Popular genres like crime, thriller, and mystery are still just as relevant as ever.

Their votes have determined the must-see mystery movies that defined, reinvented, or pushed forward the established genre.

The mystery genre continues to be a vital part of cinema.

Characters from The Green Mile, Se7en, and The Prestige

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Jones went on to win the film’s only Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

Before he knows it, he is plunged into a labyrinthine tale of corruption, deception, and power.

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Paul Avery (Robert Downey Jr.) and Robert Graysmith (Jake Gyllenhaal) looking intently ahead in an office in David Fincher’s ‘Zodiac’ (2007).

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Confidential' (1997)

Set in 1950s Los Angeles,L.A.

The trio navigates a complicated and dangerous situation involving murder, corruption, and scandal.

Directed byCurtis Hanson, the renowned classic brings the gritty and seductive world of 1950s Los Angeles to life.

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It tells the story of U.S. Teddy eventually begins to delve deeper into a mind-bending journey that blurs the lines between reality and illusion.

Harrison Ford as Dr. Kimble in The Fugitive

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Kevin Bacon, Sean Penn, and Laura Linney sitting at a table in Mystic River

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Naomi Watts and Laura Harring sitting in ‘Mulholland Drive’

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Donnie Darko looking directly in the mirror in Donnie Darko’ (2001)

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Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway as Jake Gittes and Evelyn Cross driving in Chinatown

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Rosamund Pike as Amy Dunne taking a bath in ‘Gone Girl’

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Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) lying in bed scared in the “I see dead people” scene of ‘The Sixth Sense’

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Bud standing next to Exley who is looking into a car in L.A. Confidential

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A U.S. Marshall and his partner arrive to investigate a remote asylum for the criminally insane.

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