Best Mystery Movies on Criterion Channel in Canada

1. 1
   Three Colors: Red 1994

   Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   7.8

   7.9 · 1.6K votes
2. 2
   Blue Velvet 1986

   Directed by David Lynch · Streaming on Hoopla, Crave, Tubi TV
   7.6

   7.6 · 4K votes
3. 3
   Three Colors: White 1994

   Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   7.4

   7.4 · 1.4K votes
4. 4
   Meshes of the Afternoon 1943

   Directed by Maya Deren · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   7.3

   7.6 · 461 votes
5. 5
   The Lady Vanishes 1938

   Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · Streaming on JustWatch TV Free, Hoopla, Criterion Channel
   7.3

   7.4 · 1.1K votes
6. 6
   Stray Dog 1949

   Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Plex
   7.3

   7.6 · 384 votes
7. 7
   The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 1933

   Directed by Fritz Lang · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   7.3

   7.6 · 299 votes
8. 8
   Le Corbeau 1943

   Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   7.2

   7.5 · 334 votes
9. 9
   Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975

   Directed by Peter Weir · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   7.1

   7.2 · 928 votes
10. 10
    The Naked City 1948

    Directed by Jules Dassin · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel, Plex
    7.0

    7.2 · 295 votes
11. 11
    Mr. Klein 1976

    Directed by Joseph Losey · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.0

    7.2 · 299 votes
12. 12
    The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog 1927

    Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · Streaming on Hoopla, Criterion Channel, Plex
    7.0

    7.2 · 361 votes
13. 13
    Foreign Correspondent 1940

    Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · Streaming on Hoopla, Tubi TV, Criterion Channel
    6.9

    7.0 · 472 votes
14. 14
    The Murderer Lives at Number 21 1942

    Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.8

    7.2 · 169 votes
15. 15
    Theorem 1968

    Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.8

    7.0 · 464 votes
16. 16
    Confidentially Yours 1983

    Directed by François Truffaut · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.8

    7.1 · 229 votes
17. 17
    Insomnia 1997

    Directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel
    6.8

    7.0 · 343 votes
18. 18
    Pitfall 1962

    Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.8

    7.3 · 115 votes
19. 19
    The Ear 1990

    Directed by Karel Kachyňa · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.6

    7.3 · 75 votes
20. 20
    D.O.A. 1949

    Directed by Rudolph Maté · Streaming on Hoopla, Tubi TV, Criterion Channel
    6.6

    6.9 · 211 votes
21. 21
    Mr. Arkadin 1955

    Directed by Orson Welles · Streaming on JustWatch TV Free, JustWatch TV Plus, Criterion Channel
    6.6

    6.8 · 203 votes
22. 22
    The Castle of Sand 1974

    Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.6

    7.3 · 61 votes
23. 23
    Obsession 1976

    Directed by Brian De Palma · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Hollywood Suite, Artiflix
    6.6

    6.7 · 336 votes
24. 24
    Farewell, My Lovely 1975

    Directed by Dick Richards · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Tubi TV
    6.5

    6.7 · 195 votes
25. 25
    Youth of the Beast 1963

    Directed by Seijun Suzuki · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.5

    6.9 · 97 votes
26. 26
    The Last Wave 1977

    Directed by Peter Weir · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.5

    6.7 · 223 votes
27. 27
    The Elephant God 1979

    Directed by Satyajit Ray · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.5

    7.3 · 43 votes
28. 28
    The Man Who Knew Too Much 1934

    Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel, Plex
    6.4

    6.5 · 474 votes
29. 29
    Young and Innocent 1937

    Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel, Plex
    6.4

    6.5 · 262 votes
30. 30
    Matango 1963

    Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Criterion Channel, FlixFling, Plex
    6.4

    6.7 · 108 votes
31. 31
    Sapphire 1959

    Directed by Basil Dearden · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel, Plex
    6.4

    7.0 · 53 votes
32. 32
    Green for Danger 1946

    Directed by Sidney Gilliat · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Bloodstream, Artiflix
    6.4

    6.7 · 105 votes
33. 33
    Masks 1987

    Directed by Claude Chabrol · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.4

    6.7 · 75 votes
34. 34
    So Long at the Fair 1950

    Directed by Antony Darnborough · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.3

    6.9 · 45 votes
35. 35
    La Commare Secca 1962

    Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.3

    6.7 · 79 votes
36. 36
    Up, Down, Fragile 1995

    Directed by Jacques Rivette · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.3

    7.2 · 28 votes
37. 37
    Paris Belongs to Us 1961

    Directed by Jacques Rivette · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.3

    6.6 · 82 votes
38. 38
    Madeleine 1950

    Directed by David Lean · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel, Plex
    6.3

    6.8 · 39 votes
39. 39
    Stakeout 1958

    Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.2

    7.1 · 20 votes
40. 40
    Time Without Pity 1957

    Directed by Joseph Losey · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.2

    6.5 · 53 votes
41. 41
    Homicide 1991

    Directed by David Mamet · Streaming on Crave, Criterion Channel, Plex
    6.2

    6.3 · 159 votes
42. 42
    Gang of Four 1989

    Directed by Jacques Rivette · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Cineverse
    6.2

    6.8 · 24 votes
43. 43
    The Shooting 1966

    Directed by Monte Hellman · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Crave, Tubi TV
    6.2

    6.3 · 145 votes
44. 44
    A Taxing Woman's Return 1988

    Directed by Jūzō Itami · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.2

    6.4 · 56 votes
45. 45
    The Creatures 1966

    Directed by Agnès Varda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.2

    6.4 · 55 votes
46. 46
    Black Lizard 1962

    Directed by Umetsugu Inoue · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.2

    7.1 · 12 votes
47. 47
    Love Unto Wastes 1986

    Directed by Stanley Kwan Kam-pang · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.2

    6.7 · 18 votes
48. 48
    Spirits of the Dead 1968

    Directed by Federico Fellini · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.1

    6.2 · 195 votes
49. 49
    Arrest Bulldog Drummond 1938

    Directed by James P. Hogan · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel
    6.1

    6.8 · 14 votes
50. 50
    The Depths 1963

    Directed by Nikos Papatakis · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.1

    6.6 · 12 votes

Smart score = (votes × rating + 82 × 6.03) ÷ (votes + 82): the TMDB rating, pulled toward the catalog average as if every film had 82 extra average votes. Streaming data by JustWatch.

1. 1
   The Woman in Question 1950

   Directed by Anthony Asquith · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.1

   6.3 · 22 votes
2. 2
   Zero Focus 1961

   Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.1

   6.3 · 20 votes
3. 3
   Madonna of the Seven Moons 1945

   Directed by Arthur Crabtree · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.1

   6.3 · 15 votes
4. 4
   Take Aim at the Police Van 1960

   Directed by Seijun Suzuki · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.1

   6.2 · 30 votes
5. 5
   Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police 1939

   Directed by James P. Hogan · Streaming on Hoopla, Tubi TV, Criterion Channel
   6.1

   6.2 · 16 votes
6. 6
   The Castle 1997

   Directed by Michael Haneke · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.1

   6.1 · 70 votes
7. 7
   Bulldog Drummond Comes Back 1937

   Directed by Louis King · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel, Plex
   6.1

   6.2 · 16 votes
8. 8
   A Man's Head 1933

   Directed by Julien Duvivier · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.1

   6.1 · 30 votes
9. 9
   Three Cases of Murder 1955

   Directed by David Eady · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.0

   6.1 · 29 votes
10. 10
    Visitation 2013

    Directed by Suzan Pitt · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.0

    6.1 · 23 votes