Do Mysteries Work in a Visual Medium?

I believe mysteries work better on page than screen, because mysteries often rely on carefully worded misdirection, leaving much to the imagination.  It's hard to tell a good mystery visually, where so much is laid out in concrete, visually-accessible detail.

That said, I believe two recent franchises manage to do mystery well in a visual medium: Knives Out and The After Party. In both cases, the creators use a clever trick to allow for misdirection: multiple characters describe the same event from different perspectives. With each account, new details emerge, often clouding previous accounts. Rian Johnson, Phil Lord, and Christopher Miller are master storytellers, and I am grateful for their work. They prove that, done properly, mysteries can work in a visual medium.