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List of mystery films

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A mystery film is a genre of film revolving around the solution to a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of a protagonist to solve the mystery by means of clues, investigation, and deduction.

This is a list of mystery films by decade.

1910s

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1920s

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1930s

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1940s

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An image from Citizen Kane
An image from The Maltese Falcon

1950s

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1960s

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An image from Charade

1970s

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1980s

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1990s

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2000s

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2010s

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2020s

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Footnotes

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