Movies by Lists - Best Twist Endings (144 [144]) 
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| 12 MonkeysIn a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet. | 1995 | Terry Gilliam (*) | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.0 (603.2K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| 2001 A Space Odyssey The Monoliths push humanity to reach for the stars; after their discovery in Africa generations ago, the mysterious objects lead mankind on an awesome journey to Jupiter, with the help of H.A.L. 9000: the world's greatest supercomput | 1968 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Adventure, Sci-Fi | 8.3 (642.5K votes) | 149 | 20211228 |
| American BeautyA sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend. | 1999 | Sam Mendes | Drama | 8.3 (1.1M votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| American PsychoA wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies. | 2000 | Mary Harron | Crime, Drama, Horror | 7.6 (546.6K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Angel HeartA private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn. | 1987 | Alan Parker | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (85.8K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| AnnihilationA biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply. | 2018 | Alex Garland | Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.8 (305.3K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| ArrivalA linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world. | 2016 | Denis Villeneuve (*) | Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.9 (656.6K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Barton FinkA renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood. | 1991 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Comedy, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (118.7K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Beautiful Mind, AAfter John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish. | 2001 | Ron Howard | Biography, Drama | 8.2 (897.8K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Before The Devil Knows You're DeadWhen two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother's wife hurtling towards a shattering climax. | 2007 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (101.9K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Best Offer, The [La migliore offerta]A lonely art expert working for a mysterious and reclusive heiress finds not only her art worth examining. | 2013 | Giuseppe Tornatore (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance | 7.8 (115.4K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| BirdmanA washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production. | 2014 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Comedy, Drama | 7.7 (610.3K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Body, The [El Cuerpo]A detective searches for the body of a femme fatale which has gone missing from a morgue. | 2012 | Oriol Paulo | Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (63.3K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| BuriedPaul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death | 2010 | Rodrigo Cortés | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (158.8K votes) | 95 | 20220414 |
| Burning [Beoning]Jong-su bumps into a girl who used to live in the same neighborhood, who asks him to look after her cat while she's on a trip to Africa. When back, she introduces Ben, a mysterious guy she met there, who confesses his secret hobby. | 2018 | Lee Chang-dong (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (63.8K votes) | 148 | 20220822 |
| Butterfly Effect, TheEvan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal. | 2004 | Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.6 (474.4K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Cabin in the WoodsFive friends go for a break at a remote cabin, where they get more than they bargained for, discovering the truth behind the cabin in the woods. | 2011 | Drew Goddard | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (401.1K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| ChangelingGrief-stricken mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) takes on the L.A.P.D. to her own detriment when it tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child. | 2008 | Clint Eastwood (*) | Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller | 7.7 (250.1K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| Chaser, The [Chugyeogja]A disgraced ex-policeman who runs a small ring of prostitutes finds himself in a race against time when one of his women goes missing. | 2008 | Na Hong-jin | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.8 (63.8K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| ChinatownA private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder. | 1974 | Roman Polanski (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.2 (315K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| ConfessionsA psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death. | 2010 | Tetsuya Nakashima | Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (38.1K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| CubeSix complete strangers with widely varying personalities are involuntarily placed in an endless maze containing deadly traps. | 1997 | Vincenzo Natali | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (224.2K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Departed, TheAn undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston. | 2006 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.5 (1.3M votes) | 151 | 20211228 |
| Diaboliques, LesThe wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi. | 1955 | Henri-Georges Clouzot (*) | Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (64.7K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Dial M For MurderA former tennis player tries to arrange his wife's murder after learning of her affair. | 1954 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Crime, Thriller | 8.2 (169.9K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Divorce, Italian StyleA married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife. | 1961 | Pietro Germi | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 8.0 (12.5K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| DogvilleA woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price. | 2003 | Lars von Trier (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.0 (145.4K votes) | 178 | 20211228 |
