Last updated March 2024
Want to watch Best Mystery Movies 2022 that live up to the hype? Here are 30 of the Best Mystery Movies 2022 available for your immediate viewing pleasure. Loved by IMDB critics and everyday viewers like yourself, these highly rated Best Mystery Movies 2022 represent the cream of the crop. Help other fans find new favorites by voting for the titles you enjoy most. We appreciate members of our community pitching in to spotlight the finest Best Mystery Movies 2022 !
Sita Ramam (2022)
Plot Summary:
Afreen, a rebellious Pakistani student sets ablaze the car of an Indian in London. Angered Afreen returns to Pakistan to ask for money from her grandfather that she has to pay in a month's time as damages. However, she gets to know that he is no more and the only thing he has left for her is a letter-delivering task, written by Ram to Sita. As Afreen sets out to find Ram, there begins her journey of discovering the secret behind the 20-year-old letter
Duration: 163 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: love, orphan, soldier, inheritance, girl, young love, jail, military service, love letter, star crossed lovers, telugu, bollywood
Karthikeya 2 (2022)
Plot Summary:
Before the Kalyug begins, Lord Krishna hands over an anklet that holds the answer to all of world’s miseries. Years later a doctor finds himself in the thick of things when the pursuit for the anklet carries on. A doctor with a curious mind, Karthikeya, aka Karthik, believes in pursuing the truth. The quest leads Karthik to discover the power of the ancient Indian belief system and the essence of Krishna
Duration: 150 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: power, truth, treasure hunt, ancient, belief, travel, fight, doctor, journey, chase, blood, mission, problem, hinduism, on the run, decapitation, action violence, telugu, hindi
The Batman (2022)
Plot Summary:
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler
Duration: 176 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 750000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, corruption, psychopath, batman, organized crime, vigilante, masked superhero, gotham city, serial killer, vengeance, villain, heroes, dark hero, killing spree, politician, political corruption, crime fighter, comic book, conspiracy, police, violence, terrorism, female warrior, bat, murder of father
Decision to Leave (2022)
Plot Summary:
Hae-Joon, a seasoned detective, investigates the suspicious death of a man on a mountaintop. Soon, he begins to suspect Seo-rae, the deceased's wife, while being unsettled by his attraction to her
Duration: 139 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: asian, sea, police, past, mission, immigration, widow, language barrier, mountain climbing, murder suspect, unrequited love, climbing, insomnia, suicide by drowning, flashback, illegal immigrant, destroying evidence, dead body, mountain, murder mystery, police procedural, secret love, sex, fight, money
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
Plot Summary:
Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder
Duration: 125 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 112000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: coming of age, murder mystery, swamp, woman, twists and turns, nature, deep south, lonely, naturalist, abusive boyfriend, domestic abuse, apocalypse, writers, first love, water, experiment, past, feminism, bullying, conspiracy, post war, choice, love, lawyer, teenage girl
The Outfit (2022)
Plot Summary:
Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters
Duration: 105 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: tailor, organized crime, gangster, mafia, gang, murderer, mobster, mafioso, mob hit, changing lives, fighting crime, criminal gang, irish mob, new year, heist, killer, twists and turns, ghetto, psychopath, winter, murder, post war, corruption, cosa nostra, englishman
Werewolf by Night (2022)
Plot Summary:
On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple following the death of their leader. In a strange and macabre memorial to the leader’s life, the attendees are thrust into a mysterious and deadly competition for a powerful relic—a hunt that will ultimately bring them face to face with a dangerous monster
Duration: 52 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 68000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: werewolf, monster, superhero, villain, comic book, wolf, fight, creature, magic, mutant, bounty hunter, multiverse, shapeshifter, buddy, lycanthropy, fight scenes, monster hunter, hunting, rescue, secret organization, magical object, martial arts, killer, violence, halloween
God's Crooked Lines (2022)
Plot Summary:
Alice Gould, a private investigator, pretends to be mentally ill in order to enter a psychiatric hospital and gather evidence for the case she is working on: the death of a patient in unclear circumstances
Duration: 154 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Plot tags: psychology, murder investigation, mental illness, private detective, psychiatric hospital, hospital, female nudity, woman, mental institution, hindi, female full frontal nudity, netflix
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
Plot Summary:
World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends
Duration: 139 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 420000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: murder mystery, murder, whodunit, plot twist, revenge, conspiracy, group of friends, heist, fight, billionaire, secret service, parents, crime scene, cash, identical twins, fight scenes, group, gay, murder investigation, private detective, elite, twin sister, investigation, satire, clue
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)
Plot Summary:
Decades since their successful television series was canceled, Chip has succumbed to a life of suburban domesticity as an insurance salesman. Dale, meanwhile, has had CGI surgery and works the nostalgia convention circuit, desperate to relive his glory days. When a former cast mate mysteriously disappears, Chip and Dale must repair their broken friendship and take on their Rescue Rangers detective personas once again to save their friend’s life
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, Philippines
Plot tags: chipmunk, missing person, friendship, investigation, chase, mouse, animal protagonist, animal that acts human, old friends reunited, animal, heroes, crime boss, best friend, henchman, anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic mouse, talking animal, rescue mission, save the day, friends, sleuth, teamwork, private detective, group of friends, animal life
