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40 Murder-Mystery Movies to Test Your Sleuthing Skills To

The murder mystery has come back from the dead. Up until a few years ago, the old-school whodunnit had fallen desperately out of fashion, despite being a tentpole cinematic genre stretching back to the earliest talkies. Then came Rian Johnson's Knives Out and it became clear that audiences were clamouring for the return of pop-culture products that test their own sleuthing skills. Now, the genre is undergoing a full-scale renaissance, from Hulu's Only Murders in the Building to remakes of Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile to, of course, Knives Out's discourse-sparking 2022 sequel, Glass Onion – with another on the way.
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Memories of Murder (2003)
Memories of Murder (2003)
1
89%8.1
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
2
94%6.9
Rear Window (1954)
Rear Window (1954)
3
98%8.5
Zodiac (2007)
Zodiac (2007)
4
89%7.7
Cure (1997)
Cure (1997)
5
93%7.4
LAURA (1944)
LAURA (1944)
6
The Fallen Idol (1948)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
7
100%7.7
The Thin Man (1934)
The Thin Man (1934)
8
98%8.0
Murder She Said (1961)
Murder She Said (1961)
9
83%7.3
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
10
73%7.1
Fargo (1996)
Fargo (1996)
11
94%8.1
Knives Out (2019)
Knives Out (2019)
12
97%7.9
Murder by Decree (1979)
Murder by Decree (1979)
13
Clue (1985)
Clue (1985)
14
Death on the Nile (1978)
Death on the Nile (1978)
15
76%7.3
Seven (1995)
Seven (1995)
16
79%
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
17
64%6.8
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
18
86%7.9
Memento (2000)
Memento (2000)
19
93%8.4
The Nice Guys (2016)
The Nice Guys (2016)
20
91%7.4
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
21
100%7.3
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
22
96%7.9
The Last of Sheila (1973)
The Last of Sheila (1973)
23
89%7.2
Without a Clue (1988)
Without a Clue (1988)
24
62%6.9
Gosford Park (2001)
Gosford Park (2001)
25
87%7.2
Crossfire (1947)
Crossfire (1947)
26
88%7.3
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
27
80%7.2
Brick (2005)
Brick (2005)
28
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
29
94%7.5
Sleuth (1972)
Sleuth (1972)
30
93%8.0
D.O.A. (1950)
D.O.A. (1950)
31
88%7.2
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015)
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015)
32
Blow Out (1981)
Blow Out (1981)
33
Sapphire (1959)
Sapphire (1959)
34
7.2
And Then There Were None (1945)
And Then There Were None (1945)
35
100%7.4
Missing (1982)
Missing (1982)
36
94%7.7
The Long Goodbye (1973)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
37
94%7.6
Green for Danger (1946)
Green for Danger (1946)
38
73%7.4
The Canary Murder Case (1929)
The Canary Murder Case (1929)
39
6.0
Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
40
67%7.1
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