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Top 25 best mystery-movies from the forties

Based on MovieMeter ratings, these are the 25 best mystery-movies from the forties

This is a list of the best 25 mystery-movies from the forties and highly rated on MovieMeter.

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Top 25 best mystery-movies from the forties

1
Rebecca

Rebecca (1940)

Mystery, Romance
130 minutes
3,75(716)
3
2
Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane (1941)

Drama, Mystery
119 minutes
3
3
The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep (1946)

Filmnoir, Mystery
114 minutes
3,65(626)
3
4
Laura

Laura (1944)

Filmnoir, Mystery
88 minutes
3,65(392)
3
5
Gaslight

Gaslight (1944)

Alternative title: Murder in Thornton Square
Mystery, Thriller
114 minutes
3,56(214)
3
6
Spellbound

Spellbound (1945)

Alternative title: Obsessie
Mystery, Romance
111 minutes
3,52(411)
3
7
Phantom Lady

Phantom Lady (1944)

Alternative title: Blinde Wegen
Filmnoir, Mystery
87 minutes
3,50(59)
8
The Stranger

The Stranger (1946)

Alternative title: De Vreemdeling
Filmnoir, Mystery
95 minutes
3,45(290)
3
9
My Name Is Julia Ross

My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)

Alternative title: De Vrouw in het Rood
Filmnoir, Mystery
65 minutes
3,45(38)
3
10
Dead of Night

Dead of Night (1945)

Horror, Mystery
103 minutes
3,43(167)
3
11
The Spiral Staircase

The Spiral Staircase (1946)

Alternative title: De Wenteltrap
Mystery, Thriller
83 minutes
3,43(122)
3
12
Fallen Angel

Fallen Angel (1945)

Filmnoir, Mystery
98 minutes
3,35(71)
3
13
The Red House

The Red House (1947)

Mystery, Thriller
100 minutes
3,35(36)
2
14
Ride the Pink Horse

Ride the Pink Horse (1947)

Filmnoir, Mystery
101 minutes
3,34(28)
1
15
A Canterbury Tale

A Canterbury Tale (1944)

Drama, Mystery
124 minutes
3,33(57)
3
16
Green for Danger

Green for Danger (1946)

Mystery
91 minutes
3,32(37)
17
And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None (1945)

Alternative title: Rene Clair's 'And Then There Were None'
Crime, Mystery
97 minutes
3,29(104)
18
Across the Pacific

Across the Pacific (1942)

War, Mystery
97 minutes
3,29(49)
19
I Wake Up Screaming

I Wake Up Screaming (1941)

Alternative title: Hot Spot
Filmnoir, Mystery
82 minutes
3,29(39)
3
20
Suspicion

Suspicion (1941)

Alternative title: Argwaan
Thriller, Mystery
99 minutes
3,27(333)
3
21
The Scarlet Claw

The Scarlet Claw (1944)

Alternative title: Sherlock Holmes and the Scarlet Claw
Mystery, Crime
74 minutes
3,26(41)
3
22
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
3,20(20)
3
23
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

Mystery, Crime
68 minutes
3,19(27)
24
My Favorite Brunette

My Favorite Brunette (1947)

Alternative title: The Private Eye
Mystery, Comedy
87 minutes
3,15(34)
25
The Uninvited

The Uninvited (1944)

Horror, Mystery
100 minutes
3,13(67)
3