The Best Mystery Movies

Here I consider a wide variety of movies. As long as there is a mysterious situation that is gradually revealed in the movie, which is not obvious to guess, and the ending is not the usual obvious Hollywood ending. Basically movies that present some chalenge to guees the outcome of the movie. Mostly newer movies are includedd.
Book adaptations, no matter how great when reading by the fireplace on a rainy day, in my opinion require lots of changes in order to overcome the sitcom/theater feel of them and become good movies, and therefore are also not included.

The Next Three Days
The Next Three Days

"The Next Three Days" is a tight, hard-hitting thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat throughout the film. Its a movie that never lets you guess w...

The Game
The Game

This is a great film that will keep you on the edge of your seat almost through out the whole movie....

Shutter Island
Shutter Island

Visually intriguing, simplistic and absolutely phenomenal. The story is kept simplistic enough so it doesn't get absurd, but allows for an ending which you prob...

Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko

Probably the best movie of the last 20 years. Mysterious, intruiging, always keeping you guessing. Is the end of the world comming? Who is Donnie Darko? Filmmak...

Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive

Mulholland Drive is a great movie on all levels. It's multi-facted, multi-layered, and very mind-challenging.It's a mystery within a mystery within another myst...

Cube
Cube

"...Highly ambitious and cerebral... The film gradually pulls you into its claustrophobic spell and becomes acutely suspenseful..." - The Los Angeles Times ...

Artificial Intelligence: AI
Artificial Intelligence: AI

AI: Artificial Intelligence is a very well crafted film that succeeds on many levels. The film's plot is intriguing and captivates the viewer for almost the ent...

Inception
Inception

Another truely original movie from Nolan, dreaming will never be the same after you watch that movie....

Contact
Contact

One of the most thought -provoking, realistic and remarkable movies ever. Seeing it for the first time, It's an experience that you will never ever forget. Abso...

The Usual Suspects
The Usual Suspects

This is a superb film in virtually every aspect. The script is outstanding: the dialogue shines, the plot is always mesmerizing, and the final scene is just pla...

Seven
Seven

A very intriguing feature that leaves you clueless on guessing who is a possible suspect of this strange murders. All deaths in this film represented the 7 dead...

Vanila Sky
Vanila Sky

Not you typical Tom Cruize movie. Vanila Sky is a movie with great performances by all actors, and more importantly very ingenious plot. ...

Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks

This show is timeless. It has great music, unforgettable characters, labyrinthine plots, the perfect setting.Furthermore this is absolutely mind-altering. Twin ...

Fight Club
Fight Club

Although not a box office smash hit, Fight Club, is a movie that everybody should watch. Great script, suspense, drama, action, dark humor, romance, and incredi...

Lost
Lost

One of the best tv shows ever.This show hooks you from the begininng and pulls you in with its mysterious plots, emotional drama, and flash-back storytelling me...

Phone Booth
Phone Booth

A surprisingly good movie, and also very unpredictable.More than 90 % the movie is settled in a phone booth, but nevertheless this movie doesn't irritate at a s...

Orphan
Orphan

A real horror movie, with real drama that can really happen. A bit of fresh air in the horor genre...

American Psycho
American Psycho

I really enjoyed this movie. Although a movie about a serial killer, it is more funny than scary. Some remarkable lines, and a clever ending. Not you usual thri...

Primal Fear
Primal Fear

The art of the good suspense film often seems lost, but Primal Fear manages to grasp that art and milk it for all it's worth. For start to finish, it offers a b...

The Ninth Gate
The Ninth Gate

An interesting horror flick that doesn't rely on flashy expensive special effects and gory set pieces. It's a psychological thriller that'll keep you entertaine...

A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind

An Oscar winning movie, that makes you think after it ends. I think Crowe has given a performance of his life...

Solaris
Solaris

Over whelming in every sense, visually, philosophically and spiritually. Faultless cinematography is backed up by solid performances and an under stated script ...

Adaptation
Adaptation

This movie is absolutely great. It has great humor, action, and drama...not to mention, Nicholas Cage is actually good in it....

The Prestige
The Prestige

The three acts are: The pledge: The performer shows you something ordinary The turn: The ordinary does something extraordinary. The Prestige: You see some...

Arlington Road
Arlington Road

A thriller that is two steps above the average suspence/thriller movies, because of the clever plot and the twist at the ending. Great acting by Jeff Bridges an...

12 Monkeys
12 Monkeys

Probably one of the most complex stories ever crafted on film, Twelve Monkeys is also one of the most engaging.It's surely a science-fiction but it's almost lik...

Apocalypto
Apocalypto

From the moment the film starts to the moment it ends you feel you are transported into the ancient Mayan civilization, seeing full body tattoos, body art, mult...

Sphere
Sphere

Great mix of characters, interesting environment in which eerie and strange things happen, spontaneous and unexpected action sequences, good acting from a great...

Devil's Advocate
Devil's Advocate

"The devil's advocate" has it all! There is the great, original storyline with lots of interesting twists, there are many interesting characters and many great ...

Sunshine
Sunshine

In the end, it will be up to you, as the viewer, to decide whether Sunshine is a classic science fiction outing or not. However, I can tell you that the film wi...

Mystic River
Mystic River

A terrific and well crafted movie, Eastwood's most subtle work by far. Tim Robbins has a stellar performance, while Kevin Bacon and Sean Penn do the best work o...

Memento
Memento

Unique now and then. Memento is an ever revealing polaroid. Be ready to stare at the screen for two immersing hours. This is one of the bests movies i have ever...

Moon
Moon

Moon is a sci-fi movie that is one of the best of this decade. The twists and turns keep you guessing right up until the very last minute, and when it comes you...

Basic
Basic

This is one of those movies that you criticise whenever you're thinking logically...even though you secretly love it when you've got a night alone and feel like...

The Arrival
The Arrival

It's truly the vastly superior film, with an intelligent plot, strong performances, adroit direction, and a lightning pace. Independence Day needed souped-up ac...

The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect

I am not at all a fan of Ashton Kutcher, and the idea of time travel is, well.. a cliche by now. But somehow 'butterfly effect' succeeds in grabbing its audienc...

The Bone Collector
The Bone Collector

This movie held my interest from beginning to end even if there are the usual plot holes. In the same vein as Se7en, 'The Bone Collector' is a gritty, crime thr...

Fallen
Fallen

Although it received mixed reactions from critics and audiences alike when released in 1998, this supernatural thriller benefits from a sustained atmosphere of ...

Event Horizon
Event Horizon

This movie ranks as the scariest I've ever seen. I saw it when it first came out, then again a few years ago. I think it's the combination of the inability to e...

Flight Plan
Flight Plan

Jodie Foster is Kyle Pratt and on board an aircraft her 6 year old daughter, Julia vanishes without a trace. No-one will believe Foster's frantic rantings, and ...

Jacob's Ladder
Jacob's Ladder

JACOB'S LADDER is one of the best psych-thrillers done in the last twenty years. As there are plenty of reviews dealing with the particulars of the movie, I'll ...

Lost Highway
Lost Highway

This movie is incredible! Very original approach at filmmaking and an awesome dreamlike/nightmarish original plot. This movie is very surrealistic, but doesn't ...

Oldboy
Oldboy

Not your typical hollywood movie - oldboy just keeps you hooked for the entire two hours (approx) and you are amazed at the originality of the script, action se...