The best mystery movies of all time

TOPICAL scores 412 films listed as mystery; here are the top 250, best first. The top three are Citizen Kane (1941), L.A. Confidential (1997), Chinatown (1974). A film can be in more than one genre. The last column is each film's rank among all 6,624 films.

Rank	Film	Year	Score	All-time rank
1	Citizen Kane	1941	95.7	23
2	L.A. Confidential	1997	94.7	33
3	Chinatown	1974	94.1	39
4	Rear Window	1954	93.9	42
5	Psycho	1960	93.5	47
6	The Third Man	1949	91.7	73
7	Rebecca	1940	91.4	78
8	All the President's Men	1976	91.3	79
9	Rashomon	1950	90.1	100
10	2001: A Space Odyssey	1968	89.5	111
11	Memento	2000	88.3	134
12	Vertigo	1958	88.0	141
13	Oldboy	2003	87.6	150
14	The Maltese Falcon	1941	87.2	158
15	Mystic River	2003	87.1	162
16	The Conversation	1974	86.4	176
17	Arrival	2016	85.9	190
18	Fanny and Alexander	1982	85.7	194
19	In the Heat of the Night	1967	85.5	198
20	Get Out	2017	85.4	202
21	Anatomy of a Murder	1959	85.1	209
22	Gaslight	1944	83.6	249
23	Witness for the Prosecution	1957	83.1	261
24	Solaris	1972	83.0	266
25	Three Colors: Red	1994	82.7	273
26	The Prestige	2006	82.7	275
27	The Bourne Ultimatum	2007	81.9	297
28	Se7en	1995	81.4	313
29	The Sixth Sense	1999	80.8	331
30	Anatomy of a Fall	2023	79.8	361
31	Shutter Island	2010	78.8	396
32	Incendies	2010	78.3	414
33	Mulholland Drive	2001	77.7	432
34	Shadow of a Doubt	1943	77.7	434
35	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	2011	77.6	438
36	Twelve Monkeys	1995	77.5	441
37	Gone Girl	2014	77.4	446
38	Blue Velvet	1986	77.0	459
39	Laura	1944	76.9	461
40	Mississippi Burning	1988	76.8	467
41	Glengarry Glen Ross	1992	76.1	490
42	Charade	1963	75.8	504
43	It Was Just an Accident	2025	74.6	548
44	The Big Sleep	1946	74.1	569
45	High and Low	1963	73.4	597
46	The White Ribbon	2009	73.4	599
47	Ugetsu	1953	73.3	601
48	Bad Day at Black Rock	1955	73.2	604
49	The Others	2001	73.2	606
50	The Thin Man	1934	72.8	624
51	The Secret in Their Eyes	2009	72.6	631
52	Spellbound	1945	71.9	658
53	Missing	1982	71.5	675
54	Zodiac	2007	71.5	677
55	The Return	2003	70.9	702
56	Contact	1997	70.7	711
57	Gosford Park	2001	70.5	720
58	Knives Out	2019	70.4	727
59	Donnie Darko	2001	70.3	730
60	The Killers	1946	70.0	742
61	Blow-Up	1966	69.3	774
62	The Hateful Eight	2015	69.3	776
63	The Skin I Live In	2011	68.9	795
64	Eastern Promises	2007	68.7	801
65	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	2011	68.4	816
66	The Thing	1982	68.0	837
67	Murder on the Orient Express	1974	67.8	846
68	To Catch a Thief	1955	67.7	848
69	Winter's Bone	2010	67.5	857
70	Diabolique	1954	66.7	899
71	Bugsy	1991	65.5	958
72	The Player	1992	65.5	959
73	Zootopia 2	2025	65.3	968
74	Caché	2005	65.0	984
75	Suspicion	1941	64.9	987
76	Sleuth	1972	64.1	1,029
77	Broken Flowers	2005	63.4	1,066
78	Three Days of the Condor	1975	63.2	1,079
79	Gone Baby Gone	2007	61.2	1,185
80	The Constant Gardener	2005	61.0	1,198
81	Alphaville	1965	60.9	1,203
82	In a Lonely Place	1950	60.9	1,204
83	Dark City	1998	60.8	1,208
84	Sherlock Holmes	2009	60.2	1,243
