6 Best Locked Room Mystery Movies

By Vlad Zakh · May 8, 2026

A killer hidden among a group of trapped suspects is the whodunit at its purest. Knives Out and its sequel Glass Onion put a renowned detective in a house and on an island full of liars, Murder on the Orient Express (1974 and 2017) traps passengers on a snowbound train, and The Last of Sheila has Hollywood friends playing a deadly scavenger hunt on a yacht. And Then There Were None is the grandmother of the genre.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)

TMDB ★ 7.1

A tech billionaire's island getaway turns into a real murder investigation for his guests.

Directed by Rian Johnson · 2h 20m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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Knives Out (2019)

IMDb ★ 7.9 RT 97% Metacritic 82

A rich family becomes a murder mystery's suspect list, and Marta is the one person who can't lie.

Directed by Rian Johnson · 2h 11m · Rated PG-13

Nominated for 1 Oscar52 wins & 114 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

TMDB ★ 6.4

A detective interrogates a train carriage full of suspects after a murder mid-journey.

Directed by Kenneth Branagh · 1h 54m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Last of Sheila (1973)

TMDB ★ 7.1

A group of Hollywood friends plays a deadly scavenger-hunt game aboard a yacht one year after a mysterious death.

Directed by Herbert Ross · 2h 00m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

TMDB ★ 7.4

A renowned detective must identify a killer among the passengers trapped on a snowbound train.

Directed by Sidney Lumet · 2h 08m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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And Then There Were None (1945)

TMDB ★ 7.6

Ten strangers invited to an island are murdered one by one, each death matching an old nursery rhyme.

Directed by René Clair · 1h 38m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, IndieFlix, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel, FilmBox Live Amazon Channel · Rent: Fandango At Home · Buy: Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Locked Room Mystery Movies

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)

Knives Out (2019)

Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

The Last of Sheila (1973)

Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

And Then There Were None (1945)

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