Mystery Movies
Crossroads (1942)

Crossroads (1942)

Crossroads (1942)
IMDb: N/A
83

A French diplomat who’s recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can’t remember.

Genre: Drama, Mystery
Strangers in the House (1942)

Strangers in the House (1942)

Strangers in the House (1942)
IMDb: N/A
95

Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole in a sinister and vast bourgeois residence. Abandoned for nearly twenty years by his wife, the brilliant lawyer has sunk into alcoholism…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Man Who Wouldn’t Die (1942)

The Man Who Wouldn’t Die (1942)

The Man Who Wouldn’t Die (1942)
IMDb: N/A
65

A man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime seeking revenge.

Genre: Crime, Mystery
The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)

The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)

The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)
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61

A detective investigates the mysterious death of a young actress.

Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Black Dragons (1942)

Black Dragons (1942)

Black Dragons (1942)
IMDb: N/A
64

It is prior to the commencement of World War II, and Japan’s fiendish Black Dragon Society is hatching an evil plot with the Nazis. They instruct a brilliant scientist, Dr….

Blue White and Perfect (1942)

Blue White and Perfect (1942)

Blue White and Perfect (1942)
IMDb: N/A
74

In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly finds himself…

The Saint Meets the Tiger (1941)

The Saint Meets the Tiger (1941)

The Saint Meets the Tiger (1941)
IMDb: N/A
69

A man murdered at the Saint’s doorstep manages to utter a few words to Simon Templar before he dies, sending him off to the quaint resort village of Baycombe where…

Genre: Mystery
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)

Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)

Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
IMDb: N/A
97

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The Smiling Ghost (1941)

The Smiling Ghost (1941)

The Smiling Ghost (1941)
IMDb: N/A
71

Elinor Bentley Fairchild’s previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt hires Lucky Downing to become engaged to her for a month to break the curse. But…

Passage from Hong Kong (1941)

Passage from Hong Kong (1941)

Passage from Hong Kong (1941)
IMDb: N/A
61

In this comedy, a crime novelist spins a yarn to impress the apple of his eye. He tells her that he has been involved in a murder.

Genre: Mystery
The Iron Claw (1941)

The Iron Claw (1941)

The Iron Claw (1941)
IMDb: N/A
289

The heirs of Anton Benson are searching Bensonhurst for hidden gold; they are joined by a reporter, a gangster…and a masked fiend known as The Iron Claw.

Genre: Action, Mystery
Murder by Invitation (1941)

Murder by Invitation (1941)

Murder by Invitation (1941)
IMDb: N/A
67

The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings,…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The Ghost Train (1941)

The Ghost Train (1941)

The Ghost Train (1941)
IMDb: N/A
85

Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead…

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Dead Men Tell (1941)

Dead Men Tell (1941)

Dead Men Tell (1941)
IMDb: N/A
61

When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a…

Sleepers West (1941)

Sleepers West (1941)

Sleepers West (1941)
IMDb: N/A
74

Private eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder witness.

Genre: Crime, Mystery
Shadows on the Stairs (1941)

Shadows on the Stairs (1941)

Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
IMDb: N/A
64

Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
The Saint In Palm Springs (1941)

The Saint In Palm Springs (1941)

The Saint In Palm Springs (1941)
IMDb: N/A
66

George Sanders makes his final appearance as crook-turned-detective Simon Templar, a.k.a. “The Saint,” in The Saint in Palm Springs. The gimmick in this one is a set of rare stamps,…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)

Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)

Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)
IMDb: N/A
77

Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive…

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Murder Over New York (1940)

Murder Over New York (1940)

Murder Over New York (1940)
IMDb: N/A
65

When Charlie’s old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.

The Ape (1940)

The Ape (1940)

The Ape (1940)
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62

Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman’s polio. He needs human spinal fluid to complete the formula for his experimental serum. Meanwhile, a…

The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)

The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)

The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)
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81

A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.

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The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940)

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940)

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940)
IMDb: N/A
71

A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman’s son and accused of a murder she didn’t commit.

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise (1940)

Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise (1940)

Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise (1940)
IMDb: N/A
77

On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder of a Scotland Yard friend.

Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)

Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)

Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
IMDb: N/A
66

Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the…

Black Friday (1940)

Black Friday (1940)

Black Friday (1940)
IMDb: N/A
70

University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley’s friend Dr. Sovac attends to…

The Saint’s Double Trouble (1940)

The Saint’s Double Trouble (1940)

The Saint’s Double Trouble (1940)
IMDb: N/A
68

Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar lands in hot water when a look-alike smuggles stolen goods out of Egypt.

Genre: Crime, Mystery
The Fatal Hour (1940)

The Fatal Hour (1940)

The Fatal Hour (1940)
IMDb: N/A
68

When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr., whose father is a businessman well known for both…

Personal Column (1939)

Personal Column (1939)

Personal Column (1939)
IMDb: N/A
114

To try solving the strange disappearances of 11 young Parisian women, the police obtain the services of Adrienne Charpentier, friend of the latest missing person.

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City in Darkness (1939)

City in Darkness (1939)

City in Darkness (1939)
IMDb: N/A
75

Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the murder of a munitions manufacturer who was supplying arms to the enemy, even…

The Body Vanished (1939)

The Body Vanished (1939)

The Body Vanished (1939)
IMDb: N/A
46

A Scotland Yard inspector and his reporter friend arrive on vacation in a small village and are immediately involved in what is claimed to be a murder but the body…

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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Dick Tracy’s G-Men (1939)

Dick Tracy’s G-Men (1939)

Dick Tracy’s G-Men (1939)
IMDb: N/A
302

A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can…

Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Island of Lost Men (1939)

Island of Lost Men (1939)

Island of Lost Men (1939)
IMDb: N/A
63

A Chinese general’s daughter tracks her father to a slave-labor tyrant’s jungle empire.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Miracles for Sale (1939)

Miracles for Sale (1939)

Miracles for Sale (1939)
IMDb: N/A
71

A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.

Genre: Mystery
Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)

Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)

Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
IMDb: N/A
70

Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
The Gorilla (1939)

The Gorilla (1939)

The Gorilla (1939)
IMDb: N/A
68

When an escaped circus gorilla appears to have gone on a murderous rampage, a threatened attorney calls on the detective trio of Garrity, Harrigan and Mullivan to act as bodyguards….

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)

The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)

The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
IMDb: N/A
68

Detective James Lee Wong must find the “Eye of the Daughter of the Moon,” a priceless but cursed sapphire stolen in China and smuggled to America. His search takes him…

Q Planes (1939)

Q Planes (1939)

Q Planes (1939)
IMDb: N/A
82

In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared…

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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939)

Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939)

Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939)
IMDb: N/A
71

A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered soon after disembarking from a ship at Port Said in Egypt. The real Mr….

The Mysterious Miss X (1939)

The Mysterious Miss X (1939)

The Mysterious Miss X (1939)
IMDb: N/A
65

After being mistaken for Scotland Yard detectives, two vaudevillians (Michael Whalen, Chick Chandler) try to solve a murder in a Midwestern town.

Genre: Mystery
Lying Lips (1939)

Lying Lips (1939)

Lying Lips (1939)
IMDb: N/A
68

A nightclub singer refuses to “date” customers, so she’s framed for the murder of her aunt.

Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery