There were thousands or more than thousands of movies released every decade. Every movie has its own genre including comedy, action, horror, suspense, thriller, romantic, adventure, fantasy, sports, supernatural, drama, mystery and soon. Well, there can never be a final list for something like this, but I can say with some confidence these are some movies which you should not miss it. It was very difficult for me to make best Hollywood murder mystery movies list but somehow, I was able to complete that list. In this list, I will add all the mystery and murder mystery movies also. This list will be updated with time to time. So don’t worry about the updating part. Just check out the list and share your views with us.
The movies which are mentioned below are totally according to my point of view so no offense, please and they are arranged randomly. I hope this will entice you to watch some. Please leave comment or feedback if you think differently and have something in mind which you want me to notice. If you think that I have forgotten some movies which should be in the list, then do let me know. I will immediately add that movie to the list. Your comments or feedback are most welcome!
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Best of the Best Hollywood Murder Mystery Movies List (All Time)
| Movie Name | Release Year |
| The Canary Murder Case | 1929 |
| The Greene Murder Case | 1929 |
| The Bishop Murder Case | 1930 |
| The Benson Murder Case | 1930 |
| The Bat Whispers | 1930 |
| The Maltese Falcon | 1931 |
| The Phantom of Crestwood | 1932 |
| The Penguin Pool Murder | 1932 |
| Mystery of the Wax Museum | 1933 |
| The Kennel Murder Case | 1933 |
| The Thin Man | 1934 |
| The Dragon Murder Case | 1934 |
| The Case of the Howling Dog | 1934 |
| Murder on the Blackboard | 1934 |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much | 1934 |
| Murder at the Vanities | 1934 |
| The 39 Steps | 1935 |
| The Case of the Curious Bride | 1935 |
| The Case of the Lucky Legs | 1935 |
| Murder on a Honeymoon | 1935 |
| The Casino Murder Case | 1935 |
| The Mystery of Edwin Drood | 1935 |
| The Spanish Cape Mystery | 1935 |
| The Scarab Murder Case | 1936 |
| Satan Met a Lady | 1936 |
| The Preview Murder Mystery | 1936 |
| The Plot Thickens | 1936 |
| Murder on a Bridle Path | 1936 |
| The Mandarin Mystery | 1936 |
| The Garden Murder Case | 1936 |
| Charlie Chan at the Opera | 1936 |
| The case of the velvet Claws | 1936 |
| The Case of the Black Cat | 1936 |
| After the Thin Man | 1936 |
| The Case of the Stuttering Bishop | 1937 |
| Forty Naughty Girls | 1937 |
| Night of Mystery | 1937 |
| Mr. Wong, Detective | 1938 |
| The Lady Vanishes | 1938 |
| Mysterious Mr. Moto | 1938 |
| When Were You Born | 1938 |
| The Saint Strikes Back | 1939 |
| Nick Carter, Master Detective | 1939 |
| Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase | 1939 |
| Mystery of Mr.Wong | 1939 |
| It’s a Wonderful World | 1939 |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1939 |
| The Gracie Alllen Murder case | 1939 |
| The Arsenal Stadium Mystery | 1939 |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | 1939 |
