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Top Mysteries (#1-200)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Psycho 1960 Alfred Hitchcock 1
2 Apocalypse Now 1979 Francis Ford Coppola 10
3 Citizen Kane 1941 Orson Welles 11
4 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 15
5 Spirited Away 2001 Hayao Miyazaki 32
6 Chinatown 1974 Roman Polanski 34
7 Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 37
8 The Third Man 1949 Carol Reed 42
9 North by Northwest 1959 Alfred Hitchcock 49
10 Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder 51
11 The Thing 1982 John Carpenter 63
12 Rashômon 1950 Akira Kurosawa 65
13 The Maltese Falcon 1941 John Huston 81
14 M 1931 Fritz Lang 84
15 Mulholland Dr. 2001 David Lynch 89
16 Seven 1995 David Fincher 90
17 Blue Velvet 1986 David Lynch 133
18 The Usual Suspects 1995 Bryan Singer 134
19 Donnie Darko 2001 Richard Kelly 136
20 L.A. Confidential 1997 Curtis Hanson 139
21 Oldboy 2003 Park Chan-wook 141
22 Memento 2000 Christopher Nolan 145
23 Carrie 1976 Brian De Palma 159
24 Don't Look Now 1973 Nicolas Roeg 160
25 The Sixth Sense 1999 M. Night Shyamalan 168
26 Solaris 1972 Andrei Tarkovsky 170
27 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920 Robert Wiene 174
28 Get Out 2017 Jordan Peele 187
29 The Conversation 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 207
30 Three Colors: Red 1994 Krzysztof Kieslowski 208
31 The Big Sleep 1946 Howard Hawks 215
32 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 Robert Zemeckis 225
33 The Birds 1963 Alfred Hitchcock 226
34 The Lives of Others 2006 Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 244
35 The Wicker Man 1973 Robin Hardy 267
36 The Blair Witch Project 1999 Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez 271
37 Diabolique 1955 Henri-Georges Clouzot 295
38 The Green Mile 1999 Frank Darabont 296
39 L'Avventura 1960 Michelangelo Antonioni 299
40 Coco 2017 Lee Unkrich 304
41 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004 Alfonso Cuarón 305
42 Scream 1996 Wes Craven 310
43 Rebecca 1940 Alfred Hitchcock 311
44 The Bourne Ultimatum 2007 Paul Greengrass 315
45 Three Colors: Blue 1993 Krzysztof Kieslowski 322
46 Ghost in the Shell 1995 Mizuho Nishikubo and Mamoru Oshii 324
47 Twelve Monkeys 1995 Terry Gilliam 331
48 Blow-Up 1966 Michelangelo Antonioni 346
49 Waltz with Bashir 2008 Ari Folman 367
50 Chungking Express 1994 Kar-Wai Wong 372
51 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011 David Yates 375
52 The Prestige 2006 Christopher Nolan 392
53 Laura 1944 Otto Preminger 408
54 Minority Report 2002 Steven Spielberg 413
55 The 39 Steps 1935 Alfred Hitchcock 415
56 Shadow of a Doubt 1943 Alfred Hitchcock 425
57 Last Year at Marienbad 1961 Alain Resnais 433
58 In the Heat of the Night 1967 Norman Jewison 437
59 The Innocents 1961 Jack Clayton 444
60 Mildred Pierce 1945 Michael Curtiz 454
61 Audition 1999 Takashi Miike 463
62 Anatomy of a Murder 1959 Otto Preminger 464
63 Arrival 2016 Denis Villeneuve 466
64 Blade Runner 2049 2017 Denis Villeneuve 472
65 Kiss Me Deadly 1955 Robert Aldrich 480
66 The Omen 1976 Richard Donner 481
67 Moon 2009 Duncan Jones 495
68 Hidden 2005 Michael Haneke 501
69 Zodiac 2007 David Fincher 507
70 The Fugitive 1993 Andrew Davis 519
71 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005 Mike Newell 534
72 The Long Goodbye 1973 Robert Altman 538
73 Great Expectations 1946 David Lean 539
74 Hot Fuzz 2007 Edgar Wright 561
75 In a Lonely Place 1950 Nicholas Ray 568
76 A Beautiful Mind 2001 Ron Howard 572
77 The Lady Vanishes 1938 Alfred Hitchcock 574
78 Hereditary 2018 Ari Aster 575
79 The Babadook 2014 Jennifer Kent 581
80 Atonement 2007 Joe Wright 588
81 Eyes Wide Shut 1999 Stanley Kubrick 595
82 Under the Skin 2013 Jonathan Glazer 608
83 The Thin Man 1934 W.S. Van Dyke 630
84 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005 Steve Box and Nick Park 634
85 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007 David Yates 635
86 Alphaville 1965 Jean-Luc Godard 636
87 Shutter Island 2010 Martin Scorsese 638
88 The Others 2001 Alejandro Amenábar 639
89 High and Low 1963 Akira Kurosawa 642
90 Ring 1998 Hideo Nakata 647
91 Witness for the Prosecution 1957 Billy Wilder 648
92 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009 David Yates 653
93 Memories of Murder 2003 Bong Joon Ho 657
94 Mystic River 2003 Clint Eastwood 707
95 Winter's Bone 2010 Debra Granik 709
96 Infernal Affairs 2002 Wai Keung Lau and Alan Mak 711
97 Talk to Her 2002 Pedro Almodóvar 714
98 Carnival of Souls 1962 Herk Harvey 716
99 Basic Instinct 1992 Paul Verhoeven 717
100 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 2010 David Yates 718
