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1. The Raven (I) (2012)
R | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality.
Director: James McTeigue | Stars: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson
Votes: 88,298 | Gross: $16.01M
2. Satan's School for Girls (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 78 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A young woman investigating her sister's suicide at a private girls' school finds herself battling a Satanic cult.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Pamela Franklin, Kate Jackson, Lloyd Bochner, Jamie Smith-Jackson
Votes: 1,634
3. Terror by Night (1946)
Approved | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When the fabled Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen on a London to Edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, Sherlock Holmes must discover which of his suspicious fellow passengers is responsible.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, Dennis Hoey
Votes: 6,921
4. The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette, Ralph Morgan
Votes: 4,079
5. Charlie Chan's Secret (1935)
Passed | 72 min | Mystery
The heir to a huge fortune is presumed drowned, then shows up, is then murdered.
Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: Warner Oland, Rosina Lawrence, Charles Quigley, Henrietta Crosman
Votes: 1,755
6. A Study in Scarlet (1933)
Passed | 72 min | Mystery, Thriller
Holmes and Watson investigate a secret society with members who keep dying.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Reginald Owen, Anna May Wong, June Clyde, Alan Dinehart
Votes: 1,197
7. Mystery House (1938)
Approved | 56 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
When a prominent banker is murdered while on a hunting trip, the dead man's daughter, Gwen Kingery (Anne Nagel), calls in private eye Lance O'Leary (Dick Purcell) to investigate.
Director: Noel M. Smith | Stars: Dick Purcell, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel, William Hopper
Votes: 635
8. A Strange Adventure (1932)
Passed | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A police lieutenant and a female reporter investigate a series of murders comitted by a hooded killer in an old dark house.
Directors: Phil Whitman, Hampton Del Ruth | Stars: Regis Toomey, June Clyde, Lucille La Verne, Jason Robards Sr.
Votes: 235
9. Calling Philo Vance (1940)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Despite an exclusive contract with the U.S. government, designer Archer Coe's design is being bid on by German, Japanese, and Italian agents - until he's murdered.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O'Neill, Edward Brophy
Votes: 495
10. The Mystery of the Yellow Room (2003)
118 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Following the attempted murder of Mathilde, daughter of renowned Professor Stangerson, Joseph Rouletabille, a young reporter, accompanied by photographer Sainclair, visits the Château du Glandier to try and shed some light on the mystery.
Director: Bruno Podalydès | Stars: Denis Podalydès, Jean-Noël Brouté, Sabine Azéma, Pierre Arditi
Votes: 1,877
11. The Devil Plays (1931)
Passed | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A murder mystery evolves during a weekend at an exclusive mansion.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Jameson Thomas, Florence Britton, Thomas E. Jackson, Richard Tucker
Votes: 191
12. One Frightened Night (1935)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Mystery
An eccentric millionaire, unable to locate his only granddaughter, decides to divide his estate among a group of people less close to him: his niece and nephew, his attorney, his doctor, ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Charley Grapewin, Mary Carlisle, Arthur Hohl, Wallace Ford
Votes: 454
13. The Locked Room (2012)
47 min | Mystery
Kei Enomoto (Satoshi Ono) works for a Tokyo based security company. By the request of attorney Junko Aoto (Erika Toda)'s, Kei Enomoto goes to the scene of a locked-room incident with Junko ... See full summary »
Stars: Satoshi Ohno, Erika Toda, Kôichi Satô, Non
Votes: 364
14.
Decoy (1957–1958)
Episode:
Deadly Corridor
(1957)
26 min | Crime, Drama
Casey poses as a prisoner in a women's jail in order to apprehend a murderer.
Director: Teddy Sills | Stars: Beverly Garland, Lois Nettleton, Peggy Feury, Colleen Dewhurst
Votes: 44
15.
Jonathan Creek (1997–2016)
Episode:
The House of Monkeys
(1997)
TV-PG | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A scientist is stabbed in the back with a Samurai sword. He is found in a locked room. Creek is called in to solve the problem
Director: Sandy Johnson | Stars: Charles Kay, Annette Crosbie, Sara Markland, Simon Day
Votes: 418
16.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Mark of the Hand
(1960)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A young girl is accused of murder and refuses to speak to anyone ever again.
Director: Paul Henreid | Stars: Boris Karloff, Mona Freeman, Jessie Royce Landis, Shepperd Strudwick
Votes: 209
17.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Squeeze
(1993)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mulder and Scully search for a humanoid killer whose savage murder spree reoccurs every 30 years.
Director: Harry Longstreet | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Doug Hutchison, Donal Logue
Votes: 8,455
18.
Sherlock (2010–2017)
Episode:
The Blind Banker
(2010)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mysterious symbols and murders are showing up all over London, leading Sherlock and John to a secret Chinese crime syndicate called Black Lotus.
Director: Euros Lyn | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Zoe Telford
Votes: 28,864
19.
Poker Face (2023– )
Episode:
The Stall
(2023)
TV-MA | 56 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Charlie takes a job at a family-run Texas BBQ joint and must use her skills of perception to sniff out the truth behind a shocking death.
Director: Iain B. MacDonald | Stars: Natasha Lyonne, Lil Rel Howery, Danielle Macdonald, Shane Paul McGhie
Votes: 3,372
20.
The Madame Blanc Mysteries (2021– )
Episode:
Episode #2.6
(2023)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery
A musician is found dead with a head injury and a strange symbol drawn on his face. It's up to Jean and Dom to unravel how the victim could have died alone in a locked room.
Director: Dermot Boyd | Stars: Robin Askwith, Janet Behan, Jacqueline Boatswain, Olivia Caffrey
Votes: 116
21.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Dead Air
(2013)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The team must figure out who killed a television news anchor on the set during a blackout.
Director: Philip Conserva | Stars: Ted Danson, Elisabeth Shue, George Eads, Jorja Fox
Votes: 471
22.
Elementary (2012–2019)
Episode:
Enough Nemesis to Go Around
(2014)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Holmes returns to New York with a new apprentice and a renewed interest in working with the NYPD after being fired by London's MI6. Unfortunately, Joan, the NYPD's new go-to PI, must give her approval first.
Director: John Polson | Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Jon Michael Hill, Aidan Quinn
Votes: 1,103