Best Whodunit Movies of All-Time | RT Essentials

Grab your magnifying glasses or candlesticks — we reveal the best whodunit movies of all-time.

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00:00 Intro
01:10 Gosford Park (2001)
03:15 Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
05:21 Clue (1985)
07:10 Knives Out (2019)
09:47 L.A. Confidential (1997)
11:57 The Usual Suspects (1995)
14:13 Who Framed Rodger Rabbit (1988)
16:49 Seven (1995)
18:57 Chinatown (1974)
21:04 Memento (2000)

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[elementzero]

How can you not have Scream on this list? It's one of the most iconic whodunit movies and is still going consistently strong with the 6th film coming out in 2 months.

[TheDreadfulCurtain]

The Afterparty is a great tv show Murder mystery. Highly recommend it

[zhaoliang]

There are great whodunnits on streaming and tv. The John malcovitch poirot is great.
The John cussack movie identity

Of course the old David Suchet poirot.

I would say the Gary oldman Tinker Tailor Soilder Spy is maybe the best recent whodunnit, but it is so dense that it is very hard for a viewer to guess the mole. But the clues are there so you could guess and all the 5 suspects are equally suspicious at the start.


Scream is also a good whodunnit.

Weird for such a popular book and tv genre not many movies, and the best are in other genres.

[NewDarkKnight]

It's my fav genre. Unfortunately I've watched all of the movies in this list. There isn't just enough good whodunit movies. Last year wasn’t kind enough too. Knives out 2 was complete garb.

[aravindap]

I have watched almost all whoddunnit movies on the planet as i love the genre. The most amazing whodunnits, the best out of the best are the 3 below.
1) The Last of Sheila - Underrated classic
2) And then there were none(1940s) - Agatha christie adaptation
3) Sad Cypress - Hercule Poirot from
agatha christie

Watch it with your friends, family and enjoyy

[danthovict]

Seriously, no Death by murder? If you like Clue, you must include that old classic

[trinaq]

I love Gosford Park, even if the actual murder doesn't happen until three quarters into the film.

[joliecide]

I maintain that pre-Gladiator Russell Crowe was untouchable.

[stevend.bennett]

I recommend reading "The Secret Art of Murder" by Raymond Chandler.

[brianforde]

What planet are you from if you don’t mention death on the nile (1978)

[jandreid]

15:31 hadn't he watched Gene Kelly dancing with Jerry the Mouse? Or Mary Poppins? Or Bedknobs and Broomsticks?

[MmaSmarty]

Kevin I said what you were afraid to say!

[robyqodri]

In the Heat of the Night with iconic Sidney Poitier should be on the list too.

[GolDFish-ifov]

Guys recommend me the best murder mystery movies or shows. I will watch them all.

[zhaoliang]

Seems half the list aren’t whodunnits. Don’t get me wrong love all these movies below.

Momento isn’t a who dunnit. It is hard to define its genre, but there is no enough reliability in the protagonist, mystery solvers perception for the audience to guess what really happened or who the real killer was at the end.

Seven isn’t a whodunnit, come on. There isn’t a bunch of suspects and clue that let you the watcher figure out the killer, there only ever was one suspect and they found him with one one illegal search of his reading history.

Clue is a comedy based on whodunnits but has three endings, so again no careful set of clues leading to what happened and the real killer. Again the viewer has no chance to solve it based one clues.

Chinatown and La confidential are more a noir detective mystery, as there aren’t several clear suspects. They might be termed Whatisgoingon rather than Whodunnit.