Best 1980s Mystery Movies

Looking for the best 1980s Mystery movies? These are the 9 highest-rated 1980s Mystery titles in our catalogue, led by Mississippi Burning, Frantic and The 4th Man. The list is ranked by audience score; open any title for its cast, trailer and legal places to watch.

1. Mississippi Burning (1988)

★ 7.7/10

Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in…
2. Frantic (1988)

★ 6.7/10

The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows…
3. The 4th Man (1983)

★ 6.7/10

A writer whose lover is a woman widowed three times begins to suspect she may be responsible for her husbands' deaths.
4. A Caribbean Mystery (1983)

★ 6.2/10

Aging Major Palgrave, an idiosyncratic but charming mystery writer, reveals to Miss Jane Marple that one of the guests at a luxurious Caribbean resort they're staying at is a Bluebeard-type wife murderer…
5. American Gigolo (1980)

★ 6.2/10

Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and…
6. Sparkling Cyanide (1983)

★ 6.0/10

The beautiful but unfaithful wife of a successful lawyer meets her untimely end at their anniversary dinner. After a suicide note is found soon after her death, it seems more likely that she was murdered, as all the…
7. Malombra (1984)

★ 5.3/10

Gothic and erotic mystery about a young man called Marco, who goes to stay with his strange uncle, whose wife (Marco's beautiful aunt) died some time ago. His uncle's sister-in-law is the only other person living…
8. Love Beast: Attack! (1981)

★ 5.0/10

A high school girl gets molested by her mother’s current lover. He is a sleazy detective working on the yakuza drug trade. The girl runs away from home but returns five years later with a newspaper article describing…
9. The Empty Beach (1985)

★ 4.9/10

Before shady businessman John Singer disappeared off Bondi Beach, his name meant money--big and small, clean and dirty--a man absorbed in a world of greed and dishonesty. Singer's widow, Marion, believes he's still…