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Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery (2008)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Criminology professor Jonathan Maxwell investigates a murder at a new age retreat where the leader is killed in a locked room surrounded by people in a deep trance.
Style:
tense, suspense, detective, psychological, atmospheric, twist ending, intellectual, moody
Plot:
investigation, locked room, locked room mystery, whodunit, puzzle, suspicion, isolation, deduction, trance, interrogation, alibi, locked door, motive, mistrust, spiritualism, cat and mouse, small community, cult
Time:
2000s, contemporary
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Most similar movies to Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, detective, suspense and atmospheric films with plots about investigation, whodunit, murder, interrogation, murder mystery, police procedural and motive mostly in Mystery, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery: The Devil's Ballad (1977), McBride: Tune in for Murder (2005), The Murder in China Basin (1999), Black Crescent Moon (2008), Death of a Fisherman (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Private Detective Kiyoshi Mitarai and Miyuki Ogawa arrive in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. They are interested in a case which involves discovered bodies. The bodies were found drifting in the Seto Inland Sea, where the currents repeat every 6 ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, detective, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, puzzle, uncover truth, crime solving, forensics, crime investigation, sleuth, murder investigation, whodunit, secret, forensic, neurologist ...
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95%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A serial killer responsible for 7 minors' deaths thus far seems to kill to a particular rhythm, which the authorities must identify to catch him.
Style:
detective, suspense, dark, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
whodunit, deduction, investigation, cold case, puzzle, unsolved crime, suspicion, family secret, amateur sleuth, remote village, paranoia, revenge motive ...
Time:
year 1970, 1950s, year 1952, 50s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Shivaji Surathkal, who is the Sherlock Holmes of the Karnataka Police Department, is handed over a high-profile case – the murder of the Home Minister's son. This brings him to an eerie resort in Ranagiri, near Madikeri, which seems to throw ...
Style:
detective, suspense, atmospheric, tense, intense ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, police procedural, evidence, whodunit, interrogation, isolation, slow burn, claustrophobia, cold case, secret
Place:
kannada
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
McBride's case involves two larger than life radio stars who host the highly successful morning show "Ron and Bob." But when Ron is murdered and all the evidence points to Bob, McBride and Phil begin investigating and what they turn ...
Style:
suspense, serious, tense, detective, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, lawyer, radio station, frame up, district attorney, partner, investigation, uncover truth, courtroom drama, murder investigation, legal investigation, puzzle ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Findlay Crawford, a Hollywood film composer and conductor, murders a talented composer/musician who has been ghostwriting most of Crawford's work in recent years, including the entire score for the last film, which won an Oscar. Crawford is ...
Style:
detective, psychological, tense, suspense, crime drama
Plot:
composer, investigation, jealousy, hollywood, murder, evidence, whodunit, police procedural, deception, motive, showbiz, interrogation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Accused of murder, a man enlists the help of his ex-wife to find the true killer.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, dark, detective ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, wrongful accusation, suspicion, secrets, law enforcement, evidence, whodunit, motive, family drama, deception, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A small town sheriff who's investigating a murder at the local diner ends up finding more than he bargained for in the town and in himself.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, small town, diner, murder, law enforcement, small town life, social relations, murder mystery, sheriff, self discovery, danger, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
One morning, the body of a sailor is found lying on the beach, washed in by the tide.. With no witnesses or any sign of the dead man’s boat, Inspector Leo Caldas begins immersing himself in the town’s seafaring atmosphere as he endeavours to ...
Style:
detective, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder investigation, crime solving, investigation, uncover truth, police investigation, secret revealed, homicide detective, sleuth, police detective, crime investigation, cold case, unsolved crime ...
Place:
galicia
Similarity:
54%
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7K
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A mysterious death during work hours in an office puzzles all but only Investigator ASP Sandeep Krishna observes it as a murder.
