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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 Unknown Woman

851. The Unknown Woman

Thriller Drama Mystery Mind Game Thriller Investigation Mystery
7.4

20061h 58min

Italy, France

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore

Irena, a Ukrainian woman, comes to Italy looking for a job as a maid. She does everything she can to become a beloved nanny for an adorable little girl, Thea. However, that is just the very beginning of her unknown journey.

Themes

Economic precarity, Trauma and resilience, Power dynamics in domestic work, Deception and belonging, Gendered violence and control, Identity and adoption tensions

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
The Roku Channel
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Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!

852. Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!

Fantasy Animation Comedy Family Mystery
6.7

20061h 11min

Director: Chuck Sheetz

It's horror on the high seas when Scooby-Doo and the gang take a creepy cruise into one of the world's most mysterious places, the Bermuda Triangle! If Scooby, Shaggy and the gang can't solve this mystery, they may have to walk the plank.


Time

853. Time

Romance Drama Mystery Dark Romance Psychological Drama
7.1

20061h 37min

Japan, South Korea

Director: Kim Ki-duk

Consumed by jealousy, a woman takes an extreme step and undergoes surgery for a new face. Although her lover of 2 years misses her, he falls in love with the new face, not knowing it's the same woman.

Themes

Deception and trust, Risk and consequence, Jealousy and insecurity, Identity and disguise, Fear of abandonment, Appearance vs self

Available on

Hoopla
FlixFling
Tubi TV
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Scoop

854. Scoop

Comedy Mystery Parody Investigation Mystery
6.6

20061h 36min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Woody Allen

An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.

Themes

Class inequality, Social climbing, Power and wealth, Public image vs secrecy, Investigative ethics, Romantic deception

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L," is hired to find the mysterious murderer. An all out battle between the two greatest minds on earth begins and the winner will control the world.

Themes

Moral ambiguity, Murder as justice proxy, Battle of wits, Criminal accountability, Fbi police dynamic, Death vs law

Available on

Apple TV
Google Play Movies
Rakuten TV
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The Lake House

856. The Lake House

Drama Mystery Romance Passionate Romance Mystic Mystery
6.8

20061h 39min

United States

Director: Alejandro Agresti

A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.

Themes

Love across time, Architectural legacy and family, Time displaced communication, Longing and restraint, Ambition versus isolation, Memory and place

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Da Vinci Code

857. The Da Vinci Code

Thriller Mystery Investigation Mystery Investigation Suspense
6.6

20062h 29min

United States

Director: Ron Howard

A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that — should it come to light — could rock the very foundations of Christianity.

Themes

Ancient orders and relics, Secrecy and power, Religion vs science, Symbolic interpretation, Institutional distrust, Hidden histories and descendants

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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Silent Hill

858. Silent Hill

Horror Mystery Supernatural Horror Mystic Mystery
6.5

20062h 5min

Canada, France

Director: Christophe Gans

Rose, a desperate mother takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears and Rose begins a desperate search to get her back. She descends into the center of the twisted reality of a town's terrible secret. Pursued by grotesquely deformed creatures and townspeople stuck in permanent purgatory, Rose begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years earlier.

Themes

Trauma and resilience, Religious fanaticism and purification, Limbo between dimensions, Abuse and victimization, Persecution and scapegoating, Maternal protection under siege

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem

859. Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem

Animation Mystery Adventure
7.1

20061h 50min

Director: Yasuichiro Yamamoto

Synopsis Kogoro and Conan came to Yokohama according to a request from a mysterious man. But that was a trap of this man. Ran and the Detective Boys will be taken as hostages. If they don't solve the request of the man within 12 hours, the bombs attached to the hostages will explode. Furthermore, the man know that Conan`s true identity is Kudo Shinichi. Also Hattori Heiji, the High School Detective of the West, and Kaito Kid enter the stage. Will they be able to solve the mystery within the time limit and save Ran and the others? And who in the world is the client?


Brick

860. Brick

Drama Mystery Investigation Mystery Coming-of-Age Drama
7.1

20061h 50min

United States

Director: Rian Johnson

A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.

Themes

Neo-noir mood, Underworld power dynamics, Manipulation and betrayal, High school crime culture, Loner in crime underworld, Drug trade violence

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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