Highest-Rated Movies about 'Mystery', Sort by Popularity

Le Doulos (1961), The Long Good Friday (1980), Forbidden Planet (1956), Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014), The Lodger (1927), Stray Dog (1949), The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2004) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Mystery movies.

#5. The Lodger (1927)

Storyline: When a landlady (Marie Ault) and her husband (Arthur Chesney) take in a new lodger (Ivor Novello), they're overjoyed: He's quiet, humble and pays a month's rent in advance. But his mysterious and suspicious behavior soon has them wondering if he's the killer terrorizing local blond girls. Their daughter, Daisy (June), a cocky model, is far less concerned, her attraction obvious. Her police-detective boyfriend (Malcolm Keen), in a pique of jealousy, seeks to uncover the lodger's true identity.

Plot Keywords: lodger, landlady, husband, daughter, detective, witness, dark ...

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#8. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2004)

Storyline: A homeless musician's life is transformed after he discovers a flock of wild South American parrots living in San Francisco. How they got there is a mystery, but Mark Bittner forms a bond with the exotic birds through his music and his patient, attentive care. Over time he comes to appreciate their individual identities and makes a case for humans to reevaluate their relationship to animals. When he is forced to leave them, he despairs over the birds' fate.

Plot Keywords: musician, homeless person, parrot, neighbor, charming, uplifting, emotional ...

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#9. The Innocents (1961)

Storyline: Based on the Henry James story "The Turn of the Screw," a psychological thriller about a woman who takes a governess job for two orphans in a Victorian home. She begins to see what she believes are ghosts and suspects the children's bizarre behavior is the result of supernatural powers.

Plot Keywords: governess, orphan, ghost, young boy, sister, dark, intense ...

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#10. The Uninvited (1944)

Storyline: While vacationing on the English coast, composer Rick Fitzgerald (Ray Milland) and his sister Pamela (Ruth Hussey) find an an abandoned 18th-century house and decide to buy it. The owner, Commander Beech (Donald Crisp), associates it with the tragic death of his daughter and is willing to part with it despite his granddaughter Stella's (Gail Russell) objection. The Fitzgeralds move in and soon find themselves, with the help of Stella, battling it out with two very prickly ghosts.

Plot Keywords: composer, sister, commander, nurse, daughter, ghost, eerie ...

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#15. S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (2003)

Storyline: This documentary, directed by a survivor of the genocide, chronicles the systematized murder perpetuated by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, specifically the torture and killing of the educated classes in the notorious S-21 prison, which is now a museum. But this film is not about statistics and generalized history. Instead, it focuses on two survivors who return to the prison, coming face-to-face with some of the guards who insist that they were only following bureaucratic orders.

Plot Keywords: survivor, war criminal, prisoner, teenager, guard, disturbing, emotional ...

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