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    Mexican Mystery Movies

    The 40 most popular mexican mystery movies, ranked. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

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    Desire
    TMDB3.4

    Desire

    2026 · 1h 37m · MX

    Lucero’s life appears immaculate: a wealthy household, a devoted husband, and two children who embody the promise of a perfect family. Yet beneath this surface simmers a quiet dissatisfaction. When Matías, a young swimming coach hired by her husband, enters their lives, Lucero finds herself pulled into a risky and consuming relationship. As secrecy, desire, and jealousy tighten their grip, the boundaries within the family begin to collapse, placing mother and daughter in a dangerous emotional triangle that threatens to shatter everything Lucero has built.

    El mudo
    TMDB2.6

    El mudo

    2013 · 1h 26m · PE

    Constantino Zegarra is a principled Peruvian government official who stands apart from his corrupt colleagues. Throughout his two-decade career, he has steadfastly resisted corruption, driven by the memory of his father's impoverished end due to corruption. At forty, he is a dedicated family man with a teenage daughter who challenges his views. One morning, he survives a gunshot to the throat, rendering him mute. Upon recovery, he is certain that someone from his office attempted to kill him.

    The Arrival
    TMDB3.0

    The Arrival

    1996 · 1h 55m · MX

    Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.

    Macabre Serenade
    TMDB2.0

    Macabre Serenade

    1968 · 1h 29m · MX

    Relatives of a recently deceased man meet at his eerie castle for a reading of the will. They encounter a sinister piano player who turns out to be a toy maker, and his toys are imbued with murderous intentions.

    Maldicion Maya
    TMDB3.4

    Maldicion Maya

    1987 · 1h 30m · MX

    No overview available

    There Are No Saints
    TMDB2.5

    There Are No Saints

    2022 · 1h 45m · US

    A man is imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. When his wife is murdered and his son kidnapped and taken to Mexico, he devises an elaborate and dangerous plan to rescue his son and avenge the murder.

    Cosa fácil
    TMDB3.0

    Cosa fácil

    1982 · 1h 55m · MX

    This is a story of revenge, as detective Shayne's own clients sabotage his actions, and leave him blind in one eye. The cases then become personal and Shayne vows to destroy the guilty.

    Death's Roulette
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    Death's Roulette

    2023 · 1h 30m · MX

    Seven strangers wake up in a mansion in the middle of nowhere to discover they are part of a twisted game. They will have 60 minutes to choose one person to die; otherwise, all of them will be murdered. As the clock ticks down, the most lurid secrets will come to light, and they’ll discover they are all connected by a dark past.

    Tragic Jungle
    TMDB3.0

    Tragic Jungle

    2020 · 1h 36m · CO

    Deep in the jungle, a group of Mexican gum workers crosses their path with Agnes, a mysterious Belizean woman. Her presence enlivens the fantasies and desires of those men, without knowing that they have woken up an ancient Mayan legend.

    Stolen Heaven
    TMDB3.3

    Stolen Heaven

    1951 · 1h 41m · MX

    A young woman loses her mind when she finds out that her uncle and his boyfriend met in a train accident.

    Dulce espiritu
    TMDB3.0

    Dulce espiritu

    1987 · 47m · MX

    Mexican TV film about spiritism. Part of the series "Cuentos de Madrugada".

    The Crying of Malintzin
    TMDB3.0

    The Crying of Malintzin

    2022 · 1h 22m · MX

    Nacho and Memo start working as night watchmen in a Tequila factory. It is a stormy night. As soon as they recognize themselves alone in the middle of the huge industry, they get ready to drink and then they discover an intruder inside the facilities. It is Don Catarino, an old beggar who lives off the mercy of the employees and is the one who warns them that a lost soul usually appears in that factory on stormy nights. He pleads with them to ignore her and not allow her to involve them in her troubles. As soon as he disappears, a woman asks them for help to shelter from the storm.

