Mystery film

Mystery film is a sub-genre of the more general category of crime film. It focuses on the efforts of the Detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a crime by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction. The successful mystery film often conceals the identity of the perpetrator until late in the story, then adds an element of suspense during the apprehension of the suspect.

Mystery films

• The Thin Man (1934)
• The Thirty-Nine Steps (1935)
• Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
• The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
• Rebecca (1940)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941)
• The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
• Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1942)
• Farewell, My Lovely (1944)
• Gaslight (1944)
• Laura (1944)
• Murder My Sweet (1944)
• The Big Sleep (1946)
• Strangers on a Train (1951)
• Vertigo (1958)
• Charade (1963)
• Klute 1971)
• Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
• Blade Runner (1982)
• The Name of the Rose (1986)
• Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)