Popular Mystery Movies on Kanopy

Shutter Island

2010

Shutter Island

2010
8.2
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
Oldboy

2003

Oldboy

2003
8.2
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
The Witch: Part 2. The Other One

2022

The Witch: Part 2. The Other One

2022
7.4
A girl wakes up in a huge secret laboratory, then accidentally meets another girl who is trying to protect her house from a gang. The mystery girl overthrows the gang with her unexpected powers, and laboratory staff set out to find her.
Arrival

2016

Arrival

2016
7.6
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion

2018

The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion

2018
7.9
Ja-yoon is a high school student who struggles with memory loss after she endured some unknown trauma during her childhood. While trying to uncover the truth, she is unwittingly dragged into a world of crime and finds herself on a journey that will awaken many secrets hidden deep within.
Scream

1996

Scream

1996
7.4
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

2013

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

2013
6.7
The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.
The Dogs

2025

The Dogs

2025
6.9
After fleeing his psychotic father, a young teen and his mom seek refuge in a remote farmhouse, only to face a pack of ferocious dogs and the sinister spirits that haunt the property.
Ghost

1990

Ghost

1990
7.2
After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe

2016

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

2016
6.8
Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.
Memento

2000

Memento

2000
8.2
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.
The Ward

2010

The Ward

2010
5.8
Kristen, a troubled young woman, is captured by the police after burning down a farmhouse and is locked in the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital. Soon, she begins to suspect that the place has a dark secret at its core and she's determined to find out what it is.
The Crazies

2010

The Crazies

2010
6.3
Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.
The Gift

2000

The Gift

2000
6.5
Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures⁠—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.
Donnie Darko

2001

Donnie Darko

2001
7.8
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Zodiac

2007

Zodiac

2007
7.5
Over the course of a decade, editors of the San Francisco Chronicle entice themselves in the murders of the Zodiac Killer. However, as time runs its course, and as interest in the case dwindles in the eyes of the professionals, and as the Killer stops interacting with the public, an amateur cartoonist from the initial sightings races against time to prevent another murder, believing this time he has the answers to crack the case.
Mulholland Falls

1996

Mulholland Falls

1996
6
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Murder Obsession

1981

Murder Obsession

1981
4.9
Michael is a successful actor, but he has a scandal in his past: at a tender age he knifed his father to death. He and his girlfriend Deborah go to his mother's for the weekend, and are joined by the director and others from a recent film project, who are given a rather cool reception by the superstitious housekeeper Oliver. Soon rude things begin happening to some of the guests, and Michael fears a repeat of his nightmare past is in progress.
The Dark

2005

The Dark

2005
5.7
In an attempt to pull her family together, Adèlle travels with her young daughter Sarah to Wales to visit her father. The morning after they arrive, Sarah mysteriously vanishes in the ocean. Not long after, a little girl bearing a striking resemblance to their missing daughter reveals that she has retuned from the dead — and that Sarah has been taken to the Welsh underworld.
The Den

2013

The Den

2013
6.1
A young woman studying the habits of webcam chat users from the apparent safety of her apartment witnesses a brutal murder online and is quickly immersed in a nightmare in which she and her loved ones are targeted for the same grisly fate as the first victim.

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