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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.

Dream Lover

1081. Dream Lover

Drama Mystery Thriller
6.2

19941h 43min

United States

Director: Nicholas Kazan

Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incidents occur, Ray begins to realize he may not really know the woman he married.


Felidae

1082. Felidae

Animation Mystery Horror
7.0

19941h 22min

Germany

Director: Michael Schaack

A domestic house cat named Francis investigates the grisly feline murders taking place in his new neighborhood.


New Nightmare

1083. New Nightmare

Horror Mystery Fantasy
6.4

19941h 52min

United States

Director: Wes Craven

A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?


The Client

1084. 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

1085. 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

1086. 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

1087. 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

1088. 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

1089. 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

1090. 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.