Highest-Rated Movies about 'Murder Mystery'

This Gun for Hire (1942), Insomnia (1997), Brick (2005), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Ringu (1998), A Soldier's Story (1984), Jack Reacher (2012), Cutter's Way (1981) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Murder Mystery movies.

#16. La habitación de Fermat (2007)

Storyline: Four mathematicians who do not know each other are invited by a mysterious host on the pretext of resolving a great enigma. The room in which they find themselves turns out to be a shrinking room that will crush them if they do not discover in time what connects them all and why someone might wish to murder them.

Plot Keywords: locked in a room, clue, mathematics, murder mystery, reunion, chess, mathematician ...

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#17. Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

Storyline: Hercule Poirot, the best detective in the world decides to travel on the Orient Express. The train accidentally gets stopped because of a small avalanche. Little did he know that a murder was planned and that a person on this train was capable of committing such crime.

Plot Keywords: palestine, palestinian, train, based on novel, whodunit, shorthaired woman, 1930s ...

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#18. Horns (2013)

Storyline: After Iggy's long-time girlfriend is murdered and the whole town agrees he is the killer, he awakens one morning with horns and the townspeople soon confess their sins. Once knowing the sins of the people, he is facing the true killer of his beloved girlfriend.

Plot Keywords: female nudity, sex scene, male frontal nudity, closeted homosexual, confession, female frontal nudity, sex from behind ...

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#19. Bhagam Bhag (2006)

Storyline: Champak Seth runs a theater group.Bunty and Babla his lead actors always get into fight for lead role and flirting with the Heroine.Tanjea offers the troupe to perform in London but the lead actress runs away as usual due to fight between Bunty and Babla.Champak Seth tells them the one who first gets the Heroine will be the hero.Bunty meets Munni whose about to commit suicide ans gets her into the group.Bunty and Munni fall in love an after an accident she claims to be Nisha wife of Vikram Chauhan.When Vikram arrives a heart broken Bunty accepts the truth.But soon they they get the news that Nisha has committed suicide due to her suicidal tendencies.On the day of the big show Babla gets a shock to see Munni alive outside the theater when he tells Bunty and Champak Seth about it they got to look for her but eventually find dead body of Vikram.The trio hide the body and go to perform but the body falls down from the ceiling on the stage.Commissioner JD Mehra suspects the trio and gets them arrested.—alex.mjacko@gmail.com

Plot Keywords: slapstick comedy, amnesiac, amnesia, confusion, london england, murder mystery, on the run ...

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#20. Tightrope (1984)

Storyline: Wes Block (Clint Eastwood) is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women, that he rapes and murders. The killings are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.

Plot Keywords: murder mystery, female nudity, female rear nudity, nudity, police, jacuzzi, tattoo ...

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#21. The Undying Monster (1942)

Storyline: A werewolf prowls around at night but only kills certain members of one family. It seems like just a coincidence but the investigating Inspector soon finds out that this tradition has gone on for generations and tries to find a link between the werewolf and the family, leading to a frightening conclusion.—Graeme Huggan <hia95gh@sheffield.ac.uk>

Plot Keywords: howling, great dane, brother sister relationship, wales, stained glass window, secret room, supernatural power ...

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#22. Murder at 1600 (1997)

Storyline: A 25 year old female White House staffer, Carla Town, is murdered in the White House. D.C. homicide detective Regis is assigned to investigate, only to find evidence suppressed by the Secret Service. After suspecting a cover-up, Regis convinces Secret Service Agent Nina Chance to assist in uncovering the truth. The President's son Kyle Neil is a prime suspect, as he was having sex with Carla within an hour of her murder. While the investigation ensues, the President, Jack Neil, is holding meetings with top military personnel regarding North Korea's holding 23 U.S. military personnel hostage. Regis confronts top Secret Service Agent Spikings at his home shortly after Spikings returns with evidence leading to the murder. The home is attacked and Spikings is killed, but Regis makes it out alive with Agent Chance's assistance, and with the evidence tape. White House adviser Jordan presents false evidence to the President that his son killed Carla and forces the President to say he will ...

