Best Mystery Plot in Film — Rated 4/4 on Quartile

Quartile rates every film 1–4 across Plot, Acting, Cinematography, Novelty and Ending. These mystery films earned a 4 — Well Above Average — for Plot, ranked by their overall Q score.

1. Arrival (2016) — Q 9.5
2. Psycho (1960) — Q 9
3. Se7en (1995) — Q 9
4. Rear Window (1954) — Q 9
5. The Batman (2022) — Q 9
6. Nope (2022) — Q 8.5
7. Gone Girl (2014) — Q 8.5
8. Incendies (2010) — Q 8.5
9. Chinatown (1974) — Q 8.5
10. The Sixth Sense (1999) — Q 8.5
11. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) — Q 8.5
12. Infernal Affairs (2002) — Q 8.5
13. Murder on the Orient Express (2017) — Q 8.5
14. Oldboy (2003) — Q 8.5
15. Donnie Darko (2001) — Q 8.5
16. The Third Man (1949) — Q 8.5
17. Citizen Kane (1941) — Q 8.5
18. Solaris (1972) — Q 8.5
19. The Prestige (2006) — Q 8.5
20. Memento (2000) — Q 8.5
21. Vertigo (1958) — Q 8.5
22. L.A. Confidential (1997) — Q 8.5
23. The Da Vinci Code (2006) — Q 8.5
24. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) — Q 8.5
25. Shutter Island (2010) — Q 8.5
26. Three Colors: Red (1994) — Q 8.5
27. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) — Q 8.5
28. Rashomon (1950) — Q 8.5
29. The Invisible Guest (2017) — Q 8.5
30. Mulholland Drive (2001) — Q 8.5

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