Mystery and Detective Films/By Decade



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

1930

 * The Bat Whispers (1930)
 * The Maltese Falcon (1931)
 * The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)
 * The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
 * Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
 * Murder at the Vanities (1934)
 * The Thin Man (1934)
 * The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
 * 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)
 * Night of Mystery (1937)
 * 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)

1940

 * Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940)
 * Rebecca (1940)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * No Way Out (1987)
 * The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
 * Rope (1948)
 * Manhandled (1949)
 * Too Late for Tears (1949)

1950

 * 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)

1960

 * Scent of Mystery (1960)
 * Murder, She Said (1961)
 * Charade (1963)
 * The Girl Hunters (1963)
 * The Pink Panther (1963)
 * The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
 * A Shot in the Dark (1964)
 * The Moon-Spinners (1964)
 * Murder Ahoy! (1964)
 * The Alphabet Murders (1965)
 * Murder Most Foul (1965)
 * Sylvia (1965)
 * Ten Little Indians (1965)
 * That Darn Cat! (1965)
 * The Third Day (1965)
 * Alphaville (1965)
 * Blowup (1966)
 * The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
 * Caprice (1967)
 * Tony Rome (1967)
 * Gunn (1967)
 * Warning Shot (1967)
 * In the Heat of the Night (1967)
 * Lady In Cement (1968)
 * Madigan (1968)
 * The Detective (1968)
 * Bullitt (1968)
 * P.J. (1968)
 * Rogues' Gallery (1968)
 * Inspector Clouseau (1968)
 * Never a Dull Moment (1968)
 * The Big Bounce (1969)
 * Marlowe (1969)

1970

 * 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)
 * 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)
 * The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
 * Murder by Death (1976)
 * Family Plot (1976)
 * The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
 * The Seven Percent Solution (1976)
 * Two-Minute Warning (1976)
 * Black Sunday (1977)
 * The Late Show (1977)
 * The Domino Principle (1977)
 * Rollercoaster (1977)
 * The Big Sleep (1978)
 * The Cheap Detective (1978)
 * Death on the Nile (1978)
 * Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
 * Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
 * Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
 * Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
 * The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)

1980

 * Cruising (1980)
 * Dressed to Kill (1980)
 * The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
 * The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
 * Body Heat (1981)
 * Blow Out (1981)
 * Cutter's Way (1981)
 * The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
 * True Confessions (1981)
 * Deathtrap (1982)
 * Evil Under the Sun (1982)
 * I, the Jury (1982)
 * Blade Runner (1982)
 * Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
 * Hammett (1983)
 * Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
 * Gorky Park (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)
 * 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)
 * 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)

1990

 * Dick Tracy (1990)
 * Presumed Innocent (1990)
 * The Two Jakes (1990)
 * Backdraft (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)
 * White Sands (1992)
 * Body of Evidence (1993)
 * The Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story (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)
 * Radioland Murders (1994)
 * Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
 * Gramps (1995)
 * Jade (1995)
 * Money Train (1995)
 * Seven (1995), aka Se7en
 * 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)

2000

 * Memento (film)|Memento (2000)
 * Mercy (2000)
 * Under Suspicion (2000 film)|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 Drive (2001)
 * The Pledge (2001)
 * Blood Work (2002)
 * Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
 * Minority Report (2002)
 * Red Dragon (2002)
 * The Truth About Charlie (2002)
 * 'Basic'' (2003)
 * In the Cut (2003)
 * Out of Time (2003)
 * Phone Booth (2003)
 * The Haunted Mansion (2003)
 * The Reckoning (2003)
 * The Singing Detective (film) (2003)
 * The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story (2004)
 * Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution (television film)|Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution (2005)
 * Hide and Seek (2005)
 * Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
 * Brick (2005)
 * Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
 * The Black Dahlia (2006)
 * The Da Vinci Code (2006)
 * The Dead Girl (2006)
 * Hollywoodland (2006)
 * Tell No One (2006)
 * 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 film) (2009)
 * Harper's Island (2009); TV miniseries
 * Sherlock Holmes (2009)
 * The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)

2010s

 * The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)
 * Shutter Island  (2010)
 *  Inception  (2010)
 *  The Oxford Murders  (2010)
 * The Ghost Writer  (2010)