Mysteries made by small studios including Republic, Monogram, Chesterfield and PRC. Also some British mysteries distributed by Republic and Monogram. In year of release order.

Including many of the lower budget B movies as well as the more well known classics. Starting with the 1930's , there's a list for each decade. I'll sprinkle in just a few 1920s releases onto this list as I am not a silent film expert to do a seperate list for those. And I'll only sprinkle in a few foreign language movies onto this and the other lists as I'm no expert on those either. The goal is to give a flavor of the time as best as possible given that most of us weren't around then. 

Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, and Eugene Pallette in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Deanna Durbin in Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)

Nearly added to the poverty row list , but Republic was not quite poverty , not quite a big studio .

An unpleasant (or rich , or a troublemaker ) person , various people he annoys who become suspects , a detective - police or amateur , who brings all the suspects together at the end - with or without saying "I bet you're wondering why I brought you all here " . Not all murder films fit the formula , these are ones that do .

Louise Brooks in The Canary Murder Case (1929)

In year of release order. From 2023 going back in time to 1919.

Nicolas Bro, Sofia Helin, Maria Kulle, Thure Lindhardt, Reuben Sallmander, and Sonja Richter in The Bridge (2011)

Joan Blondell in The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)

Movies about actors, singers and entertainers. Some biografical and some fictional.

Mike Birbiglia in Sleepwalk with Me (2012)

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