List of mystery films

Amystery filmis a genre of film revolving around the solution to a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of a protagonist to solve the mystery by means of clues, investigation, and deduction.

This is alist of mystery filmsby decade.

1910s

• Sherlock Holmes(1916)
• Seven Keys to Baldpate(1917)

1920s

• Sherlock Holmes(1922)
• The Man from Beyond(1922)
• The Cat and the Canary(1927)
• The Lodger(1927)
• The Canary Murder Case(1929)
• The Greene Murder Case(1929)
• The Letter(1929)
• The Studio Murder Mystery(1929)

1930s

• The Bat Whispers(1930)
• The Benson Murder Case(1930)
• The Bishop Murder Case(1930)
• The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu(1930)
• The Black Camel(1931)
• Daughter of the Dragon(1931)
• The Maltese Falcon(1931)
• Mary(1931)
• The Sleeping Cardinal(1931)
• The Speckled Band(1931)
• Arsène Lupin(1932)
• Doctor X(1932)
• The Death Kiss(1932)
• The Lodger(1932)
• The Old Dark House(1932)
• The Phantom of Crestwood(1932)
• Sherlock Holmes(1932)
• The Sign of Four(1932)
• Thirteen Women(1932)
• A Study in Scarlet(1933)
• Mystery of the Wax Museum(1933)
• The Kennel Murder Case(1933)
• Lord Edgware Dies(1934)
• The Case of the Howling Dog(1934)
• Charlie Chan in London(1934)
• The Dragon Murder Case(1934)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much(1934)
• The Thin Man(1934)
• The 39 Steps(1935)
• The Case of the Curious Bride(1935)
• The Case of the Lucky Legs(1935)
• The Casino Murder Case(1935)
• Charlie Chan in Egypt(1935)
• Charlie Chan in Paris(1935)
• Charlie Chan in Shanghai(1935)
• The Glass Key(1935)
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood(1935)
• Remember Last Night?(1935)
• The Spanish Cape Mystery(1935), firstEllery Queenfilm
• The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes(1935)
• After the Thin Man(1936)
• The Case of the Black Cat(1936)
• The Case of the Velvet Claws(1936)
• Charlie Chan at the Circus(1936)
• Charlie Chan at the Opera(1936)
• Charlie Chan at the Race Track(1936)
• Charlie Chan's Secret(1936)
• The Garden Murder Case(1936)
• Murder on a Bridle Path(1936)
• The Plot Thickens(1936)
• The Preview Murder Mystery(1936)
• Satan Met a Lady(1936)
• Secret Agent(1936)
• The Case of the Stuttering Bishop(1937)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles(1937)
• The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes(1937)
• Night of Mystery(1937)
• Silver Blaze(1937)
• Charlie Chan at the Olympics(1937)
• Charlie Chan on Broadway(1937)
• Young and Innocent(1937)
• Arsène Lupin Returns(1938)
• Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo(1938)
• The Lady Vanishes(1938)
• The Mad Miss Manton(1938)
• Mr. Moto's Gamble(1938)
• Mr. Wong, Detective(1938)
• Mysterious Mr. Moto(1938)
• Nancy Drew... Detective(1938)
• The Saint in New York(1938)
• Tom Sawyer, Detective(1938)
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes(1939)
• The Arsenal Stadium Mystery(1939)
• The Cat and the Canary(1939)
• The Gracie Allen Murder Case(1939)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles(1939)
• Mystery of Mr. Wong(1939)
• Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase(1939)
• Nancy Drew... Reporter(1939)
• Nancy Drew… Trouble Shooter(1939)
• The Saint Strikes Back(1939)

