Earthquake Bird
2019 · TMDB 5.9/10 · 479 votes
Tokyo, Japan, 1989. 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 2026-08-05 · 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.
Lemming
2005 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 147 votes
After the death of his boss's wife, a young engineer faces the sudden psychological metamorphosis of his own wife, seemingly possessed by the soul of the deceased... This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
1976 · TMDB 5.8/10 · 227 votes
When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana, local police are baffled and must find "the Phantom Killer" before he can kill again. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Ratsasan
2018 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 198 votes
A serial killer is murdering school girls, and a newbie cop has to track him down before the victim count increases. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Agnes of God
1985 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 141 votes
When a dead newborn is found, wrapped in bloody sheets, in the bedroom wastebasket of a young novice, psychiatrist Martha Livingston is called in to determine if the seemingly innocent novice, who knows nothing of sex or birth, is competent enough to stand trial for the murder of the baby. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
American Carnage
2022 · TMDB 5.8/10 · 218 votes
After a governor issues an executive order to arrest the children of undocumented immigrants, the detained youth are offered an opportunity to have their charges dropped by volunteering to provide care to the elderly. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Bloody Hell
2020 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 298 votes
A man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell... This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Singing Detective
2003 · TMDB 5.1/10 · 149 votes
Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Phoenix Forgotten
2017 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 356 votes
Twenty years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Detention
2019 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 116 votes
In the 1960s, two classmates go looking for their missing friends and teachers, all of whom took part in an illegal book club, only to come face to face with ghosts and deformed monsters that have taken over their school. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Uzumaki
2000 · TMDB 5.9/10 · 269 votes
The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Drowning Mona
2000 · TMDB 5.5/10 · 191 votes
A Sheriff investigating the murder of an upstate New York woman learns that her extremely hateful ways gave the whole town a motive to be rid of her. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Shrooms
2007 · TMDB 4.9/10 · 407 votes
A group of American teens comes to Ireland to visit a friend who takes them on a camping trip in search of the local, fabled magic mushrooms. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Hellhole
2022 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 381 votes
In a monastery cut off from the world, the monks run a clinic for the possessed. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Visitor
2022 · TMDB 5.3/10 · 108 votes
After a series of tragedies including the death of his father-in-law, Robert and his wife Maia leave their home in London to move back to her childhood home. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Butterfly Kisses
2018 · TMDB 6.0/10 · 106 votes
A filmmaker discovers a box of video tapes depicting two students' disturbing film project featuring a local horror legend, The Peeping Tom. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Talvar
2015 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 198 votes
A hardened cop deals with three conflicting perspectives involving a brutal double murder. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
May the Devil Take You
2018 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 189 votes
Hoping to find answers to her estranged father's mysterious illness, a young woman visits his old villa and uncovers a horrifying truth from the past. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Paradine Case
1947 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 265 votes
In London, barrister Anthony Keane takes the case of Maddalena Paradine, a beautiful woman accused of poisoning her blind husband. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Unknown Woman
2006 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 374 votes
A Ukrainian woman named Irena calculatedly insinuates herself into the lives of a young, affluent Italian family. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.