A Glean movie guide
The Best Mystery Movies on Hulu
Solve the mystery tonight.
From Oscar-winning legal dramas to classic whodunits and mind-bending thrillers.
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The movie list
- 01
Anatomy of a Fall
A gripping, ambiguous legal drama that dissects a marriage through the lens of a suspicious death.
A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
- 02
Parasite
A genre-bending masterpiece where a social mystery unravels into a tense, unpredictable thriller.
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
- 03
Gone Girl
David Fincher’s sharp, twist-heavy look at a media circus surrounding a woman’s disappearance.
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
- 04
L.A. Confidential
A quintessential neo-noir featuring a complex web of corruption and three very different detectives.
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
- 05
The Prestige
A beautifully crafted puzzle-box narrative following two rival magicians obsessed with outwitting each other.
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
- 06
Memories of Murder
A haunting, atmospheric procedural based on the true story of South Korea’s first serial killer.
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
- 07
Prisoners
A dark and emotionally grueling investigation into a kidnapping that pushes a father to his limits.
Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street.
- 08
A Haunting in Venice
Hercule Poirot returns for a spooky, atmospheric whodunit set in a decaying Venetian palazzo.
Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.
- 09
The Menu
A stylish, satirical mystery that serves up shocking surprises at an exclusive destination restaurant.
A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
- 10
The Nice Guys
A hilarious and stylish 1970s buddy-cop mystery involving a missing girl and a sprawling conspiracy.
A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
- 11
The Fugitive
A high-stakes, classic chase mystery where an innocent man must find his wife's killer while on the run.
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.
- 12
See How They Run
A witty, meta-fictional whodunit that pokes fun at the genre while delivering a charming period mystery.
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.