| Rebecca | 1940 |
| Calling Philo Vance | 1940 |
| Shadow of the Thin Man | 1941 |
| The Maltese Falcon | 1941 |
| The Gay Falcon | 1941 |
| Dressed to Kill | 1941 |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon | 1942 |
| The Glass Key | 1942 |
| The Falcon’s Brother | 1942 |
| Eyes in the Night | 1942 |
| The Falcon Takes Over | 1942 |
| Whistling in Brooklyn | 1943 |
| Sherlock Holmes in Washington | 1943 |
| Sherlock Holmes Faces Death | 1943 |
| Gaslight | 1944 |
| Laura | 1944 |
| Murder My Sweet | 1944 |
| The Pearl of Death | 1944 |
| Phantom Lady | 1944 |
| The Thin Man Goes Home | 1944 |
| The Spider Woman | 1944 |
| The Scarlet Claw | 1944 |
| The Woman in Green | 1945 |
| The Spider | 1945 |
| Spellbound | 1945 |
| Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear | 1945 |
| Pursuit to Algiers | 1945 |
| Lady on a Train | 1945 |
| Johnny Angel | 1945 |
| Cornered | 1945 |
| And Then There Were None | 1945 |
| Terror By Night | 1946 |
| Nocturne | 1946 |
| So Dark the Night | 1946 |
| Dressed to Kill | 1946 |
| The Dark Corner | 1946 |
| The Blue Dahlia | 1946 |
| Black Angel | 1946 |
| The Big Sleep | 1946 |
| Philo Vance Returns | 1947 |
| Out of the Past | 1947 |
| My Favorite Brunette | 1947 |
| Lured | 1947 |
| Lady in the Lake | 1947 |
| Johnny O’clock | 1947 |
| Fear in the Night | 1947 |
| Crossfire | 1947 |
| The Brasher Doubloon | 1947 |
| Philo Vance’s Gamble | 1947 |
| Philo Vance’s Secret Mission | 1947 |
| The Lady from Shanghai | 1948 |
| Rope | 1948 |
| The Big Cock | 1948 |
| Too Late for Tears | 1948 |
| Manhandled | 1949 |
| Mystery Street | 1950 |
| D.O.A | 1950 |
| Cry Danger | 1951 |
| I, the Jury | 1953 |
| The Glass Web | 1953 |
| A Blueprint for Murder | 1953 |
| The Blue Gardenia | 1953 |
| World for Ransom | 1954 |
| Dial M for Murder | 1954 |
| The Long Wait | 1954 |
| Bad Day at Black Rock | 1954 |
| Kiss Me Deadly | 1955 |
| To Catch a Thief | 1955 |
| Julie | 1956 |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much | 1956 |
| Witness for the Prosecution | 1957 |
| My Gun Is Quick | 1957 |
| 12 Angry Men | 1957 |
| Vertigo | 1958 |
| North by Northwest | 1959 |
| Anatomy of a Murder | 1959 |
| Scent of Mystery | 1960 |
| Murder, She Said | 1961 |
| The Pink Panther | 1963 |
| The List of Adrian Messenger | 1963 |
| The Girl Hunters | 1963 |
| Charade | 1963 |
| A Shot in the Dark | 1964 |
| Murder Ahoy! | 1964 |
| The Moon-Spinners | 1964 |
| Murder Most Foul | 1964 |
| The Third Day | 1965 |
| That Dam Cat! | 1965 |
| Ten Little Indians | 1965 |
| Sylvia | 1965 |
| Alphaville | 1965 |
| The Alphabet Murders | 1965 |
| Blowup | 1966 |
| Berserk! | 1967 |
| The Champagne Murders | 1967 |
| Gunn | 1967 |
| In the Heat of the Night | 1967 |
| Warning Shot | 1967 |
| Tony Rome | 1967 |
| Rogues’ Gallery | 1968 |
| P.J | 1968 |
| No Way to Treat a Lady | 1968 |
| Madigan | 1968 |
| Lady In Cement | 1968 |
| Jigsaw | 1968 |
| Inspector Clouseau | 1968 |
| The Detective | 1968 |
| Bullitt | 1968 |
| Marlowe | 1969 |
| The Big Bounce | 1969 |
| The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | 1970 |
