Mystery Fiction / Film

Films in the Mystery Fiction genre. See also Mystery and Detective Films for an index of films with pages on this wiki.

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1920s

• The Lodger (1927)

1930s

• The Bat Whispers (1930)
• The Maltese Falcon (1931)
• Miss Pinkerton (1932)
• The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)
• The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
• Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
• The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
• Murder at the Vanities (1934)
• The Thin Man (1934)
• The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
• The 39 Steps (1935)
• Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
• After the Thin Man (1936)
• Satan Met a Lady (1936)
• Trouble for Two (1936)
• Night of Mystery (1937)
• The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
• Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
• Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)
• Torchy Blane in Panama (1938)
• It's a Wonderful World (1939)
• Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)
• Nick Carter - Master Detective (1939)
• The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)
• The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
• Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)

1940s

• Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940)
• Rebecca (1940)
• Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
• The Gay Falcon (1941)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941)
• Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
• Eyes in the Night (1942)
• The Falcon's Brother (1942)
• The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
• The Glass Key (1942)
• Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1942)
• The Falcon in Danger (1943)
• Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)
• Gaslight (1944)
• Laura (1944)
• Murder, My Sweet (1944)
• The Scarlet Claw (1944)
• The Spider Woman (1944)
• The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
• The Whistler (1944)
• Johnny Angel (1945)
• Cornered (1945)
• Love Letters (1945)
• And Then There Were None (1945)
• Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear (1945)
• Lady on a Train (1945)
• The Woman in Green (1945)
• Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
• Terror By Night (1946)
• Dressed to Kill (1946)
• The Big Sleep (1946)
• Black Angel (1946)
• The Blue Dahlia (1946)
• The Dark Corner (1946)
• So Dark the Night (1946)
• Mysterious Intruder (1946)
• Murder is My Business (1946)
• Nocturne (1946)
• The Brasher Doubloon (1947)
• Crossfire (1947)
• Cry Wolf (1947)
• Dark Passage (1947)
• Johnny O'Clock (1947)
• Lured (1947)
• My Favorite Brunette (1947)
• Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)
• Lady in the Lake (1947)
• Out of the Past (1947)
• Song of the Thin Man (1947)
• The Big Clock (1948)
• The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
• Rope (1948)
• Manhandled (1949)
• Too Late for Tears (1949)

1950s

• D.O.A. (1950)
• Mystery Street (1950)
• The Strip Tease Murder Case (1950)
• Strangers on a Train (1951)
• The Blue Gardenia (1953)
• A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
• The Glass Web (1953)
• I, the Jury (1953)
• Bad Day at Black Rock (1954)
• The Long Wait (1954)
• Rear Window (1954)
• World for Ransom (1954)
• Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
• Julie (1956)
• My Gun Is Quick (1957)
• 12 Angry Men (1957)
• Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
• Vertigo (1958)
• The 39 Steps (1959)

1960s

• Psycho (1960)
• Scent of Mystery (1960)
• Murder, She Said (1961)
• Charade (1963)
• The Girl Hunters (1963)
• The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
• The Pink Panther (1963)
• The Moon-Spinners (1964)
• Murder Ahoy! (1964)
• A Shot in the Dark (1964)
• The Alphabet Murders (1965)
• Alphaville (1965)
• Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
• Mirage (1965)
• Murder Most Foul (1965)
• Sylvia (1965)
• Ten Little Indians (1965)
• That Darn Cat! (1965)
• The Third Day (1965)
• Blowup (1966)
• The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
• Harper (1966)
• Caprice (1967)
• Gunn (1967)
• In the Heat of the Night (1967)
• Tony Rome (1967)
• Warning Shot (1967)
• Bullitt (1968)
• The Detective (1968)
• Inspector Clouseau (1968)
• Lady in Cement (1968)
• Madigan (1968)
• Never a Dull Moment (1968)
• P.J. (1968)
• Rogues' Gallery (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)
• Shaft (1971)
• The Carey Treatment (1972)
• Hickey & Boggs (1972)
• Sleuth (1972)
• Chandler (1972)
• Frenzy (1972)
• Pulp (1972)
• Isn't It Shocking? (1973)
• The Last of Sheila (1973)
• The Long Goodbye (1973)
• Shamus (1973)
• Black Eye (1974)
• A Case of Rape (1974)
• Man on a Swing (1974)
• The Midnight Man (1974)
• Chinatown (1974)
• Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
• The Conversation (1974)
• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
• Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
• Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
• Night Moves (1975)
• The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975)
• One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (1975)
• The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
• Sheba, Baby (1975)
• The Drowning Pool (1976)
• Family Plot (1976)
• The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
• The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
• Murder by Death (1976) — a parody of the genre
• The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
• The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
• Two-Minute Warning (1976)
• Black Sunday (1977)
• The Late Show (1977)
• The Domino Principle (1977)
• The Big Fix (1978)
• The Big Sleep (1978)
• The Cheap Detective (1978)
• Death on the Nile (1978)
• Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
• Foul Play (1978)
• Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
• Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
• The Thirty-Nine Steps (1978)
• Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
• Murder by Decree (1979)
• The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)