85	Suddenly, Last Summer	1959	60.1	1,250
86	Eyes Wide Shut	1999	60.0	1,252
87	Scream	1996	59.9	1,256
88	The Game	1997	59.8	1,262
89	The Snake Pit	1948	59.7	1,269
90	Amistad	1997	59.4	1,286
91	Changeling	2008	59.3	1,295
92	The Lady Vanishes	1938	59.2	1,298
93	The Devil's Advocate	1997	59.0	1,309
94	Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte	1964	58.8	1,324
95	The Long Goodbye	1973	58.6	1,333
96	The Name of the Rose	1986	58.5	1,337
97	The Batman	2022	58.0	1,369
98	Sleepy Hollow	1999	57.4	1,402
99	The Passenger	1975	57.4	1,404
100	The Bourne Identity	2002	56.6	1,451
101	Hereditary	2018	56.2	1,478
102	The Hospital	1971	56.1	1,486
103	The Naked City	1948	55.8	1,502
104	A Letter to Three Wives	1949	55.6	1,512
105	Foreign Correspondent	1940	55.5	1,521
106	The Man Who Knew Too Much	1956	55.3	1,535
107	Prometheus	2012	54.9	1,561
108	Wind River	2017	54.6	1,577
109	The Ghost Writer	2010	54.5	1,581
110	[REC]	2007	54.5	1,582
111	Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery	2022	54.4	1,588
112	The Killing of a Sacred Deer	2017	54.1	1,607
113	Unbreakable	2000	53.8	1,626
114	In the Line of Fire	1993	53.6	1,642
115	Pi	1998	53.4	1,653
116	The Lady from Shanghai	1947	53.4	1,656
117	Angel Heart	1987	53.3	1,662
118	Death on the Nile	1978	53.2	1,666
119	Picnic at Hanging Rock	1975	53.0	1,681
120	Source Code	2011	52.9	1,683
121	Suspiria	1977	52.3	1,722
122	The Witch	2015	52.2	1,734
123	The 39 Steps	1935	52.1	1,736
124	L'Avventura	1960	51.4	1,788
125	The Tenant	1976	51.3	1,792
126	Manhattan Murder Mystery	1993	50.9	1,816
127	Three Colors: White	1994	50.9	1,821
128	Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery	2025	50.7	1,829
129	The Adventures of Tintin	2011	50.7	1,832
130	8 Women	2002	50.2	1,868
131	The Invisible Guest	2016	49.7	1,899
132	Stray Dog	1949	49.6	1,909
133	Lost Highway	1997	48.6	1,974
134	The Score	2001	48.3	1,997
135	Us	2019	48.1	2,014
136	The Boys from Brazil	1978	47.8	2,035
137	The Firm	1993	47.7	2,039
138	Limitless	2011	47.4	2,061
139	Lucky Number Slevin	2006	47.4	2,064
140	It Follows	2014	47.2	2,073
141	Weapons	2025	47.0	2,087
142	Enola Holmes	2020	46.9	2,094
143	Inherent Vice	2014	46.8	2,101
144	A Soldier's Story	1984	46.7	2,111
145	Crossfire	1947	46.7	2,112
146	After the Thin Man	1936	46.6	2,115
147	Midsommar	2019	46.3	2,140
148	In the Valley of Elah	2007	45.7	2,187
149	The Great Mouse Detective	1986	45.5	2,197
150	The Cabin in the Woods	2012	45.2	2,219
151	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	2005	44.7	2,260
152	Music Box	1989	44.3	2,284
153	Dark Passage	1947	44.3	2,290
154	Basic Instinct	1992	44.1	2,305
155	In the House	2012	43.9	2,315
156	Cocoon	1985	43.5	2,344
157	Videodrome	1983	43.4	2,355
158	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	2011	43.2	2,369
159	The Client	1994	43.2	2,371
160	Portrait of Jennie	1948	43.1	2,377
161	Batman: Mask of the Phantasm	1993	42.5	2,425
162	The Red Violin	1998	42.2	2,449
163	The Secret of NIMH	1982	42.1	2,451
164	Soylent Green	1973	42.0	2,461
165	Kiss Me Deadly	1955	41.9	2,467
