Top 23 Mystery Movies Releases from 1940

A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence. More about Rebecca / IMDB / YouTube

On the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London. Read about Foreign Correspondent / IMDB / YouTube

The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense, but a letter written in her own hand may prove her undoing. More about The Letter / IMDB / YouTube

The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness. Details on The Invisible Man Returns / IMDB / YouTube

An aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner's throat, and is soon accused of a similar crime himself. Details on Stranger on the Third Floor / IMDB / YouTube

A radio broadcaster, his quaking manservant and an heiress investigate the mystery of a haunted castle in Cuba. Get info on The Ghost Breakers / IMDB / YouTube

Dr. Sovac transplants the brain of a gangster into his professor friend's body to save his life, but there is a side effect that causes a dangerous split personality. Learn about Black Friday / IMDB / YouTube

A young woman from a family of prostitutes falls in love with a hard-working man, but after he finds out the truth about her background, their romance becomes jeopardized. Details on Primrose Path / IMDB / YouTube

An escaped convicted murderer hides out at a New York wax museum where he hopes to get plastic surgery, which will help him revenge himself on Charlie Chan. Find out about Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum / IMDB / YouTube

Inspector Chan investigates a group of travelers, one of whom is a saboteur. Check out Charlie Chan in Panama / IMDB / YouTube

Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call. See more about The Human Monster / IMDB / YouTube

The manager of Kay Kyser's band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her. More about You'll Find Out / IMDB / YouTube

Mr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder. See more about Doomed to Die / IMDB / YouTube

Charlie tries to discover the identity of a strangler who strikes multiple times on a cruise ship bound from Honolulu to California. Details on Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise / IMDB / YouTube

When Captain Street's best friend Dan Grady is murdered, Street receives help from Chinese detective James Lee Wong and local newspaper reporter Bobbie Logan. Check out The Fatal Hour / IMDB / YouTube

When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on. Find out about Murder Over New York / IMDB / YouTube

In 1936, a young man arrives in Hitler's Germany, frantically seeking information about his missing German mother, and finds she is pending execution at a concentration camp. Look into Escape / IMDB / YouTube

A medical researcher visits the deserted home of a pioneer in cryogenic science who disappeared 10 years earlier and finds him frozen in ice but still alive. More about The Man with Nine Lives / IMDB / YouTube

A juror in a murder trial takes pity on the recently acquitted defendant and invites her to move into his family's home - and his son soon falls in love with her. Find out about The Lady in Question / IMDB / YouTube

An enigmatic gang leader known as The Boss, who is a dead-ringer for Simon, puts The Saint under suspicion of murder. Details on The Saint's Double Trouble / IMDB / YouTube

Researcher James Lee Wong is on the scene as archaeologist Dr. John Benton, recently returned from an expedition in China where a valuable ancient scroll was recovered, is murdered while giving a lecture on the expedition. More about Phantom of Chinatown / IMDB / YouTube

Inspector Fernack is framed by a cartel of five gangsters and Simon does his best to prove it before all the conspirators are murdered by a mysterious killer. Read about The Saint Takes Over / IMDB / YouTube

Sent by her employers on an errand to the home of the wealthy Mrs. Vincent, Irene O'Dare meets Don, a friend of Mrs. Vincent's son Bob. Attracted to Irene, Don decides to invest some money in Bob's latest venture, the Madame Lucy dress shop, in order to give Irene a job there as a model. She is very successful and Bob also becomes attracted to her. Smith, the manage. Details on Irene / IMDB / YouTube