The Best Comedy Mystery Movies

Ready for a movie night that will make you laugh out loud while you solve a mystery? Here are some of our favorite comedy mystery movies:

7. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Blending animation and a Film Noir detective style, this movie follows a hardened private investigator that grudgingly agrees to figure out if a rabbit is guilty of murder or if a conspiracy is afoot.

Available on Disney Plus

6. The Thin Man

This classic film debuts the wealthy charismatic couple of Nick and Nora Charles who exchange quips and drinks while solving mysteries.

Available on Amazon

5. Murder Mystery

This hilarious mystery follows a New York City cop and his hairdresser wife who try to solve a murder aboard a yacht.

Available on Netflix

4. Glass Onion

Playing with mystery conventions and dramatic irony, this comedy/mystery has a group of eccentric characters gather on a deserted tropical island and a noted detective must make sense of the clues before someone is murdered.

Available on Netflix

3. Hot Fuzz

While satirizing buddy cop films and outlandish action scenes, this comedy-mystery makes us laugh, jump, and root for the budding friendship of an unlikely duo in a quaint English Village.

Available on Prime

2. See How They Run

Agatha Christie fans will appreciate this humorous take on a murder that takes place behind the scenes of her successful play on the West End stage. Commenting on her style while embracing theatrical and movie tropes, it’s a comedy that will keep you guessing until the Christie-like twist is revealed.

Available on Max

  1. Clue

This cult classic based on the popular board game is endless quotable and features an all-star cast of suspects. Which on killed Mr. Boddy? Where? And with what weapon?

Available on Paramount Plus


What other comedy mysteries do you love?

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