1980s

• Cruising (1980)
• Dressed to Kill (1980)
• The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
• The Private Eyes (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)
• Confidentially Yours (1983)
• Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
• Gorky Park (1983)
• Hammett (1983)
• Against All Odds (1984), remake of Out of the Past (1947)
• Body Double (1984)
• Ordeal by Innocence (1984)
• A Soldier's Story (1984)
• Tightrope (1984)
• Clue (1985)
• Hollywood Harry (1985)
• Jagged Edge (1985)
• Manhunter (1986)
• The Name of the Rose (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)
• Suspect (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)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
• Sea of Love (1989)

1990s

• Dick Tracy (1990)
• Presumed Innocent (1990)
• The Two Jakes (1990)
• Backdraft (1991)
• The Dark Wind (1991)
• Homicide (1991)
• Popcorn (1991)
• Shattered (1991)
• V.I. Warshawski (1991)
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• Under Suspicion (1991)
• Basic Instinct (1992)
• Shadows and Fog (1992)
• Thunderheart (1992)
• White Sands (1992)
• Body of Evidence (1993)
• The Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story (1993)
• The Fugitive (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)
• Color of Night (1994)
• The Radioland Murders (1994)
• Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
• Gramps (1995)
• Jade (1995)
• Money Train (1995)
• Se7en (1995), aka Seven
• Sudden Death (1995)
• The Usual Suspects (1995)
• City Hall (1996)
• Courage Under Fire (1996)
• Lone Star (1996)
• The Chamber (1996)
• Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
• Harriet the Spy (1996)
• Mulholland Falls (1996)
• Primal Fear (1996)
• Unforgettable (1996)
• L.A. Confidential (1997)
• Kiss the Girls (1997)
• Murder at 1600 (1997)
• The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
• That Darn Cat (1997)
• Killers in the House (1998)
• Rear Window (1998)
• Shadow of Doubt (1998)
• Twilight (1998)
• Zero Effect (1998)
• The Bone Collector (1999)
• The General's Daughter (1999)
• Inspector Gadget (1999)
• The Omega Code (1999)
• Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

2000s

• Brigham City (2001)
• Memento (2000)
• Mercy (2000)
• Under Suspicion (2000)
• Along Came a Spider (2001)
• Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
• Gosford Park (2001)
• Hannibal (2001)
• Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
• Mulholland Dr. (2001)
• Original Sin (2001)
• The Pledge (2001)
• 8 Women (2002)
• Blood Work (2002)
• Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
• Femme Fatale (2002)
• Minority Report (2002)
• Murder By Numbers (2002)
• Red Dragon (2002)
• The Truth About Charlie (2002)
• Basic (2003)
• Blind Horizon (2003)
• In the Cut (2003)
• Out of Time (2003)
• Phone Booth (2003)
• The Haunted Mansion (2003)
• The Reckoning (2003)
• The Singing Detective (2003)
• Mindhunters (2004)
• The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story (2004)
• Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution (2005)
• Hide and Seek (2005)
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
• Brick (2005)
• Where the Truth Lies
• Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
• The Black Dahlia (2006)
• The Da Vinci Code (2006)
• The Dead Girl (2006)
• Hollywoodland (2006)
• Tell No One (2006)
• Anamorph (2007)
• The Lookout (2007)
• Nancy Drew (2007)
• The Number 23 (2007)
• Thr3e (2007)
• I Know Who Killed Me (2007)
• Gone Baby Gone (2007)
• In the Valley of Elah (2007)
• Perfect Stranger (2007)
• Vacancy (2007)
• The Alphabet Killer (2008)
• Righteous Kill (2008)
• Transsiberian (2008)
• A Genesis Found (2009)
• Angels & Demons (2009)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
• Harper's Island (2009); TV miniseries
• Mystery Team (2009)
• Sherlock Holmes (2009)
• The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)

2010s

• The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)
• Shutter Island (2010)
• The Oxford Murders (2010)
• The Ghost Writer (2010)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
• Mindscape (2013)
• Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
• Gone Girl (2014)
• Mr. Holmes (2015)
• The Nice Guys (2016)
• Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
• The Snowman (2017)
• Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
• Standoff At Sparrow Creek (2018)
• Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
• Murder Mystery (2019)
• Knives Out (2019)
• The Standoff At Sparrow Creek (2019)

2020s

• Enola Holmes (2020)
• 7 Women and a Murder (2021)
• Death on the Nile (2022)
• Maigret (2022)
• The Batman (2022)
• Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
• Glass Onion (2022)
• A Haunting in Venice (2023)

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