IMDb's Mystery Top 50

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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. 1 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  2. 5 -

    The Prestige

    2006, in 15 top lists Check
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    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
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    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
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    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
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    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
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    Das Leben der Anderen

    2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check
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    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
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    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
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    Shutter Island

    2010, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
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    El secreto de sus ojos

    2009 — a.k.a. The Secret in Their Eyes, in 12 top lists Check
  13. 34 -1

    Jaws

    1975, in 27 top lists Check
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    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
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    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  16. 43 +1

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 45 +1

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  18. 50 -1

    The Bourne Ultimatum

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
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Last updated on Mar 28, 2024; source