| Donnie DarkoAfter narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes. | 2001 | Richard Kelly | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.0 (774.8K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| EnemyA man seeks out his exact look-alike after spotting him in a movie. | 2013 | Denis Villeneuve (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (184.7K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless MindWhen their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories. | 2004 | Michel Gondry | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi | 8.3 (966.2K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| ExamEight candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a final test with just one seemingly simple question. However, it doesn't take long for confusion to ensue and tensions to unravel. | 2009 | Stuart Hazeldine | Mystery, Thriller | 6.8 (111.5K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Experiment, The [Das Experiment]For two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison. The "prisoners" have to follow seemingly mild rules, and the "guards" are told to retain order without using physical violence. | 2001 | Oliver Hirschbiegel (*) | Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (93K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Exterminating Angel, TheThe guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave. | 1962 | Luis Buñuel (*) | Drama, Fantasy | 8.1 (32.4K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Face of Another, TheA businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality. | 1966 | Hiroshi Teshigahara | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (8.6K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Fight ClubAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more. | 1999 | David Fincher (*) | Drama | 8.8 (2M votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| FollowingA young writer who follows strangers for material meets a thief who takes him under his wing. | 1998 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (91.4K votes) | 69 | 20211228 |
| FractureAn attorney intending on climbing the career ladder toward success finds an unlikely opponent in a manipulative criminal he is trying to prosecute. | 2007 | Gregory Hoblit | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.2 (199.8K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Gentlemen, TheAn American expat tries to sell off his highly profitable marijuana empire in London, triggering plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him. | 2019 | Guy Ritchie (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime | 7.8 (291.6K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Gift, TheA married couple, Simon and Robyn, run into Gordo, an old classmate. Things take a turn when Gordo begins to drop in unannounced at their house and inundates them with mysterious gifts. | 2015 | Joel Edgerton | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (150.1K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Glass Onion Famed Southern detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece for his latest case. | 2022 | Rian Johnson | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (128.4K votes) | 139 | 20221228 |
| Gone Baby GoneTwo Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally. | 2007 | Ben Affleck | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (266.6K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Gone GirlWith his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent. | 2014 | David Fincher (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (932.2K votes) | 149 | 20211228 |
| Grilling, The [Garde a vue]A police inspector, suspecting an attorney of two child sex murders, has him held for a questioning session that goes on for hours. | 1981 | Claude Miller | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (4.6K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Guilty, The [Den skyldige]A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman. | 2018 | Gustav Möller | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (55.5K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Happy as Lazzaro [Lazzaro felice]An unceasingly kind Italian peasant and his family are blatantly exploited by a tobacco baroness. | 2018 | Alice Rohrwacher | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery | 7.5 (18.2K votes) | 128 | 20220806 |
| Hard CandyHayley's a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff's a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff's place. Jeff thinks it's his lucky night. He's in for a surpri | 2005 | David Slade | Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (158.9K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| HeadhuntersAn accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary. | 2011 | Morten Tyldum | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.5 (100.5K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| High Plains DrifterA gun-fighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago and is hired to bring the townsfolk together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way. | 1973 | Clint Eastwood (*) | Drama, Mystery, Western | 7.5 (53.7K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Hole, The [Le Trou]Distrust and uncertainty arise when four long-term inmates cautiously induct a new prisoner into their elaborate prison-break scheme. | 1960 | Jacques Becker (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.5 (17.2K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| Holy Mountain, TheIn a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment. | 1973 | Alejandro Jodorowsky (*) | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 7.9 (41.2K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| I Saw The DevilA secret agent exacts revenge on a serial killer through a series of captures and releases. | 2010 | Jee-woon Kim (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 7.8 (123.5K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| I Stand AloneA horse meat butcher's life and mind begins to break down as he lashes out against various factions of society while attempting to reconnect with his estranged daughter. | 1998 | Gaspar Noé (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.4 (22.9K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| IdentityStranded 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. | 2003 | James Mangold | Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (239.7K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Illusionist, TheIn turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing. | 2006 | Neil Burger | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 7.6 (366.1K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Imposter, TheA documentary centered on a young man in Spain who claims to a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who has been missing for 3 years. | 2012 | Bart Layton | Documentary, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (49.4K votes) | 99 | 20230806 |
| IncendiesTwins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes. | 2010 | Denis Villeneuve (*) | Drama, Mystery, War | 8.3 (167.8K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| InceptionA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster. | 2010 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.8 (2.2M votes) | 148 | 20211228 |
