# List of comedy mystery films

Comedy mystery is a film genre combining elements of comedy and mystery fiction. Though the genre arguably peaked in the 1930s and 1940s, comedy mystery films have been continually produced since.
Below is a chronological list of comedy mystery films.

## 1930s

1930
* Ghost Parade
* The Limejuice Mystery or Who Spat in Grandfather's Porridge?
* Raffles
1932
* The Crooked Circle
* Jewel Robbery
* The Penguin Pool Murder
* Strangers of the Evening
1933
* Whistling in the Dark
1934
* Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
* Death on the Diamond
* Murder on the Blackboard
* The Thin Man
1935
* Murder on a Honeymoon
* One Frightened Night
* Star of Midnight
* Streamline Express
1936
* The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
* The Mandarin Mystery
* The Princess Comes Across
* Murder on a Bridle Path
* After the Thin Man
* Satan Met a Lady
1937
* Smart Blonde
* Fly-Away Baby
* The Adventurous Blonde
1938
* Blondes at Work
* Fast Company
* Nancy Drew... Detective
* The Lady Vanishes
* The Mad Miss Manton
* There's Always a Woman
* Tom Sawyer, Detective
* Torchy Blane in Panama
* Torchy Gets Her Man
1939
* The Cat and the Canary
* It's a Wonderful World
* Nancy Drew... Reporter
* Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
* Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
* Torchy Blane in Chinatown
* Torchy Runs for Mayor
* Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
* Another Thin Man

## 1940s

1940
* His Girl Friday
* Up in the Air
1941
* Footsteps in the Dark
* Murder by Invitation
* Whistling in the Dark - better-known remake, starring Red Skelton
* Shadow of the Thin Man
1942
* A Night to Remember
* One Thrilling Night
* Whistling in Dixie
* Who Done It?
1943
* Whistling in Brooklyn
1944
* Arsenic and Old Lace
* The Case of the Screaming Bishop
* One Body Too Many
* The Thin Man Goes Home
1945
* Lady on a Train
* Scared Stiff
1946
* Dangerous Money
1947
* The Chinese Ring
* Song of the Thin Man
1948
* Docks of New Orleans
* The Golden Eye
* Shanghai Chest
1949
* Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
* Two Knights from Brooklyn

## 1950s

1953
* Scared Stiff
1954
* The Runaway Bus
1955
* The Trouble With Harry

## 1960s

1960
* Crimen
* Inspector Palmu's Mistake
1963
* Charade
* The Pink Panther
1964
* A Shot in the Dark
1965
* That Darn Cat!
1967
* Catalina Caper

## 1970s

1971
* Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate
1973
* The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1974
* Return of the Pink Panther
1975
* The Black Bird
* One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1976
* Murder By Death
* Peeper
* The Pink Panther Strikes Again
* Silver Streak
1977
* High Anxiety
* The Late Show
1978
* The Big Fix
* The Cheap Detective
* Foul Play
* Revenge of the Pink Panther

## 1980s

1980
* The Private Eyes
1982
* Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
* Deathtrap
* Trail of the Pink Panther
1983
* Curse of the Pink Panther
1984
* Bianca
1985
* Clue
* Desperately Seeking Susan
* Fletch
1986
* The Great Mouse Detective
1987
* Forever, Lulu
* Outrageous Fortune
1988
* Sunset
* Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1989
* The 'Burbs
* Fletch Lives
* Who’s Harry Crumb

## 1990s

1990
* Off and Running
1992
* Once Upon a Crime
1993
* Manhattan Murder Mystery
* So I Married an Axe Murderer
1994
* Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
* Radioland Murders
1995
* Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1996
* Harriet the Spy
1997
* Zero Effect
1998
* Where's Marlowe?
1999
* Safe House

## 2000s

2000
* Phantom of the Megaplex
* Trixie
* Scary Movie
2001
* Head over Heels
* Recess: School's Out
2002
* Get a Clue
* Scooby-Doo
2003
* Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2004
* Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
2005
* Hoodwinked
* Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2006
* The Pink Panther
2007
* Nancy Drew
2009
* Mystery Team
* The Pink Panther 2
* Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins
* Sherlock Holmes

## 2010s

2010
* One Hundred Years of Evil
* Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
2011
* A Ghost of a Chance
* Seniors
* Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2012
* Ace Attorney
2014
* Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death
2015
* Hero
2016
* The Nice Guys
* Zootopia
2018
* Sherlock Gnomes
* A Simple Favor
2019
* Murder Mystery
* Knives Out