Best 27 Mystery Movies Must-See Released in 1982

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims. Learn about The Thing / IMDB / YouTube

Two young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls. Info on Fanny and Alexander / IMDB / YouTube

Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran. Explore Halloween III: Season of the Witch / IMDB / YouTube

To save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of rats, with whom she has a deeper link than she suspected. Look into The Secret of NIMH / IMDB / YouTube

An up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat. Info on The Long Good Friday / IMDB / YouTube

Film noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from classic noir films appear as scenes from various movies interjected into the story. Read about Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid / IMDB / YouTube

When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him. Explore Missing / IMDB / YouTube

Agatha Christie's Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot, solves the murder of an actress at a Balkan resort. Info on Evil Under the Sun / IMDB / YouTube

A struggling playwright invites a young writer to his home to discuss a script, but the meeting spirals into a deadly game of deception and betrayal. See more about Deathtrap / IMDB / YouTube

A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city. Get info on The New York Ripper / IMDB / YouTube

A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away. Find out about The Draughtsman's Contract / IMDB / YouTube

Journalist Marie Jouvet attempts to uncover the mysterious disappearance of Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau. Explore Trail of the Pink Panther / IMDB / YouTube

NYPD detectives Shepard and Powell are working on a bizarre case of a ritualistic Aztec murder. Meanwhile, something big is attacking people of New York and only greedy small time crook Jimmy Quinn knows where its lair is. Details on Q: The Winged Serpent / IMDB / YouTube

Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter. Get info on Cutter's Way / IMDB / YouTube

A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress. Find out about Still of the Night / IMDB / YouTube

Members of an expedition in the East Indies encounter not only the cannibals they were looking for, but also an evil scientist and his zombie army. More about Zombie Holocaust / IMDB / YouTube

An orphaned teenager finds himself being dominated by his aunt who's hell-bent on keeping him with her at all costs. Look into Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker / IMDB / YouTube

In a rest home for elderly people, a daughter reads her mother's diary. Soon events that are mentioned in the mother's diary begin to happen to the daughter. Explore Next of Kin / IMDB / YouTube

Fictional account of real-life mystery writer Dashiell Hammett, and his involvement in the investigation of a beautiful Chinese cabaret actress' mysterious disappearance in San Francisco. Info on Hammett / IMDB / YouTube

Completely innocent man, Michael Jordon, is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she's later murdered, Michael becomes the chief suspect and goes on the run. Info on Hanky Panky / IMDB / YouTube

Two couples become stranded on a rugged isle, and are haunted by a supernatural beast, drawn to the wife of one of the couples, who dreams of its killings. More about The Slayer / IMDB / YouTube

A small town's doctor takes matters into his own hands after a series of gruesome and bizarre rape crimes perplex the clueless authorities. Details on The Incubus / IMDB / YouTube

When a woman is killed in a park, the police bring in everyone suspected of being there when the incident occurred and question them. One of them is the killer. Learn about The Grim Reaper / IMDB / YouTube

Four college students are stalked by an unknown assailant while staying on campus over the Christmas holidays to help clear out a dormitory which is to be demolished. Learn about The Dorm That Dripped Blood / IMDB / YouTube

At a remote Ohio college, a killer dressed in the school's bear mascot suit stalks several young women participating in an all-night scavenger hunt. Details on Girls Nite Out / IMDB / YouTube

Two cab drivers search San Francisco's Chinatown for the mysterious Chan, who disappeared with their $4000. Info on Chan Is Missing / IMDB / YouTube

A PI investigates the murder of his one-armed friend, a PI working on a case. Clues lead to a sex clinic. Bodies pile up. Explore I, the Jury / IMDB / YouTube