The 50 best Mystery movies

Ranked by weighted audience rating: among 1,035 movies with at least 300 votes on TMDb, the formula balances the score with the vote count, so a barely-rated title cannot leap past a classic. Seven - Os Sete Crimes Capitais leads, rated 8.3 (1995). The average release year on the list is 1995. The list is recalculated weekly; each title links to its full page, including where to watch in Brazil.

Page updated on 09/20/2026.

1

Se7en (1995)

directed by David Fincher · 127 min · 8.4 23,716 votes
2

Psycho (1960)

directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 109 min · 8.4 11,229 votes
3

Shutter Island (2010)

directed by Martin Scorsese · 138 min · 8.2 26,373 votes
4

The Prestige (2006)

directed by Christopher Nolan · 130 min · 8.2 18,074 votes
5

Memento (2000)

directed by Christopher Nolan · 113 min · 8.2 16,712 votes
6

Rear Window (1954)

directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 112 min · 8.3 7,342 votes
7

Oldboy (2003)

directed by Park Chan-wook · 120 min · 8.2 10,165 votes
8

The Sixth Sense (1999)

directed by M. Night Shyamalan · 108 min · 8.0 13,232 votes
9

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

directed by Stanley Kubrick · 148 min · 8.0 12,907 votes
10

The Thing (1982)

directed by John Carpenter · 109 min · 8.1 8,226 votes
11

Gone Girl (2014)

directed by David Fincher · 149 min · 7.9 20,354 votes
12

Vertigo (1958)

directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 128 min · 8.1 6,483 votes
13

The Invisible Guest (2017)

directed by Oriol Paulo · 107 min · 8.1 5,112 votes
14

Citizen Kane (1941)

directed by Orson Welles · 119 min · 8.0 6,212 votes
15

The Hateful Eight (2015)

directed by Quentin Tarantino · 167 min · 7.8 15,574 votes
16

Knives Out (2019)

directed by Rian Johnson · 131 min · 7.8 14,445 votes
17

Donnie Darko (2001)

directed by Richard Kelly · 113 min · 7.8 13,714 votes
18

Incendies (2010)

directed by Denis Villeneuve · 131 min · 8.1 3,451 votes
19

The Batman (2022)

directed by Matt Reeves · 185 min · 7.7 12,455 votes
20

Mulholland Drive (2001)

directed by David Lynch · 147 min · 7.8 7,260 votes
21

Arrival (2016)

directed by Denis Villeneuve · 116 min · 7.6 19,817 votes
22

Get Out (2017)

directed by Jordan Peele · 104 min · 7.6 19,290 votes
23

Chinatown (1974)

directed by Roman Polanski · 130 min · 7.9 4,384 votes
24

L.A. Confidential (1997)

directed by Curtis Hanson · 132 min · 7.8 5,711 votes
25

Mystic River (2003)

directed by Clint Eastwood · 138 min · 7.7 7,657 votes
26

The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)

directed by Juan José Campanella · 129 min · 8.0 2,944 votes
27

Twelve Monkeys (1995)

directed by Terry Gilliam · 130 min · 7.6 9,359 votes
28

Rashomon (1950)

directed by Akira Kurosawa · 88 min · 8.0 2,595 votes
29

The Game (1997)

directed by David Fincher · 129 min · 7.6 7,547 votes
30

The Others (2001)

directed by Alejandro Amenábar · 101 min · 7.6 7,386 votes
31

Zodiac (2007)

directed by David Fincher · 157 min · 7.5 11,855 votes
32

Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

directed by Billy Wilder · 114 min · 8.2 1,759 votes
33

The Bourne Identity (2002)

directed by Doug Liman · 118 min · 7.5 10,350 votes
34

Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026)

directed by Lee Cronin · 133 min · 7.9 2,624 votes
35

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

directed by Stanley Kubrick · 159 min · 7.5 7,269 votes
36

The Devil's Advocate (1997)

directed by Taylor Hackford · 143 min · 7.5 7,014 votes
37

Changeling (2008)

directed by Clint Eastwood · 141 min · 7.6 4,591 votes
38

Zootopia 2 (2025)

directed by Jared Bush · 108 min · 7.7 3,394 votes
39

Searching (2018)

directed by Aneesh Chaganty · 102 min · 7.6 4,351 votes
40

The Third Man (1949)

directed by Carol Reed · 104 min · 7.9 2,169 votes
41

High and Low (1963)

directed by Akira Kurosawa · 143 min · 8.4 1,188 votes
42

Saw (2004)

directed by James Wan · 103 min · 7.4 10,297 votes
43

Watchmen (2009)

directed by Zack Snyder · 163 min · 7.4 10,231 votes
44

Blue Velvet (1986)

directed by David Lynch · 120 min · 7.6 3,936 votes
45

Rebecca (1940)

directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 130 min · 7.9 2,026 votes
46

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)

directed by Douglas Mackinnon · 90 min · 7.8 2,370 votes
47

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

directed by Paul Greengrass · 115 min · 7.4 8,568 votes
48

Scream (1996)

directed by Wes Craven · 111 min · 7.4 8,200 votes
49

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

directed by David Fincher · 158 min · 7.4 7,778 votes
50

The Skin I Live In (2011)

directed by Pedro Almodóvar · 120 min · 7.5 4,727 votes