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The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
6K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A writer named Adrian Messenger believes a series of apparently unrelated "accidental" deaths are actually linked murders. He asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, recently retired from MI5, to help clear up the mystery. However, Messenger's plane is bombed while he is en route to collect evidence to confirm his suspicions and, with his dying breath, he tries to tell a fellow passenger the key to the mystery.
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, enigmatic, captivating, political thriller, twisted, tense, clever, suspenseful ...
Plot:
disguise, serial killer, crime investigation, multiple murder, murder, british intelligence, british, danger, hidden identity, airport, world war two veteran, spy, airplane crash, inheritance, accident, heir, hound dog, beagle, whodunit, mysticism, police officer, lonely, exodus, countryside, mystery killer ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1963, 1960s
Place:
england, burma
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Most similar movies to The List of Adrian Messenger
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and suspense films with plots about murder, investigation, deadly, danger, dishonesty, serial killer and law enforcement mostly in Mystery, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The List of Adrian Messenger: Clue (1985), Appointment with Death (1988), The Bride Wore Black (1968), Children... (2011), Killer Weekend (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss ...
Style:
parody, funny, black comedy, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick
Plot:
whodunit, twists and turns, butler, murder, murder mystery, multiple suspects, mansion, old dark house, investigation, mystery killer, blackmail, murder investigation ...
Time:
year 1954, 90s, 50s, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
new england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
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 ...
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talky, independent film, slasher, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
private detective, murder mystery, whodunit, passionate kiss, investigation, murder, hercule poirot, dysfunctional family, lawyer, conspiracy, blackmail, ship ...
Time:
year 1937, 1930s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new jersey, holy land, italy, europe, jerusalem ...
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100%
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:
noir, neo noir, stylized, dark comedy, anthology ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, femme fatale, vigilante, justice, serial killer, time travel, wedding, swing, hide and seek, multiple murder, black friday ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The film is based on a true yet unsolved murder case from the early 1990s that is known among Koreans as the "disappearance of the frog children." In 1991, five elementary school students told their parents that they were going to hang out ...
Style:
suspense, emotional, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Plot:
missing child, riddles and clues, amateur detective, investigation, murder, partner, small town, serial killer, serial murder, murder mystery, kids in trouble, mysterious disappearance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A series of murders at a Santa Barbara beach house has three couples terrified for their own safety and pitted against one another. The murderer had to have been one of them.
Style:
suspense, slasher, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
murder, survival, beach, who done it, danger, love affair, mind game, characters killed one by one, group of friends, serial killer, whodunit, suspicion ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A group of kids travel to an abandoned island for a party only to discover that they are being stalked and hunted down by a dangerous predator.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, enigmatic, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mystery killer, diary, revenge, island, death, suicide, teenager, multiple murder, race against time, murder, mental illness, life & death ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dr. Arthur Calgary visits the Argyle family to return an address book lost some time ago by Jack Argyle, only to find out that Jack has been executed for the murder of his mother. Calgary can prove that Jack was innocent. In spite of opposition from ...
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, uncover truth, injustice, frame up, death row, false accusation, legal, law enforcement, murder mystery, incest, investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Place:
england, canada, antarctica
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
While restoring a fifteenth-century painting Julia reveals a hidden Latin phrase. A series of murders begin to rock her small world of art experts, patrons and restorers, and she finds that the mystery of the painting is interwoven with the mystery ...
Style:
sexy, serious, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
chess, inheritance, murder, investigation, amateur detective, art, uncover truth, danger, mind game, dishonesty, race against time, prostitute ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, 20th century, 90s, year 1993
Place:
barcelona
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young heiress has her life turned upside down after her business partner's wife is killed and foul play is suspected.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, enigmatic, realistic
Plot:
amateur detective, woman in danger, investigation, dishonesty, danger, murder, couples, who done it, estate, inheritance, adultery, murder investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After popular and charismatic megachurch leader Hamilton Spears commits suicide, his teenage daughter Hannah's life goes off the rails. The only thing keeping her together is her new boyfriend, Oliver. When she finds evidence pointing to a ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, clergy, amateur detective, uncover truth, youth, society, dishonesty, danger, teenager, soul, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eve Duncan is contacted, 10 years after the disappearance and murder of her 7-year-old daughter Bonnie, by a man claiming to be her killer. Taunted by his clues about Bonnie's case and his threats to kill again, she throws herself into her ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, danger, haunted by the past, cold case, forensic, death, bereavement, cat and mouse, evidence, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Truth About Charlie is a 2002 remake of the 1963 film Charade (which starred Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn). It is also an homage to François Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player and that film's star Charles Aznavour appeared as himself ...
Style:
suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
murder, hidden identity, family problems, dishonesty, danger, death in the family, chase, interracial couple, husband wife relationship, twists and turns, death, spy ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When an exotic dancer is murdered at a seedy strip club, her sister Constance, a TV newscaster, goes undercover to find the killer. While working at the club, she quickly realizes that everyone is a suspect and that other dancers are being targeted. ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, enigmatic, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, strip club, serial killer, undercover, working undercover, uncover truth, amateur detective, vengeance, rivalry, loss of sister, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Meet Morgan. At first glance, she's just your average cleaning lady. She has no problem getting her hands dirty, which is a good thing considering it's not fancy houses she cleans for a living - it's gruesome crime scenes. It's ...
Style:
crime thriller, suspenseful, clever, cynical, enigmatic ...
