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Mystery

Plot guides, ending explanations, cast breakdowns and "movies like" recommendations for every mystery film in our archive — across the full range of subgenres.

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Five mystery guides our editors point readers to first.
● Editor's pick · Thriller

Don't Worry Darling

2022 · United States of America · 2h 03m · Science Fiction / Mystery

Alice and Jack are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their…

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Get Out

2017 · United States of America · 1h 44m · Mystery / Thriller

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

2022 · United States of America · 2h 20m · Comedy / Crime

Knock at the Cabin

2023 · United States of America · 1h 40m · Horror / Mystery

Oldboy

2003 · South Korea · 2h 00m · Drama / Thriller
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All mystery guides

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Don't Worry Darling

2022 · United States of America · 2h 03m · Science Fiction / Mystery

Get Out

2017 · United States of America · 1h 44m · Mystery / Thriller

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

2022 · United States of America · 2h 20m · Comedy / Crime

Knock at the Cabin

2023 · United States of America · 1h 40m · Horror / Mystery

Oldboy

2003 · South Korea · 2h 00m · Drama / Thriller

The Housemaid

2025 · United States of America · 2h 11m · Mystery / Thriller

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017 · United Kingdom · 2h 01m · Drama / Thriller

The Woman in Cabin 10

2025 · United Kingdom · 1h 35m · Mystery / Thriller

When the Phone Rings

2024 · South Korea · 1h 10m · Drama / Mystery

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022 · United States of America · 2h 06m · Drama / Mystery
● About this genre

What we mean by "mystery"

Mystery is the genre of withheld information. We file as mystery when the audience is in the same fog as the protagonist and the unspooling of what is true is the structural pleasure of the film.

This index overlaps heavily with thriller, crime, and noir. We cross-link rather than duplicate.

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