Stream These 9 Mystery Thriller Movies to Get Your Heart Pumping

Calling all sleuths! If you love navigating a web of lies and deceit and piecing together clues to figure out who done it (or how they’re going to get away with it), these mystery movies are a must-watch. They delve into the human psyche, explore dark secrets, and keep you guessing until the very end. So, settle into your couch and get ready to unravel these mystery thrillers on Peacock (magnifying glass optional). 

1. Bosco (2024)

This Peacock Original, featuring Aubrey Joseph, is based on the true-life story of Quawntay "Bosco" Adams. Joseph portrays a young convicted man who plans an ingenious escape from a federal maximum-security prison to witness the birth of his first child in 2006.

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2. Memento (2000)

In one of the top mystery thriller movies of all time, Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce), a former insurance investigator with short-term memory loss, tries to piece together fragments of his mind through photographs, handwritten notes, and tattoos to find the person who killed his wife. The film won the 2000 Oscar^® for Best Original Screenplay.

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3. Drop (2025) 

First dates can be deadly in this thriller directed by Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day). Violet (Meghann Fahy) goes on her first date in years with charming photographer Henry (Brandon Sklenar) when sinister “drops” start appearing on her phone mid-meal. The anonymous tormentor demands she obey the instructions or her son will die.  

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4. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) 

From acclaimed director Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here), this psychological thriller is chilling in every memory-flipped moment. Eva (Tilda Swinton) has been living in the aftermath of her teenage son Kevin’s horrifying crime and piecing together their fractured past in flashbacks.  

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5. Summoned (2013) 

When jury members in a high-profile murder case start turning up dead in the seat order they sat, Detective Callendar (Cuba Gooding Jr.) must race to untangle a twisted web of revenge, fate, and supernatural suggestion. Called back from suspension to handle this chilling chain of murders tied to a convicted serial killer, Callendar teams up with Laura (Ashley Scott) and Detective Lyons (Bailey Chase) to track down a ruthless killer who’s methodical in terror. 

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6. Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) 

A seemingly perfect crime unravels under the gentlest scrutiny. In this original Columbo pilot, cunning attorney Leslie Williams (Lee Grant) murders her husband, stages a kidnapping, and baffles the authorities until Lieutenant Columbo (Peter Falk) stumbles into her suburban life with squinty eyes and a million tiny questions. As Columbo pieces together the inconsistencies from odd ransom note details to a suspicious airplane drop, it’s clear nothing is as it seems.  

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7. Hypnotic (2023)

Detective Danny Rourke (Ben Affleck) is determined to find his missing daughter. This leads him down a rabbit hole as he probes a series of reality-bending crimes that are mysteriously connected to his missing child.

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8. Stephen King’s A Good Marriage (2014) 

While her husband Bob (Anthony LaPaglia), the quintessential coin-collecting accountant, is away on a business trip, Darcy (Joan Allen) finds a hidden box in the garage filled with driver's licenses belonging to missing women and a gut-wrenching realization sets in. Bob is the serial killer known as “Beadie.” Based on the novella written by horror legend Stephen King, this mystery thriller will have you on the edge of your seat. 

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9. Black Christmas (1974) 

The holiday season turns chillingly sinister in this proto-slasher classic. As winter break approaches, a group of sorority sisters at Pi Kappa Sigma start receiving unsettling phone calls taunting them with cryptic threats. But what begins as a crude prank spirals into terror when the women realize the calls are coming from inside the house. 

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