Movies by Lists - Best Whodunit Murder Mystery Movies (40 [40]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| And Then There Were NoneSeven guests, a newly hired secretary and two staff are gathered at a manor house on an isolated island by an unknown absentee host and are killed off one-by-one. They work together to determine who the killer is before it's too late | 1945 | René Clair (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (14.6K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Basic InstinctA violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist. | 1992 | Paul Verhoeven (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (192.7K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Big Sleep, ThePrivate detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love. | 1946 | Howard Hawks (*) | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (83.8K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Bird With The Crystal Plumage, TheAn American expatriate in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city, and despite himself and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer, he conducts his own investigation. | 1970 | Dario Argento (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (20.3K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| ChinatownA private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder. | 1974 | Roman Polanski (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.2 (315K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| ClueSix guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, but after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up. | 1985 | Jonathan Lynn | Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (92.8K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| D O AFrank Bigelow, told he's been poisoned and has only a few days to live, tries to find out who killed him and why. | 1949 | Rudolph Maté | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (11.7K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Death on the NileAs Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey? | 1978 | John Guillermin | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.3 (31.4K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| Deep RedA jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic. | 1975 | Dario Argento (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (36.5K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Evil Under the SunTrying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi. | 1982 | Guy Hamilton (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.1 (16.3K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| From HellIn Victorian-era London, a troubled clairvoyant police detective investigates the murders of Jack the Ripper. | 2001 | Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.8 (152.3K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| GattacaA genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel. | 1997 | Andrew Niccol | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.8 (294.4K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Gift, TheA fortune teller with extrasensory perception is asked to help find a young woman who has mysteriously disappeared. | 2000 | Sam Raimi (*) | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery | 6.7 (67K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, TheA journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years. | 2009 | Niels Arden Oplev | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.8 (214.4K votes) | 152 | 20211228 |
| Gosford ParkSet in the 1930s, this movie brings a group of pretentious rich and famous together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect. | 2001 | Robert Altman (*) | Comedy, Drama, Mystery | 7.2 (85.5K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Hateful Eight, TheIn the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters. | 2015 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western | 7.8 (566.4K votes) | 168 | 20211228 |
| In The Heat of The NightA black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case. | 1967 | Norman Jewison (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (73.3K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Kiss Kiss Bang BangAfter being mistaken for an actor, a New York thief is sent to Hollywood to train under a private eye for a potential movie role, but the duo are thrown together with a struggling actress into a murder mystery. | 2005 | Shane Black | Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (223.5K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| L.A. ConfidentialAs corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice. | 1997 | Curtis Hanson (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.2 (563.7K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| Last Of Sheila, TheA year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her wealthy husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt mystery game. The game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly. | 1973 | Herbert Ross | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (6.2K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| LauraA police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating. | 1944 | Otto Preminger (*) | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery | 8.0 (46.1K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| MWhen the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt. | 1931 | Fritz Lang (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 8.3 (153.3K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Maltese Falcon, TheSan Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered. | 1941 | John Huston (*) | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance | 8.0 (155.4K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| MementoA man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer. | 2000 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (1.2M votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Minority ReportIn a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes, an officer from that unit is himself accused of a future murder. | 2002 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.6 (534.8K votes) | 145 | 20211228 |
| Mirror Crack'd, TheMiss Jane Marple comes to solve the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim. | 1980 | Guy Hamilton (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 6.2 (7.7K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Murder by DeathFive famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery. | 1976 | Robert Moore | Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.4 (36.8K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Murder on The Orient ExpressIn December 1935, when his transcontinental luxury train is stranded by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before, with a multitude of suspects. | 1974 | Sidney Lumet (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.3 (60.4K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Mystic RiverThe lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy. | 2003 | Clint Eastwood (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (444.2K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| Name of the Rose, TheAn intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey. | 1986 | Jean-Jacques Annaud | Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller | 7.7 (106.6K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| One of My Wives Is MissingDaniel Corban's wife Elizabeth disappeared after they had a fight. Then she shows up, yet he insists that the woman isn't actually his wife. | 1976 | Glenn Jordan | Thriller | 7.5 (493 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Presumed InnocentAs a lawyer investigates the murder of a colleague, he finds himself more connected to the crime than anyone else. | 1990 | Alan J. Pakula (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (40.8K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| SevenTwo detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives. | 1995 | David Fincher (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.6 (1.6M votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Silence of the Lambs, TheA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims. | 1991 | Jonathan Demme (*) | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 8.6 (1.4M votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| SuspectWhen a homeless man is accused of murdering a Justice Department file clerk, a public defender is tasked with mounting his legal defense. | 1987 | Peter Yates | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.6 (10.1K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Thin Man, TheFormer detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it. | 1934 | W.S. Van Dyke (*) | Comedy, Mystery | 8.0 (28.8K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Who Framed Roger RabbitA toon-hating detective is a cartoon rabbit's only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder. | 1988 | Robert Zemeckis (*) | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Mystery | 7.7 (194.3K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Witness For The ProsecutionA veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise. | 1957 | Billy Wilder (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (119.8K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Woman in Green, TheSherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot. | 1945 | Roy William Neill | Drama, Mystery | 6.7 (6K votes) | 68 | 20211228 |
| ZodiacBetween 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree. | 2007 | David Fincher (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.7 (512.1K votes) | 157 | 20211228 |