The detective genre was invented in 1841 with Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” C. Auguste Dupin, the sleuth assigned to solve the case, would also appear in the Poe story “The Mystery of Marie Roget.” Both of these stories were later–like, a hundred years later–made into movies.
From those beginnings, we give you the best ever detective movies Hollywood has ever outputted.
5. Knives Out (2019)
A modern twist on the classic whodunit...