Top 11 Favorite Mysteries

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1.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X  
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker. (158 mins.)
Director: David Fincher
 
2.
Memento (2000)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.6/10 X  
A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife. (113 mins.)
 
3.
The Prestige (2006)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.4/10 X  
The rivalry between two magicians becomes more exacerbated by their attempt to perform the ultimate illusion. (130 mins.)
 
4.
Black Swan (2010)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10 X  
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan. (108 mins.)
 
5.
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X  
A young couple move into a new apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins controlling her life. (136 mins.)
Director: Roman Polanski
 
6.
The Usual Suspects (1995)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.7/10 X  
A boat has been destroyed, criminals are dead, and the key to this mystery lies with the only survivor and his twisted, convoluted story beginning with five career crooks in a seemingly random police lineup. (106 mins.)
Director: Bryan Singer
 
7.
Clue (1985)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  
Six guests are invited to a strange house and must cooperate with the staff to solve a murder mystery. (94 mins.)
Director: Jonathan Lynn
 
8.
Perfect Blue (1997)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  
A retired pop singer turned actress' sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past. (81 mins.)
Director: Satoshi Kon
 
9.
Suicide Club (2001)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.6/10 X  
A detective is trying to find the cause of a string of suicides. (99 mins.)
Director: Shion Sono
 
10.
Rear Window (1954)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.7/10 X  
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder. (112 mins.)
 
11.
Saw (2004)
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With a dead body lying between them, two men wake up in the secure lair of a serial killer who's been nicknamed "Jigsaw". The men must follow various rules and objectives if they wish to survive and win the deadly game set for them. (103 mins.)
Director: James Wan