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


The Invisible Guest
2017 · 1h 47m · ES
Barcelona, Spain. Adrián Doria, a young and successful businessman accused of murder, meets one night with Virginia Goodman, an expert interrogation lawyer, in order to devise a defense strategy.


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.


Enemy
2014 · 1h 31m · CA
A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.
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[REC]
2007 · 1h 18m · ES
A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.


The Skin I Live In
2011 · 2h · ES
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.


The Chalk Line
2022 · 1h 46m · ES
After a couple finds a traumatized child of unknown origins, wife Paula must decipher the girl's strange behaviors to unlock her identity and dark past.


The Collector
2025 · 1h 36m · ES
In the border town of Reino del Duero, Fátima, known as "The Collector," gives a seemingly mundane object to some visiting strangers. What the visitors don't suspect is that Fátima's gifts will trigger a series of disturbing and dramatic paranormal events that will change their lives forever.


The Truthers
2026 · 1h 46m · ES
After her mother's sudden death, Ruth returns to her hometown and reunites with her father, whose odd behavior makes her question what really happened.


The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2009 · 2h 32m · DK
Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger's niece


Marrowbone
2017 · 1h 51m · ES
A young man and his three younger siblings are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.


The Secret in Their Eyes
2009 · 2h 10m · AR
Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.


Mirage
2018 · 2h 9m · ES
During a mysterious thunderstorm, Vera, a young mother, manages to save a life in danger, but her good deed causes a disturbing chain of unexpected consequences.


Boy Missing
2016 · 1h 45m · ES
When her son's alleged kidnapper is released for lack of solid evidence, a reputable and well-known attorney takes matters into her own hands with unintended and spectacularly disastrous consequences.


Tin & Tina
2023 · 1h 59m · ES
After a traumatic miscarriage, Lola and her husband, Adolfo, adopt Tin and Tina, a lovely albino brother and sister with an ultra-Catholic education that makes them interpret the Holy Bible verbatim.


Between Worlds
2018 · 1h 30m · US
Joe, a down-on-his-luck truck driver haunted by the memory of his deceased wife and child, meets Julie, a spiritually gifted woman who enlists his help in a desperate effort to find the lost soul of her comatose daughter. But the spirit of Joe's dead wife proves stronger, possessing the young woman's body and determined to settle her unfinished business with the living.


The Body
2012 · 1h 47m · ES
A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.


Presage
1970 · 1h 30m · ES
Berta, a woman with paranormal powers, begins working with a psychiatrist to unravel the mysterious murder of a woman named Renata.


Down a Dark Hall
2018 · 1h 36m · US
Kit, a troubled girl, is sent to the exclusive Blackwood boarding school, where she discovers that only four other female students have been admitted to learn the four pillars of knowledge under the ominous wing of the mysterious headmistress Madame Duret.


A Widow's Game
2025 · 2h 2m · ES
When a man is found dead, the investigation shatters his widow's perfect facade and exposes a hidden double life in this thriller based on real events.
Secuestro
Secuestro
2005 · 1h 34m · CL
A 22-year-old girl, the daughter of a millionaire businessman, who is the victim of an express kidnapping, from which she will only be saved if her father pays a large ransom to her kidnappers.


Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow
2022 · 1h 28m · ES
After being put on indefinite leave by his chief of police uncle, the highly intelligent and arrogant huntsman spider Inspector Sun boards a San Francisco bound seaplane. Joined by an intrepid young fan, Sun is pulled into a murder case where the turnout could affect both the insect and human worlds.


For Elise
2013 · 1h 15m · ES
A young college is responsible for the care of an innocent little girl, but soon all he knows give a twist that will endanger his own life. All begin when crossing under the floor of the third floor to the left, a road without knowing directly the door open to the forces of evil, freeing them at will through the building. A desperate race to save the lives when terror and pure evil are in the next aisle.


Persecuted
2020 · 1h 42m · CO
After witnessing the murder of a little girl's parents, a young woman becomes the child's protector and is forced to flee from the killers while trying to discover their motive.


La Casa
2020 · 1h 13m · CL
Responding to an urgent call for help, a police officer becomes trapped by the evil spirits of a cursed house.


A Whale
2025 · 1h 47m · IT
When Ingrid pulls the trigger, her victims don’t know who has shot. Her ability to infiltrate and disappear without leaving a trace makes her an unrelenting killer. But that power comes from another world.