| Darker than Amber | 1970 |
| Pretty Maids All in a Row | 1971 |
| Klute | 1971 |
| GumShoe | 1971 |
| The Cat o’ Nine Tails | 1971 |
| A very Missing Person | 1972 |
| They Only Kill Their Masters | 1972 |
| Sleuth | 1972 |
| Pulp | 1972 |
| Hickey & Boggs | 1972 |
| The Carey Treatment | 1972 |
| Shamus | 1973 |
| The Long Goodbye | 1973 |
| The Last of Sheila | 1973 |
| Electra Glide in Blue | 1973 |
| Murder on the Orient Express | 1974 |
| The Midnight Man | 1974 |
| The Conversation | 1974 |
| Chinatown | 1974 |
| The Return of the Pink Panther | 1975 |
| One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing | 1975 |
| Night Moves | 1975 |
| The Legend of Lizzie Borden | 1975 |
| Farewell, My Lovely | 1975 |
| Escape to Witch Mountain | 1975 |
| The Seven Percent Solution | 1976 |
| The Pink Panther Strikes Again | 1976 |
| Murder by Death | 1976 |
| The Drowning Pool | 1976 |
| The Late Show | 1977 |
| Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? | 1978 |
| Revenge of the Pink Panther | 1978 |
| Return from Witch Mountain | 1978 |
| Eyes of Laura Mars | 1978 |
| Death on the Nile | 1978 |
| The Cheap Detective | 1978 |
| The Big Sleep | 1978 |
| The North Avenue Irregulars | 1979 |
| The Watcher in the Woods | 1980 |
| The Mirror Crack’d | 1980 |
| Dressed to Kill | 1980 |
| Cruising | 1980 |
| True Confessions | 1981 |
| The Great Muppet Caper | 1981 |
| Cutter’s Way | 1981 |
| Body Heat | 1981 |
| Blow Out | 1981 |
| Trail of the Pink Panther | 1982 |
| I, the Jury | 1982 |
| Evil Under the Sun | 1982 |
| Deathtrap | 1982 |
| Blade Runner | 1982 |
| Hammett | 1983 |
| Gorky Park | 1983 |
| Curse of the Pink Panther | 1983 |
| Tightrope | 1984 |
| A Soldier’s Story | 1984 |
| Ordeal by Innocence | 1984 |
| Body Double | 1984 |
| Against All Odds | 1984 |
| Jagged Edge | 1985 |
| Compromising Positions | 1985 |
| Clue | 1985 |
| The Name of the Rose | 1986 |
| The Morning After | 1986 |
| Manhunter | 1986 |
| The Great Mouse Detective | 1986 |
| Tough Guys Don’t Dance | 1987 |
| The Stepford Children | 1987 |
| The Rosary Murders | 1987 |
| No Way Out | 1987 |
| Black Widow | 1987 |
| Angel Heart | 1987 |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | 1988 |
| Shakedown | 1988 |
| The Presidio | 1988 |
| Moving Target | 1988 |
| Masquerade | 1988 |
| The Dead Pool | 1988 |
| Appointment with Death | 1988 |
| Sea of Love | 1989 |
| The Two Jakes | 1990 |
| Presumed Innocent | 1990 |
| In the Spirit | 1990 |
| Dick Tracy | 1990 |
| V.I. Warshawski | 1991 |
| The Silence of the Lambs | 1991 |
| Under Suspicion | 1991 |
| Shattered | 1991 |
| Popcorn | 1991 |
| Homicide | 1991 |
| Backdraft | 1991 |
| White Sands | 1992 |
| Shadows and Fog | 1992 |
| Basic Instinct | 1992 |
| Striking Distance | 1993 |
| Son of the Pink Panther | 1993 |
| Sliver | 1993 |
| Rising Sun | 1993 |
| Manhattan Murder Mystery | 1993 |
| The Good Son | 1993 |
| Body of Evidence | 1993 |
| Radioland Murders | 1994 |
| Color of Night | 1994 |
| Clean Slate | 1994 |
| Blink | 1994 |
| The Usual Suspects | 1995 |
| Sudden Death | 1995 |
| Seven | 1995 |
| Money Train | 1995 |
| Jade | 1995 |
