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?