Plot Keywords: corruption, violence, blood, gunfight, showdown, tough guy, action hero ...

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#23. Death Rides a Horse (1969)

Storyline: A love triangle develops between three people who run a high tech chicken farm. It involves Anna (who owns the farm), her husband Marco (who kills prostitutes in his spare time) and Gabriella (the very beautiful secretary). Marco continues to kill as jealousy becomes more prevalent on the farm.—Count_Fistfuldollars

Plot Keywords: chicken, blonde, blackmail, murder mystery, surrealism, farm, psychopathic killer ...

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#24. Snake Eyes (1998)

Storyline: Ricky Santoro is a flamboyant and corrupt Atlantic City cop with a dream: become so well connected that he can become mayor. In lieu of that, he'll settle for keeping his comfortable lifestyle. On the night of the heavyweight boxing championship, Rick becomes mixed up in the assassination of the Secretary of Defense, an assassination involving his best friend. Becoming the investigating officer in the case, Rick soon uncovers a conspiracy to kill the Secretary and a mysterious woman in white. The conspiracy was shocking, but not half as shocking as the identity of its mastermind.

Plot Keywords: long take, corridor, woman in jeopardy, betrayal, contemporary setting, stalking, murder mystery ...

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#25. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009)

Storyline: High profile lawyer Mark Hunter has an impeccable record putting criminals behind bars and is a shoe-in for governor in the upcoming election. But when ambitious rookie journalist, C.J. Nicholas begins investigating Hunter for tampering with evidence to secure his convictions, the district attorney's perfect record is up for scrutiny. Commencing a risky game of cat and mouse with Hunter, C.J. frames himself as a murder suspect to catch the corrupt D.A. in the act. Romantically involved with C.J. but unaware of his assignment, assistant D.A. Ella Crystal becomes caught between her boss's political ambitions and C.J.'s dangerous expose. As mounting evidence stacks up against both men, Ella's own life becomes threatened when she discovers incriminating proof that puts the fate of both C.J's innocence and Hunter's reputation in her hands.

Plot Keywords: death of friend, sex on first date, violence, arrest, courtroom, courtroom drama, trial ...

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#26. Lady in Cement (1968)

Storyline: Tony Rome (Frank Sinatra) is a Miami based detective who while diving in the ocean finds the body of a young woman. He is hired by Waldo Gronsky (Dan Blocker) to find her killer. Tony has to sift through a stack of suspects, plus trying to elude the Police.—Kelly

Plot Keywords: go go dancer, shootout, hero, tough guy, boat, police detective, police officer ...

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#28. Killing Me Softly (2002)

Storyline: London website designer Alice was happy in a stable relationship with reliable, somewhat boring Jake, but quickly dumps him after falling in love at first sight and having wild sex with an overbearing hot hunk, even before she discovers it's the famous mountaineer Adam Tallis, a studly celebrity about whom a book is just being promoted. In no time they get married, despite anonymous warnings not to trust him. In Adam's presence she enjoys being his slavish sex-toy, but when alone at his place can't resist snooping into his past, thus finding out about women falling out of love with him and concluding her climbing rescuer is scarily, dangerously jealous, but she has no proof.

Plot Keywords: sex scene, foreplay, lust, fatal attraction, tied feet, sexual obsession, female nudity ...

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#29. The Happytime Murders (2018)

Storyline: A murder mystery set in a world where humans and puppets co-exist, but puppets are viewed as second-class citizens. When the puppet cast of an '90s children's TV show begins to get murdered one by one, a former cop, who has since become a private eye, takes on the case.

Plot Keywords: wisecrack humor, framed for murder, greed, private detective, junkie, pervert, racism ...

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#30. The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)

Storyline: Near a small Utah town, visiting lawyer David Hewson finds the slashed body of party girl Marcia Morgan, his fellow tenant at Parry Lodge. Sheriff Jess Holmes considers everyone at the motel a suspect, even owner Edmund Parry, a woman hater who is quadriplegic...or is he? While Holmes investigates and the suspects try to hide mutual fears, the killer strikes again...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: serial murder, knife, dancing, bartender, b movie, wheelchair, swimming pool ...

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