Mystery Drama Movies

List of the best mystery drama movies selected by visitors to our site: Big Eyes, Wonder, The Age of Adaline, Spotlight, The Reader, The Truman Show, Lolita, Jane Eyre, The Wolf of Wall Street, Mia and the White Lion.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7
Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:46

    The story of the awakening of the painter, Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genredrama, family
    CountryUSA, Hong Kong, Canada
    Duration02:15

    The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:32

    After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself until she meets a man who changes her life.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genredrama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:33

      In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration02:04

      The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:43

      Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show", a 24-hour-a-day "reality" TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows -- including his wife and his best friend -- is really an actor, paid to be part of his life.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryFrance, USA
      Duration02:17

      Urbane professor Humbert Humbert marries a New England widow to be near her nymphet daughter.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:00

      After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration03:00

        A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genredrama, adventure, family
        CountryFrance, Germany, South Africa, Luxembourg, Monaco, USA
        Duration01:38

        A young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a lion cub.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:41

        A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genredrama, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, United Arab Emirates, Japan

        A movie about reporter W. Eugene Smith and his research on mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan, resulting in severe neurological symptoms.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:26

        Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genredrama, sport
        CountryUSA, Hong Kong
        Duration02:27

        Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis, a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:45

          An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by a the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.

          Markimdb: 7.8
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:33

          After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:22

            A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:49

              Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genremelodrama, drama
              CountryAustralia, USA
              Duration02:23

              An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.

              Markimdb: 8
              Genredrama, biography
              CountryAustralia, United Kingdom, USA, India
              Duration01:43

              A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

              Markimdb: 7.5
              Genredrama
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
              Duration01:41

                Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

                Markimdb: 7.6
                Genremelodrama, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:58

                An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.

                Markimdb: 7.1
                Genredrama, adventure, biography
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:55

                A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.

                Markimdb: 6.8
                Genremelodrama, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:23

                Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.

                Markimdb: 7.6
                Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:32

                A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived for the past two and a half years.

                Markimdb: 6.8
                Genremelodrama, drama
                CountryUSA, Canada
                Duration01:44

                Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing relationship with her parents, or the ending of her relationship with her ex-fiance. Despite these complications, Leo endeavors to win her heart again and rebuild their marriage.

                Markimdb: 8.1
                Genredrama, biography, history
                CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                Duration02:13

                In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.

                Markimdb: 7.2
                Genremelodrama, drama
                CountryUnited Kingdom, New Zealand, USA, India, Australia
                Duration02:40

                A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.

                Markimdb: 8.3
                Genredrama
                CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA

                A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

                Markimdb: 7.6
                Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:49

                Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it's a little more complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's fallen for online.

                Markimdb: 7.2
                Genrecomedy, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:01

                A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.

                Markimdb: 7.3
                Genredrama
                CountryUSA, Germany

                A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

                Markimdb: 8.2
                Genredrama, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:57

                The series centers on 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody, who moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody and her right-hand Baz, who runs the business and calls the shots, the clan also consists of Pope, the oldest and most dangerous of the Cody boys; Craig, the tough and fearless middle son; and Deran, the troubled, suspicious "baby" of the family.

                Markimdb: 7.5
                Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
                CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, USA
                Duration01:55

                England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

                Markimdb: 7.1
                Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:41

                A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.

                Markimdb: 7.3
                Genremelodrama, drama, biography, sport
                CountryUSA, Germany
                Duration02:00

                A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.

                Markimdb: 6.9
                Genremelodrama, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:56

                  In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.

                  Markimdb: 7.2
                  Genrecomedy, drama, biography
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:07

                  George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and defense secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

                  Markimdb: 7.6
                  Genrecomedy, drama
                  CountryUSA, United Kingdom, China
                  Duration02:26

                  A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.

                  Markimdb: 8.4
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA, Canada
                  Duration02:25

                  During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

                  Markimdb: 7.3
                  Genredrama, biography, history
                  CountryUSA, Japan
                  Duration02:30

                  A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

                  Markimdb: 7.6
                  Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family, sport
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:44

                  A family dog—with a near-human soul and a philosopher's mind—evaluates his life through the lessons learned by his human owner, a race-car driver.

                  Markimdb: 7.6
                  Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
                  CountryUSA, Czech Republic
                  Duration01:50

                  With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crowned prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.

                  Markimdb: 7.1
                  Genredrama, biography, history
                  CountryGermany, France, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, USA
                  Duration01:05

                  A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.

                  Markimdb: 8
                  Genrethriller, drama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:43

                    A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.

                    Markimdb: 7.2
                    Genredrama, biography
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, India

                    Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.

                    Markimdb: 7.5
                    Genredrama, military
                    CountryUSA, Germany
                    Duration02:11

                    While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

                    Markimdb: 7.6
                    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:40

                    Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

                    Markimdb: 7.9
                    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

                    A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.

                    Markimdb: 7.2
                    Genredrama, western
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:32

                    A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.




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