1940s

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• Calling Philo Vance(1940)
• Gaslight(1940)
• The Letter(1940)
• Rebecca(1940)
• The Black Cat(1941)
• Citizen Kane(1941)
• Footsteps in the Dark(1941)
• The Gay Falcon(1941)
• The Ghost Train(1941)
• The Maltese Falcon(1941)
• Shadow of the Thin Man(1941)
• Shadows on the Stairs(1941)
• Suspicion(1941)
• Topper Returns(1941)
• Eyes in the Night(1942)
• The Falcon Takes Over(1942)
• The Falcon's Brother(1942)
• The Glass Key(1942)
• Saboteur(1942)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon(1942)
• The Voice of Terror(1942)
• Shadow of a Doubt(1943)
• Sherlock Holmes Faces Death(1943)
• Sherlock Holmes in Washington(1943)
• Christmas Holiday(1944)
• Gaslight(1944)
• Laura(1944)
• The Lodger(1944)
• Murder, My Sweet(1944)
• The Pearl of Death(1944), Sherlock Holmes
• Phantom Lady(1944)
• The Scarlet Claw(1944), Sherlock Holmes
• The Spider Woman(1944)
• The Suspect(1944)
• And Then There Were None(1945)
• Hangover Square(1945)
• The Hidden Eye(1945)
• The Thin Man Goes Home(1945)
• Pursuit to Algiers(1945)
• The House of Fear(1945)
• Spellbound(1945)
• The Woman in Green(1945), Sherlock Holmes
• The Big Sleep(1946)
• The Blue Dahlia(1946)
• The Dark Corner(1946)
• Dressed to Kill(1946), Sherlock Holmes
• She-Wolf of London(1946)
• The Spiral Staircase(1946)
• The Stranger(1946)
• The Strange Woman(1946)
• Terror by Night(1946), Sherlock Holmes
• Crossfire(1947)
• Fear in the Night(1947)
• Johnny O'Clock(1947)
• The Lady from Shanghai(1947)
• Lady in the Lake(1947)
• Lured(1947)
• Out of the Past(1947)
• Philo Vance Returns(1947)
• Song of the Thin Man(1947)
• The Unfaithful(1947)
• They Won't Believe Me(1947)
• The Big Clock(1948), remade asNo Way Out(1987)
• Rope(1948)
• Sleep, My Love(1948)
• Sorry Wrong Number(1948)
• Alias Nick Beal(1949)
• D.O.A.(1949)
• The Lady Gambles(1949)
• Manhandled(1949)
• The Third Man(1949)
• Too Late for Tears(1949)

1950s

• Mystery Street(1950)
• Stage Fright(1950)
• Union Station(1950)
• Strangers on a Train(1951)
• Phone Call from a Stranger(1952)
• A Blueprint for Murder(1953)
• The Blue Gardenia(1953)
• House of Wax(1953)
• Man in the Attic(1953)
• The Glass Web(1953)
• The Long Wait(1954)
• Rear Window(1954)
• Kiss Me Deadly(1955)
• Mr. Arkadin(1955)
• Julie(1956)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much(1956)
• 23 Paces to Baker Street(1956)
• My Gun Is Quick(1957)
• Witness for the Prosecution(1957)
• Vertigo(1958)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles(1959)
• The 39 Steps(1959)
• North by Northwest(1959)

1960s

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• Psycho(1960)
• Midnight Lace(1960)
• Murder, She Said(1961)
• The Manchurian Candidate(1962)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace(1962)
• The Trial(1962)
• The Birds(1963)
• Charade(1963)
• The Girl Hunters(1963)
• The List of Adrian Messenger(1963)
• The Old Dark House(1963)
• Murder at the Gallop(1963)
• The Pink Panther(1963)
• Marnie(1964)
• Murder Most Foul(1964)
• The Moon-Spinners(1964)
• Murder Ahoy!(1964)
• A Shot in the Dark(1964)
• The Alphabet Murders(1965)
• Alphaville(1965)
• A Study in Terror(1965)
• Sylvia(1965)
• Ten Little Indians(1965)
• That Darn Cat!(1965)
• The Third Day(1965)
• Blowup(1966)
• Berserk!(1967)
• Athey Kangal(1967)
• The Champagne Murders(1967)
• Gunn(1967)
• In the Heat of the Night(1967)
• Tony Rome(1967)
• Wait Until Dark(1967)
• Warning Shot(1967)
• Bullitt(1968)
• The Detective(1968)
• Inspector Clouseau(1968)
• Jigsaw(1968)
• Lady in Cement(1968)
• Madigan(1968)
• No Way to Treat a Lady(1968)
• P.J.(1968)
• The Big Bounce(1969)
• Marlowe(1969)