The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022)
Plot Summary:
When a ruptured water main creates an enormous sinkhole right in front of Bob's Burgers, it blocks the entrance indefinitely and ruins the Belchers’ plans for a successful summer. While Bob and Linda struggle to keep the business afloat, the kids try to solve a mystery that could save their family's restaurant. As the dangers mount, these underdogs help each other find hope and fight to get back behind the counter, where they belong
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Musical, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, China, Australia, UK, Canada, Taiwan, Mexico, South Korea, Denmark
Plot tags: crime scene, submarine, restaurant, job, singing, bank, raccoon, horse riding, family business, husband wife relationship, skeleton, childhood memory, hamburger, family man, friend, framed for murder, pop music, cycling, zombie, rain, buried alive, false accusation of murder, sinkhole, kiss, eyeglasses
Vikrant Rona (2022)
Plot Summary:
Almost half a century ago, a remote village in the middle of a tropical rain forest starts witnessing a series of unexplainable events which they attribute to the supernatural. Vikrant Rona, An eccentric police officer, is assigned to solve the mystery. A mysterious game unfolds where everyone in the village is a potential victim and everyone is a suspect
Duration: 148 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: supernatural power, mysticism, supernatural, paranormal phenomena, paranormal activity, paranormal investigation, supernatural horror, superhuman powers, murder mystery, mysterious man, village, adventure
Barbarian (2022)
Plot Summary:
In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway, but soon discovers that there is much more to be afraid of in the house than the other guest
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 169000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Plot tags: basement, fear, psychopath, kidnapping, locked in a basement, secret passageway, locked in a room, plot twist, locked in, inbreeding, serial killer, female protagonist, house, rape, escape, rapist, suicide, old man, kidnapper, breast feeding, urban setting, job interview, terror, father daughter incest, monster
Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
Plot Summary:
Now a detective-for-hire like her infamous brother, Enola Holmes takes on her first official case to find a missing girl, as the sparks of a dangerous conspiracy ignite a mystery that requires the help of friends — and Sherlock himself — to unravel
Duration: 129 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: sherlock holmes, victorian england, love, teenage detective, teenage girl, journey, girl, heroine, sister, teenager, boy, runaway, secret, friend, investigation, crime investigation, brother, friends, city, brother sister relationship, missing girl, female detective, women, friendship, secret service
Nope (2022)
Plot Summary:
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Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 252000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Japan, USA
Plot tags: alien, massacre, horse, chimpanzee, alien invasion, ufo, brother sister relationship, death of father, loss of father, eaten alive, ranch, motorcycle, alien monster, horse trainer, extraterrestrial, creature, creature feature, kaiju, monster, giant monster, escape, video surveillance, terror, space, problem
Vengeance (2022)
Plot Summary:
A journalist and podcaster from New York City travels to West Texas in order to report on the death of a girl he was hooking up with
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: writers, vengeance, journalism, dating, drug crime, mysterious death, love, dancing, horse, airplane, ghost, fight, drug addict, drug cartel, police officer, food, desert, journalist, death, map, subway, murder, past, mythology, womanizer
The House (2022)
Plot Summary:
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: stop motion, country house, surrealism, house, generation, anthropomorphism, family home, isolated house, cartoon mouse, anthropomorphic mouse, old dark house, virus, experiment, nightmare, puppet, storytelling, mouse, cat, architect, poverty, puppet show, hindi, netflix
Emily the Criminal (2022)
Plot Summary:
Emily, who is saddled with student debt and locked out of the job market due to a minor criminal record, gets involved in a credit card scam that pulls her into the criminal underworld of Los Angeles, ultimately leading to deadly consequences
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: credit card fraud, criminal, business, heist, experiment, homeless, poverty, big business, criminal underworld, job interview, gangster, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, dog, revenge, strong female lead, money, artist, police officer, food, party, photographer, car chase, wine, beach, swimming
The Wonder (2022)
Plot Summary:
In the Irish Midlands of 1859 an English nurse, Lib Wright, goes to a tiny village to observe what some see as a medical anomaly and others a miracle, that a girl has survived without food for months. Tourists flock to see 11-year-old Anna O’Donnell, and a journalist has come to cover the sensation as two strangers transform each other’s lives in a story of love pitted against evil
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Plot tags: brother sister incest, catholic, village, incest, women, hospital, fasting, renaissance, anorexia, escape, nun, child abuse, mother daughter relationship, starvation, female protagonist, arson, atonement, nurse, breaking the fourth wall, survival, horse, train, investigation, food, religion
The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
Plot Summary:
West Point, New York, 1830. When a cadet at the burgeoning military academy is found hanged with his heart cut out, the top brass summons former New York City constable Augustus Landor to investigate. While attempting to solve this grisly mystery, the reluctant detective engages the help of one of the cadets: a strange but brilliant young fellow by the name of Edgar Allan Poe
Duration: 128 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 119000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: winter, murder, edgar allan poe, murder mystery, criminal, forensic, forensics, mission, renaissance, thoughtful, plot twist, investigation, book, occult, historical figure, rape, revenge, murderer, friendship, mother, doctor, suicide, dream, family relations, satanism
