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  2. List of mystery films - Wikipedia

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    A mystery film is a genre of film revolving around the solution to a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of a protagonist to solve the mystery by means of clues, investigation, and deduction. This is a list of mystery films by decade.

  3. Mystery film - Wikipedia

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    A mystery film is a film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of an issue by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction. Mystery films include, but are not limited to, films in the genre of ...

  4. Mystery fiction - Wikipedia

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    Mystery is a fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains mysterious until the end of the story. [ 1] Often within a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually provided with a credible motive and a reasonable opportunity for committing the crime. The central character is often a detective (such as ...

  5. List of genres - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of genres of literature and entertainment (film, television, music, and video games), excluding genres in the visual arts.. Genre is the term for any category of creative work, which includes literature and other forms of art or entertainment (e.g. music)—whether written or spoken, audio or visual—based on some set of stylistic criteria.

  6. Historical mystery - Wikipedia

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    The historical mystery or historical whodunit is a subgenre of two literary genres, historical fiction and mystery fiction. These works are set in a time period considered historical from the author's perspective, and the central plot involves the solving of a mystery or crime (usually murder). Though works combining these genres have existed ...

  7. Detective fiction - Wikipedia

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    Consulting detective Sherlock Holmes examines a suspect's boots in an illustration to the 1891 story "The Boscombe Valley Mystery". Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective —whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder.

  8. Category:Films based on mystery novels - Wikipedia

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    The Canary Murder Case (film) A Caribbean Mystery (film) The Case of the Black Cat. The Case of the Curious Bride. The Case of the Howling Dog. The Case of the Lucky Legs. The Case of the Stuttering Bishop. The Case of the Velvet Claws. The Casino Murder Case (film)

  9. Thriller (genre) - Wikipedia

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    Thriller is a genre of fiction with numerous, often overlapping, subgenres, including crime, horror, and detective fiction. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving their audiences heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety. [ 1] This genre is well suited to film and television .