Best Mystery movies of 1997

Actors : Annabel Schofield, Harry Dean Stanton, Dean Stockwell, Damian Chapa,
Directors : Skott Snider,

Twins Martine/Georgine dupe a love-stricken executive (Martin) into helping them steal $5 million from Georgine's husband.

Actors : Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Ali Nassirian, Ezzatolah Entezami, Jamshid Mashayekhi,
Directors : Ali Hatami,

In Tehran 1916 during first world war a group of patriots make a punishment committee to punish the traitors. With the lead of Abolfatooh Mirza, Reza Tofangchi begins the assassinations.

Actors : Niki Karimi, Afsaneh Bayegan, Mohamad Reza Sharifinia, Fariborz Arabnia,
Directors : Behruz Afkhami,

Ali Hatami's film on the life of Iranian wrestling champion Takhti remains unfinished. Another director is assigned by the I.R. Intelligence Ministry to finish the project. The new director...

Actors : Stephen Rea, Dave Foley, Illeana Douglas, John Ritter,
Directors : Gary Rosen,

Brian is a television writer-producer who has to script a 22-episode anthology, but lacks inspiration. He witnesses a strange romantic encounter between two figures on the balcony of hotel ...

Actors : Margot Kidder, Shaun Johnston, Lorraine Bracco, Rick Ash,
Directors : Paul Ziller,

A woman has a miscarriage. After her grief becomes bearable, she attempts to adopt a baby, but discovers evidence that her baby might not have been dead when it was removed from her stomach. If so, who took the baby, why and where?

Actors : Tim Abell, Max Goldberg, Cory Lane, Tane McClure,
Directors : Fred Olen Ray,

When a man's wife dies, the new executive of his company makes a move. Though they know that sexual relations could cause problems, that does not stop them.

Actors : Evgeniy Mironov, Olga Ostroumova, Ekaterina Guseva, Sergey Makhovikov,
Directors : Nikolay Lebedev,

Actors : Milan Bahúl, Joachim Kemmer, Deana Horváthová, Klára Issová,
Directors : Juraj Jakubisko,

Actors : Pablo Bryant, James McManus, Ellen Goldwasser, H.M. Wynant,
Directors : Jack Perez,

A woman hires P.I. Lloyd Meadows to investigate her husband, a respectable social worker. What seemed to be a simple case of adultery turns into an ugly mess fast.

Actors : Johnny Keatth, Mellara Gold, Elina Madison, Landon Hall,
Directors : Eric Gibson,

When a mysterious incident nearly claims the life of a beautiful actress during rehearsals for her upcoming play, everyone deduces that her ambitious understudy, Elizabeth (Mellara Gold), ...

Actors : Paul Petersen, Rachel Lemieux, Patty McCormack, Gary Sandy,
Directors : Max Allan Collins,

Actors : Sam Anderson, Robert Dubac, Stanley DeSantis, Hudson Leick,
Directors : Brewster MacWilliams,

Aging gambler, Benny Walsh, dies in a car wreck driving home after the biggest poker win of his life. When the crash looks suspect and the money disappears, Benny's son smells trouble and searches for the money, motives

Actors : Brett Cullen, Carlos Bernard, Wes Studi, Tamlyn Tomita,
Directors : Evan Crooke,

Michael Sanford and his wife move to his old town so he can take over the family business. However, gruesome murders of children start to happen. Meanwhile, Michael starts to become slowly ...

Actors : Daniele Liotti, Omero Antonutti, Federico Luppi, Miguel Ángel Solá,
Directors : Juan José Jusid,

A Mayor has been sent to Patagonia to investigate the murder of a soldier. When the military seized power, he is forced to abandon the case. With the restoration of democracy, the case is reopened with a few consequences.

Actors : Alan Toy, Ash Adams, Nicole Gian, Kevin Spirtas,
Directors : Kelley Cauthen,

In this soft-core, erotic mystery, an incredibly handsome photographer and his beautiful supermodel are on the roof of the photographer's building having sex, where an intruder murders them...

Actors : Alyy Khan, Shambhavi Kaul, Keneth Desai, Irrfan Khan,
Directors : Rajat Kapoor,

An urban contemporary film about adultery, murder and betrayal in the film noir style. A simple story to which the director imparts a feeling of unrest and disquiet, catching the city in ...

Actors : Belén Blanco, Norman Briski, Walter Quiroz, Antonio Birabent,
Directors : Alejandro Maci,

Young Sebastian flees his parents' home in Buenos Aires and hides in their vacant estate in the pampas. Troubled by the news, the father sends a spy to lure the boy back. The spy, however, ...

Actors : Francisco Rabal, Nancho Novo, Juan Diego, Esperanza Roy,
Directors : Antonio F. Simón,

Two men are treated with hostility by idiosyncratic, upper class residents of a mysterious mansion.

Actors : Emmanuelle Seigner, Élodie Bouchez, Antoine de Caunes, Denis Podalydès,
Directors : Michel Deville,

An old and invaluable statue is stolen from Mali in Africa.Its thief decides to go a step further and steals from other people too.

Actors : Raisul Islam Asad, Haradhan Bannerjee, Sunetra Banerjee, Champa,
Directors : Buddhadev Dasgupta,

Dr. Nabin Datta is a prominent dentist in Calcutta, 47, disengaged, with little affect, and fearful that his hands and feet are turning to metal. His wife leaves him to live alone. His son,...