| Infernal AffairsA story between a mole in the police department and an undercover cop. Their objectives are the same: to find out who is the mole, and who is the cop. | 2002 | Andrew Lau, Alan Mak | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.0 (122.5K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Inside ManA police detective, a bank robber, and a high-power broker enter high-stakes negotiations after the criminal's brilliant heist spirals into a hostage situation. | 2006 | Spike Lee (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (361.2K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Invisible Guest, The [Contratiempo]A successful entrepreneur accused of murder and a witness preparation expert have less than three hours to come up with an impregnable defense. | 2016 | Oriol Paulo | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (165.9K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Jacob's LadderMourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of de | 1990 | Adrian Lyne (*) | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 7.5 (104.6K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| JokerIn Gotham City, mentally troubled comedian Arthur Fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society. He then embarks on a downward spiral of revolution and bloody crime. This path brings him face-to-face with his alter-ego: the Joker. | 2019 | Todd Phillips (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.4 (1.1M votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Kiss Me DeadlyA doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious "great whatsit". | 1955 | Robert Aldrich (*) | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.6 (20K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Knives OutA detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family. | 2019 | Rian Johnson | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (561.3K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| K-PAXPROT is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a faraway planet named K-PAX. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations. | 2001 | Unknown | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 7.4 (180.6K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Kwaidan [Kaidan]A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes. | 1964 | Masaki Kobayashi | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 8.0 (17K votes) | 183 | 20211228 |
| L.A. ConfidentialAs corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice. | 1997 | Curtis Hanson (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.2 (563.7K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| La CeremonieA newly hired maid for a rich countryside family befriends a post-office clerk who encourages her to rebel against her employers. | 1995 | Claude Chabrol (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (11.4K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Last Night in SohoAn aspiring fashion designer is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer. But the glamour is not all it appears to be and the dreams of the past start to crack and splinter into something da | 2021 | Edgar Wright | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (64.8K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Layer CakeA successful cocaine dealer gets two tough assignments from his boss on the eve of his planned early retirement. | 2004 | Matthew Vaughn | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (176.3K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Life of David Gale, TheA man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row. | 2003 | Alan Parker | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (118K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Lobster, TheIn a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods. | 2015 | Yorgos Lanthimos (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.1 (246.7K votes) | 119 | 20220414 |
| Lock, Stock And Two Smoking BarrelsEddy persuades his three pals to pool money for a vital poker game against a powerful local mobster, Hatchet Harry. Eddy loses, after which Harry gives him a week to pay back 500,000 pounds. | 1998 | Guy Ritchie (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime | 8.2 (564.7K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Look Who's Back [Er Ist Wieder Da]Adolf Hitler wakes up in the 21st century. He quickly gains media attention, but while Germany finds him hilarious and charming, Hitler makes some serious observations about society. | 2015 | David Wnendt | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | 7.1 (44.3K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Lucky Number SlevinA case of mistaken identity lands Slevin into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses. Under constant surveillance by Detective Brikowski and assassin Goodkat, he must get them before they get h | 2006 | Paul McGuigan | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (308.4K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Machinist, TheAn industrial worker who hasn't slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity. | 2004 | Brad Anderson | Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (377.2K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| MagnoliaAn epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley. | 1999 | Paul Thomas Anderson (*) | Drama | 8.0 (304.5K votes) | 188 | 20211228 |
| Man From Earth, TheAn impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he has a longer and stranger past than they can imagine. | 2007 | Richard Schenkman | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 7.9 (183.1K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Man Who Will Come, The [L'uomo che verrà]Winter 1943. Martina is small child, who stopped talking since the death of her infant brother some years before. She lives in a rural area of central Italy. Her mother is pregnant again and Martina lives for the arrival of her new b | 2009 | Giorgio Diritti | Drama, War | 7.5 (1.7K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Manon of the SpringA beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father's land caused his death years earlier. | 1986 | Claude Berri | Drama | 8.0 (21.9K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Matchstick MenA phobic con artist and his protégé are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the former's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly. | 2003 | Ridley Scott (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (128.9K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| MementoA man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer. | 2000 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (1.2M votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Memories of Murder [Salinui chueok]In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit. | 2003 | Bong Joon Ho (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (166.8K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| Menu, TheA young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises. | 2022 | Mark Mylod | Comedy, Horror, Thriller | 7.2 (181K votes) | 107 | 20230126 |