1970s

• Darker than Amber(1970)
• The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes(1970)
• The Cat o' Nine Tails(1971)
• Gumshoe(1971)
• Klute(1971)
• Pretty Maids All in a Row(1971)
• The Carey Treatment(1972)
• Hickey & Boggs(1972)
• Frenzy(1972)
• Pulp(1972)
• Sleuth(1972)
• They Only Kill Their Masters(1972)
• Electra Glide in Blue(1973)
• The Last of Sheila(1973)
• The Legend of Hell House(1973)
• The Long Goodbye(1973)
• Shamus(1973)
• Chinatown(1974)
• The Conversation(1974)
• The Midnight Man(1974)
• Murder on the Orient Express(1974)
• The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother(1975)
• The Black Bird(1975)
• Escape to Witch Mountain(1975)
• Farewell, My Lovely(1975)
• The Legend of Lizzie Borden(1975)
• Night Moves(1975)
• One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing(1975)
• The Return of the Pink Panther(1975)
• The Drowning Pool(1976)
• Family Plot(1976)
• Murder by Death(1976)
• The Pink Panther Strikes Again(1976)
• The Seven Percent Solution(1976)
• Sherlock Holmes in New York(1976)
• High Anxiety(1977)
• The Late Show(1977)
• The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It(1977)
• The Big Sleep(1978)
• The Cheap Detective(1978)
• Death on the Nile(1978)
• Eyes of Laura Mars(1978)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles(1978)
• Return from Witch Mountain(1978)
• Revenge of the Pink Panther(1978)
• The 39 Steps(1978)
• Murder by Decree(1979)
• The North Avenue Irregulars(1979)
• Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?(1978)

1980s

• Cruising(1980)
• Dressed to Kill(1980)
• The Fog(1980)
• The Mirror Crack'd(1980)
• The Shining(1980)
• The Watcher in the Woods(1980)
• Blow Out(1981)
• Body Heat(1981)
• Cutter's Way(1981)
• The Great Muppet Caper(1981)
• Shock Treatment(1981)
• Strange Behavior(1981)
• True Confessions(1981)
• Blade Runner(1982)
• Deathtrap(1982)
• Evil Under the Sun(1982)
• I, the Jury(1982)
• The Thing(1982)
• Trail of the Pink Panther(1982)
• Curse of the Pink Panther(1983)
• Gorky Park(1983)
• Hammett(1983)
• Strange Invaders(1983)
• Against All Odds(1984), remake ofOut of the Past
• Body Double(1984)
• Ordeal by Innocence(1984)
• A Soldier's Story(1984)
• Tightrope(1984)
• Clue(1985)
• Compromising Positions(1985)
• Jagged Edge(1985)
• Blue Velvet (film)(1986)
• The Great Mouse Detective(1986)
• Manhunter(1986)
• The Morning After(1986)
• The Name of the Rose(1986)
• Young Sherlock Holmes(1986)
• Angel Heart(1987)
• Black Widow(1987)
• No Way Out(1987), remake ofThe Big Clock(1948)
• The Rosary Murders(1987)
• The Stepford Children(1987)
• Tough Guys Don't Dance(1987)
• Appointment with Death(1988)
• The Dead Pool(1988)
• Masquerade(1988)
• Moving Target(1988)
• The Presidio(1988)
• Shakedown(1988)
• Sunset(1988)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit(1988)
• Sea of Love(1989)

1990s

• Dick Tracy(1990)
• In the Spirit(1990)
• Presumed Innocent(1990)
• The Two Jakes(1990)
• Backdraft(1991)
• Cast a Deadly Spell(1991)
• Homicide(1991)
• Popcorn(1991)
• Shattered(1991)
• Under Suspicion(1991)
• V.I. Warshawski(1991)
• Basic Instinct(1992)
• Shadows and Fog(1992)
• White Sands(1992)
• Zipperface(1992)
• Body of Evidence(1993)
• The Good Son(1993)
• Manhattan Murder Mystery(1993)
• Rising Sun(1993)
• Sliver(1993)
• Son of the Pink Panther(1993)
• Striking Distance(1993)
• Blink(1994)
• Clean Slate(1994)
• Color of Night(1994)
• Felidae(1994)
• Radioland Murders(1994)
• Devil in a Blue Dress(1995)
• Jade(1995)
• Money Train(1995)
• Seven(1995), a.k.a.Se7en
• Sudden Death(1995)
• The Usual Suspects(1995)
• The Chamber(1996)
• City Hall(1996)
• Courage Under Fire(1996)
• Heaven's Prisoners(1996)
• Lone Star(1996)
• Mulholland Falls(1996)
• Primal Fear(1996)
• Scream(1996)
• Unforgettable(1996)
• Cube(1997)
• The Devil's Advocate(1997)
• Kiss the Girls(1997)
• L.A. Confidential(1997)
• Murder at 1600(1997)
• The Spanish Prisoner(1997)
• That Darn Cat(1997)
• Dark City(1998)
• Killers in the House(1998)
• Rear Window(1998)
• Shadow of Doubt(1998)
• Twilight(1998)
• Wild Things(1998)
• Zero Effect(1998)
• 8mm (film)(1998)
• Ring(1998)
• A Murder of Crows (film)(1999)
• The Blair Witch Project(1999)
• The Bone Collector(1999)
• Eyes Wide Shut(1999)
• The General's Daughter(1999)
• The Omega Code(1999)
• Sleepy Hollow(1999)

