Rank#1 Mystery · full list
All 1,634 Ranked Mystery Movies, Best First
1,634 of the 10,469 mystery films on the site are ranked, and this list starts with the best: Rear Window (1954), then Vertigo (1958). Filter by decade, year, language, box office or plot summary; the list updates as you choose.
- mystery films on the site
- 10,469
- ranked by score
- 1,634
- worldwide gross of 2,438 films
- $75.2B
- with a plot summary
- 3,150
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Ranked by Echo Score; 974 of these 1,634 films have none (released before 2017, when Echo Scores start) and are ranked by a blend of their Metascore and IMDb/Letterboxd user ratings. 1,634 of the 10,469 mystery films are ranked. Switch the sort to see the newest releases, the biggest box office hits or every film from A to Z.
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The Full Mystery List: Questions & Answers
How the 1,634 ranked mystery films on this list are ordered, why the other 8,835 are not ranked and how to narrow the list down.
How is the full list of mystery movies ranked?
Best first. Ranked by Echo Score; 974 of these 1,634 films have none (released before 2017, when Echo Scores start) and are ranked by a blend of their Metascore and IMDb/Letterboxd user ratings. Rear Window (1954) is #1, ahead of Vertigo (1958). A film is ranked when it runs at least an hour and has a score, box office, an award nomination or enough votes.
The mystery ranking Why are only 1,634 of the 10,469 mystery films ranked?
A film is ranked when it runs at least an hour and has a score, box office, an award nomination or enough votes; shorts, films with too few ratings and re-release records stay off the ranking, which leaves 8,835 mystery films unranked. They are still on the site: sort the list by newest, oldest or title A–Z to reach them.
How do I filter mystery movies by decade or language?
Use the filters above the list: a decade or year, an original language, or only films with a plot summary, the ending explained or an after-credits scene; the sort switches between rating, release date, box office, budget and title. The 2010s have the most ranked mystery films (497), then the 2020s (442). Outside English, Japanese (870 films) and Spanish (417 films) have the most mystery films.
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