List of comedy mystery films explained

Comedy mystery is a film genre combining elements of comedy and mystery fiction. Though the genre arguably peaked in the 1930s and 1940s, comedy mystery films have been continually produced since.^[1]

Below is a chronological list of comedy mystery films.

1930s

1930

• Ghost Parade
• The Limejuice Mystery or Who Spat in Grandfather's Porridge?
• Raffles

1932

• The Crooked Circle
• Jewel Robbery
• The Penguin Pool Murder
• Strangers of the Evening

1933

• Whistling in the Dark

1934

• Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
• Death on the Diamond
• Murder on the Blackboard
• The Thin Man

1935

• Murder on a Honeymoon
• One Frightened Night
• Star of Midnight
• Streamline Express

1936

• The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
• The Mandarin Mystery
• The Princess Comes Across
• Murder on a Bridle Path
• After the Thin Man
• Satan Met a Lady

1937

• Smart Blonde
• Fly-Away Baby
• The Adventurous Blonde

1938

• Blondes at Work
• Fast Company
• Nancy Drew... Detective
• The Lady Vanishes^[2]
• The Mad Miss Manton
• There's Always a Woman
• Tom Sawyer, Detective
• Torchy Blane in Panama
• Torchy Gets Her Man

1939

• The Cat and the Canary
• It's a Wonderful World
• Nancy Drew... Reporter
• Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
• Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
• Torchy Blane in Chinatown
• Torchy Runs for Mayor
• Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
• Another Thin Man

1940s

1940

• His Girl Friday
• Up in the Air

1941

• Footsteps in the Dark
• Murder by Invitation
• Whistling in the Dark - better-known remake, starring Red Skelton
• Shadow of the Thin Man

1942

• A Night to Remember
• One Thrilling Night
• Whistling in Dixie
• Who Done It?

1943

• Whistling in Brooklyn

1944

• Arsenic and Old Lace
• The Case of the Screaming Bishop
• One Body Too Many
• The Thin Man Goes Home

1945

• Lady on a Train
• Scared Stiff

1946

• Dangerous Money

1947

• The Chinese Ring
• Song of the Thin Man

1948

• Docks of New Orleans
• The Golden Eye
• Shanghai Chest

1949

• Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
• Two Knights from Brooklyn

1950s

1953

• Scared Stiff

1954

• The Runaway Bus

1955

• The Trouble With Harry

1960s

1960

• Crimen
• Inspector Palmu's Mistake

1963

• Charade
• The Pink Panther

1964

• A Shot in the Dark

1965

• That Darn Cat!

1967

• Catalina Caper

1970s

1971

• Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate

1973

• The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

1974

• Return of the Pink Panther

1975

• The Black Bird
• One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

1976

• Murder By Death
• Peeper
• The Pink Panther Strikes Again
• Silver Streak

1977

• High Anxiety
• The Late Show

1978

• The Big Fix
• The Cheap Detective
• Foul Play
• Revenge of the Pink Panther

1980s

1980

• The Private Eyes

1982

• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
• Deathtrap
• Trail of the Pink Panther

1983

• Curse of the Pink Panther

1984

• Bianca

1985

• Clue
• Desperately Seeking Susan
• Fletch

1986

• The Great Mouse Detective

• Forever, Lulu
• Outrageous Fortune

1988

• Sunset
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1989

• The 'Burbs
• Fletch Lives
• Who’s Harry Crumb

1990s

1990

• Off and Running

1992

• Once Upon a Crime

1993

• Manhattan Murder Mystery
• So I Married an Axe Murderer

1994

• Radioland Murders

1995

1996

• Harriet the Spy

1997

• Zero Effect

1998

• Where's Marlowe?

1999

• Safe House

2000s

2000

• Phantom of the Megaplex
• Trixie
• Scary Movie

2001

• Head over Heels

2002

• Get a Clue
• Scooby-Doo

2003

2004

2005

• Hoodwinked
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

2006

• The Pink Panther

2007

• Nancy Drew

2009

• Mystery Team
• The Pink Panther 2
• Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins
• Sherlock Holmes

2010s

2010

• One Hundred Years of Evil
• Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes

2011

• A Ghost of a Chance
• Seniors

2012

• Ace Attorney

2014

• Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death

2015

• Hero

2016

• The Nice Guys
• Zootopia

2018

• Sherlock Gnomes
• A Simple Favor

2019

• Murder Mystery
• Knives Out

See also

• Lists of films
• Buffoon
• Slapstick comedy

Notes and References

1. Web site: Film History of the 1930s.
2. Web site: The Lady Vanishes.