
A comprehensive list of crime and mystery movies from around the world.
- Have you seen all of these?
- Which are on your ‘to watch’ list?
- Which are the best?
- The worst?
- Any we should add?
This list is frequently updated whenever we have time or watch new films. If you have any recommendations (from any country) please share in the comments! We try to limit these to films where some form of crime is being enacted and the film primarily focuses on solving the case or stopping the criminals. Most movies anymore utilize the mystery theme to some extent, but not all are true, genuine “Mystery” films. This list is for those real mysteries – be they keeping you on the edge of your seat or snuggled up with that best friend and popcorn. So bring on your recommendations and let’s see what makes the list!
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Genres: Anime / Graphic Films, Autopsy / Pathology, Criminal POV, Criminal Psychology, Cozy Mystery, CyberCrime, Espionage, Falsely Accused, Historical, High School, Horror, Journalist, Law, LGBT, Medical, National Police, Nosy Detective, Police Detective, Political, Private Detective, Scientific Evidence, SciFi & Fantasy, Supernatural, Treasure Hunt, True Crime, Vengeance, Vigilante Justice, Wuxia / Asian Fantasy
Mystery and Crime Films
The titles below are still under construction – it takes time to get the photos, links, and description needed to input them into the table. We’re working throughout it in our spare time 🙄). Please let us know if any links are broken! We try to keep them up to date.
Belgium
Britain
- Dorothy Sayers Mysteries: Gaudy Night (D)
- Dorothy Sayers Mysteries: Have His Carcase (D)
- Dorothy Sayers Mysteries: Strong Poison (D)
- Father Cadfael
- Hercule Poirot: Evil Under the Sun (D) – Peter Ustinov
- Lord Peter Whimsey: Cloud of Witnesses (D) – Ian Carmichael
- Lord Peter Whimsey: Five Red Herrings (D) – Ian Carmichael
- Lord Peter Whimsey: Murder Must Advertise (D) – Ian Carmichael
- Lord Peter Whimsey: The Nine Tailors (D) – Ian Carmichael
- Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Silk Stocking (D) – Rupert Everett
- Sherlock Holmes: Fatal Hour (D) – Arthur Wontner
- Sherlock Holmes: Final Four (D) – Ian Richardson
- Sherlock Holmes: Hound of the Baskervilles (D)- Ian Richardson
- Sherlock Holmes: Murder at the Baskervilles (D) – Arthur Wontner
- Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band (D) – Douglas Wilmer
- Sherlock Holmes: Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (D) – Arthur Wontner
China
- Spirit Pact (D, S)
- The Great Illusionist (C, W)
- The Liquidator (C, P)
France
- The Berken Case (C)
Germany
- M (P)
- Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (D) – Christopher Lee
- Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (D) – Christopher Lee
- Sherlock Holmes: The Leading Lady (D) – Christopher Lee
Ireland
- Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (D) – Jonathon Pryce
Korea
- Accidental Detective
- Midnight Runners (C)
- Vanished (C, P)
Russia
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (D)
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson Part 2 (D)
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson Part 3
- Adventure of Sherlock Holmes: Hound of the Baskervilles (D)
United States
- The 39 Steps (T)
- Account Rendered (T)
- Another Man’s Poison (T)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (P)
- A Simple Favor (T)
- Aurora Teagarden (Hallmark)
- Bank Alarm (D)
- Behind Green Lights (C)
- The Big Sleep (D)
- Bulldog Drummund
- Bulldog Drummund’s Bride
- Bulldog Drummund Escapes
- Bulldog Drummund’s Secret Police
- Charade (T)
- Charlie Chan “Dark Alibi” (D)
- Charlie Chan “The Golden Eye) (D)
- Charlie Chan’s Secret (D)
- Charlie Chan “The Scarlet Clue” (D)
- Charlie Chan’s “The Trap” (D)
- Chronicle Mysteries (Hallmark)
- Clue
- Crossword Mysteries (Hallmark)
- Darrow & Darrow (Hallmark)
- The Devil Plays
- Dial M for Murder (T)
- Dick Tracy Dilemma (D)
- Emma Fielding Mysteries (Hallmark)
- The Fake (T)
- Flightplan (P)
- Flower Shop Mysteries (Hallmark)
- Garage Sale Mystery (Hallmark)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (T)
- Girl on the Train (T)
- Gone Girl (P)
- Gourmet Detective (Hallmark)
- Haley Dean Mysteries (Hallmark)
- I Confess (T)
- The Illusionist (P)
- In the Heat of the Night (C)
- International Crime (D)
- An Inspector Calls (C)
- The Kennel Murder Case (T)
- Kiss the Girls (T)
- Knives Out (T)
- The Lady Vanishes (S)
- The Lady Vanishes (S) (2013)
- The Late Edwina Black (T)
- The Maltese Falcon (D)
- The Man who Knew Too Much (T)
- Martha’s Vineyard Mysteries (Hallmark)
- Minority Report (T)
- Mourning Show Mysteries (Hallmark)
- Mr Moto’s Last Warning (D)
- Mr Wong Detective (D)
- Mr Wong Doomed to Die (D)
- Murder by Death (D)
- Murder She Baked (Hallmark)
- Mystery 101 (Hallmark) (C, P)
- Mystery of the 13th Guest (T)
- My Gun is Quick (D)
- Nancy Drew Reporter
- North by Northwest (T)
- Now You See Me
- The Pelican Brief (L)
- The Prestige (T)
- Primal Fear (L)
- Prisoners (C)
- Rear Window (T) (1954)
- Rear Window (1998)
- Rope (T)
- Ruby Herring Mysteries (Hallmark)
- Sabotage (T)
- Saboteur (T)
- Searching (T)
- Seven Doors to Death (T)
- The Shadow Returns (T)
- Shadow of Doubt (P)
- Shadow on the Stairs (T)
- Shadow of Suspicion (T)
- Sherlock Holmes (D) – Robert Downey, Jr
- Sherlock Holmes (D) – William Gillette
- Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Christmas Pudding (D) – Ronald Howard
- Sherlock Holmes: Crucifier of Blood (D) – Charleton Heston
- Sherlock Holmes: Dressed to Kill (D) – Basil Rathbone
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (D) – Robert Downey, Jr
- Sherlock Holmes: Prelude to Murder (D) – Basil Rathbone
- Sherlock Holmes: Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (D) – Colin Blakely
- Sherlock Holmes & the Secret Weapon (D) – Basil Rathbone
- Sherlock Holmes: Study in Scarlett (D) – Reginald Owen
- Sherlock Holmes: Terror by Night (D) – Basil Rathbone
- Sherlock Holmes & the Woman in Green (D) – Basil Rathbone
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered (Hallmark)
- Strangers on a Train (T)
- Suspicion (T)
- To Catch a Thief
- Topaz (T)
- The Trouble with Harry
- Unsolved Mysteries with Dennis Farina (R)
- Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack (R)
- Vertigo (D)
- Wait Until Dark (T)
- Witness for the Prosecution (P, T)
- A Woman in Danger (T)
- The Wrong Man (T)
- Young Sherlock Holmes (D, YA)
Sweden
- Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Girl who Played with Fire
- Girl who Kicked Over the Hornet’s Nest
- Girl in the Spider’s Web
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