Movies like Evil Under the Sun
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Evil Under the Sun (1982)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Trying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, clever, tense, talky, sexy, enigmatic, light, unusual plot structure, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
private detective, murder, murder mystery, whodunit, investigation, island, multiple suspects, hotel, twists and turns, intrigue, writers, amateur detective, gem, couple relations, love and romance, who done it, death, holiday, catastrophe, fashion, killer, distopia, lawyer, mysticism, caper ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
mediterranean sea, greece, england, south of france, albania, london
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Most similar movies to Evil Under the Sun
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, clever and serious films with plots about murder, investigation, murder mystery, deadly, suspense, twists and turns and private detective mostly in Crime, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Evil Under the Sun: Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Death on the Nile (1978), The Last of Sheila (1973), Murder on the Orient Express (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
Style:
clever, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
investigation, whodunit, murder, private detective, murder mystery, who done it, private investigator, murder investigation, uncover truth, multiple suspects, riddles and clues, sleuth ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
england, united kingdom, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, talky, stylized, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
whodunit, train, investigation, murder mystery, murder, twists and turns, suspense, justice, multiple suspects, private detective, conspiracy, railway ...
Time:
1930s, 70s, 20th century, year 1935
Place:
new york, london, istanbul turkey, turkey, former yugoslavia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?
Style:
clever, captivating, atmospheric, talky, sexy ...
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, murder, twists and turns, private detective, multiple suspects, cruise, investigation, secrets, mentor, suspense, ship ...
Time:
1930s, year 1937
Place:
egypt, africa, north africa, cairo egypt, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game. The game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.
Style:
clever, suspenseful, tense, sexy, humorous ...
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, murder, yacht, manipulation, mind game, game, suspense, twists and turns, paranoia, puzzle, vengeance ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
south of france, mediterranean sea, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Malta, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.
Style:
surprise ending, artsy, clever, dramatic, twist ending ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, train, whodunit, murder, vengeance, snow, suspense, private detective, conspiracy, suspect, justice ...
Time:
1930s, post world war one, pre world war two, 1920s, year 1934 ...
Place:
venice, alps, turkey, former yugoslavia, jerusalem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Emily Boynton, stepmother to the three Boynton children -- Lennox, Raymond and Carol -- and mother to Ginevra, blackmails the family lawyer, Jefferson Cope, into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from ...
Style:
talky, sexy, enigmatic, romantic, melancholic ...
Plot:
private detective, murder mystery, whodunit, investigation, murder, conspiracy, twists and turns, lawyer, dysfunctional family, blackmail, ship, interwar period ...
Time:
80s, 1930s, year 1937, 20th century
Place:
holy land, new jersey, london, jerusalem, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion.When the host doesn't show up, the guests start dying, one by one, in uniquely macabre Agatha Christie-style.It is based on Christie's best-selling novel with 100 ...
Style:
suspenseful, talky, psychological, tense, sexy ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, murder mystery, isolation, mind game, private detective, investigation, characters killed one by one, guilt, false accusation, psychopath, survival ...
Time:
60s, 1930s, 70s
Place:
alps, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
Ten strangers, drawn away from their normal lives to an isolated rock off the Devon coast. But as the mismatched group waits for the arrival of the hosts – the improbably named Mr and Mrs U.N. Owen – the weather sours and they find themselves ...
Style:
twist ending, atmospheric, psychological, suspenseful, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder mystery, island, whodunit, isolation, murder, twists and turns, suspense, investigation, survival, justice, plot twist, accusation ...
Time:
1930s, year 1939
Place:
europe, united kingdom, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
private detective, serial killer, murder, writers, murder mystery, conspiracy, mysticism, estate, multiple suspects, uncover truth, dishonesty, celebrity culture ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
mexico, latin america, acapulco mexico, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, Italy
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Multiple storylined drama set in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England.
Style:
dark, biting, atmospheric, enigmatic, bleak ...
Plot:
murder, country estate, estate, society, whodunit, murder mystery, high society, twists and turns, butler, servant, murder investigation, suspense ...
Time:
1930s, year 1932, pre world war two, 20th century, victorian era
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to Zodiac
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A town busybody is poisoned at a busy reception in the home of famous film star Marina Gregg. The poisoned drink seemed intended for Marina, but Miss Marple is not so sure. She sets out to discover the true identity of the killer before he or she ...
Style:
mind bending, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, murder, hollywood, female detective, poisoning, uncover truth, actor's life, investigation, artists and showbiz, amateur detective, destiny ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
Style:
serious, talky, realistic, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Plot:
murder mystery, private detective, multiple suspects, murder, investigation, dishonesty, conspiracy, secretly observing, whodunit, mother son relationship, writers, mysticism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
england, belgium, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound at the base of his neck. It will ...
Style:
talky, clever, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
whodunit, murder, serial killer, mysticism, private detective, dead woman, actress, actor, murder investigation, dead man, alibi, hoax ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
scotland yard, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Almost everyone on the S.S.Karnak, cruising the Nile, has a reason to want heiress Linnet Ridgeway dead. Her jewels are coveted by elderly Mrs. van Schuyler, her maid is upset because Linnet won't give her a promised dowry, writer Salome ...
Style:
captivating, non-linear, artsy, surprise ending, entertaining ...
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, murder, murder investigation, investigation, ship, boat, chase, investigator, honeymoon, passenger, secret ...
