Best Classic Mystery Movies & Films Genre

Top 21 must-see best classic mystery movies from classic mystery movies, including ranked and rated by score.


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Classic Mystery Movies List

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1). Dead of Night (1945) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 8.5/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 15,199 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.5/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved
Plot / Synopsis: An architect senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality. The guests at the country house encourage him to stay as they take turns telling supernatural tales...

Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden …
Stars: Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver, Mary Merrall, Googie Withers, Frederick Valk


2). Pit and the Pendulum (1961) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.9/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 17,582 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.9/10 | Metascore: 7.8/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved
Plot / Synopsis: In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor. Tagline: Until now no one has dared to film this ...... the most diabolical classic of all time!...

Director: Roger Corman
Stars: Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele, Luana Anders, Antony Carbone


3). The Masque of the Red Death (1964) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.3/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 17,389 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.3/10 | Metascore: 7.7/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Plot / Synopsis: A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.Tagline: LOOK INTO THIS FACE - SHUDDER... at the blood-stained dance of the Red Death! TREMBLE... to the hideous tortures of the catacombs of Kali! GASP... at the sacrifice of the innocent virgin to the vengeance of...

Director: Roger Corman
Stars: Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, David Weston, Nigel Green


5). The Last Man on Earth (1964) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Rotten Tomatoes: 7.9/10 | MPAA Rating: 0
Plot / Synopsis: When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter. Tagline: By night they leave their graves, crawling, shambling, through empty streets, whimpering, pleading, begging for his blood!...

Directors: Ubaldo Ragona, Sidney Salkow
Stars: Vincent Price, Franca Bettoia, Emma Danieli, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Umberto Raho


7). La residencia (1969) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 5.56/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 4,445 | MPAA Rating: G
Plot / Synopsis: An abusive headmistress runs a secluded school for wayward girls in 19th century France, whose students are "disappearing" under mysterious circumstances after dark. Tagline: One By One They Will Die!...

Director: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador
Stars: Lilli Palmer, Cristina Galbó, John Moulder-Brown, Maribel Martín, Mary Maude


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