List of comedy mystery films
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.
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1930s
- The Crooked Circle
- Jewel Robbery
- The Penguin Pool Murder
- Strangers of the Evening
- Whistling in the Dark
- Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
- Death on the Diamond
- Murder on the Blackboard
- The Thin Man
- The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
- The Mandarin Mystery
- The Princess Comes Across
- Murder on a Bridle Path
- After the Thin Man
- Satan Met a Lady
- 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
- 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
- His Girl Friday
- Up in the Air
- Footsteps in the Dark
- Murder by Invitation
- Whistling in the Dark - better-known remake, starring Red Skelton
- Shadow of the Thin Man
- A Night to Remember
- One Thrilling Night
- Whistling in Dixie
- Who Done It?
- Arsenic and Old Lace
- The Case of the Screaming Bishop
- One Body Too Many
- The Thin Man Goes Home
- Lady on a Train
- Scared Stiff
1950s
- Scared Stiff
1960s
- Crimen
- Inspector Palmu's Mistake
- Charade
- The Pink Panther
- A Shot in the Dark
1970s
- Murder By Death
- Peeper
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again
- Silver Streak
- High Anxiety
- The Late Show
- The Big Fix
- The Cheap Detective
- Foul Play
- Revenge of the Pink Panther
1980s
- The Private Eyes
- Bianca
- Clue
- Desperately Seeking Susan
- Fletch
- Forever, Lulu
- Outrageous Fortune
- Sunset
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1990s
- Once Upon a Crime
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
- Radioland Murders
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
- Harriet the Spy
- Safe House
2000s
- Head over Heels
- Recess: School's Out
- Get a Clue
- Scooby-Doo
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action
- Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
- The Pink Panther
- Nancy Drew
- Mystery Team
- The Pink Panther 2
- Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins
- Sherlock Holmes
2010s
- A Ghost of a Chance
- Seniors
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
- Ace Attorney
- Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death
- Hero
- Sherlock Gnomes
- A Simple Favor
- Murder Mystery
- Knives Out