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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.

Backtrack

671. Backtrack

Mystery Horror Thriller Psychological Horror Mindbender Mystery
5.9

20151h 30min

Australia, United Kingdom

Director: Michael Petroni

Troubled psychotherapist Peter Bowers is suffering from nightmares and eerie visions. When he uncovers a horrifying secret that all of his patients share, he is put on a course that takes him back to the small hometown he fled years ago. There he confronts his demons and unravels a mystery 20 years in the making.

Themes

Family secrets, Moral ambiguity, Trauma and memory, Investigative pressure, Haunted past, Guilt and accountability

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Synchronicity

672. Synchronicity

Mystery Science Fiction Thriller Time Travel Sci-Fi Mindbender Mystery
5.4

20151h 41min

Mexico, United States

Director: Jacob Gentry

A daring physicist travels into the past to stop a mysterious woman from stealing his invention. But once there, he uncovers a surprising truth about the machine, the woman, and his own fractured reality.

Themes

Time travel ethics, Trust and betrayal, Corporate control of invention, Altered reality perception, Parallel universe instability, Ownership of ideas

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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Get ready to Rock! Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. Gang team up with the one and only KISS in this all-new, out-of-this-world adventure! We join the Gang at KISS World – the all-things-KISS theme park, as they investigate a series of strange hauntings. With help from KISS, they discover that the Crimson Witch has returned to summon The Destroyer from the alternate dimension of Kissteria! The evil duos ghastly plan, to destroy the earth! Can the Gang's cunning and KISS's power of rock save the day?!


The Piper

674. The Piper

Horror Mystery Thriller
6.4

20151h 47min

Director: Kim Kwang-tae

Shortly after the Korean war, a father and a son are wandering through the country and make a stop in a remote village, where strange and dangerous happenings occur.


Mr. Holmes

675. Mr. Holmes

Drama Crime Family Mystery Historical Drama
6.8

20151h 44min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Bill Condon

In 1947, long-retired and near the end of his life, Sherlock Holmes grapples with an unreliable memory and must rely on his housekeeper's son as he revisits the still-unsolved case that led to his retirement.

Themes

Memory loss, Loneliness and isolation, Detective role, Based on novel, Memory vs narrative construction, Domestic duty and care

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Overnight

676. The Overnight

Mystery Comedy Awkward Comedy
6.1

20151h 19min

United States

Director: Patrick Brice

Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family “playdate” becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.

Themes

Privacy vs exposure, Couple dynamics under pressure, Group interaction and boundaries, Sexual boundary exploration, Unexpected attraction and tension

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Apple TV
fuboTV
Google Play Movies
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Paper Towns

677. Paper Towns

Mystery Drama Romance Coming-of-Age Drama Passionate Romance
6.2

20151h 49min

United States

Director: Jake Schreier

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge, he follows. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Quentin arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Quentin soon learns that there are clues, and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer Quentin gets, the less he sees of the girl he thought he knew.

Themes

Group belonging and betrayal, Public image vs reality, Adolescent agency under risk, Deception and self-discovery, Peers pressure conformity

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Club

678. The Club

Drama Mystery Thriller Psychological Drama Whodunit
7.2

20151h 37min

Chile

Director: Pablo Larraín

In a secluded house in a small seaside town live four unrelated men and the woman who tends to the house and their needs. All former priests, they have been sent to this quiet exile to purge the sins of their pasts, the separation from their communities the worst form of punishment by the Church. They keep to a strict daily schedule devoid of all temptation and spontaneity, each moment a deliberate effort to atone for their wrongdoings.

Themes

Moral ambiguity, Isolation and control, Institutional secrecy, Ritual restraint, Trauma and complicity, Surveillance and discipline

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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Circle

679. Circle

Horror Science Fiction Mystery Thriller Psychological Horror
6.0

20151h 26min

United States

Director: Mario Miscione

In a massive, mysterious chamber, fifty strangers awaken to find themselves trapped with no memory of how they got there. Organized in an inward-facing circle and unable to move, they quickly learn that every two minutes, one of them must die…executed by a strange device in the center of the room.

Themes

Survival under duress, Bias and prejudice under pressure, Collective morality under threat, Utilitarian sacrifice debates, Power dynamics under crisis, Group accountability and blame


Survivor

680. Survivor

Action Crime Mystery Thriller Spy Action
5.7

20151h 36min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: James McTeigue

A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed for crimes she did not commit.

Themes

Bureaucratic pressure, On the run, Deception under scrutiny, Security versus ethics, Framed innocence, Forged identities

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
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