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Detective-mystery films are usually considered a sub-type or sub-genre of crime/gangster films (or film noir), or suspense or thriller films that focus on the unsolved crime (usually the murder or disappearance of one or more of the characters, or a theft), and on the central character - the hard-boiled detective-hero, as he/she meets various adventures and challenges in the cold and methodical pursuit of the criminal or the solution to the crime.

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  1. 22 -

    Prisoners

    2013, in 8 top lists Check
  2. 31 -

    Gone Girl

    2014, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 14 -1

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  4. 26 -1

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 23 -

    Shutter Island

    2010, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 34 -

    Salinui chueok

    2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 16 -

    Incendies

    2010, in 10 top lists Check
  8. 35 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  9. 6 -1

    The Prestige

    2006, in 15 top lists Check
  10. 38 -1

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  11. 29 -

    El secreto de sus ojos

    2009 — a.k.a. The Secret in Their Eyes, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 44 -1

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  13. 18 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  14. 2 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  15. 15 -

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  16. 19 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  17. 36 +3

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 13 +1

    Witness for the Prosecution

    1957, in 12 top lists Check
  19. 49 -2

    The Bourne Ultimatum

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 10 -

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  21. 8 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  22. 7 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  23. 27 -1

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  24. 24 -

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  25. 40 -

    A Wednesday

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  26. 47 +2

    Mou gaan dou

    2002 — a.k.a. Infernal Affairs, in 14 top lists Check
  27. 20 +1

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  28. 39 -1

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  29. 37 -1

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  30. 30 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
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