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)^[1]
• Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917)

1920s

• Sherlock Holmes (1922)^[1]
• 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)^[2]
• 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)^[3]
• 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

An image from Citizen Kane

An image from The Maltese Falcon

• Calling Philo Vance (1940)
• Gaslight (1940)
• The Letter (1940)
• Rebecca (1940)^[4]
• The Black Cat (1941)
• Citizen Kane (1941)^[5]
• Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
• The Gay Falcon (1941)
• The Ghost Train (1941)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941)^[6]
• Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
• Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
• Suspicion (1941)^[7]
• 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)^[8]
• 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)^[9]
• Hangover Square (1945)
• The Hidden Eye (1945)
• The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
• Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
• The House of Fear (1945)
• Spellbound (1945)^[10]
• 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)^[11]
• 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)^[12]
• Too Late for Tears (1949)

1950s

• Mystery Street (1950)
• Stage Fright (1950)
• Union Station (1950)
• Strangers on a Train (1951)^[2]
• 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)^[13]
• Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
• Mr. Arkadin (1955)^[2]
• Julie (1956)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)^[14]
• 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)
• My Gun Is Quick (1957)
• Witness for the Prosecution (1957)^[2]
• Vertigo (1958)^[7]
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
• The 39 Steps (1959)^[15]
• North by Northwest (1959)^[2]

1960s

An image from Charade

• Psycho (1960)^[13]
• Midnight Lace (1960)
• Murder, She Said (1961)
• The Manchurian Candidate (1962)^[2]
• Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
• The Trial (1962)
• The Birds (1963)^[2]
• Charade (1963)^[2]
• 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)^[13]
• 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)^[6]
• Shamus (1973)
• Chinatown (1974)^[2]
• The Conversation (1974)^[16]
• The Midnight Man (1974)
• Murder on the Orient Express (1974)^[9]
• 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)^[2]
• Murder by Death (1976)^[2]
• 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)^[9]
• 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)^[17]
• Body Heat (1981)^[18]
• Cutter's Way (1981)
• The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
• Shock Treatment (1981)
• Strange Behavior (1981)
• True Confessions (1981)
• Blade Runner (1982)
• Deathtrap (1982)^[2]
• 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)^[13]
• Compromising Positions (1985)
• Jagged Edge (1985)
• Blue Velvet (film) (1986)
• The Great Mouse Detective (1986)^[18]
• Manhunter (1986)
• The Morning After (1986)
• The Name of the Rose (1986)
• Young Sherlock Holmes (1986)^[2]
• 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)^[9]
• Sea of Love (1989)

1990s

• Dick Tracy (1990)^[19]
• In the Spirit (1990)
• Presumed Innocent (1990)
• The Two Jakes (1990)
• Backdraft (1991)
• Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)^[20]
• Homicide (1991)
• Popcorn (1991)
• Shattered (1991)
• Under Suspicion (1991)
• V.I. Warshawski (1991)
• Basic Instinct (1992)^[21]
• Shadows and Fog (1992)^[2]
• White Sands (1992)
• Zipperface (1992)
• Body of Evidence (1993)
• The Good Son (1993)
• Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)^[21]
• Rising Sun (1993)^[21]
• 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)^[22]
• Jade (1995)
• Money Train (1995)
• Seven (1995), a.k.a. Se7en^[21]
• Sudden Death (1995)
• The Usual Suspects (1995)^[21]
• The Chamber (1996)
• City Hall (1996)
• Courage Under Fire (1996)
• Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
• Lone Star (1996)^[23]
• Mulholland Falls (1996)
• Primal Fear (1996)^[21]
• Scream (1996)^[21]
• Unforgettable (1996)
• Cube (1997)^[24]
• The Devil's Advocate (1997)
• Kiss the Girls (1997)^[21]
• L.A. Confidential (1997)^[21]
• Murder at 1600 (1997)
• The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
• That Darn Cat (1997)
• Dark City (1998)^[25]
• 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)^[26]
• The Bone Collector (1999)^[21]
• Eyes Wide Shut (1999)^[27]
• The General's Daughter (1999)^[21]
• The Omega Code (1999)
• Sleepy Hollow (1999)^[2]

2000s

• Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
• Memento (2000)^[13]
• Mercy (2000)
• Under Suspicion (2000)
• What Lies Beneath (2000)
• Along Came a Spider (2001)
• The Cat's Meow (2001)^[18]
• Close Your Eyes (2001)
• From Hell (2001)
• Gosford Park (2001)^[9]
• Hannibal (2001)^[28]
• 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)^[13]
• Mulholland Drive (2002)^[13]
• Red Dragon (2002)
• The Ring (2002)
• The Truth About Charlie (2002)
• Basic (2003)^[18]
• Brotherhood of the Wolf (2003)
• Identity (2003)^[9]
• In the Cut (2003)
• Memories of Murder (2003)
• Mystic River (2003)^[29]
• Out of Time (2003)
• The Reckoning (2003)
• The Singing Detective (2003)
• The Manchurian Candidate (2004)^[30]
• The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story (2004)
• Brick (2005)^[6]
• 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^[9]
• Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
• The Black Dahlia (2006)
• The Da Vinci Code (2006)^[18]
• The Dead Girl (2006)
• Hollywoodland (2006)^[18]
• Tell No One (2006)^[31]
• 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)^[32]
• The Oxford Murders (2008)
• Righteous Kill (2008)
• Transsiberian (2008)
• Angels & Demons (2009)^[33]
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
• Harper's Island (2009), TV miniseries
• The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)^[34]
• Sherlock Holmes (2009)^[13]
• State of Play (2009)^[35]
• The Uninvited (2009)

2010s

• The Ghost Writer (2010)^[36]
• Incendies (2010)^[37]
• Iron Doors (2010)
• Shanghai (2010)
• Shutter Island (2010)^[13]
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)^[13]
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)^[38]
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
• Unknown (2011)
• Segunda Mano (2011)
• Jack Reacher (2012)
• The Raven (2012)
• Sinister (2012)^[39]
• Broken City (2013)
• The Call (2013)
• Prisoners (2013)^[13]
• Side Effects (2013)^[13]
• Altar (2014)
• Big Hero 6 (2014)
• Gone Girl (2014)^[13]
• Veronica Mars (2014)
• Brimstone (2015)
• Crimson Peak (2015)
• Eiga ST Aka to Shirō no Sōsa File (2015)
• The Hateful Eight (2015)^[40]
• Pod (2015)
• Sicario (2015)^[1]
• Solomon's Perjury (2015)
• I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)
• Zootopia (2016)
• Inferno (2016)^[1]
• Blade Runner 2049 (2017)^[41]
• Charlotte (2017)
• Coco (2017)^[42]
• The Covenant (2017)
• Get Out (2017)^[13]
• Wind River (2017)
• Murder on the Orient Express (2017)^[9]
• Debunkers, Inc. (2019)
• Knives Out (2019)^[13]
• Murder Mystery (2019)

2020s

• The Invisible Man (2020)^[1]
• Friend of the World (2020)^[43]
• Enola Holmes (2020)^[1]
• Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
• Death on the Nile (2022)
• Marlowe (2022)
• Shelby Oaks (2024)^[44][45]
• Wake Up Dead Man (2025)