Films about mysterious crimes

The list of the best films about mysterious crimes selected by visitors of our site: Knives Out, Maigret, The Cursed: Dead Man’s Prey, Shutter Island, In August of 1944, Gone Girl, Murder Mystery, Motherless Brooklyn, The Collini Case, The Beast.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryFrance, Belgium

In Paris, a young girl is found dead in a Parisian square, wearing an evening dress. Commissioner Maigret will try to identify him and then understand what happened to the victim.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, detective
CountrySouth Korea

A teenage girl who has the ability to bring death by using Hanja (Chinese characters), names, photos, and belongings; and a just social issues reporter, fighting against the massive evil hidden behind an IT conglomerate. The film for the series "The Cursed".

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:18

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, detective, military
CountryRussia, USA, Belarus
Duration01:58

The movie is set in Belarus, where a team of counter-intelligence officers is given only three days to find a German radio operator posing as a Soviet soldier, behind soviet lines, on the eve of a major offensive.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:29

    With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:43

    After attending a gathering on a billionaire's yacht during a European vacation, a New York cop and his wife become prime suspects when he's murdered.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend — a mystery that carries him from the gin-soaked jazz clubs of Harlem to the slums of Brooklyn to the gilded halls of New York's power brokers.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:30

    A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
    CountrySouth Korea

    Two rival detectives with different methods try to solve the murder of a missing girl after discovering her mutilated body in the tidelands of Incheon.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Malta
    Duration01:39

    Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:11

    A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, crime, detective, film noir
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:18

    Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    Jill Parrish is trying to rebuild her life after surviving a terrifying kidnapping attempt. Though she is having a difficult time, she takes small steps toward normalcy by starting a new job and inviting her sister, Molly, to move in with her. Returning home from work one morning, Jill discovers that Molly has vanished, and she is certain that the same man who previously abducted her has returned for revenge.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrefantastic, thriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:18

    In 1988, Philadelphia police officer Thomas "Locke" Lockhart, hungry to become a detective, begins tracking a serial killer whose crimes defy scientific explanation. When the killer mysteriously resurfaces nine years later, Locke's obsession with finding the truth threatens to destroy his career, his family, and possibly his sanity.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountrySweden, Belgium

    The captivating story of Sweden's greatest judicial scandal ever, about one man who sacrificed everything in his hunt for the truth.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryGermany
    Duration02:06

    Thriller set in the world of Forensic Pathology. Coroner Paul Herzfeld finds a capsule in the head of a heavily mutilated corpse, containing a phone number and single word: the name of his daughter.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
    CountryCanada, France
    Duration01:37

    A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:22

    In Cheonan, a serial murder case takes place, but the case becomes more and more of a mystery. Only Tae-suk, a cop, immediately senses that all the cases are by the same killer and starts investigation. One day, Dong-soo, a gang boss, got attacked by a suspicious man, and Tae-suk realizes that this man is the serial killer, K. Now, Dong-soo becomes the only witness and a survived victim from K.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    When a 12-year-old boy goes missing, lead investigator Greg Harper struggles to balance the pressure of the investigation and troubles with his wife, Jackie. Facing a recent affair, great strain is put on the family that slowly gnaws away at Jackie's grip on reality. But after a malicious presence manifests itself in their home and puts their son, Connor, in mortal danger, the cold, hard truth about evil in the Harper household is finally uncovered.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryItaly, Germany, France
    Duration02:08

    Based on the bestselling novel by Donato Carrisi, THE GIRL IN THE FOG is a gripping and chilling thriller that brings us to a hazy mountain village where enigmatic Detective Vogel is investigating on the sudden disappearance of fifteen-year-old Anna Lou. But with the case at the heart of a media storm, the fine line between the police and criminals begins to blur and soon everyone becomes a suspect.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, detective
    CountrySpain, Mexico
    Duration01:58

    The story of a woman who is slowly losing her sight whilst trying to investigate the mysterious death of her twin sister.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA

    An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:24

    In the grim Alaskan winter, a naturalist hunts for wolves blamed for killing a local boy, but he soon finds himself swept into a chilling mystery.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, China, Sweden, Japan
    Duration02:36

      Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:23

      Dead bodies begin to turn up all over the city, each meeting their demise in a variety of grisly ways. All investigations begin to point the finger at deceased killer John Kramer.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genremelodrama, drama, detective, military
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
      Duration02:00

      As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:33

        When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountryDenmark, Germany, Sweden, Norway
        Duration02:10

        An old note is found in a bottle in Jutland which has travelled across the ocean for a long time. The note is hard to decipher, but when the Danish investigators from Section Q receive it, the odd personalities within the section find a new angle on it and try to unveil yet another old and diabolic case even though the lead is cold.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrethriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, Russia
        Duration02:32

        After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, biography, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:21

        Christine Collins is overjoyed when her kidnapped son is brought back home. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, the police captain has her committed to an asylum.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, Germany, Sweden
        Duration01:55

        In Stockholm, Sweden, hacker Lisbeth Salander is hired by Frans Balder, a computer engineer, to retrieve a program that he believes it is too dangerous to exist.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountryCanada, USA

        A Minnesota police officer crosses paths with a committed and tireless vigilante as he follows the trail of a ruthless predator responsible for several abductions and murders.

        Markimdb: 8.5
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:53

        Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty, however, of locating his wife's killer is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountrySpain
        Duration01:48

        A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountrySpain
        Duration01:49

        "The Invisible Guest” turns on a young businessman who wakes up in a hotel room locked from the inside with the dead body of his lover next to him. He hires a prestigious lawyer, and over one night they work together to clarify what happened in a frenetic race against time.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryCanada, Belgium

        Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., an architect recovering from an OxyContin addiction tracks down the truth behind her son's involvement with narcotics, and a university professor battles unexpected revelations about his research employer, a drug company with deep government influence bringing a new "non-addictive" painkiller to market.

        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany

        When a man's only son goes missing, he travels to the town where his ex-wife lives in search of answers. To play a man whose life is clouded by mystery, McAvoy will not be given a script of dialogue.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountrySweden, Germany, Denmark, Morocco, France
        Duration01:35

        In Cairo, weeks before the 2011 revolution, Police Detective Noredin is working in the infamous Kasr el-Nil Police Station when he is handed the case of a murdered singer. He soon realizes that the investigation concerns the power elite, close to the President’s inner circle.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrecomedy, crime
        CountryFrance

        Rayane is a scared and clumsy young cop who is constantly mocked by other cops. The day his doctor wrongly tells him that he has only thirty days to live, he understands that this is his last chance to become a hero within his police station and impress his colleague Stéphanie. The eternal fearful man then turns into a real hothead who will take all the risks to catch a big drug lord...

        Genredrama, crime, biography
        CountryNetherlands

        Television journalist Bas Haan creates his own monster when, in his investigation into the Deventer murder case, he is increasingly drawn into the camp of those who accuse 'the handyman' of murder. A media-smear campaign is the result of his TV report which turns the life of 'the handyman' and his wife into a true nightmare. Disconcerted by this 'trial by media' Bas decides to fight the conspiracies with the facts, but to his frustration the image is stronger than reality. He goes to extremes to get the truth out: has anyone been wrongly accused by the judges or is there an innocent victim?

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrecomedy, crime, detective
        CountryItaly

        The suicide of a prominent wine producer unleashes a series of mysterious murders.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
        CountryUSA, Germany
        Duration01:45

        New York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. But the locals believe the culprit to be none other than the ghost of the legendary Headless Horseman.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia
        Duration02:08

        Eccentric consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:21

        Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountrySouth Korea
        Duration01:35

        A former serial killer Byung-su gets diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and when a series of murders occur near his town, he worries whether the killings are his doings. Then, he comes across Tae-ju and realizes that he’s the killer. He reports this to the police, only to learn that Tae-ju is one. Byung-su tries to find evidence against Tae-ju, only to raise the young killer’s interest on him and his dear daughter.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, New Zealand
        Duration02:15

        After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genreaction, thriller, comedy, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France
        Duration02:01

        Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. To stop the rest of his team from looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford, paired with simple country cop, and everything seems quiet until two actors are found decapitated. It is addressed as an accident, but Angel isn't going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrethriller, drama, detective
        CountrySpain, United Kingdom, USA, France
        Duration01:35

        Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.




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