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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. 25 -

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  2. 46 -

    Contratiempo

    2016 — a.k.a. The Invisible Guest, in 1 top list Check
  3. 28 -

    The Father

    2020, in 6 top lists
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  4. 19 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  5. 24 -

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  6. 7 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
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    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  8. 34 -

    Salinui chueok

    2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 17 top lists Check
  9. 45 -

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  10. 18 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  11. 13 -

    Witness for the Prosecution

    1957, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 6 -

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  13. 12 -

    Coco

    2017, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 41 -

    Blade Runner 2049

    2017, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 5 -

    The Prestige

    2006, in 15 top lists Check
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    Prisoners

    2013, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 42 -

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 21 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  19. 22 -

    Shutter Island

    2010, in 8 top lists Check
  20. 9 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 38 top lists Check
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    The Green Mile

    1999, in 15 top lists Check
  22. 27 -

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  23. 47 -

    The Bourne Ultimatum

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 33 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  25. 2 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  26. 10 -

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  27. 43 -

    Zootopia

    2016, in 7 top lists Check
  28. 26 -

    A Beautiful Mind

    2001, in 12 top lists Check
  29. 31 -

    Gone Girl

    2014, in 12 top lists Check
  30. 15 -

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
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    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    2011, in 10 top lists Check
  32. 35 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
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    Chung Hing sam lam

    1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check
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    Das Leben der Anderen

    2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check
  35. 39 -

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  36. 29 -

    El secreto de sus ojos

    2009 — a.k.a. The Secret in Their Eyes, in 12 top lists Check
  37. 16 -

    Incendies

    2010, in 10 top lists Check
  38. 50 -

    Mou gaan dou

    2002 — a.k.a. Infernal Affairs, in 14 top lists Check
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    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
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    Pâfekuto burû

    1997 — a.k.a. Perfect Blue, in 14 top lists Check
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    Rashômon

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

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  43. 36 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
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    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
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    Seppuku

    1962 — a.k.a. Hara-Kiri, in 16 top lists Check
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    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check
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    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
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    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
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    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  50. 40 -

    A Wednesday

    2008, in 1 top list Check
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