Whodunit movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant whodunit movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspenseful, clever, dark, entertaining and serious films and TV shows about / with whodunit, murder, investigation, murder mystery, murder investigation, police investigation, deadly, suspense, twists and turns and police officer plots mostly in Mystery, Crime and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as whodunit: Knives Out (2019), And Then There Were None (2015), Death on the Nile (2022), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Crooked House (2017), Murder Mystery (2019), The Last of Sheila (1973), Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989), Ordeal by Innocence (2018), Clue (1985).
Best films
List of whodunit movies
714K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his ...
Style:
atmospheric, exciting, captivating, witty, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, whodunit, murder, murder investigation, death, large family, mansion, mystery killer, eccentric family, private detective, suspect ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new england, usa, massachusetts
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
Ten strangers, drawn away from their normal lives to an isolated rock off the Devon coast. But as the mismatched group waits for the arrival of the hosts – the improbably named Mr and Mrs U.N. Owen – the weather sours and they find themselves ...
Style:
twist ending, atmospheric, psychological, suspenseful, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder mystery, island, whodunit, isolation, murder, twists and turns, suspense, investigation, survival, justice, plot twist, accusation ...
Time:
1930s, year 1939
Place:
europe, united kingdom, england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Almost everyone on the S.S.Karnak, cruising the Nile, has a reason to want heiress Linnet Ridgeway dead. Her jewels are coveted by elderly Mrs. van Schuyler, her maid is upset because Linnet won't give her a promised dowry, writer Salome ...
Style:
captivating, non-linear, artsy, surprise ending, entertaining ...
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, murder, murder investigation, investigation, ship, boat, chase, investigator, honeymoon, passenger, secret ...
Time:
1930s, pre world war two, year 1937, year 1914, 1910s
Place:
egypt, london, belgium
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Malta, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.
Style:
surprise ending, artsy, clever, dramatic, twist ending ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, train, whodunit, murder, vengeance, snow, suspense, private detective, conspiracy, suspect, justice ...
Time:
1930s, post world war one, pre world war two, 1920s, year 1934 ...
Place:
venice, alps, turkey, former yugoslavia, jerusalem ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.
Style:
enigmatic, captivating, surprise ending, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
whodunit, twists and turns, murder mystery, private detective, mansion, murder, servant, family secret, lady, investigation, suspense, poison ...
Time:
50s, year 1957
Place:
london, cairo egypt, scotland yard
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Italy, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After attending a gathering on a billionaire's yacht during a European vacation, a New York cop and his wife become prime suspects when he's murdered.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, funny, satirical ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
murder, whodunit, amateur detective, yacht, troubled marriage, wanted, chase, police officer, inheritance, uncle nephew relationship, male protagonist, american abroad ...
Time:
future
Place:
mediterranean sea, new york, monte carlo, monaco
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game. The game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.
Style:
clever, suspenseful, tense, sexy, humorous ...
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, murder, yacht, manipulation, mind game, game, suspense, twists and turns, paranoia, puzzle, vengeance ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
south of france, mediterranean sea, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
Style:
clever, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
investigation, whodunit, murder, private detective, murder mystery, who done it, private investigator, murder investigation, uncover truth, multiple suspects, riddles and clues, sleuth ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
england, united kingdom, london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Christmas 1954. Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll is arrested for her murder. He vehemently protests his innocence.
Style:
enigmatic, tense, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, murder, secret, alibi, suspect, homicide detective, adopted son, country house, adoptive mother, crime investigation, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 1954, 50s
Place:
england
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100K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss ...
Style:
surprise ending, parody, funny, humorous, mind bending ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
murder, butler, whodunit, investigation, multiple suspects, twists and turns, mansion, murder mystery, mystery killer, maid, blackmail, mind game ...
Time:
year 1954, 50s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
new england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?
Style:
clever, captivating, atmospheric, talky, sexy ...
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, murder, twists and turns, private detective, multiple suspects, cruise, investigation, secrets, mentor, suspense, ship ...
Time:
1930s, year 1937
Place:
egypt, africa, north africa, cairo egypt, england ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are ...
Style:
parody, surprise ending, humorous, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
murder, whodunit, private detective, butler, old mansion, dark and stormy night, murder mystery, twists and turns, riddles and clues, who done it, mansion, suspense ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 70s
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Inspector Richard Poole is transferred to Sainte Marie, an island in the Caribbean. Totally unsuited to the Caribbean way of life, Richard hates the sun, sea and sand and isn't used to the Sainte Marie style of policing. Working with ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, stylized, semi serious, light ...
Plot:
investigation, police detective, whodunit, police investigation, law enforcement, lifestyle change, murder, island, new job, suspicion, coworker, multiple suspects ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
caribbean, fictional island
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, serious, suspenseful, clever ...
