# List of mystery films

A mystery film is 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 a list of mystery films by 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), first Ellery Queen film
* 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

* 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 as No 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

* 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 of Out 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 of The 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), from Brett Halliday's 1941 Michael Shayne novel, 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)

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