2000s

• Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2(2000)
• Memento(2000)
• Mercy(2000)
• Under Suspicion(2000)
• What Lies Beneath(2000)
• Along Came a Spider(2001)
• The Cat's Meow(2001)
• Close Your Eyes(2001)
• From Hell(2001)
• Gosford Park(2001)
• Hannibal(2001)
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone(2001)
• Megiddo: The Omega Code 2(2001)
• The Pledge(2001)
• Blood Work(2002)
• Ghost Ship(2002)
• Minority Report(2002)
• Mulholland Drive(2002)
• Red Dragon(2002)
• The Ring(2002)
• The Truth About Charlie(2002)
• Basic(2003)
• Brotherhood of the Wolf(2003)
• Identity(2003)
• In the Cut(2003)
• Memories of Murder(2003)
• Mystic River(2003)
• Out of Time(2003)
• The Reckoning(2003)
• The Singing Detective(2003)
• The Manchurian Candidate(2004)
• The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story(2004)
• Brick(2005)
• Hide and Seek(2005)
• Flightplan(2005)
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang(2005), fromBrett Halliday's 1941Michael Shaynenovel,Bodies Are Where You Find Them
• Basic Instinct 2(2006)
• The Black Dahlia(2006)
• The Da Vinci Code(2006)
• The Dead Girl(2006)
• Hollywoodland(2006)
• Tell No One(2006)
• The Alphabet Killer(2007)
• Gone Baby Gone(2007)
• I Know Who Killed Me(2007)
• In the Valley of Elah(2007)
• The Lookout(2007)
• Nancy Drew(2007)
• The Number 23(2007)
• Perfect Stranger(2007)
• Thr3e(2007)
• Someone Behind You(2007)
• Vacancy(2007)
• Doubt(2008)
• The Oxford Murders(2008)
• Righteous Kill(2008)
• Transsiberian(2008)
• Angels & Demons(2009)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo(2009)
• Harper's Island(2009), TV miniseries
• The Secret in Their Eyes(2009)
• Sherlock Holmes(2009)
• State of Play(2009)
• The Uninvited(2009)

2010s

• The Ghost Writer(2010)
• Incendies(2010)
• Iron Doors(2010)
• Shanghai(2010)
• Shutter Island(2010)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo(2011)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2(2011)
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows(2011)
• Unknown(2011)
• Segunda Mano(2011)
• Jack Reacher(2012)
• The Raven(2012)
• Sinister(2012)
• Broken City(2013)
• The Call(2013)
• Prisoners(2013)
• Side Effects(2013)
• Altar(2014)
• Big Hero 6(2014)
• Gone Girl(2014)
• Veronica Mars(2014)
• Brimstone(2015)
• Crimson Peak(2015)
• Eiga ST Aka to Shirō no Sōsa File(2015)
• The Hateful Eight(2015)
• Pod(2015)
• Sicario(2015)
• Solomon's Perjury(2015)
• I Am Not a Serial Killer(2016)
• Zootopia(2016)
• Inferno(2016)
• Blade Runner 2049(2017)
• Charlotte(2017)
• Coco(2017)
• The Covenant(2017)
• Get Out(2017)
• Wind River(2017)
• Murder on the Orient Express(2017)
• Debunkers, Inc.(2019)
• Knives Out(2019)
• Murder Mystery(2019)

2020s

• The Invisible Man(2020)
• Friend of the World(2020)
• Enola Holmes(2020)
• Enola Holmes 2(2022)
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery(2022)
• Death on the Nile(2022)
• Marlowe(2022)
• Shelby Oaks(2024)
• Wake Up Dead Man(2025)