Plot:
murder, police detective, murder investigation, whodunit, multiple suspects, who done it, investigation, detective inspector, human nature, twists and turns, police investigation, law enforcement ...
Time:
future, 90s, 2010s, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, Italy
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Multiple storylined drama set in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England.
Style:
dark, biting, atmospheric, enigmatic, bleak ...
Plot:
murder, country estate, estate, society, whodunit, murder mystery, high society, twists and turns, butler, servant, murder investigation, suspense ...
Time:
1930s, year 1932, pre world war two, 20th century, victorian era
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
In a seemingly quiet country town the newest resident, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd, finds that murder lurks in even the most homely location.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, witty, tense ...
Plot:
whodunit, sleuth, partners against crime, unlikely partners, detective inspector, police detective, small town life, riddles and clues, under the surface, investigation, police investigation, uncover truth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new zealand
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165K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
Style:
witty, realistic, entertaining, suspenseful, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
writers, investigation, female detective, crime investigation, romancing partners, partners, homicide detective, police investigation, police detective, riddles and clues, resourceful, law enforcement ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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1.3M
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman's noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, confusing, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
suspense, amnesia, memory loss, murder, plot twist, revenge, memory, paranoia, vengeance, psychology, twists and turns, haunted by the past ...
Time:
future, 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Trying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, clever, tense, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
private detective, murder, murder mystery, whodunit, investigation, island, multiple suspects, hotel, twists and turns, intrigue, writers, amateur detective ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
mediterranean sea, greece, south of france, albania, england ...
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254K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
Style:
twist ending, suspenseful, scary, surprise ending, mind bending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, mental disorder, suspense, murder mystery, psychology, investigation, murderer, murder, stranded, twists and turns, split personality, mental illness ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
nevada, usa, florida
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, talky, stylized, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
whodunit, train, investigation, murder mystery, murder, twists and turns, suspense, justice, multiple suspects, private detective, conspiracy, railway ...
Time:
1930s, 70s, 20th century, year 1935
Place:
new york, london, istanbul turkey, turkey, former yugoslavia ...
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125K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.
Style:
slasher, bleak, suspenseful, scary, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
masked killer, serial killer, whodunit, sister sister relationship, psychopath, homicidal maniac, killing spree, sadistic psychopath, threatening telephone call, murder mystery, characters killed one by one, gory violence ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
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6K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Five best friends, all married, decide to share a loft apartment. In this loft they meet their mistresses and conquests. Everything seems perfect, until one morning the body of an unknown young woman is found in the loft. The group of friends begin ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, sexy, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, whodunit, betrayal, secret place, friends, couples, dishonesty, mistrust, multiple suspects, couple relations, who done it, infidelity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
amsterdam, europe, holland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an ...
Style:
captivating, clever, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, police detective, investigation, whodunit, spy, war crime, police investigation, undercover, crimes of passion, murder, murder investigation, espionage ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, new mexico, london
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Genius detective Nero Wolfe and his right-hand man, Archie Goodwin, solve seemingly impossible crimes.
Style:
realistic, clever, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
investigation, private detective, who done it, partners against crime, police detective, mysterious character, murder, whodunit, riddles and clues, private investigator, partners, spy ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
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117K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
Style:
emotional, clever, serious, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder investigation, police investigation, murder, twists and turns, police detective, multiple suspects, small town, grief, legal, who done it, murderer, whodunit ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
The Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode ...
Style:
psychological, gloomy, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, policewoman, homicide detective, whodunit, serial killer, murder mystery, police investigation, who done it, murder investigation, murderer, police detective, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe, copenhagen, scandinavia, afghanistan ...
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Inviting the ex-wife to a family reunion when the none-too-secure new wife will be there hardly seems to be a recipe for success, and true to form, bodies have begun to stack up by the end of this cinematic update of a classic Agatha Christie tale. ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, witty, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
whodunit, multiple suspects, police investigation, murder, estate, family relations, who done it, riddles and clues, couples, society, womanizer, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, brittany, atlantic ocean
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
TV show
Story:
A Touch of Frost is a television detective series produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV from 1992 until 2010, initially based on the Frost novels by R.D. Wingfield. Writing credit for the three episodes in the first 1992 series went to Richard ...
Style:
realistic, serious, clever, witty, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police detective, whodunit, police, investigation, riddles and clues, murder mystery, bbc, british, partners against crime, intrigue, intelligence agency, urban setting ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, northern england, europe
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113K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with ...
Style:
witty, talky, suspenseful, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, sherlock holmes, talented, female partner, unconventional method, prodigy, mastermind, partners, riddles and clues, private detective, resourceful, law enforcement ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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