Cocoon
1985 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 1,431 votes
When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
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Mystery Movies
Discover popular and highly rated mystery movies. This page focuses on useful, popular choices for viewers in the United States.
Updated 2026-08-03 · Ratings from TMDB
How we chose these titles
Eligible titles are ranked using TMDB popularity, audience rating, and vote count. Streaming availability and ratings can change over time.
Noroi: The Curse
2005 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 443 votes
A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Breakdown
1997 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 1,129 votes
On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Project Gutenberg
2018 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 142 votes
The Hong Kong police is hunting a counterfeiting gang led by a mastermind code-named "Painter" . This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Maltese Falcon
1941 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 1,907 votes
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Dark Water
2002 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 729 votes
A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Wicker Park
2004 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 750 votes
Matthew, a young advertising executive in Chicago, puts his life and a business trip to China on hold when he thinks he sees Lisa, the love of his life who left him without a word two years earlier, walking out of a restaurant one day. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Vanishing
1988 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 842 votes
Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation when they stop at a busy service station. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Stir of Echoes
1999 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 1,373 votes
After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Pale Blue Eye
2022 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 2,221 votes
West Point, New York, 1830. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Void
2016 · TMDB 6.0/10 · 1,462 votes
In the middle of a routine patrol, officer Daniel Carter happens upon a blood-soaked figure limping down a deserted stretch of road. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
High Life
2018 · TMDB 5.7/10 · 1,244 votes
Monte and his daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to deep space. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Devil
2010 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 3,148 votes
A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the devil. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Stay
2005 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 1,548 votes
Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Third Man
1949 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 2,142 votes
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Color of Night
1994 · TMDB 5.8/10 · 637 votes
A color-blind psychiatrist is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend's therapy group and becomes embroiled in an intense affair with a mysterious woman who may be connected to the crime. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Marsh King's Daughter
2023 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 411 votes
Helena, a woman living a seemingly ordinary life, hides a dark secret—her father is the infamous 'Marsh King', the man who kept her and her mother captive in the wilderness for years. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Fire in the Sky
1993 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 723 votes
After clearing brush for the government, a group of men return to town claiming their friend was abducted. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Shaft
2019 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 1,899 votes
JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Mr. Holmes
2015 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 1,978 votes
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. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.