| Minority ReportIn a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes, an officer from that unit is himself accused of a future murder. | 2002 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.6 (534.8K votes) | 145 | 20211228 |
| Mist, TheA freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives. | 2007 | Frank Darabont (*) | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.1 (296.1K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| MoonAstronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our | 2009 | Duncan Jones | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (350K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Mother!A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence. | 2017 | Darren Aronofsky (*) | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 6.6 (211.9K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Mr. NobodyA boy stands on a station platform as a train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? Infinite possibilities arise from this decision. As long as he doesn't choose, anything is possible. | 2009 | Jaco Van Dormael | Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (227.6K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| Mulholland DrAfter a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality. | 2001 | David Lynch (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (343.7K votes) | 147 | 20211228 |
| Mysterious SkinA teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth. | 2004 | Gregg Araki | Drama | 7.6 (68.2K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Mystic RiverThe lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy. | 2003 | Clint Eastwood (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (444.2K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| NightcrawlerWhen Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. | 2014 | Dan Gilroy | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.8 (510.4K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Nightmare AlleyAn ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is. | 2021 | Guillermo del Toro (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (81.7K votes) | 150 | 20220315 |
| Nine Queens [Nueve reinas]Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens"). | 2000 | Fabián Bielinsky | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.9 (52K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Now You See MeAn F.B.I. Agent and an Interpol Detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances, and reward their audiences with the money. | 2013 | Louis Leterrier | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (632.9K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| OldboyAfter being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days. | 2003 | Park Chan-wook (*) | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (553.3K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Once Upon a Time ... in HollywoodA faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles. | 2019 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.6 (659.7K votes) | 161 | 20211228 |
| One Flew Over the Cuckoos NestA criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients. | 1975 | Milos Forman (*) | Drama | 8.7 (970.7K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| OrdetFollows the lives of the Borgen family, as they deal with inner conflict, as well as religious conflict with each other, and the rest of the town. | 1955 | Carl Theodor Dreyer (*) | Drama | 8.3 (15.3K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Orphanage, The [El orfanato]A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend. | 2007 | J.A. Bayona | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.4 (152.6K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Pain and Glory [Dolor y gloria]A film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as the past and present come crashing down around him. | 2019 | Pedro Almodóvar (*) | Drama | 7.5 (55K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Parasite [Gisaengchung]Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan. | 2019 | Bong Joon Ho (*) | Comedy, Drama, Thriller | 8.6 (700.6K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| Perfume-The Story of a MurdererJean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent. | 2006 | Tom Tykwer | Crime, Drama, Fantasy | 7.5 (244.2K votes) | 147 | 20211228 |
| Phone BoothPublicist Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle. Unable to leave or receive outside help, Stuart's negotiation with the caller leads to a jaw-dropping climax. | 2002 | Joel Schumacher | Crime, Thriller | 7.0 (262.2K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| PietaA loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother. | 2012 | Kim Ki-duk | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.2 (14.3K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Planet of the ApesAn astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved. | 1968 | Franklin J. Schaffner (*) | Adventure, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (175K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Point BlankAfter being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the money that was stolen from him. | 1967 | John Boorman (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (20.4K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| PredestinationFor his final assignment, a top temporal agent must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time. The chase turns into a unique, surprising and mind-bending exploration of love, fate, identity and time travel taboos. | 2014 | Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.5 (271.9K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Prestige, TheAfter a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other. | 2006 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.5 (1.3M votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Primal FearAn altar boy is accused of murdering a priest, and the truth is buried several layers deep. | 1996 | Gregory Hoblit | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.7 (205.1K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| PrisonersWhen Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. | 2013 | Denis Villeneuve (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (675K votes) | 153 | 20220414 |
| PsychoA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. | 1960 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 8.5 (643.8K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Pure Formality, A [Una pura formalita]Onoff is a famous writer who hasn't published any new books for quite some time and has become a recluse. When he is picked up by the police one stormy night, without any identification, out of breath and running madly, without clear | 1994 | Giuseppe Tornatore (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (11.4K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Red Rooms [Les chambres rouges]A model becomes obsessed with a high-profile murder trial. | 2023 | Pascal Plante | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.1 (1.2K votes) | 118 | 20231223 |