166	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me	1992	41.8	2,474
167	Final Destination Bloodlines	2025	41.5	2,502
168	Inland Empire	2006	41.2	2,526
169	Lone Star	1996	41.0	2,540
170	The Manchurian Candidate	2004	40.8	2,558
171	Marnie	1964	40.7	2,562
172	Watchmen	2009	40.7	2,566
173	Shock Corridor	1963	40.5	2,576
174	High Plains Drifter	1973	40.3	2,596
175	K-PAX	2001	40.0	2,617
176	The Ring	2002	39.7	2,645
177	The Blair Witch Project	1999	39.6	2,650
178	Cat People	1942	39.6	2,651
179	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	2009	39.5	2,658
180	Six Degrees of Separation	1993	39.5	2,659
181	Barbarian	2022	39.4	2,663
182	Hail, Caesar!	2016	39.4	2,669
183	A Shot in the Dark	1964	39.3	2,673
184	The Trouble with Harry	1955	39.2	2,685
185	The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog	1927	38.9	2,703
186	1408	2007	38.9	2,705
187	Last Night in Soho	2021	38.8	2,713
188	The Past	2013	38.4	2,743
189	Saw	2003	38.2	2,763
190	The Da Vinci Code	2006	38.1	2,767
191	Super 8	2011	38.1	2,770
192	The Saragossa Manuscript	1965	37.9	2,790
193	Sorry, Wrong Number	1948	37.8	2,791
194	Cube	1997	37.8	2,793
195	Game Night	2018	37.5	2,821
196	Let Me In	2010	37.2	2,847
197	Murder on the Orient Express	2017	37.1	2,849
198	Angels & Demons	2009	36.9	2,869
199	Sinister	2012	36.7	2,888
200	Murder by Death	1976	36.6	2,893
201	Kings Row	1942	36.5	2,901
202	Oblivion	2013	36.4	2,909
203	Backrooms	2026	36.3	2,916
204	The Village	2004	36.1	2,939
205	Enemy	2013	35.9	2,953
206	Farewell, My Lovely	1975	35.6	2,979
207	Smile	2022	35.4	2,993
208	I'm Thinking of Ending Things	2020	35.4	2,994
209	The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It	2021	35.3	2,999
210	Day of the Dead	1985	34.4	3,078
211	The Housemaid	2025	34.4	3,080
212	Mr. Holmes	2015	34.2	3,100
213	The Paradine Case	1947	34.1	3,108
214	Vanilla Sky	2001	34.0	3,109
215	The Maze Runner	2014	33.7	3,135
216	12	2007	33.6	3,143
217	Non-Stop	2014	33.5	3,155
218	Identity	2003	33.3	3,177
219	Presumed Innocent	1990	33.1	3,188
220	Dressed to Kill	1980	32.8	3,216
221	The Spiral Staircase	1946	32.3	3,256
222	Crimson Peak	2015	32.1	3,280
223	Courage Under Fire	1996	31.9	3,292
224	The Hound of the Baskervilles	1959	31.7	3,316
225	Salt	2010	31.2	3,356
226	Suspiria	2018	31.1	3,362
227	D.O.A.	1950	31.0	3,373
228	The Seven-Per-Cent Solution	1976	31.0	3,379
229	The Return of the Pink Panther	1975	30.9	3,381
230	Equus	1977	30.7	3,405
231	Saw X	2023	30.4	3,427
232	Happy Death Day	2017	30.2	3,444
233	Longlegs	2024	30.2	3,450
234	Red Eye	2005	29.7	3,491
235	Young and Innocent	1937	29.7	3,492
236	Black Christmas	1974	29.6	3,497
237	Uncharted	2022	29.2	3,532
238	Scream	2022	29.1	3,547
239	Theorem	1968	29.0	3,558
240	Young Sherlock Holmes	1985	28.8	3,569
241	Obsession	1976	28.5	3,597
242	My Cousin Rachel	1952	28.5	3,604
243	Unknown	2011	28.4	3,610
244	Paranormal Activity	2007	28.4	3,612
245	Copycat	1995	28.3	3,615
246	The Late Show	1977	28.0	3,646
247	From Hell	2001	27.6	3,682
248	Disturbia	2007	27.4	3,701
249	Frantic	1988	26.9	3,746
250	The Uninvited	1944	26.9	3,752