List of comedy mystery films
Introduction '''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.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''* ''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''1987 * ''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* ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective''* ''Radioland Murders''1995* ''Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls''1996* ''Harriet the Spy''1997* ''Zero Effect''1998* ''Where's Marlowe? ''1999* ''Safe House''
2000s 2000* ''Phantom of the Megaplex'' * ''Trixie''* Scary Movie2001* ''Head over Heels''* ''Recess: School's Out''2002* ''Get a Clue''* ''Scooby-Doo''2003* ''Looney Tunes: Back in Action''2004* ''Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed''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''* ''Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows''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
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