The 25 Best Whodunit Movies of All Time
By Jacob Osborn, Stacker News
On 5/30/21 at 9:00 AM EDT
Predictability is the last thing audiences want out of their entertainment, so most stories contain at least some element of surprise. And nothing uses the concept to its advantage quite like the classic whodunit. A challenge for the filmmaker and the viewer alike, this particular subgenre keeps viewers guessing until the final reveal and, furthermore, uses that guesswork as a basis upon which to tell its story.
But what is a whodunit, exactly? Merriam-Webster defines it as a detective story or mystery story. The Oxford Reference dates the term back to the 1930s and describes it as a story or play about a murder in which the identity of the murderer is not revealed until the end.
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In the latest bid by our nostalgic society to plunge backwards in time, it s rumoured that the Noughties phenomenon “Bennifer” (aka celebrity couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez) is back on. The best way to celebrate this heartening news? Revisit the epically disastrous romcom where the pair first met.
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