List of the AFI’s Top Mystery Movies. In 2008 the American Film Institute honored America’s 10 greatest films in 10 classic film genres, of which Mystery was one. These were chosen from a ballot of 500 nominated films, to a jury of over 1500 leaders in the film industry. The ballot include films from 1915 to 2006.
AFI’s Top 10 Mystery Films,
Blue Velvet
Chinatown
Dial M for Murder
Laura
North by Northwest
Rear Window
The Maltese Falcon
The Third Man
The Usual Suspects
Vertigo