8 Underrated Mysteries You Need to Watch This Week. Yes, Even the Last One.

The hits get the votes. These get the scores. Every pick here scores above 8 on movie.guru, and most of your friends haven't seen any of them.

Number one is a family movie. You will argue with me. You will lose.

1. 8
   Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)8.2

   The best Robert Downey Jr. movie nobody paid to see.

   8.2 on movie.guru, $4,243,756 domestic against a reported $15 million budget. Downey and Val Kilmer trade insults like it's a sport. The plot is a mess on purpose.
2. 7
   Drishyam: The Conclusion (2026)8.6

   Way too good for 6,539 IMDb votes.

   100% on Rotten Tomatoes, audiences beat 93% of movies. Ajay Devgn and Tabu circle each other again. Fair warning: the title says Conclusion, so homework helps.
3. 6
   The Secret Agent (2025)8.8

   Wagner Moura's best work, and barely anyone logged it.

   Metacritic 91, critics beat 98% of movies, 8.8 on movie.guru, only 64,334 IMDb votes. It's slow and it knows it. Patience gets paid back with interest.
4. 5
   Incendies (2010)9.1

   Villeneuve's best movie, and it's the one people skipped.

   9.1 on movie.guru, IMDb 8.3, made on a reported $6.5 million. It's about war and family, and it's heavy. Watch it rested. Read nothing about it first.
5. 4
   The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)9.0

   A $2 million budget that outclasses most blockbusters.

   Reported $2 million budget, 9.0 on movie.guru, audiences beat 97% of movies. Ricardo Darín carries it. The romance drags in spots, and you'll forgive it anyway.
6. 3
   Anatomy of a Fall (2023)9.3

   A courtroom drama with more suspense than most thrillers.

   9.3 on movie.guru on a reported $6.7 million budget. Sandra Hüller never gives you a clean read. The court scenes get talky. You won't check your phone anyway.
7. 2
   The Father (2020)9.6

   The highest score here made $2,122,771 domestic.

   9.6 on movie.guru, critics and audiences both beat 97% of movies. Anthony Hopkins puts you inside a mind that's slipping. It's not fun. It's devastating, and that's the point.
8. 1
   The Sheep Detectives (2026)8.6

   The best mystery of 2026 stars sheep. Fight me.

   8.6 on movie.guru, audiences beat 90% of movies. Hugh Jackman leads, sheep investigate, and the whodunit plays fair. Some jokes skew young. The clues don't.

$583.19 says at least one of you watches the sheep one "for the kids" and never tells the kids.

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