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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.

Cast a Deadly Spell

1191. Cast a Deadly Spell

TV Movie Mystery Comedy Horror Fantasy
6.4

19911h 36min

United States

Director: Martin Campbell

In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.


Dead Again

1192. Dead Again

Mystery Drama Crime Thriller
6.8

19911h 47min

United States

Director: Kenneth Branagh

In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.


Homicide

1193. Homicide

Drama Crime Mystery Thriller
6.9

19911h 42min

United States

Director: David Mamet

While investigating the ruthless murder of an elderly woman, a Jewish police detective unravels a bizarre conspiracy involving a Zionist organization.


Jacob's Ladder

1194. Jacob's Ladder

Drama Mystery Horror
7.4

19901h 53min

United States

Director: Adrian Lyne

After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.


Pacific Heights

1195. Pacific Heights

Thriller Drama Mystery
6.4

19901h 42min

United States

Director: John Schlesinger

A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.


Narrow Margin

1196. Narrow Margin

Action Thriller Crime Mystery
6.6

19901h 37min

United States

Director: Peter Hyams

An L.A. District Attorney attempts to take an unwilling murder witness back to the United States to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically attempting to escape two deadly hitmen sent to silence her, they board a Vancouver-bound train only to discover that the killers are onboard with them. For the next 20 hours, as the train hurls through the beautiful but isolated Canadian wilderness, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues in which their ability to tell friend from foe is a matter of life and death.


The Two Jakes

1197. The Two Jakes

Crime Drama Mystery Romance
6.1

19902h 17min

United States

Director: Jack Nicholson

Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.


Presumed Innocent

1198. Presumed Innocent

Mystery Crime Thriller
6.9

19902h 7min

United States

Director: Alan J. Pakula

Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.


Ghost

1199. Ghost

Fantasy Drama Thriller Mystery Romance
7.1

19902h 7min

United States

Director: Jerry Zucker

After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.

Themes

Everlasting love, Afterlife contact, Crime and corruption, Belief vs skepticism, Deception and trust, Unseen influence

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The Adventures of Ford Fairlane

1200. The Adventures of Ford Fairlane

Action Comedy Thriller Crime Mystery
6.4

19901h 42min

United States

Director: Renny Harlin

To the Los Angeles elite, Ford Fairlane is known as "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll Detective." This loudmouthed ladies' man serves an exclusive rock star clientele, who depend on his keen eye and smug discretion. So when a heavy-metal musician dies mid-concert, Fairlane is on the case before the lights come up. But things turn shocking when radio personality Johnny Crunch hires Fairlane to find a missing groupie mere hours before he is electrocuted live on air.