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)