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspense, twist ending, dark
Audience:
adult
Plot:
whodunit, investigation, murder mystery, evidence, suspicion, police procedural, office, motive, interrogation, slow burn, urban, forensic ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Emotionally ready to confront her fiancé's 15-year-old murder, Hailey finds herself caught up in the case of a missing college coed. The deeper Hailey digs into the young woman's disappearance the more she is convinced the two events are ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
whodunit, mysterious disappearance, psychoanalyst, murder, investigation, puzzle, crime investigation, missing person, murder investigation, cold case, death of fiance, police detective ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Byomkesh recalls the murder mystery of historian, Ishan Chandra Majumder, where Byomkesh along with Ajit and Pandey, tries to demystify the real reason behind the series of deaths in the family and the gold coin.
Style:
suspense, detective, cerebral, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, investigation, whodunit, sleuth, family secret, betrayal, motive, puzzle, revenge, moral ambiguity, slow burn, indian history ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In this particular episode, McBride's client is double-crossed during a custody case by his psychiatrist. The client later confesses to McBride that he believes he accidentally shot the doctor when he confronted him in his home. When McBride ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, detective, serious ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, crime scene, lawyer, courtroom drama, employee employee relationship, partner, murder mystery, murder investigation, police detective, legal investigation, riddles and clues ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
california
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Detective Chief Inspector Sörensen is anxious. More precisely, he suffers from a chronic anxiety disorder that makes life difficult for him. That is why he is moving from Hamburg to the Frisian village of Katenbüll, where he hopes for a more ...
Style:
detective, tense, psychological, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, anxiety, police procedural, small town, mental health, secrets, paranoia, rain, isolation, moral ambiguity, suspicion ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
On the set of a popular daytime soap opera 'Mile High', actress Kris Buckner is being forced off by co-star Mark Stratton. When she says that she'll 'kill him before she leaves the show', she makes herself the prime suspect ...
Style:
detective, dramatic, tense, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
courtroom, murder, trial, defense attorney, lawyer, amateur detective, false accusation, suspect, motive, evidence, cross examination, whodunit ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A medical examiner investigates his friend's mysterious death in a car accident.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
medical examiner, investigation, murder mystery, crime solving, car rollover, who done it, police investigation, accident, uncover truth, crime investigation, forensics, autopsy ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Charlie Chan comes out of retirement to investigate a murder case aboard the yacht of a wealthy Greek shipping tycoon.
Style:
detective, crime drama, suspenseful, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
charlie chan, murder investigation, whodunit, justice, deception, secrets, luxury, interrogation, claustrophobia, isolation, murder, private detective ...
Time:
70s
Place:
greece
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Hailey attends her niece's school recital only to learn that the beloved music teacher has vanished. Hailey soon discovers several startling secrets amongst the staff, as well as a link between the missing young teacher and the school’s ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, serious, stylized, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, female protagonist, danger, missing person, disappearance, teacher, psychoanalyst, murder mystery, uncover truth, character study, family relations, suspicion ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Detective Bennett O'Mara finds a chocolate wrapper on a strangled girl, it leads him to enigmatic chocolatier Juliana Lovece. Just as this perceptive woman gets under his hardened skin, he suspects she may be at the centre of an increasing ...
Style:
suspenseful, detective, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
homicide detective, police detective, murder mystery, murder investigation, investigation, framed for murder, female protagonist, murder, woman, forensic evidence, mass murder, uncover truth ...
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 291 min.
TV show
Story:
Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh investigates the death of Alice Liddell who ran a home for unwed mothers. One of those residents is Sally Jupp who was a witness in a drugs smuggling and murder investigation in London. Sally works at the local ...
Style:
detective, crime drama, suspense, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, whodunit, victim, family secret, manor, police procedural, suspect, country estate, moral ambiguity, alibi, english countryside ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Early 2010s. A routine Kerala Police inquiry in the quiet village of Kottayikonam takes an unexpected turn when a trail of seemingly minor clues unravels into a string of disturbing cases. The investigation soon crosses into Tamil Nadu, revealing ...