Smile (2022)
Plot Summary:
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality
Duration: 115 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 148000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: murder, curse, supernatural power, female protagonist, supernatural, going insane, evil smile, fear, demon, psychotic, abandoned house, psychiatric ward, spirit, suicide, mental illness, evil, paranoia, therapist, trauma, psychiatry, survival, terror, haunted, curses spells and rituals, investigation
X (2022)
Plot Summary:
In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives
Duration: 105 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 156000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: elderly couple, serial killer, lust, adult filmmaking, van, husband wife relationship, characters murdered one by one, old age, old woman, farmhouse, televangelist, jealousy, farmer, sex scene, cocaine, cow, pond, female voyeur, pervert, sheriff, murder investigation, old man, farm, swamp, pitchfork
Confess, Fletch (2022)
Plot Summary:
The roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime suspect in a murder case while searching for a stolen art collection. The only way to prove his innocence? Find out which of the long list of suspects is the culprit - from the eccentric art dealer and a missing playboy to a crazy neighbor and Fletch’s Italian girlfriend. Crime, in fact, has never been this disorganized
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: caper, social satire, stolen painting, art theft, abduction, female nudity, kidnapping, sex scene, murder, yacht, sailboat, tunnel, telephone call, drug use, countess, assassination attempt, painting, interrogation, ambush, police inspector, van, arrest, heiress, art dealer, stepmother stepdaughter relationship
See How They Run (2022)
Plot Summary:
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: murder mystery, twists and turns, murder, secret service, post war, murder investigation, whodunit, investigation, fight, murderer, party, snow, hotel, ski, hollywood, theater, actor, mansion, mother daughter relationship, city, tarot card, butler, blackmail, film industry, actress
Rogue Agent (2022)
Plot Summary:
The TRUE, extraordinary and chilling story of career conman Robert Freegard who masqueraded as an MI5 agent and fooled people into going into hiding, and the woman who fell for him, and then brought him down
Duration: 115 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Plot tags: forbidden love, career, deception, love and romance, fall in love, in love, double agent, love affair, male female relationship, secret, secret identity, con trick, couple relations, relationship vs career, secret agent, special agent, spy, girl, misogynist, heroes, fear, woman, mystery, special agents, secret agents
Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)
Plot Summary:
A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: school shooting, psychology, journalism, choice, media, coming of age, rape, sexual assault, murder, sexual abuse, private school, female protagonist, searching for the truth, traumatic past, new york times, love, life, dream, city, secret, mother, hindi, psychological drama, mystery, netflix
Scream (2022)
Plot Summary:
Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past
Duration: 114 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 153000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: masked killer, serial killer, homicidal maniac, characters killed one by one, sister sister relationship, psychopath, mystery killer, whodunit, female vigilante, murder mystery, killing spree, gory violence, threatening telephone call, murder, masked villain, characters murdered one by one, ambulance, woman kills a man, female protagonist, attempted murder, sadistic psychopath, hallucination, fandom, person on fire, estranged family member
Don't Worry Darling (2022)
Plot Summary:
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 families. But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, exposing flashes of something much more sinister lurking beneath the attractive façade, Alice can’t help questioning exactly what they’re doing in Victory, and why
Duration: 123 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 135000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: oral sex, housewife, husband wife sex, suicide, egg, women, post apocalypse, computer game, underground, post war, corruption, captive, woman, inspiration, social satire, feminism, lesbian, dancing, virtual reality, party, doctor, orgasm, mirror, swimming pool, telephone call
Death on the Nile (2022)
Plot Summary:
Almost everyone on the S.S.Karnak, cruising the Nile, has a reason to want heiress Linnet Ridgeway dead. Her jewels are coveted by elderly Mrs. van Schuyler, her maid is upset because Linnet won't give her a promised dowry, writer Salome Otterbourne is facing a libel suit brought by Linnet, Salome's daughter Rosalie wants to protect her mother, American Andrew Pennington has been embezzling from the Ridgeway family, and former friend Jacqueline de Bellefort is upset that Linnet stole her fiance, Simon, away from her. Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot must unravel the mystery when Linnet (and some of the others) turn up dead
Duration: 127 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 180000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: murder mystery, whodunit, murder, murder investigation, honeymoon, investigation, boat, investigator, private detective, ship, criminal, lie, passenger, alibi, secret, heiress, suspicion, deception, chase, tragedy, police inspector, arrest, suspect, evidence, crime scene
Incantation (2022)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by a true story of a family who believed they were possessed by spirits, this film follows a woman who must protect her child from a curse. WARNING: This is a cursed video, it might contain certain risks to watch. For those who dares to follow, please solve the puzzle of my daughter's curse with me
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Mystery
Country: Taiwan
Plot tags: found footage, supernatural, curse, cursed, supernatural horror, mysticism, paranormal phenomena, paranormal, parents and children, life is a bitch, mother and daughter, problem, family problems, paranormal activity, family curse, virus, past, occult, stoner, possession, haunted, daughter, mystery, family