By Genre
The Best Bollywood
Mystery Films
4 films in the canon are filed under Mystery, from 1967 to 2015.
4 films in this canon are filed under Mystery, running from 1967 to 2015.
The genre is spread across the 1960s, 1990s, 2010s, with Vijay Anand, Reema Kagti, Dibakar Banerjee, Ram Gopal Varma doing the heaviest lifting. Hindi cinema rarely respects a single genre for a whole runtime, so most of these titles are cross-filed — follow the tags on any film page to find its neighbours.
Every entry links out to Wikipedia, IMDb, a trailer and a legal streaming search. See also the full ranked 100 and how we scored them.
| Rank | Film | Year | Director | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Jewel Thief ज्वेल थीफ़ | 1967 | Vijay Anand | Thriller, Mystery |
| – | Talaash तलाश | 2012 | Reema Kagti | Mystery, Drama |
| – | Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! डिटेक्टिव ब्योमकेश बख्शी! | 2015 | Dibakar Banerjee | Mystery, Thriller |
| – | Kaun? कौन? | 1999 | Ram Gopal Varma | Thriller, Mystery |
Film record Wikipedia — the article linked from each film page · data last revised 9 August 2026 · title, year, director and cast are read from that article; this site keeps no independent print record and does not claim one
Editorial The ranking and the case made for each placement — not a measurement · last revised 9 August 2026 · signed by Amit Sharma · the scoring is published in full so the machinery can be argued with, not just the result
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