Style:
detective, suspense, crime drama, twisted, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, evidence, police procedural, puzzle, conspiracy, interrogation, moral ambiguity, corruption, slow burn, forensics, malayalam
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: West Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a wealthy man dies, his avaricious relatives look forward to inheriting all his money. However, he leaves a provision in his will that they all must spend a week together in his castle before they will be able to inherit anything. At the castle ...
Style:
suspense, tense, sinister, atmospheric, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lawyer, serial killer, whodunit, murder, castle, strangulation, isolation, greed, killer, inheritance, secrets, betrayal ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Story:
The Suspect story is a Crime drama and Murder mystery, where every investigation step forward is leading towards a new suspect. Will the Inspector Arjun overcome the obstacles and reveal the truth, or will he unmask the real murderer?
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, tense, detective, twisted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
crime scene, murder mystery, investigation, murder investigation, police procedural, whodunit, interrogation, alibi, twists and turns, motive, conspiracy, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
40%
2K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests assemble for a dinner party at Boddy Manor. Was it Mrs. Peacock in the study with the knife? Or Colonel Mustard in the library with the wrench? Based on the cult 1985 Paramount movie ...
Style:
detective, twist ending, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, dinner party, manor, treasure hunt, farce, investigation, evidence, red herring, puzzle, past life, reincarnation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In order to uphold his title of High School Detective, a teen sleuth must protect his classmates from kidnapping after receiving a threatening letter.
Style:
anime, detective, light, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot:
investigation, high school, group of friends, prodigy, deduction, crime solving, secret, schoolboy, clue, secret identity, partners against crime, private detective ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jessica Fletcher searches for a woman who witnessed the murder of a man trying to expose a serious flaw in a top-secret government satellite code.
Style:
detective, suspense, twisted, tense, atmospheric
Audience:
adult
Plot:
train, amateur sleuth, murder investigation, investigation, female protagonist, missing person, conspiracy, justice, whodunit, deception, government conspiracy, danger ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Hailey's professional code of ethics prevents her from going to the police about a client's confession, so she must find another way to bring the killer to justice.
Style:
psychological, suspense, stylized, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, whodunit, female protagonist, partner, uncover truth, poisoning, psychoanalyst, puzzle, clue, social relations, perseverance ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Attorney turned therapist Hailey Dean is pulled into another investigation when a popular new dating app links multiple missing persons cases from around the city. Reuniting with her old team, Hailey discovers the potential dangers of online ...
Style:
psychological, stylized, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, online dating, female protagonist, crime investigation, murder, psychoanalyst, uncover truth, internet dating, whodunit, police detective, manipulation, police ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 215 min.
TV show
Story:
Hotel “Shizen no Shima” is located on an small, remote island. The owner of the hotel invites 10 people to the island, but when they arrive they learn that the owner is not there. These 10 people do not know why they are there or what will ...
Style:
psychological, detective, suspense, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, isolation, whodunit, murder, uncover truth, crime solving, murder investigation, crime investigation, secret, homicide detective, mysterious character, changing lives ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Iran
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Ahmad is a detective who is suspicious of the network behind a recently committed crime. When the investigation advances further, he finds out that he might be in danger too.
Style:
detective, tense, crime thriller, suspense, dramatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, conspiracy, danger, paranoia, betrayal, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, interrogation, corruption, surveillance, police procedural, realism ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
middle east, iran
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After recovering from a coma, private investigator Bud Fox finds himself implicated in the murder of a businessman he's convinced he's never met. Investigating the man's murder, Bud realizes he can't trust a soul.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, detective ...
Plot:
investigation, private investigator, murder, betrayal, murder investigation, framed for murder, crime investigation, waking up from a coma, murder mystery, uncover truth, sleuth, frame up ...
Similarity:
36%
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