Audience
75.3
Critics
93.5
Award
93.1
🏆CANNES 2025
Movies recognized by major awards & festivals, 2021–2026
Mystery films lasting 120 minutes or less with an Oscar Best Picture or BAFTA Best Film nomination, or Cannes, Venice or Berlin main competition selection, including winners in 2021–2026. Ranked by audience ratings, critics’ scores and award recognition.
2021–2026 refers to ceremony and festival years, not necessarily release dates. 17 films in this collection.
| # | Movie | Watch | Year | Total ~ | Audience | Critics | Award Score | Recognition | Genre | Runtime |
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| 1 | IW Jafar Panahi · Iran; France; Luxembourg | 2025 | 95.1 | 75.3 | 93.5 | 93.1 | 🏆CANNES 2025 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 103 min | |
| 2 | TF Florian Zeller · France; United Kingdom | 2020 | 95.0 | 83.3 | 91.5 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2021●OSCAR 2021 | Drama, Mystery | 97 min | |
| 3 | PY Emerald Fennell · United States; United Kingdom | 2020 | 93.1 | 76.6 | 78.9 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2021●OSCAR 2021 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 113 min | |
| 4 | J Beth de Araújo · United States | 2026 | 90.3~ | 82.5 | 89.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 114 min | |
| 5 | RO Natalia López · Mexico; Argentina; United States | 2022 | 89.4 | 63.6 | 77.3 | 80.6 | ◆BERLIN 2022 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 118 min | |
| 6 | GM Marie Kreutzer · Austria; Germany; France | 2026 | 89.1 | 82.9 | 71.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama, Mystery | 114 min | |
| 7 | IA Leyla Bouzid · France; Tunisia | 2026 | 88.9~ | 72.1 | 87.6 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama, Mystery | 111 min | |
| 8 | TE Joanna Hogg · United Kingdom; United States | 2022 | 87.8 | 63.6 | 85.4 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 96 min | |
| 9 | L Ivan Sen · Australia | 2023 | 87.6 | 64.9 | 83.1 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2023 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 108 min | |
| 10 | RI Hélène Cattet; Bruno Forzani · Belgium; Luxembourg; Italy; France | 2025 | 87.5 | 65.1 | 81.8 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 87 min | |
| 11 | TS Rolf de Heer · Australia | 2022 | 87.4 | 69.9 | 73.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2023 | Drama, Mystery | 110 min | |
| 12 | S Michel Franco · Mexico; France; Sweden | 2021 | 87.3 | 67.2 | 74.6 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama, Mystery | 82 min | |
| 13 | ML Ana Lily Amirpour · United States | 2021 | 87.1 | 66.5 | 73.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | 106 min | |
| 14 | TU Timm Kröger · Germany; Austria; Switzerland | 2023 | 86.3 | 64.5 | 66.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 118 min | |
| 15 | MB Johanna Moder · Austria; Switzerland; Germany | 2025 | 86.1~ | 62.7 | 69.6 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Mystery, Thriller | 108 min | |
| 16 | C Casey Affleck · Canada; United States | 2026 | 84.3 | 60.9 | 49.4 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 92 min | |
| 17 | AL Damiano D'Innocenzo; Fabio D'Innocenzo · Italy | 2021 | 83.5 | 63.9 | 36.8 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 90 min |
This collection contains 17 mystery films with an Oscar Best Picture or BAFTA Best Film nomination, or Cannes, Venice or Berlin main competition selection, including winners during 2021–2026. Every film runs for 120 minutes or less. The shortest is 82 minutes and the longest is 118 minutes. The Mystery label comes from the catalogue genres; a film can belong to more than one genre.
It Was Just an Accident leads this Total Score ranking with 95.1. The Father has one of the highest Audience scores in the selection (83.3). It Was Just an Accident has one of the highest known Critics scores (93.5). Comparing these separate scores can help you choose between the films.
Jafar Panahi · 2025 · 103 min
Audience 75.3 · Critics 93.5 · Total 95.1
Cannes 2025: Palme d'Or
Florian Zeller · 2020 · 97 min
Audience 83.3 · Critics 91.5 · Total 95.0
BAFTA 2021: Nominee (Best Film)
Oscar 2021: Nominee (Best Picture)
Emerald Fennell · 2020 · 113 min
Audience 76.6 · Critics 78.9 · Total 93.1
BAFTA 2021: Nominee (Best Film)
Oscar 2021: Nominee (Best Picture)
Total combines 40% audience ratings, 30% critic ratings and 30% original award points, with a bonus for recognition by additional institutions. Scores shown to one decimal place can be tied while their unrounded ranking differs. A Critics score marked ~ is estimated from the catalogue median; its Total is provisional. Recognition years refer to ceremonies and festival editions, not necessarily release dates.