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