30 Murder Mystery Movies to Watch for Clues, Twists, and Dark Secrets
A murder mystery movie list built around detectives, locked-room puzzles, serial killers, family secrets, and twisty investigations. Browse ratings, trailers, cast, and where-to-watch data.
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Se7en
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.
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2Movie
Zodiac
Over the course of a decade, editors of the San Francisco Chronicle entice themselves in the murders of the Zodiac Killer. However, as time runs its course, interest in the case dwindles in the eyes of the professionals. The Killer stops interacting with the public. However, believing he has the answers, an amateur cartoonist from the initial sightings races against time to prevent what he believes is another murder.
3Movie
Memories of Murder
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
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4MovieKnives Out
2019★ 7.8
5MovieGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022★ 7.0
6MovieMurder on the Orient Express
2017★ 6.7
7MovieDeath on the Nile
2022★ 6.4
8MovieThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011★ 7.4
9MovieGone Girl
2014★ 7.9
10MoviePrisoners
2013★ 8.1
11MovieMystic River
2003★ 7.7
12MovieThe Silence of the Lambs
1991★ 8.3
13MovieThe Bone Collector
1999★ 6.8
14MovieL.A. Confidential
1997★ 7.8
15MovieMemento
2000★ 8.2
16MovieInsomnia
2002★ 7.0
17MovieThe Departed
2006★ 8.2
18MovieWind River
2017★ 7.4
19MovieThe Pale Blue Eye
2022★ 6.8
20MovieDecision to Leave
2022★ 7.3
21MovieCure
1997★ 7.6
22MovieThe Chaser
2008★ 7.8
23MovieI Saw the Devil
2010★ 7.8
24MovieThe Secret in Their Eyes
2009★ 8.0
25MovieAnatomy of a Fall
2023★ 7.5
26MovieThe Batman
2022★ 7.7
27MovieCopycat
1995★ 6.5
28MovieKiss the Girls
1997★ 6.5
29MovieFracture
2007★ 7.3
30MovieThe Girl on the Train
2016★ 6.4
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A murder mystery movie list built around detectives, locked-room puzzles, serial killers, family secrets, and twisty investigations. Browse ratings, trailers, cast, and where-to-watch data.
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