| Requiem for a DreamThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep. | 2000 | Darren Aronofsky (*) | Drama | 8.3 (809.2K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Reservoir DogsWhen a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant. | 1992 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.3 (976.6K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| SawTwo strangers awaken in a room with no recollection of how they got there, and soon discover they're pawns in a deadly game perpetrated by a notorious serial killer. | 2004 | James Wan | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (404.7K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Secret In Their Eyes, The [El secreto de sus ojos]A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later. | 2009 | Juan José Campanella (*) | Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 8.2 (205.7K votes) | 129 | 20220414 |
| SevenTwo detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives. | 1995 | David Fincher (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.6 (1.6M votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Shallow GraveThree friends discover their new flatmate dead but loaded with cash. | 1994 | Danny Boyle (*) | Crime, Thriller | 7.3 (59.9K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Shawshank Redemption, TheTwo imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. | 1994 | Frank Darabont (*) | Drama | 9.3 (2.5M votes) | 142 | 20211228 |
| Shutter IslandIn 1954, a U.S. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane. | 2010 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 8.2 (1.2M votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| Side EffectsA young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects. | 2013 | Steven Soderbergh (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.1 (186.2K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Silence of the Lambs, TheA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims. | 1991 | Jonathan Demme (*) | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 8.6 (1.4M votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Sixth Sense, TheA frightened, withdrawn Philadelphia boy who communicates with spirits seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist. | 1999 | M. Night Shyamalan (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (957K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| SleuthA man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results. | 1972 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 8.0 (47K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| SnatchUnscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond. | 2000 | Guy Ritchie (*) | Comedy, Crime | 8.2 (826.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Source CodeA soldier wakes up in someone else's body and discovers he's part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter train within 8 minutes. | 2011 | Duncan Jones | Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.5 (506.6K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Sting, TheTwo grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con. | 1973 | George Roy Hill (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 8.3 (254.4K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Synecdoche, New YorkA theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play. | 2008 | Charlie Kaufman | Drama | 7.6 (88.8K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| TenetArmed with only one word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time. | 2020 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.4 (443.4K votes) | 150 | 20211228 |
| Third Man, ThePulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime. | 1949 | Carol Reed (*) | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (167.7K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Truman Show, TheAn insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show. | 1998 | Peter Weir (*) | Comedy, Drama | 8.1 (1M votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Uncut GemsWith his debts mounting and angry collectors closing in, a fast-talking New York City jeweler risks everything in hope of staying afloat and alive. | 2019 | Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.4 (253.4K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| UnthinkableA psychological thriller centered around a black-ops interrogator and an F.B.I. Agent who press a suspect terrorist into divulging the location of three nuclear weapons set to detonate in the U.S. | 2010 | Gregor Jordan | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (86.9K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Usual Suspects, TheA sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup. | 1995 | Bryan Singer (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.5 (1M votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| VertigoA former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed. | 1958 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 8.3 (389.4K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Wailing, TheSoon after a stranger arrives in a little village, a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman, drawn into the incident, is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter. | 2016 | Na Hong-jin | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (62.9K votes) | 156 | 20211228 |
| WhiplashA promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential. | 2014 | Damien Chazelle (*) | Drama, Music | 8.5 (787K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Whos Afraid of Virginia WoolfA bitter middle-aged couple, her derisive of his lowly position at a New England college, ask a new colleague and his wife over for drinks, and use them to fuel anguish and emotional pain toward each other through a distressing night | 1966 | Mike Nichols (*) | Drama | 8.0 (73.6K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| Wild Tales [Relatos salvajes]Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress. | 2014 | Damián Szifron | Comedy, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (190.3K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Witness For The ProsecutionA veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise. | 1957 | Billy Wilder (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (119.8K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Yellow Sea, The [Hwanghae]When the attempt to kill a professor goes wrong, a series of violent events are triggered which force a taxi driver to run for his life. | 2010 | Na Hong-jin | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (20.5K votes) | 136 | 20211228 |