Greatest 21 Mystery Movies Highly Rated Released in 1945

A psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory. Info on Spellbound / IMDB / YouTube

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter. Info on Mildred Pierce / IMDB / YouTube

Seven guests, a newly hired secretary and two staff are gathered at a manor house on an isolated island by an unknown absentee host and are killed off one-by-one. They work together to determine who the killer is before it's too late. Read about And Then There Were None / IMDB / YouTube

Londoner Dorian Gray stays young, but his portrait ages. More about The Picture of Dorian Gray / IMDB / YouTube

After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit. Info on Murder, My Sweet / IMDB / YouTube

Stephen Neale has just been released from an asylum during World War II in England when he accidentally stumbles onto a deadly Nazi spy plot and tries to stop it. More about Ministry of Fear / IMDB / YouTube

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot. Explore The Woman in Green / IMDB / YouTube

A slick con man arrives in a small town looking to make some money, but soon gets more than he bargained for. Read about Fallen Angel / IMDB / YouTube

Nick, a private detective, visits his hometown with wife Nora. Locals believe he's investigating a case. When someone is murdered on his doorstep, Nick gets embroiled in solving the crime despite intending a vacation. Look into The Thin Man Goes Home / IMDB / YouTube

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of deaths at a castle with each foretold by the delivery of orange pips to the victims. Learn about The House of Fear / IMDB / YouTube

A Greek general takes leave from the 1912 Balkan War to visit a small island in Greece, where his wife is buried. A plague soon breaks out and he is forced to stay when quarantine is declared. See more about Isle of the Dead / IMDB / YouTube

An engineer kills his first Wife, then woos her sister. Learn about Conflict / IMDB / YouTube

Holmes is recruited to escort the heir to a European throne safely back to his homeland after his father's assassination. Look into Pursuit to Algiers / IMDB / YouTube

Through a nosy employment agency, Julia Ross secures employment with a wealthy widow, Mrs. Hughes, and goes to live at her house. Two days later, she awakens in a different house, in different clothes, and with a new identity. She's told she is the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Hughes and has suffered a nervous breakdown. Is Julia really Julia, or is it true that she's lo. Read about My Name Is Julia Ross / IMDB / YouTube

Bill Dietrich becomes a double agent for the F.B.I. in a German spy ring. Check out The House on 92nd Street / IMDB / YouTube

In New York, a woman who partially witnesses a killing from a train window seeks the aid of a crime novelist to solve the murder. Info on Lady on a Train / IMDB / YouTube

Professional pollster Pete Marshall gets more than he bargained for when he heads deep into the Ozarks to investigate the disappearances of several of his colleagues. More about Murder, He Says / IMDB / YouTube

Allen Quinton writes a fellow soldier's love letters; tragedy results. Later, Allen meets a beautiful amnesiac who fears postmen... Read about Love Letters / IMDB / YouTube

High jinks and chills ensue after a group of people become stranded at an isolated station and a legendary phantom train approaches. See more about The Ghost Train / IMDB / YouTube

Police detective Dick Tracy must identify and apprehend a serial killer known as Splitface. Find out about Dick Tracy / IMDB / YouTube

Charlie discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders. Explore The Scarlet Clue / IMDB / YouTube