| Devil in a Blue Dress | 1995 |
| Unforgettable | 1996 |
| Scream | 1996 |
| Primal Fear | 1996 |
| Mulholland Falls | 1996 |
| Lone Star | 1996 |
| Heaven’s Prisoners | 1996 |
| Harriet The Spy | 1996 |
| Courage Under Fire | 1996 |
| City Hall | 1996 |
| The Chamber | 1996 |
| That Darn Cat | 1997 |
| The Spanish Prisoner | 1997 |
| Murder at 1600 | 1997 |
| L.A. Confidential | 1997 |
| Kiss the Girls | 1997 |
| The Devil’s Advocate | 1997 |
| Zero Effect | 1998 |
| Twilight | 1998 |
| Shadow of Doubt | 1998 |
| Rear Window | 1998 |
| Killers in the House | 1998 |
| The Omega Code | 1999 |
| Inspector Gadget | 1999 |
| The General’s Daughter | 1999 |
| Eyes Wide Shut | 1999 |
| The Green Mile | 1999 |
| The Bone Collector | 1999 |
| The Blair Witch Project | 1999 |
| Under Suspicion | 2000 |
| Mercy | 2000 |
| Memento | 2000 |
| Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 | 2000 |
| Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | 2001 |
| Hannibal | 2001 |
| Gosford Park | 2001 |
| Mulholland Drive | 2001 |
| Close Your Eyes | 2001 |
| Along Came a Spider | 2001 |
| The Pledge | 2001 |
| Joy Ride | 2001 |
| Original Sin | 2001 |
| Training Day | 2001 |
| From Hell | 2001 |
| Murder on the Orient Express | 2001 |
| The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | 2001 |
| The Truth About Charlie | 2002 |
| The Ring | 2002 |
| Red Dragon | 2002 |
| Minority Report | 2002 |
| Insomnia | 2002 |
| Phone Booth | 2002 |
| Ghost Ship | 2002 |
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | 2002 |
| The Bourne Identity | 2002 |
| Murder by Numbers | 2002 |
| Infernal Affairs | 2002 |
| The Salton Sea | 2002 |
| Blood Work | 2002 |
| The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire | 2002 |
| Skinwalkers | 2002 |
| Blood Work | 2002 |
| Mulholland Drive | 2002 |
| The Singing Detective | 2003 |
| The Reckoning | 2003 |
| Out of Time | 2003 |
| Mystic River | 2003 |
| Memories of Murder | 2003 |
| Old Boy | 2003 |
| Looney Tunes: Back in Action | 2003 |
| In the Cut | 2003 |
| Identity | 2003 |
| The Haunted Mansion | 2003 |
| Brotherhood of the Wolf | 2003 |
| Basic | 2003 |
| Saw | 2004 |
| The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story | 2004 |
| The Village | 2004 |
| Mindhunters | 2004 |
| National Treasure | 2004 |
| The Machinist | 2004 |
| Taking Lives | 2004 |
| Saw II | 2005 |
| V for Vendetta | 2005 |
| Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | 2005 |
| Hide and Seek | 2005 |
| Brick | 2005 |
| Four Brothers | 2005 |
| Cache | 2005 |
| Sin City | 2005 |
| Hostage | 2005 |
| Brick | 2005 |
| Saw III | 2006 |
| Lucky Number 7 | 2006 |
| The Killer | 2006 |
| The Wicker Man | 2006 |
| Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | 2006 |
| The Illusionist | 2006 |
| Like Minds | 2006 |
| Tell No One | 2006 |
| Hollywoodland | 2006 |
| Scoop | 2006 |
| The Dead Girl | 2006 |
| The Da Vinci Code | 2006 |
| The Black Dahlia | 2006 |
| Basic Instinct 2 | 2006 |
| Saw IV | 2007 |
| Vacancy | 2007 |
| In the Valley of Elah | 2007 |
| Fracture | 2007 |
| Eastern Promises | 2007 |
| National Treasure: Book of Secrets | 2006 |
