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

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)
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)
Arsène Lupin Returns (1938)
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (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

An image from Citizen Kane

An image from Notorious

An image from The Maltese Falcon

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
Notorious (1946)
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)
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

An image from Touch of Evil

Mystery Street (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)
My Gun Is Quick (1957)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The 39 Steps (1959)
North by Northwest (1959)

1960s

An image from Charade

Psycho (1960)
Murder, She Said (1961)
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
The Trial (1962)
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)
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 Mirror Crack'd (1980)
The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
Blow Out (1981)
Body Heat (1981)
Cutter's Way (1981)
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
True Confessions (1981)
Blade Runner (1982)
Deathtrap (1982)
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
I, the Jury (1982)
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
Gorky Park (1983)
Hammett (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)
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)
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)
Harriet The Spy (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)
Zero Effect (1998)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Bone Collector (1999)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
The General's Daughter (1999)
Inspector Gadget (1999)
The Omega Code (1999)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)

2000s

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
Memento (2000)
Mercy (2000)
Under Suspicion (2000)
Along Came a Spider (2001)
The Cat's Meow (2001)
Close Your Eyes (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)
Confesions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Ghost Ship (2002)
Minority Report
Mulholland Drive (2002) (2002)
Red Dragon (2002)
The Ring (2002)
The Truth About Charlie (2002)
Basic (2003)
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2003)
The Haunted Mansion (2003)
Identity (2003)
In the Cut (2003)
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
Memories of Murder (2003)
Mystic River (2003)
Out of Time (2003)
Phone Booth (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)
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)

2010s

The Ghost Writer (2010)
Incendies (2010)
Inception (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)
Segunda Mano (2011)
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
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)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Coco (2017)
Get Out (2017)
Wind River (2017)
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Knives Out (2019)

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