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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.

The Client

1161. The Client

Drama Thriller Crime Mystery
6.7

19941h 59min

United States

Director: Joel Schumacher

A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.


A Pure Formality

1162. A Pure Formality

Mystery Thriller Crime Drama
7.5

19941h 51min

Italy, France

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore

Onoff is a famous writer, now a recluse. The Inspector is suspicious when Onoff is brought into the station one night, disoriented and suffering a kind of amnesia. In an isolated, rural police station, the Inspector tries to establish the events surrounding a killing, to reach a startling resolution.


Three Colors: Red

1163. Three Colors: Red

Drama Mystery Romance
8.1

19941h 40min

France, Poland

Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski

Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows no concern about the dog, and Valentine decides to keep it. But the two form a bond when she returns to his house and catches him listening to his neighbors’ phone calls.


China Moon

1164. China Moon

Mystery Thriller Crime
6.3

19941h 39min

United States

Director: John Bailey

Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After she shoots her husband, Kyle relucantly agrees to help hide the body, but his partner is showing an unusual flair for finding clues.


Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

1165. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Comedy Mystery Crime
6.9

19941h 26min

United States

Director: Tom Shadyac

He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The Ace is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!


Three Colors: White

1166. Three Colors: White

Comedy Drama Mystery Dark Comedy Relationship Drama
7.6

19941h 32min

France, Poland

Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski

Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.

Themes

Deception as leverage, Revenge through wealth, Economic precarity after divorce, Displacement and reinvention, Trust under duress, Transnational resilience

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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

1167. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Action Animation Crime Mystery Drama
7.8

19931h 16min

United States

Director: Bruce Timm

Andrea Beaumont leaves her father to return to Gotham, rekindling an old romance with Bruce Wayne. At the same time, a mysterious figure begins to hunt down Gotham's criminals, wrongly implicating Batman in the murders. Now on the run from the law, Batman must find and stop the culprit, while also navigating his relationship with Andrea.


Six Degrees of Separation

1168. Six Degrees of Separation

Mystery Drama Comedy
6.8

19931h 52min

United States

Director: Fred Schepisi

The story of a young, gay, black, con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-class New York family.


In the Line of Fire

1169. In the Line of Fire

Action Drama Thriller Crime Mystery
7.2

19932h 8min

United States

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.


The Firm

1170. The Firm

Drama Mystery Thriller
6.9

19932h 34min

United States

Director: Sydney Pollack

Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...