Naufragio
2010 · 1h 35m
Robinson is shipwrecked off the coast of the extreme south of Spain. After a tremendous struggle in the stormy waters, he manages to reach the safety of the shore and save his life. He is an anonymous exile in a foreign land, just like so many other thousand of black Africans. Robinson manages to find some work in one of the many large greenhouses that grow fruit and vegetables along the coast of Almeria, but his condition as an illegal immigrant is precarious and he decides to move further inland. Robinson's mind is troubled with interior voices, spirits that control and confound him. In order to free himself from them, he must fulfill a mission: to kill a man.


Grand Piano
2013 · 1h 30m · ES
Tom Selznick, the most talented pianist of his generation, stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public in a long awaited concert in Chicago. Just moments after starting his performance in the packed theater, in front of an expectant audience, Tom finds a threatening message written on the score: 'Play one wrong note and you die'. Without leaving the piano, Tom must discover the anonymous sniper's motives and look for help without anyone realizing.


God's Crooked Lines
2022 · 2h 35m · ES
Alice Gould, a private investigator, pretends to be mentally ill in order to enter a psychiatric hospital and gather evidence for the case she is working on: the death of a patient in unclear circumstances.


The Hidden Face
2011 · 1h 32m · CO
A Spanish orchestra conductor deals with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend.


Awareness
2023 · 1h 52m · ES
Ian is a teenager who lives with his father on the outskirts by running small scams using Ian's ability to generate visual illusions upon unsuspecting victims. When one of his cons goes awry, his abilities publicly spiral out of control and Ian becomes the target of two rival organizations, each seeking to exploit his powers.


The Apostle
2012 · 1h 24m · ES
A recently escaped convict seeks to recover a treasure he hid years ago in a small, secluded Galician village. However once there, he finds out that in the village there is an even worse sentence than the one he fled from.


Last Stop: Rocafort St.
2024 · 1h 29m · ES
Laura has recently started working in the Barcelona subway. She has been assigned the old and quiet Rocafort station, but it won't be long before she discovers that this stop harbors a legend that will begin to haunt her: many people have died there in strange circumstances over the years and no one seems to be interested in knowing the truth.


The Other Fu Manchu
1946 · 1h 26m · ES
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Narciso
2026 · 1h 41m · PY
Paraguay, 1958. The charismatic Narciso returns from Buenos Aires with rock ’n’ roll in his veins. Under the suffocating military regime, his radio show becomes a music sensation and a symbol of freedom.


Austral Fever
2019 · 21m · CL
Amanda (46), a complaisant and lonely woman, lives with her son Daniel (16) in the mountains of southern Chile. Octavio (16), a Daniel’s friend, is accidentally injured while hunting in the forest. Amanda takes over the healing sessions, developing an intimate bond with the teenager. They discover that the contact with the wound produces an addictive pleasure.


Everybody Knows
2018 · 2h 12m · ES
Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her Argentinian husband and children. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.


Kraken. The Black Book of Hours
2026 · ES
Unai López de Ayala must immerse himself in the world of art collecting and forgery in order to find the legendary Black Book of Hours and save his mother, whom he had long believed to be dead


Marshland
2014 · 1h 44m · ES
The Spanish Deep South, 1980. A series of brutal murders of adolescent girls in a remote and forgotten town bring together two disparate characters – both detectives in the homicide division – to investigate the cases.


Al Oriente
2021 · 1h 40m · AR
Atahualpa works on the construction of a road that will cross the Llanganates Mountain Range, where it is said that the treasure of Inca Atahualpa was hidden in 1533. One night, Atahualpa is the guide of an expedition that goes in search of the treasure at the beginning of the 20th century.


The Invisible Guardian
2017 · 2h 9m · DE
When the naked body of a teenage girl is found on the banks of the River Baztán, it is quickly linked to a similar murder one month before. Soon, rumours are flying in the nearby village of Elizondo. Is this the work of a ritualistic killer or is it the basajaun, the ‘invisible guardian’ of Basque mythology? Inspector Amaia Salazar leads the investigation, taking her back to the heart of the Basque country where she was born, and where she hoped never to return. Shrouded in mist and surrounded by impenetrable forests, it is a place of unresolved conflicts and a terrible secret from Amaia’s childhood that will come back to haunt her. Faced with the superstitions of the village, Amaia must fight the demons of her past to confront the reality of a serial killer on the loose. But as she is drawn deeper into the investigation, she feels the presence of something darker lurking in the shadows…
Spanish cinema carries the surrealist streak of Buñuel through to Almodóvar's melodramas and a modern horror scene with real international reach. The post-Franco decades produced an unusually sharp break with what came before.
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.