The 10 Best Whodunit Movies in Film History

The article ranks ten whodunit films, arguing that the genre’s best entries combine a close circle of suspects, convincing motives and a reveal that is both surprising and earned. It presents the films as a mix of classic drawing-room mysteries and rule-bending stories, united by the pleasure of working out who is responsible.

The supplied text highlights René Clair’s *And Then There Were None*, where eight strangers are stranded on a remote island and die in the pattern of a nursery rhyme, and Robert Altman’s *Gosford Park*, which pairs a country-house murder mystery with social satire. It also discusses *Death on the Nile*, in which Hercule Poirot investigates an heiress’s murder aboard a steamer in Egypt. The article’s introduction also names *The Thin Man*, *Murder on the Orient Express*, *Clue*, *Laura* and *Knives Out* among the genre’s notable films.