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List of comedy–mystery films

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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.

Contents

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
  • 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

    • 1938

  • Fast Company
  • The Lady Vanishes
  • The Mad Miss Manton
  • There's Always a Woman
  • Nancy Drew... Detective

    • 1939

  • The Cat and the Canary
  • It's a Wonderful World
  • Nancy Drew... Reporter
  • Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
  • Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

    • 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

    • 1942

  • One Thrilling Night
  • Who Done It?

    • 1943

  • Whistling in Brooklyn

    • 1944

  • Arsenic and Old Lace
  • The Case of the Screaming Bishop
  • One Body Too Many

    • 1945

  • Lady on a Train
  • Scared Stiff

    • 1946

  • Dangerous Money

    • 1947

  • The Chinese Ring

    • 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

    • 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
  • 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

  • Fletch Lives

    • 1990s

    1990

  • Off and Running

    • 1992

  • Once Upon a Crime

    • 1993

  • Manhattan Murder Mystery

    • 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

    • 2001

  • 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

    • 2010s

    2010

  • One Hundred Years of Evil
  • Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes

    • 2011

  • Seniors

    • 2014

  • Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death

    • 2016

  • The Nice Guys

    • References

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