    Satanic Pandemonium
    TMDB3.2

    Satanic Pandemonium

    1975 · 1h 29m · MX

    Sister Maria is known in the convent for her good works and charity, but, in the secret depths of her sexual fantasies, she is tormented by visions of another world - a world where her forbidden passions are allowed to run free. In this world Satan is her master. As her acts of violence and blasphemy mount, Maria realizes that she has been chosen by the Devil to destroy the convent and lead her sister nuns into hell!

    Tormento
    TMDB1.0

    Tormento

    2022 · 8m · MX

    Vin, a talented painter, is frustrated that he doesn't know how to finish his next great work, giving up on it. Seth, his self-centered and careless friend, visits him to rub his next great work in his face; thanks to Seth, Vin finds the final touch of his work but at a high cost.

    Amber
    TMDB2.5

    Amber

    1994 · 1h 31m · MX

    Old Max remembers the time as a child when he was taken to the jungle where he met a prophet, a circus man and other weird characters.

    La gota de sangre
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    La gota de sangre

    1950 · 1h 45m · MX

    Did Rodolfo just marry a serial murderess?

    Fatal Trap
    TMDB3.1

    Fatal Trap

    1961 · 1h 27m · MX

    Part of a series of films based on portions of the Manuel Payno novel "El fisto del diablo." The others are El fistol del diablo, Juego diabólico and El ataúd infernal. All were directed by Fernando Fernández and star Roberto Cañedo.

    Rito terminal
    TMDB2.7

    Rito terminal

    2000 · 1h 50m · MX

    Mateo loses his shadow when making a documentary in an indigenous community. He enters a magical and unknown world, losing the conviction to continue living in the city.

    Lovers of the Lord of the Night
    TMDB2.2

    Lovers of the Lord of the Night

    1986 · 1h 30m · MX

    Venusita falls in love with the son of a wealthy family whose mother sends her son off to the United States in order to keep the two apart. Not to be rejected so easily, Venusita visits Saurina the sorceress who comes up with a spell that kills off the merchant and zaps the son back home, but Venusita's problems are far from over.

    Silencio
    TMDB3.1

    Silencio

    2018 · 1h 38m · MX

    In order to save her son's life, Ana embarks on a quest to find a powerful stone from the Zone of Silence in Mexico. Someone finds out the power the stone possesses and believes it is a power worth killing for.

    Murder in Three Acts
    TMDB3.0

    Murder in Three Acts

    1986 · 1h 34m · MX

    In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.

    Conversaciones
    TMDB3.2

    Conversaciones

    2020 · 1h 37m · MX

    10 fantastic and dark conversations tell us the story of a Mexican family through the relations and conflicts of two brothers.

    The Curse of Nostradamus
    TMDB2.7

    The Curse of Nostradamus

    1961 · 1h 19m · MX

    An aristocratic vampire swears an oath to kill the enemies who killed his father. In order to terrify them even further, he warns each one when he is coming for them.

    (Telephone)
    TMDB5.0

    (Telephone)

    2023 · 1h 38m · MX

    The life of a telephone line told through a chain of 72 international phone calls. Starting with a toy phone that wants to possess the soul of a child and ending with a psychopath who ends up destroying this long chain of phone calls.

    Who Killed Grandpa?
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    Who Killed Grandpa?

    1972 · 1h 25m · MX

    A man dies of a heart attack and his wife hides the body in order to continue collecting pension.

    Zapatos
    TMDB1.8

    Zapatos

    2018 · MX

    No overview available

    Sirena
    TMDB3.5

    Sirena

    2021 · 1h 20m · MX

    It is Easter in town and magic and mystery come to life as a commander makes inquiries about a man who has been found dead. His inquiries begin in a brothel where a singer who calls herself Soledad, who is hidden by Coral, the owner of the place, entertains. The singer seems to carry from birth the curse of the sirens: "Every man who falls in love with her will die" and unless she breaks it she must always run away, without escaping her own destiny.

