The Best Mystery & Suspense Movies 2026

1. The Girl Who Knew Too Much

Nora Davis (Leticia Roman) jets away to Rome to vacation with Edith, an old friend of her family. Unfortunately, her trip is anything but relaxing On the first night, Edith dies--and as Nora runs into the night for help, she becomes an eyewitness to murder as she sees a woman stabbed to death on the Piazza di Spagna! Being a young woman with an insatiable appetite for murder mysteries, Nora can't get anyone to believe her story, but with the help of the attentive Dr. Marcello Bassi (John Saxon), she learns that a murder did occur on that very spot--10 years earlier--when Emily Craven fell victim to the "Alphabet Murderer"! What did Nora Davis really see, and who is stalking her through Rome? Could it be the Alphabet Killer, looking for Victim D? Mario Bava's "The Girl Who Knew Too Much" is a stylish homage to the "Americans Abroad" thrillers of Alfred Hitchcock. Originally released in America (in greatly revised form) as "Evil Eye," Bava's innovative thriller is presented here--for the first time--in its original director's cut.

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

2. Still Of The Night

VHS, PG, 91 minutes, MGM / UA

When a man is brutally stabbed to death, only death, only his psychiatrist can expose the killer in this taut, "well acted and beautiful made" (Daily Variety) suspense thriller staring Roy Scheider and Best Actress Oscar - Winners Meryl Steep and Jessica Tandy. Dr. Sam Rice (Scheider) is a successful New York Psychiatrist who becomes unwittingly involved in a murder investigation after his client is found dead. First, the police come looking for answers, and then Brooke Reynolds (Steep), the deceased's beautiful, mysterious mistree, comes looking for a whole lot more! Defying objectivity, Rice succumbs to Brooke's innumerable charms, but soon begins to suspect that she knows more than she's letting on. Determined to solve the case, Rice, with the help of his therapist mother (Tandy), pours over session notes in search of clues. But with each step he takes towards uncovering the hidden secret...he falls ever more certainly into the killer's deadly trap. Written and directed by Kramer vs. Kramer's Robert Benton and filled with startling Hitchcock style nuances, "Still Of The Night" is an eerily staged and cleverly crafted mystery, a comtemporary thriller of the highest order.

3. Silent Fall (Full Frame)

VHS, R, 100 minutes, WARNER

An autistic boy is the only witness to his parents' murder. A psychiatrist with a troubled past of his own attempts to help the boy deal with his loss and to recount his recollection of the crime.

4. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Full Frame)

VHS, R, 155 minutes, WARNER

Academy award-winning director clint eastwood helms this story based on john berendt's best-selling book examining contemporary events and unique characters in picturesque savannah, georgia, following a shocking murder. alternately suspenseful, satirical.

5. Thirteen At Dinner

VHS, 91 minutes, WARNER

A lucky number for "Hercule Poirot" fans! Lord Edgware isn't just dead. He's murdered, colder than a poached salmon. Whoever killed this snobbish husband of a giddy movie star will need the tightest of air-tight alibis - because Hercule Poirot is on the case! Peter Ustinov delightfully returns to his long-beloved role as Poirot in "Thirteen At Dinner," based on Agatha Christie's "Lord Edgware Dies." The setting (the film was shot in and around London) is Hollywood-on-Thames, plunging the refined sleuth into the quite alien world of an on-location film crew. The casting is historic, sort of a reigning Poirot vs. an heir apparent. David Suchet, who went on to portray Poirot on the PBS-TV "Mystery" series, plays the great detective's foil Inspector Japp. With suspects aplenty (including Faye Dunaway in a delicious dual role), an occasional corpse, urbane atmosphere and Poirot's "little gray cells" working overtime, "Thirteen At Dinner" is a full-course mystery. Bon appetit!.

6. Flesh And Bone (Full Frame)

VHS, R, 124 minutes, PARAMOUNT

Real-life husband and wife Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan are riveting in this ominous thriller. Arlis Sweeny (Quaid) leads a life as simple and unchanging as his native West Texas plains. He stocks vending machines, moving from town to town and from one familiar lover to another. Kay Davies (Ryan) also calls the road her home. Running from a broken marriage, she doesn't know where she headed, but any place is better than where she's been. Fate brings them together and gives them a future, until a figure from the past - Arlis's father (James Caan) - awakens a memory as deep and dark as a grave: a family history written in cold blood. From the writer and director of "The Fabulous Baker Boys" comes this "stunning psychological thriller" (Rod Lurie, Los Angeles Magazine) that crackles with heart-stopping suspense.

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VHS, 45 minutes, CENTRAL PARK MEDIA

VHS, Rating: Not Rated, Runtime: 45, Ventura Distribution, 11/01/1993

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10. Sixth Sense, The)

VHS, PG13, 105 minutes, DISNEY

Hollywood superstar Bruce Willis ("Armageddon", "The Siege") brings a powerful presence to an edge-of-your-seat thriller from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan (Oscar-nominee for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director) that critics are calling one of the greatest ghost stories ever filmed. When Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Willis), a distinguished child psychologist, meets Cole Sear (Oscar-nominee Haley Joel Osment, Best Supporting Actor), a frightened, confused, eight-year-old, Dr. Crowe is completely unprepared to face the truth of what haunts Cole. With a riveting intensity you'll find thoroughly chilling, the discovery of Cole's incredible sixth sense leads them to mysterious places with unforgettable consequences!. 1. Storyboard To Film Comparison, 2. The Cast, 3. Music And Sound Design, 4. Reaching The Audience, 5. Deleted Scenes, 6. A Conversation With M. Night Shyamalan, 7. Publicity, 8. Filmmakers' And Cast Bios, Director Commentary.