1122. Conspiracy Theory

Action Drama Mystery Thriller
6.7

19972h 15min

United States

Director: Richard Donner

A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.


Contact

1123. Contact

Drama Science Fiction Mystery Alien Contact Sci-Fi Psychological Drama
7.5

19972h 30min

United States

Director: Robert Zemeckis

After years of searching, a radio astronomer finds convincing proof of extraterrestrial intelligence when she receives a signal from an alien civilization. Embedded in the message are instructions for building a machine that could enable true contact with humanity.

Themes

Belief and testimony, Science vs faith, Funding and politics, Ethics of discovery, Contact with extraterrestrial life, Deception and interference

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Breakdown

1124. Breakdown

Crime Mystery Thriller Drama Action
7.0

19971h 33min

United States

Director: Jonathan Mostow

On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker ― who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.


The Night Flier

1125. The Night Flier

Horror Mystery
6.0

19971h 33min

Italy, United States

Director: Mark Pavia

For cynical tabloid journo Richard Dees, facts are always stranger than fiction. Every headline is a dead-line. Serial killers, UFO abductions, tales of molestation, mayhem and murder. To some the tales are mere sleazy fantasy – but his faithful readers believe. And now there's a new story: The Night Flier. What is it that travels by night in a dark-winged Cessna, lands at secluded airfields and murders local residents? Dees begins to track the unknown killer in a Cessna of his own, uncovering clues that reveal a pilot more terrifying than he could have ever imagined.


Once brilliant teenage detective Shinichi Kudo was given a poison that reverted him to a 4-year-old. He's adopted the pseudonym Conan Edogawa so no one (save for an eccentric inventor) will know. Now he's got to solve a series of bombings before his loved ones become victims. Who is this madman and why is he doing this? Only the young genius can save the day but will even he be up to the task?


Murder at 1600

1127. Murder at 1600

Action Drama Mystery Thriller Crime
6.1

19971h 47min

United States

Director: Dwight H. Little

A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Despite resistance from the Secret Service, Regis partners with agent Nina Chance. As political tensions rise, they learn that the crime could be part of an elaborate cover-up. Framed as traitors, the pair, plus Regis' partner, break into the White House in order to expose the true culprit.


Schizopolis

1128. Schizopolis

Comedy Fantasy Mystery
6.7

19971h 39min

United States

Director: Steven Soderbergh

A man works for the unpleasant guru of a Scientology-like movement.


Insomnia

1129. Insomnia

Thriller Crime Mystery
7.2

19971h 36min

Norway

Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg

Detectives Jonas and Erik are called to the midnight sun country of northern Norway to investigate a recent homicide, but their plan to arrest the killer goes awry, and Jonas mistakenly shoots Erik. The suspect escapes, and a frightened Jonas pins Erik's death on the fugitive. Jonas continues to pursue the killer as he seeks to protect himself; however, his mounting guilt and the omnipresent sun plague him with an insomnia that affects his sanity.


Nightwatch

1130. Nightwatch

Drama Horror Mystery Thriller
6.2

19971h 42min

United States

Director: Ole Bornedal

A law student takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue and begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect in a series of murders.