Best Mystery Movies on Paramount Plus Essential in the US

1. 1
   Se7en 1995

   Directed by David Fincher · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   8.4

   8.4 · 24K votes
2. 2
   Shutter Island 2010

   Directed by Martin Scorsese · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   8.2

   8.2 · 27K votes
3. 3
   Arrival 2016

   Directed by Denis Villeneuve · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Peacock Premium
   7.6

   7.6 · 20K votes
4. 4
   Zodiac 2007

   Directed by David Fincher · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Premium
   7.5

   7.5 · 12K votes
5. 5
   Scream 1996

   Directed by Wes Craven · Streaming on Hulu, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium
   7.4

   7.4 · 8.3K votes
6. 6
   Jacob's Ladder 1990

   Directed by Adrian Lyne · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   7.3

   7.4 · 2K votes
7. 7
   Gone Baby Gone 2007

   Directed by Ben Affleck · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Premium
   7.3

   7.3 · 4.4K votes
8. 8
   Sleepy Hollow 1999

   Directed by Tim Burton · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   7.2

   7.2 · 7.7K votes
9. 9
   Big Time Movie 2012

   Directed by Savage Steve Holland · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
   7.1

   7.5 · 182 votes
10. 10
    Basic Instinct 1992

    Directed by Paul Verhoeven · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.9

    7.0 · 4.6K votes
11. 11
    The Adventures of Tintin 2011

    Directed by Steven Spielberg · Streaming on Paramount Plus Essential, Peacock Premium, Kanopy
    6.9

    6.9 · 6K votes
12. 12
    Breakdown 1997

    Directed by Jonathan Mostow · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.9

    7.0 · 1.2K votes
13. 13
    Sleeping Dogs 2024

    Directed by Adam Cooper · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.9

    7.0 · 674 votes
14. 14
    Vanilla Sky 2001

    Directed by Cameron Crowe · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.8

    6.8 · 4.9K votes
15. 15
    Super 8 2011

    Directed by J.J. Abrams · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Peacock Premium
    6.8

    6.8 · 7.4K votes
16. 16
    The Firm 1993

    Directed by Sydney Pollack · Streaming on fuboTV, HBO Max, Paramount Plus Premium
    6.7

    6.8 · 2.4K votes
17. 17
    The Ring 2002

    Directed by Gore Verbinski · Streaming on Netflix, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium
    6.7

    6.7 · 6.9K votes
18. 18
    Smile 2022

    Directed by Parker Finn · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    6.7

    6.7 · 4.3K votes
19. 19
    Disturbia 2007

    Directed by D.J. Caruso · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.7

    6.7 · 4.3K votes
20. 20
    The Score 2001

    Directed by Frank Oz · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.7

    6.7 · 2K votes
21. 21
    Blink Twice 2024

    Directed by Zoë Kravitz · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    6.7

    6.7 · 2.1K votes
22. 22
    Scream 2022

    Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    6.7

    6.7 · 4.1K votes
23. 23
    Bixler High Private Eye 2019

    Directed by Leslie Kolins Small · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    6.6

    7.5 · 55 votes
24. 24
    Double Jeopardy 1999

    Directed by Bruce Beresford · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.6

    6.6 · 1.6K votes
25. 25
    Event Horizon 1997

    Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.6

    6.6 · 3.5K votes
26. 26
    Smile 2 2024

    Directed by Parker Finn · Streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, MGM+
    6.6

    6.6 · 2.4K votes
27. 27
    It Follows 2015

    Directed by David Robert Mitchell · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.6

    6.6 · 7.2K votes
28. 28
    Kiss the Girls 1997

    Directed by Gary Fleder · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.5

    6.5 · 2K votes
29. 29
    Eagle Eye 2008

    Directed by D.J. Caruso · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Essential, Kanopy
    6.5

    6.5 · 3.3K votes
30. 30
    Scream 2 1997

    Directed by Wes Craven · Streaming on Hulu, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium
    6.5

    6.5 · 5K votes
31. 31
    Blindness 2008

    Directed by Fernando Meirelles · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.5

    6.5 · 1.4K votes
32. 32
    The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain 2021

    Directed by David Midell · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.5

    7.2 · 52 votes
33. 33
    The Gift 2000

    Directed by Sam Raimi · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.5

    6.5 · 1.5K votes
34. 34
    Star Trek: The Motion Picture 1979

    Directed by Robert Wise · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.5

    6.5 · 2K votes
35. 35
    Mr. Holmes 2015

    Directed by Bill Condon · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.5

    6.5 · 2K votes
36. 36
    What Lies Beneath 2000

    Directed by Robert Zemeckis · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Premium
    6.4

    6.4 · 2.1K votes
37. 37
    Wild Things 1998

    Directed by John McNaughton · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    6.4

    6.4 · 2.1K votes
38. 38
    Red Eye 2005

    Directed by Wes Craven · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.4

    6.4 · 2.7K votes
39. 39
    Along Came a Spider 2001

    Directed by Lee Tamahori · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.3

    6.4 · 2.1K votes
40. 40
    One Crazy Cruise 2015

    Directed by Michael Grossman · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    6.3

    6.9 · 45 votes
41. 41
    Proof 2005

    Directed by John Madden · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.3

    6.4 · 770 votes
42. 42
    Case 39 2009

    Directed by Christian Alvart · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.3

    6.3 · 2.5K votes
43. 43
    Garfield's Babes and Bullets 1989

    Directed by Phil Roman · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    6.3

    7.3 · 20 votes
44. 44
    The Relic 1997

    Directed by Peter Hyams · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    6.2

    6.2 · 670 votes
45. 45
    Body Cam 2020

    Directed by Malik Vitthal · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.2

    6.2 · 453 votes
46. 46
    Confess, Fletch 2022

    Directed by Greg Mottola · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.2

    6.2 · 430 votes
47. 47
    Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin 2021

    Directed by William Eubank · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    6.1

    6.1 · 818 votes
48. 48
    Overdrive 2017

    Directed by Antonio Negret · Streaming on Paramount Plus Essential, Hoopla
    6.1

    6.1 · 1K votes
49. 49
    Significant Other 2022

    Directed by Robert Olsen · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.1

    6.1 · 435 votes
50. 50
    Paranormal Activity 2009

    Directed by Oren Peli · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.1

    6.1 · 5.6K 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
   Nancy Drew 2007

   Directed by Andrew Fleming · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.1

   6.1 · 566 votes
2. 2
   Below 2002

   Directed by David Twohy · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Premium
   6.0

   6.0 · 557 votes
3. 3
   Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2017

   Directed by Scott McAboy · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
   6.0

   6.0 · 59 votes
4. 4
   The Two Jakes 1990

   Directed by Jack Nicholson · Streaming on Paramount Plus Essential, Kanopy, Hoopla
   6.0

   6.0 · 292 votes
5. 5
   Every Breath You Take 2021

   Directed by Vaughn Stein · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium
   5.9

   5.8 · 294 votes
6. 6
   Vindicta 2023

   Directed by Sean McNamara · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   5.5

   4.4 · 38 votes
7. 7
   Without a Paddle 2004

   Directed by Steven Brill · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Essential, Hoopla
   5.7

   5.7 · 750 votes
8. 8
   Twisted 2004

   Directed by Philip Kaufman · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
   5.6

   5.6 · 640 votes
9. 9
   The Haunting 1999

   Directed by Jan de Bont · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Premium
   5.5

   5.5 · 1.6K votes
10. 10
    Area 51 2015

    Directed by Oren Peli · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    5.2

    5.0 · 680 votes