Time:
1930s, pre world war two, year 1937, year 1914, 1910s
Place:
egypt, london, belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, sexy, dark ...
Plot:
murder mystery, private detective, amateur detective, whodunit, investigation, murder, serial killer, movie star, unlikely criminals, haunted by the past, actor's life, death ...
Time:
1930s, 50s, 20th century, year 1953
Place:
scotland, england, europe, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Movies similar to Murder on the Orient Express
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.
Style:
feminist film, romantic, funny, exciting, mysterious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
sherlock holmes, victorian england, strong female lead, amateur detective, female detective, runaway teen, feminism, female protagonist, runaway, teenage protagonist, private detective, fight ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, edwardian era, future
Place:
london, england, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the rotating NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie anthology. It alternated in its time slot with several other shows ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot:
private detective, police, private investigator, theft, investigation, polish, insurance, insurance company, insurance investigator, insurance fraud, chauffeur, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Drama series set in 1953, against the backdrop of the real hamlet of Grantchester. The drama focuses upon the life of Sidney Chambers, a charismatic, charming clergyman who turns investigative vicar when one of his parishioners dies in suspicious ...
Style:
tense, serious, slasher, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, murder, priest, partners against crime, village, police detective, partners, whodunit, clergy, haunted by the past, amateur detective ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1953
Place:
england, united kingdom, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Singapore, Australia
TV show
Story:
1964-65. Singapore is a city at a crossroads. Political and racial tensions are at fever pitch as the British pull out, and a new nation is about to be born. The lights of Bugis Street have never burned so bright: bootleg copies of Motown songs boom ...
Style:
tense, noir, captivating, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, partners, workplace, track down, investigation, political unrest, twists and turns, suspense, partners against crime, dishonesty, state affairs ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1964
Place:
singapore
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation. The third Miss Marple film starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, feminist film ...
Plot:
amateur detective, whodunit, private detective, courtroom drama, murder, strangulation, murder mystery, false accusation, power relations, legal investigation, goofy hero, dedicated lawyer ...
Time:
60s, year 1951, 50s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Bizarre black comedy about 15th-century Paris lawyer Richard Courtois (Firth) who decides to ply his trade in the country, only to find things stranger than he can imagine. His first case turns out to be defending a pig that's accused of ...
Style:
enigmatic, tense, stylized, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
medieval, courtroom drama, investigation, murder, french countryside, prejudice, pig, lawyer, twists and turns, disorder, legal, society ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, 18th century
Place:
france, paris france, london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A retired ex-cop and private detective gets mixed up in murder when he is asked to deliver blackmail money and walks into a 20 year old case involving the mysterious disappearance of an actress' former husband.
Style:
clever, neo noir, talky, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
private detective, suspense, murder, female nudity, missing person, police investigation, betrayal, corruption, murder mystery, femme fatale, uncover truth, nude ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned psychic, Robert Lees, Holmes finds that the murders may have its ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, dark, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sherlock holmes, serial killer, jack the ripper, suspense, murder, conspiracy, track down, private detective, psychic, anarchist, gangsters, greed ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 70s, 1930s, 1880s
Place:
england, scotland, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Years after walking away from her past as a teenage private eye, Veronica Mars gets pulled back to her hometown - just in time for her high school reunion - in order to help her old flame Logan Echolls, who's embroiled in a murder mystery.
Style:
light, exciting, entertaining, intense, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
private detective, amateur detective, who done it, murder, investigation, female protagonist, secrets, twists and turns, betrayal, happy ending, police investigation, runaway ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When one of his patients is found murdered, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by the investigating officer but refuses to give up any information. He's then visited by the patient's mistress, Brooke Reynolds, whom he quickly falls for ...
Style:
neo noir, psychological, sexy, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, obsession, psychiatrist, suspense, serial killer, investigation, infidelity, paranoia, identity, guilt, plot twist, paranoid ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After 6 years of brutal murders the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already interviewed The Ripper and let him back into the world to continue his reign of terror upon the citizens of Yorkshire, but things become more difficult for the ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, enigmatic, atmospheric, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police corruption, police investigation, murder mystery, twists and turns, who done it, conspiracy, uncover truth, police detective, dishonesty, riddles and clues ...
Time:
80s, year 1980, 20th century, 70s
Place:
yorkshire, england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman ...
Style:
neo noir, dark, stylized, clever, atmospheric ...
Plot:
private detective, african american, missing person, murder, gangsters, racism, political corruption, jazz club, home invasion, private investigator, violence, suspense ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1948
Place:
los angeles, california, africa, texas, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, Lithuania
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A Trans-Siberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.
Style:
twist ending, tense, rough, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
train, murder, travel, suspense, murder mystery, drugs, snow, twists and turns, death, couples, winter, train travel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, china, moscow russia, siberia
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Wes Clayton is a lawman and a bishop in a Mormon community called Brigham. The town is shaken when a woman from California is found murdered. Clayton and his young deputy work with an FBI agent sent to investigate. As a civil and spiritual leader in ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, enigmatic, serious, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder investigation, sheriff, suspense, murder mystery, mormon, law enforcement, human nature, social relations, self discovery, christian ...
Time:
future
Place:
utah, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves the town. She will track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal ? What is her purpose?
Style:
neo noir, stylized, sexy, perverse, bloody ...
Plot:
revenge, justice, serial killer, murder, wedding, femme fatale, death, betrayal, police investigation, adultery, assassination, runaway ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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