15 Detective Movies with Twisted, Mysterious Plots That Keep You Hooked Until the Very End

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Police unsuccessfully try to find a four-year-old girl who has gone missing. A frustrated aunt turns to two private detectives, who reluctantly get pulled into a much bigger tangle of lies, drugs, and corruption.

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A frightened night watchman, who seems to have seen something terrifying, runs into the road in a panic and is hit by a car. Soon, the police discover that the body of a woman has mysteriously disappeared from the morgue where he worked.

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After a series of ritual murders, the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson track down Lord Blackwood. The criminal is captured and later executed, but the case does not end there, and the mystery is only beginning to gain momentum.

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A young businessman wakes up in a hotel room locked from the inside, beside the body of his lover. To prove his innocence and understand what really happened in that room, he turns to one of the city’s best lawyers for help.

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On an isolated island that houses a psychiatric facility for the most dangerous patients, one of the inmates disappears without a trace. War veteran and U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels arrives on the island with his partner to investigate the mysterious disappearance.

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After her young son goes missing, a young woman turns to the police for help. The boy is soon found, but despite the resemblance, the mother insists that he is not her child. Yet the authorities and the police pressure her to accept the boy as her son and put an end to the public outcry.

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An experienced detective investigates the death of a man who died in the mountains under suspicious circumstances. All the evidence points to an accident or suicide, but the widow’s strange behavior troubles him, so he begins to watch her.

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A country is shaken by a series of brutal kidnappings and murders of women. Trying to track down the maniac, FBI agent Clarice Starling turns for help to the imprisoned killer and brilliant psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter.

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The film is based on the story of the real-life serial killer known as “Zodiac,” who terrorized the residents of San Francisco from 1968 to 1983. Zodiac liked communicating with the police through the press, sending encrypted messages.

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Journalist Mikael and hacker Lisbeth investigate a 40-year-old case involving a missing woman whose body was never found. Her uncle is convinced a powerful local family is behind it.

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A man who, after an injury, suffers from a rare form of amnesia — short-term memory loss — tries to find his wife's killer. During the investigation, he is forced to preserve new clues through photographs, notes, and tattoos.

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A six-year-old girl and her friend are abducted by unknown criminals. When the police investigation hits a dead end, one of the parents, in desperation, decides to get to the truth by his own methods.

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A provincial town is shaken by a series of brutal murders of women. An experienced detective from Seoul arrives to hunt down the maniac and serial killer, determined to get the stalled case moving again.

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On the morning after a famous writer’s 85th birthday celebration, he is found dead in his own room. At first glance, it appears to be a suicide, but a mysterious stranger hires a renowned detective to conduct his own investigation.

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Veteran detective Somerset and his young partner investigate a series of chilling murders tied to punishment for the seven deadly sins. With each new victim, they realize the killer is always one step ahead.