Best Mystery movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Sophie Ward, Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Anthony Higgins,
Directors : Barry Levinson,

When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes decides to investigate.

Actors : Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette, Jessica Tandy, Tippi Hedren,
Directors : Alfred Hitchcock,

A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.

Actors : Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Olivia de Havilland, Bette Davis,
Directors : Robert Aldrich,

An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.

Actors : Brian Dennehy, William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Ian Bannen,
Directors : Michael Apted,

A Moscow police officer investigates a triple homicide and stumbles upon a high-level political conspiracy in the local government.

Actors : Audrey Hepburn, James Coburn, Walter Matthau, Cary Grant,
Directors : Stanley Donen,

Romance and suspense ensue in Paris as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Who can she trust?

Actors : Roy Scheider, Bob Balaban, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren,
Directors : Peter Hyams,

A joint U.S.-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn what happened to the Discovery.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Shaw, Dick Anthony Williams,
Directors : Peter Yates,

A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters. Featuring extended underwater ...

Actors : Laurence Olivier, John Matthews, Michael Caine, Alec Cawthorne,
Directors : Joseph L. Mankiewicz,

A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.

Actors : Anne Pitoniak, Anne Bancroft, Meg Tilly, Jane Fonda,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

When a naive novice nun is discovered with a dead newborn in her convent quarters, a court-appointed psychiatrist investigates her case.

Actors : Art Evans, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, David Alan Grier,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

An African American officer investigates a murder in a racially charged situation in World War II.

Actors : James Best, Gene Evans, Peter Breck, Constance Towers,
Directors : Samuel Fuller,

Bent on winning a Pulitzer Prize, a journalist commits himself to a mental institution to solve a strange and unclear murder.

Actors : Joan Plowright, Richard Burton, Colin Blakely, Peter Firth,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

A psychiatrist attempts to uncover a troubled stable boy's disturbing obsession with horses.

Actors : Henry Fonda, Tony Curtis, George Kennedy, Mike Kellin,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

A series of brutal murders in Boston sparks a seemingly endless and increasingly complex manhunt.

Actors : Raul Julia, Diane Salinger, Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

A washed up, alcoholic actress who is prone to blackouts wakes up next to a murdered man. Did she kill him and, if not, is she in danger?

Actors : Burgess Meredith, Rachel Roberts, Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase,
Directors : Colin Higgins,

A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.

Actors : Bill Macy, Eugene Roche, Art Carney, Lily Tomlin,
Directors : Robert Benton,

A grumpy semi-retired private investigator partners with a quirky female client to catch the people who murdered his partner.

Actors : Richard Dysart, Barnard Hughes, Diana Rigg, George C. Scott,
Directors : Arthur Hiller,

An over-burdened doctor struggles to find meaning in his life while a murderer stalks the halls of his hospital.

Actors : Malcolm McDowell, Bruce Willis, Mariel Hemingway, James Garner,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.

Actors : Robert Blake, Billy Green Bush, Mitchell Ryan, Jeannine Riley,
Directors : James William Guercio,

Bored with his highway traffic duties, Arizona motorcycle patrolman John Wintergreen is assigned to Homicide where his polite investigative style irks his macho boss.

Actors : Sylvia Kuumba Williams, John Lithgow, Geneviève Bujold, Cliff Robertson,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his wife.