101 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002 Chris Columbus 731
102 Friday the 13th 1980 Sean S. Cunningham 738
103 The Vanishing 1988 George Sluizer 743
104 The Witch 2015 Robert Eggers 751
105 Harakiri 1962 Masaki Kobayashi 753
106 Gone Girl 2014 David Fincher 762
107 Celine & Julie Go Boating 1974 Jacques Rivette 764
108 Deep Red 1975 Dario Argento 784
109 The Bourne Identity 2002 Doug Liman 790
110 The Orphanage 2007 J.A. Bayona 803
111 Meshes of the Afternoon 1943 Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid 823
112 Saw 2004 James Wan 828
113 The Long Good Friday 1980 John Mackenzie 834
114 Dark City 1998 Alex Proyas 839
115 Annihilation 2018 Alex Garland 849
116 Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975 Peter Weir 851
117 Zootopia 2016 Byron Howard and Rich Moore 855
118 Rope 1948 Alfred Hitchcock 856
119 Blow Out 1981 Brian De Palma 872
120 Werckmeister Harmonies 2000 Béla Tarr 874
121 Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 John Sturges 883
122 Hugo 2011 Martin Scorsese 919
123 The White Ribbon 2009 Michael Haneke 928
124 Paprika 2006 Satoshi Kon 933
125 Pickup on South Street 1953 Samuel Fuller 939
126 Lost Highway 1997 David Lynch 940
127 The Conjuring 2013 James Wan 942
128 Midsommar 2019 Ari Aster 943
129 It Follows 2014 David Robert Mitchell 958
130 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1992 David Lynch 963
131 The Double Life of Veronique 1991 Krzysztof Kieslowski 964
132 [Rec] 2007 Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza 994
133 Pi 1998 Darren Aronofsky 1005
134 Charade 1963 Stanley Donen 1009
135 The Lighthouse 2019 Robert Eggers 1022
136 Klute 1971 Alan J. Pakula 1035
137 The Abyss 1989 James Cameron 1045
138 The Ring 2002 Gore Verbinski 1046
139 The Wolf Man 1941 George Waggner 1047
140 The Cabin in the Woods 2011 Drew Goddard 1052
141 Watchmen 2009 Zack Snyder 1054
142 Soylent Green 1973 Richard Fleischer 1061
143 Curse of the Demon 1957 Jacques Tourneur 1063
144 Unbreakable 2000 M. Night Shyamalan 1065
145 Les Vampires 1915 Louis Feuillade 1069
146 The Lady from Shanghai 1947 Orson Welles 1074
147 The Game 1997 David Fincher 1099
148 The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946 Tay Garnett 1112
149 Knives Out 2019 Rian Johnson 1135
150 The Secret of NIMH 1982 Don Bluth 1156
151 Perfect Blue 1997 Satoshi Kon 1162
152 Jacob's Ladder 1990 Adrian Lyne 1168
153 Dressed to Kill 1980 Brian De Palma 1174
154 Lone Star 1996 John Sayles 1179
155 Prisoners 2013 Denis Villeneuve 1198
156 Us 2019 Jordan Peele 1200
157 Glengarry Glen Ross 1992 James Foley 1205
158 The Killers 1946 Robert Siodmak 1207
159 Brick 2005 Rian Johnson 1230
160 High Plains Drifter 1973 Clint Eastwood 1231
161 The Trial 1962 Orson Welles 1244
162 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 2005 Shane Black 1254
163 Contact 1997 Robert Zemeckis 1262
164 Cruising 1980 William Friedkin 1270
165 Inland Empire 2006 David Lynch 1273
166 It's Such a Beautiful Day 2012 Don Hertzfeldt 1276
167 Gaslight 1944 George Cukor 1280
168 Russian Ark 2002 Aleksandr Sokurov 1300
169 Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler 1922 Fritz Lang 1307
170 We Need to Talk about Kevin 2011 Lynne Ramsay 1348
171 The Hateful Eight 2015 Quentin Tarantino 1357
172 Sicario 2015 Denis Villeneuve 1362
173 Paranormal Activity 2007 Oren Peli 1369
174 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2011 David Fincher 1390
175 The Secret in Their Eyes 2009 Juan José Campanella 1391
176 Sleepy Hollow 1999 Tim Burton 1441
177 A Scanner Darkly 2006 Richard Linklater 1449
178 Mother 2009 Bong Joon Ho 1469
179 Black Christmas 1974 Bob Clark 1496
180 Lost Horizon 1937 Frank Capra 1500
181 Incendies 2010 Denis Villeneuve 1505
182 The Skin I Live In 2011 Pedro Almodóvar 1516
183 Irréversible 2002 Gaspar Noé 1522
184 A Shot in the Dark 1964 Blake Edwards 1525
185 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 1993 Eric Radomski and Bruce W. Timm 1575
186 Signs 2002 M. Night Shyamalan 1581
187 The Parallax View 1974 Alan J. Pakula 1587
188 The Constant Gardner 2005 Fernando Meirelles 1605
189 Three Days of the Condor 1975 Sydney Pollack 1617
190 Shock Corridor 1963 Samuel Fuller 1624
191 Manhunter 1986 Michael Mann 1626
192 Pulse 2001 Kiyoshi Kurosawa 1664
193 Mississippi Burning 1988 Alan Parker 1676
194 Wild Things 1998 John McNaughton 1678
195 The Changeling 1980 Peter Medak 1681
196 The Invisible Man 2020 Leigh Whannell 1687
197 The Draughtsman's Contract 1982 Peter Greenaway 1707
198 Primal Fear 1996 Gregory Hoblit 1711
199 The Fallen Idol 1948 Carol Reed 1722
200 Devil in a Blue Dress 1995 Carl Franklin 1740
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