| Awake | 2007 |
| Someone Behind You | 2007 |
| Thr3e | 2007 |
| Perfect Stranger | 2007 |
| The Number 23 | 2007 |
| Zodiac | 2007 |
| Nancy Drew | 2007 |
| The lookout | 2007 |
| I Know Who Killled Me | 2007 |
| Michael Clayton | 2007 |
| 88 Minutes | 2007 |
| Someone Behind You | 2007 |
| The Bourne Ultimatum | 2007 |
| Gone Baby Gone | 2007 |
| The Alphabet Killer | 2008 |
| Saw V | 2008 |
| Transsiberian | 2008 |
| Righteous Kill | 2008 |
| Changeling | 2008 |
| Max Payne | 2008 |
| Deception | 2008 |
| Joy Ride: Dead Ahead | 2008 |
| The Oxford Murder | 2008 |
| Saw VI | 2009 |
| Exam | 2009 |
| State of Play | 2009 |
| Sherlock Holmes | 2009 |
| The Secret in Their Eyes | 2009 |
| Harper’s Island | 2009 |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 2009 |
| Angels & Demonss | 2009 |
| Watchmen | 2009 |
| Citizen Jane | 2009 |
| The Taking of Pelham 123 | 2009 |
| Shutter Island | 2010 |
| Saw: The Final Chapter | 2010 |
| Shanghai | 2010 |
| Black Swan | 2010 |
| The Oxford Murders | 2010 |
| Iron Doors | 2010 |
| Inception | 2010 |
| The Ghost Writer | 2010 |
| The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya | 2010 |
| Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | 2011 |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | 2011 |
| Hanna | 2011 |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 2011 |
| Segunda Mano | 2011 |
| The Mechanic | 2011 |
| Limitless | 2011 |
| Jack Reacher | 2012 |
| The Raven | 2012 |
| Side Effects | 2013 |
| Rebound | 2013 |
| Prisoners | 2013 |
| Now You See Me | 2013 |
| Mystery Road | 2013 |
| Old Boy | 2013 |
| In Secret | 2013 |
| Only God Forgives | 2013 |
| The Poltergeist of Borley Forest | 2013 |
| The Call | 2013 |
| Trance | 2013 |
| Blue Ruin | 2013 |
| New World | 2013 |
| Safe Heaven | 2013 |
| Mama | 2013 |
| Broken City | 2013 |
| Brimstone | 2014 |
| Veronica Mars | 2014 |
| The Man in the Orange Jacket | 2014 |
| Gone Girl | 2014 |
| Cut! | 2014 |
| Corridor | 2014 |
| Non Stop | 2014 |
| A Walk Among the Tombstones | 2014 |
| The Loft | 2014 |
| Kill the Messenger | 2014 |
| The Drop | 2014 |
| Inherent Vice | 2014 |
| The Absent One | 2014 |
| Deliver Us from Evil | 2014 |
| Joy Ride 2: Road Kill | 2014 |
| Nightcrawler | 2014 |
| Altar | 2014 |
| Be My Cat: A Film for Anne | 2015 |
| Solomon’s Perjury | 2015 |
| Pod | 2015 |
| Eiga ST Aka to Shirō no Sōsa File | 2015 |
| Dark Awakening | 2015 |
| Crimson Peak | 2015 |
| Brimstone | 2015 |
| Blackhat | 2015 |
| The Gunman | 2015 |
| Mr. Holmes | 2015 |
| London Fields | 2015 |
| Sicario | 2015 |
| Nerve | 2016 |
| Inferno | 2016 |
| The Girl on the Train | 2016 |
| Criminal | 2016 |
| Morgan | 2016 |
| Now You See Me 2 | 2016 |
| 10 Cloverfield Lane | 2016 |
| The Wailing | 2016 |
| Manhattan Night | 2016 |
| Complete Unknown | 2016 |
| The Conjuring 2 | 2016 |
| The 9th Life of Louis Drax | 2016 |
| Arrival | 2016 |
| Exposed | 2016 |
| Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | 2016 |
| The Boy | 2016 |
Note: This list will be updated with time to time. So don’t worry and stay tuned with us.
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