Plot:
murder, murder investigation, police detective, amateur detective, forensic, murder mystery, investigation, serial killer, crime scene, hidden identity, police investigation, crime investigation ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
28%
1K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Boston detective investigates the mummified remains of six women, based on a novel by Lisa Gardner.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, detective, enigmatic ...
Plot:
serial killer, danger, uncover truth, police investigation, riddles and clues, law enforcement, murder mystery, investigation, crime scene, police procedural, evidence, cold case ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A plane explodes above the Gulf of Guinea. An escort girl is murdered in a Parisian park. Thousands of miles separate these two events, and yet Nora Chahyd, believes there's a connection between them, much to his superiors chagrin. As Nora ...
Style:
political thriller, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
undercover, law enforcement, investigation, police detective, hitman, betrayal, dishonesty, politics, political corruption, murder, spy, agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The annual LA Kennel Club Dog Show gets treated to an unexpected surprise when a backstage murder incriminates the winning canines' handler.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, dedicated lawyer, courtroom drama, riddles and clues, legal investigation, legal, partner, danger, crime scene, murder investigation, murder mystery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A woman and her daughter lives in Oostdijk, a village near Amsterdam. One night when the mother is on her way home, she is killed in a car accident in the street they live in.
Style:
suspense, detective, neo noir, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
accident, teenage girl, striptease, search for mother, hit and run, murder, missing child, countryside, village, teenage life, village life, police investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
amsterdam, holland
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, amateur detective, danger, investigation, rivalry, murder, psychopath, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, who done it ...
Time:
year 1995, year 2005
Place:
usa, oregon, new york
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tells the story of a young boy and his family who are terrorized by an unseen presence.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, suspense, twisted, semi autobiographical ...
Plot:
farm, youth, family in danger, murder, danger, small town, religions or cults, family relations, redneck, child in peril, serial killer, boy ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1973
Place:
pennsylvania
Similarity:
25%
52K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A mystery novelist devises an insurance scam with his wife’s lover - but things aren’t exactly as they seem.
Style:
suspense, psychological, enigmatic, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
murder mystery, twists and turns, maze, writers, extramarital affair, revenge, mind game, adultery, frame up, rivalry, insurance, romantic rivalry ...
Time:
year 1972, future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
england, persia, london
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
New York City. David Stillwell struggles to recover his memory before the people who are trying to kill him succeed. Who is he, who are they, and why is he surrounded by murder?
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
amnesia, private detective, police detective, manhunt, chase, investigation, murder, dishonesty, mind game, uncover truth, spy, russian roulette ...
Time:
60s
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, california
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
At the height of the London blitz, Dr Lennox Collins, pioneer of the new forensic science, is enlisted by DI Wilkins after prostitute Mary Williams is strangled and a swastika carved on her tongue.
Style:
realistic, stylized, period piece, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, serial killer, investigation, forensics, partner, law enforcement, danger, life is a bitch, world war, murder mystery, intrigue, unconventional method ...
Time:
year 1940, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After witnessing a brutal murder, a little girl is quickly surrounded by a group of law-enforcement professionals and a psychologist.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, murder, witnessing a crime, on the run, investigation, uncover truth, politics, danger, police corruption, government agency, chase, life is a bitch ...
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In order to see magic idol Krell Darius perform his world-famous magic act, a beautiful aspiring young-magician, Tatiana, travels from New York to Las Vegas with her closest friends, BFFs, Elena and Vera. As the layers of illusion unfold, so too do ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious, independent film
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, investigation, haunted by the past, manipulation, murder, danger, dishonesty, magic, wizards and magicians, wizard, mysticism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Follow three individuals who served on the jury for one of San Francisco's most high profile serial killer cases. Now someone, or something, is killing them off one by one.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, murder, uncover truth, haunted by the past, mysterious character, danger, stalking, woman in danger, law enforcement, lawyer, riddles and clues ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, cuba
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ten-year-old Joey returns home from the special school he has attended since killing his baby sister. But at home he creates a terrible fuss, moving from the bedroom Nanny has prepared to one with a strong lock, refusing to eat anything Nanny cooks ...
Style:
grindhouse, psychotronic, suspense, psychological thriller, twisted ...
Plot:
nanny, hagsploitation, murder, babysitting, disturbed child, attempted murder, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, drowning, minefield, demonic possession ...
Time:
year 1965, 60s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, united kingdom, london
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Beautiful and wealthy young socialite Iris Carr is used to being at the heart of her social group, but when her friends' raucous and unsociable behaviour escalates whilst on holiday in the Balkans she resolves to seek out some tranquillity and ...
Style:
psychological, tense, atmospheric, serious, period piece ...
Plot:
female protagonist, missing person, disappearance, amateur detective, twists and turns, investigation, fall in love, danger, dishonesty, mind game, train, missing woman ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
24%
265
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Sixteen years after the Drakes' young daughter was kidnapped by her nanny, a woman appears claiming to be the long-lost child.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
amateur detective, danger, police investigation, investigation, law enforcement, orphan, family relations, criminal heroes, parents and children, dishonesty, child abduction, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
With a killer on the loose, a young woman takes babysitting to a new level to escape the danger and reveal the killer’s identity.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
babysitter, serial killer, female protagonist, danger, murder, housekeeper, deathtrap, trap, murder mystery, serial murder, murderer, survival ...
Similarity:
23%
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