
Investigation Suspense movies
A mystery unfolds while danger escalates: clues matter, but so does staying ahead of the threat.

51. The Hidden Face
Thriller Mystery Investigation Suspense Investigation Mystery2011•1h 32min
Colombia, Spain
Director: Andrés Baiz
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A Spanish orchestra conductor deals with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend.
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52. Sin Nombre
Drama Action Thriller Crime Coming-of-Age Drama2009•1h 36min
Mexico, United States
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
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Sayra, a Honduran teen, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Mexican gangmembers who have boarded the same American-bound train.
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53. Zodiac
Crime Mystery Thriller Serial Killer Crime Investigation Mystery2007•2h 37min
United States
Director: David Fincher
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A political cartoonist becomes obsessed with unmasking the Zodiac Killer long after the cops and reporters move on. To expose a ghost, he must sacrifice his career, his sanity, and everyone’s safety. When the final clue points too close to home, does he publish the truth—or protect what’s left of his life?
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54. Jack Reacher
Crime Drama Thriller Action One-Person Army2012•2h 10min
United States
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
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One morning in an ordinary town, five people are shot dead in a seemingly random attack. All evidence points to a single suspect: an ex-military sniper who is quickly brought into custody. The interrogation yields one written note: 'Get Jack Reacher!'. Reacher, an enigmatic ex-Army investigator, believes the authorities have the right man but agrees to help the sniper's defense attorney. However, the more Reacher delves into the case, the less clear-cut it appears. So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.
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55. Eastern Promises
Thriller Crime Mystery Organized Crime Investigation Suspense2007•1h 40min
Canada, United Kingdom
Director: David Cronenberg
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A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
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56. The Unknown Girl
Thriller Drama Crime Investigation Suspense Psychological Drama2016•1h 46min
Belgium, France
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne
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Jenny, a young doctor who feels guilty after a young woman she refused to see winds up dead a few days later, decides to find out who the girl was, after the police can't identify the young woman.
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57. Lucky Number Slevin
Drama Thriller Crime Mystery Organized Crime2006•1h 50min
Canada, Germany
Director: Paul McGuigan
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The life of a young man named Slevin falls apart: he loses his job, his house is sealed off, and his girlfriend leaves him. With nowhere else to turn, Slevin heads to New York and stays at his friend’s apartment, but a strange twist of fate pulls him into a criminal conflict between two powerful crime bosses.
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58. Inside Man
Crime Drama Thriller Heist Investigation Suspense2006•2h 9min
United States
Director: Spike Lee
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When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.
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59. Mystic River
Thriller Crime Drama Mystery Investigation Suspense2003•2h 18min
United States
Director: Clint Eastwood
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In a neighborhood where one childhood abduction poisons every friendship, three former friends grow into a store owner, a detective, and a haunted factory worker. When a new family tragedy explodes, old scars rip open and the detective’s case drags them all back into the nightmare they never escaped.
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60. Stretch
Action Comedy Thriller Vehicle-Driven Action Dark Comedy2014•1h 34min
United States
Director: Joe Carnahan
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A hard-luck limo driver struggling to go straight and pay off a debt to his bookie takes on a job with a crazed passenger whose sought-after ledger implicates some seriously dangerous criminals.