Greatest Mystery/Thriller Movies Of All Time

Identity (2003)

    7.3/10  

Stranded at a desolate Nevada motel during a nasty rain-storm, ten strangers become acquainted with each other when they realize that they're being killed off one by one. (90 mins.)

Director: James Mangold

Stars: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, John Hawkes

 

2.

Fight Club (1999)

    8.9/10  

An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life, crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker, forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more... (139 mins.)

Director: David Fincher

Stars: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier

 

3.

Se7en (1995)

    8.6/10  

Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi. (127 mins.)

Director: David Fincher

Stars: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Andrew Kevin Walker

 

4.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

    8.6/10  

A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims. (118 mins.)

Director: Jonathan Demme

Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Lawrence A. Bonney, Kasi Lemmons

 

5.

Red Dragon (2002)

    7.2/10  

A retired FBI agent with psychological gifts is assigned to help track down "The Tooth Fairy", a mysterious serial killer; aiding him is imprisoned criminal genius Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter. (124 mins.)

Director: Brett Ratner

Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel

 

6.

The Sixth Sense (1999)

    8.1/10  

A boy who communicates with spirits that don't know they're dead seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist. (107 mins.)

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Stars: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams

 

7.

Unbreakable (2000)

    7.2/10  

A man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident. (106 mins.)

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Stars: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright, Spencer Treat Clark

 

8.

Cape Fear (1991)

    7.3/10  

A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him. (128 mins.)

Director: Martin Scorsese

Stars: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis

 

9.

Cruising (1980)

    6.4/10  

A police detective goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men. (102 mins.)

Director: William Friedkin

Stars: Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, Richard Cox

 

10.

Fallen (1998)

    7.0/10  

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style. (124 mins.)

Director: Gregory Hoblit

Stars: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, Embeth Davidtz

 

11.

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

    6.6/10  

In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes. (129 mins.)

Director: Jonathan Demme

Stars: Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Kimberly Elise

 

12.

8MM (1999)

    6.5/10  

A private investigator is hired to discover if a "snuff film" is authentic or not. (123 mins.)

Director: Joel Schumacher

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Peter Stormare

 

13.

The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

    6.5/10  

A reporter is drawn to a small West Virginia town to investigate a series of strange events, including psychic visions and the appearance of bizarre entities. (119 mins.)

Director: Mark Pellington

Stars: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, David Eigenberg, Bob Tracey

 

14.

Secret Window (2004)

    6.6/10  

A writer is accused for plagiarism by a strange man, who then starts haunting him for "justice." (96 mins.)

Director: David Koepp

Stars: Johnny Depp, Maria Bello, John Turturro, Timothy Hutton

 

15.

Shutter Island (2010)

    8.1/10  

A U.S Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane. (138 mins.)

Director: Martin Scorsese

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley

 

16.

The Number 23 (2007)

    6.4/10  

Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him. As his obsession increases, more and more similarities seem to arise. (101 mins.)

Director: Joel Schumacher

Stars: Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Logan Lerman, Danny Huston

 

17.

The Game (1997)

    7.8/10  

Wealthy San Francisco financier Nicholas Van Orton gets a strange birthday present from wayward brother Conrad: a live-action game that consumes his life. (129 mins.)

Director: David Fincher

Stars: Michael Douglas, Deborah Kara Unger, Sean Penn, James Rebhorn

 

18.

The Devil's Advocate (1997)

    7.5/10  

An exceptionally adept Florida lawyer is offered a job to work in New York City for a high-end law firm with a high-end boss - the biggest opportunity of his career to date. (144 mins.)

Director: Taylor Hackford

Stars: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones

 

19.

Color of Night (1994)

    5.1/10  

A color-blind psychiatrist Bill Capa is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend's therapy group, all of whom have a connection to a mysterious young woman that Capa begins having intense sexual encounters with. (121 mins.)

Director: Richard Rush

Stars: Bruce Willis, Jane March, Rubén Blades, Lesley Ann Warren

 

20.

Final Analysis (1992)

    5.8/10  

A psychiatrist (Gere) has an affair with his patient's sister (Basinger) who is married to a Greek mobster (Roberts)... (124 mins.)

Director: Phil Joanou

Stars: Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, Eric Roberts