Top 250 Mystery Films
Description
<p>As of May 22, 2026. Curated by <a href="https://boxd.it/piVb" rel="nofollow">Milos</a>, extracted from <a href="https://letterboxd.com/films/genre/mystery/by/rating/size/small/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. This list ranks narrative feature films in the mystery genre by average member rating.</p><p><b>Eligibility rules:</b><br />• There is a 5,000 minimum ratings threshold. <br />• Films must have the mystery genre tag on Letterboxd to be included. <br />• Films must be feature-length (more than 40 minutes long) with a festival premiere, theatrical distribution or professional streaming release.<br />• This list excludes: documentaries of any kind, self-released web videos, DTV films, recap or recut films, theatre or stage shows, TV series or TV movies, specials or episodes.</p><p><b><a href="https://boxd.it/2l6d" rel="nofollow">Official Lists HQ Directory</a></b> | <a href="https://letterboxd.com/official/tag/top-genre/lists/" rel="nofollow">Top Genre Lists</a> | <a href="https://letterboxd.com/official/tag/mystery/lists/" rel="nofollow">Mystery Lists</a> | <a href="https://letterboxd.com/official/tag/milos/lists/" rel="nofollow">Lists by Milos</a></p>
Number of Movies
250
Incendies
Fanny and Alexander
Witness for the Prosecution
Se7en
Sherlock Jr
Oldboy
Rear Window
The Thing
Monster
Three Colors: Red
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Psycho
Chinatown
The Prestige
Cure
Ugetsu
Mulholland Drive
2001: A Space Odyssey
Anatomy of a Murder
The Secret In Their Eyes
The Third Man
Manila in the Claws of Night
The White Ribbon
Solaris
Vertigo
Rashomon
In a Lonely Place
The Return
North by Northwest
Diabolique
The Long Goodbye
Citizen Kane
Shutter Island
All the President's Men
Memento
Mother
The Conversation
The Terrorizers
Arrival
Get Out
Rebecca
The Innocents
Anatomy of a Fall
Lost Highway
The Sixth Sense
Blow Out
L.A. Confidential
Notorious
August in the Water
L'Avventura
The Saragossa Manuscript by Wojciech Jerzy Has
Gone Girl
Caché (Hidden)
The Trial
Blue Velvet
Infernal Affairs
Laura
In the Heat of the Night
Sleuth
Gaslight
Burning
Charade
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Mr. Klein
Zodiac
The Batman
The Hateful Eight
Scream
The Player
Estomago: A Gastronomic Story
The Vanishing
The Passenger
On Probation
The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting/The Suspended Vacation
Trenque Lauquen
Eyes Wide Shut
Close Your Eyes
WoI... For Icarus
Kiss Me Deadly
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Decision to Leave
Kishkindha Kaandam
Chess of the Wind
The Wailing
Legend of the Mountain
Donnie Darko
Primal Fear
Confessions
Chithha
Lu bian ye can
The Big Sleep
Knives Out
The Thin Man
Survive Style 5+
Shadow of a Doubt
Todo modo
Missing
Bad Day at Black Rock
Bunny Lake Is Missing
The Invisible Guest
Hereditary
Tatami
The Ear
Glengarry Glen Ross
Le labyrinthe des rêves
Bacurau
Deep Red
Brand Upon the Brain!
Mississippi Burning
Clue
Teorema
Le Corbeau
The Lady Vanishes
The Maltese Falcon
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
The Tale
Andhadhun
Falcon Lake
Pitfall
Inland Empire
エンジェル・ダスト
Twilight
Shock Corridor
12 Monkeys
Lone Star
The Tenant
Rouge
Eastern Promises
Videodrome
A Pure Formality
The Lady from Shanghai
Mystic River
Jacob's Ladder
Klute
Quai des Orfèvres
Duelle
Man Facing Southeast
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Killers
The Candidate
Morgiana
Wind River
Bianca
Black Christmas
Three Colors: White
Lovers of the Arctic Circle
A Letter to Three Wives
Maharaja
Blood
Chan Is Missing
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Contact
Drishyam
The Fourth Man
Kahaani
The Game
Blow-Up
Scream of Fear
Gattaca
Spellbound
The Naked City
A Canterbury Tale
Le Pont du Nord
Talvar
In the Mouth of Madness
Portrait of Jennie
Operation Hyacinth
The Skin I Live In
Gabbeh
Suddenly, Last Summer
The Others
Curse of the Demon
In the House
After the Thin Man
Youth of the Beast
The Past
Memoria
Hardcore
Kagero-za
Vampyr
The 39 Steps
Day of the Dead
Carnival of Souls
Zigeunerweisen
Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya
Body Double
Night Moves
Forgotten
A Ghost Story
The Man from London
8 Women
Herod's Law
Images
Eko
The Snake Pit
Dark Passage
Midsommar
Dolores Claiborne
The Great Muppet Caper
The Stepford Wives
Guilty of Romance
Tenebrae
Gone Baby Gone
The Bourne Identity
Charisma
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Ugly
Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru
Retribution
The Club
I Can't Sleep
Pi
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Suspiria
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Three Days of the Condor
Memoir of a Murderer
Blood and Black Lace
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Marshland
Changeling
कौन
To Catch a Thief
The Kid Detective
Murder, My Sweet
The Man Who Put His Will on Film
Searching
Foreign Correspondent
L'assassin habite au 21
Birth
The Lodger
Devil in a Blue Dress
L'Humanité
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
A Tale of Two Sisters
Innocence
Brick
Mr. Arkadin
The In-Laws
High Plains Drifter
The Killing Of A Sacred Deer
They Cloned Tyrone
Pulse
Strange Circus
The Name of the Rose
Alphaville, a Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution
I Walked With A Zombie
Dark City