    Mientras México duerme
    TMDB3.4

    Mientras México duerme

    1938 · 1h 37m · MX

    No overview available

    Los visitados
    TMDB2.5

    Los visitados

    2020 · MX

    No overview available

    Edna
    TMDB2.5

    Edna

    2020 · 1h 57m · MX

    Two distanced brothers meet again after some years of silence. In the funeral, they hear about a secret society called Edna, related with forgery and art robbery. They're looking for them to kill the two brothers

    La trajinera del terror
    TMDB2.2

    La trajinera del terror

    2005 · 1h 29m · MX

    Seven teenagers travel by a trajinera over Xochimilco waters. Two of them use a witchboard and become possessed. The teenagers soon are arrive on an island, where one by one are murdered by their possessed friends.

    Weddings of fire
    TMDB3.5

    Weddings of fire

    1951 · 1h 27m · MX

    When the doctor's city girlfriend falls ill, a handsome rancher takes her to his ranch to get better. It's a disastrous decision, as he and the lady begin to fall in love and secretly meet. As the wedding day approaches, Rodolfo tries to make her forget about the doctor for the sake of his love.

    Crimen Por Muerte
    TMDB2.5

    Crimen Por Muerte

    1996 · MX

    Brenda has murdered her movie director husband "Bosco" out of fear that he was going to kill her. Brenda's sister Monica helps her get rid of his body and go on with the shooting of the film they're all making, but it seems Bosco has not quite died since he begins to appear from a far during filming & haunting Brenda everywhere else she goes.

    Herod's Law
    TMDB4.0

    Herod's Law

    1999 · 2h 3m · MX

    In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while associating with an unscrupulous assortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.

    Moronga
    TMDB2.8

    Moronga

    2018 · 1h 39m · MX

    A psychotic US marine becomes an agent of chaos in a village in southern Mexico during a social uprising. On his journey towards Death, he discovers the truth behind a local tragedy involving a mysterious pregnant girl, and decides to do something about it... but gets it all wrong.

    Scared to Death
    TMDB3.0

    Scared to Death

    1958 · 1h 27m · MX

    A young woman hires Viruta y Capulina to find a notorious jewel thief, known as Rostov.

    Huesera: The Bone Woman
    TMDB2.9

    Huesera: The Bone Woman

    2023 · 1h 37m · MX

    Valeria's joy at becoming a first-time mother is quickly taken away when she's cursed by a sinister entity. As danger closes in, she's forced deeper into a chilling world of dark magic that threatens to consume her.

    Morir de madrugada
    TMDB3.4

    Morir de madrugada

    1980 · 1h 30m · MX

    A successful lawyer has his life shattered when his beautiful wife is found murdered. An investigation reveals she was lying to him and leading a double life... but who killed her?

    La extraña pasajera
    TMDB3.3

    La extraña pasajera

    1953 · 1h 23m · MX

    During a long train trip, the Police has discovered jewelries in the personal bag of an actress, but she turns out to be innocent.

    Even the Wind Is Afraid
    TMDB4.0

    Even the Wind Is Afraid

    1968 · 1h 28m · MX

    A group of college students, led by Claudia, decide to investigate a local tower that has figured prominently in disturbing reoccurring dreams Claudia has been having. They are suspended from school for their antics, but Claudia learns from one of the female staff members that the person in the dream is a student who killed herself years before and that the headmistress has seen her ghost.

    About Mexican Mystery Movies

    Mexican cinema

    Mexican cinema had a Golden Age in the 1940s and 50s and a second surge from the late 1990s, when Cuarón, del Toro, and Iñárritu moved between Mexican production and Hollywood without abandoning either.

    Mystery

    Mystery films are structured around withheld information, trusting the audience to work alongside the investigator. The genre ranges from cozy whodunits to bleak, unresolved character studies.

    In this list

    Years covered
    1938–2026
    Best reviewed
    Herod's Law (8.0)
    Often also
    Drama, Thriller, Horror

    Common questions

    What are the best Mexican mystery movies?
    By popularity across Flickfolio and TMDB, the top picks right now are Desire, El mudo, and The Arrival. The full ranked list of 40 sits above — open any movie for ratings, reviews, and streaming availability.
    How is this list ranked?
    Mexican mystery movies are ordered by overall popularity, which blends how often a title is viewed, searched, and logged. It updates as viewing habits shift, so the list reflects what people are actually watching rather than a fixed critical canon.
    Where can I watch these movies?
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