Movies like Secret of the Sphinx
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Secret of the Sphinx (1964)
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Original name: La sfinge sorride prima di morire - stop - Londra
Genre: Adventure, Crime
Country: Italy, West Germany, Egypt
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Shot on location in Egypt, the story unfurls like an Italian Giallo as a group of people meet under strange circumstances, and one by one they are murdered. Gold is missing so you suspect a thief is trying to cover up his crime but that might be too obvious.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, twist ending, sinister, period piece, psychological, noir, detective ...
Plot:
murder, treasure hunt, whodunit, murder mystery, sphinx, deception, red herring, investigation, betrayal, conspiracy, scheming, suspicion, archaeology, isolation, blackmail, motive, buried treasure, lost treasure, treasure map, serial killer, vengeance, gold, missing person, group, wife plots to kill husband ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
egypt
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Most similar movies to Secret of the Sphinx
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, noir and detective films with plots about investigation, murder, conspiracy, betrayal, whodunit, moral ambiguity and murder mystery mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Secret of the Sphinx: Blood Trail (2022), The One-Eyed Soldiers (1967), Wedding Shower (2003), Under Still Waters (2016), Killer's Carnival (1966). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime
Country: Austria
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a body is found floating inside a pond deep in the forest, Detective Paul Werner is faced with a mystery.
Style:
detective, serious, tense, sinister, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, forest, evidence, police procedural, whodunit, isolation, moral ambiguity, suspect, forensics, obsession, betrayal ...
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95%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: UK, Italy, Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Action - The body of Dr. Charles Berens, Chief of the United Nations Medical Relief Organization, is seen hurtling from the lofty parapet of an ancient church. He has chosen death rather than capitulate to his murderous pursuers. Police chief ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, twisted, noir ...
Plot:
female whipping, intrigue, conspiracy, murder, mysterious death, spy thriller, espionage, pursuit, betrayal, suspicion, hidden treasure, secret code ...
Time:
60s
Place:
central europe, europe
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Crime
Country: Austria
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The film is based on the figure of the police inspector Simon Polt of the Austrian author Alfred Komarek.
Style:
detective, atmospheric, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, police procedural, justice, suspicion, character study, literary, whodunit, slow burn, moral ambiguity, murder, wine, obsession ...
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Crime
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Young lawyer Rebeka is given a case involving the murder of a production designer, and the main suspect is her childhood friend Jana. What first seems like a very straightforward case gradually reveals the dark sides, mysterious depths and stray ...
Style:
dark, suspense, psychological, sinister, tense ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, human nature, suspect, secrets, lawyer, mysterious death, deception, character study, female protagonist, morality, female friendship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
eastern europe, slovenia
Similarity:
78%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Austria
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A lady killer tracked by the police, takes refuge at a psychiatrist's home, and the doctor tells him three stories, to convince him that crime does not pay
Style:
anthology, suspense, suspenseful, crime drama, tense ...
Plot:
spy, serial killer, murder, investigation, cat and mouse, private investigator, female victim, assassin, underworld, conspiracy, organized crime, psychiatrist ...
Time:
60s
Place:
rome italy, vienna, europe, san francisco, rio de janeiro ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The yacht of millionaire Hellmann explodes in the Mediterranean Sea, with him and 8 men crew on board. Insurance agent Lucas investigates at the Cote D'Azur, because there's the suspicion that it could have been suicide. He finds out that ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, detective, period piece, tense ...
Plot:
insurance fraud, investigation, villa, blackmail, evidence, secrets, mediterranean, deception, millionaire, conspiracy, paranoia, betrayal ...
Time:
70s
Place:
cote d'azur, mediterranean sea, riviera, france, french riviera
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After an automobile accident, in which a man is unrecognizably burnt to a crisp, his wife's only able to confirm the corpse's identity by his talisman: a small, white spider. However, soon, there are more corpses walking around than at a ...
Style:
suspense, detective, tense, crime drama, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, investigation, mascot, insurance fraud, whodunit, symbolism, suspicion, motive, moral ambiguity, urban, conspiracy ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A wealthy banker lies brutally murdered. The bankers daughter and only heir, Rana (Alex McKenna) calls upon Cyrus (Randy Wayne) a brilliant but eccentric freelance writer, to assist in the investigation. Teaming up with homicide detective, Leon Weed ...
Style:
suspenseful, mysterious, suspense, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
freemason, investigation, freemasonry, murder mystery, conspiracy, secret society, uncover truth, heiress, homicide detective, private investigation, crime investigation, crime solving ...
Similarity:
70%
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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:
69%
Genre: Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The country estate of Rödbergshyttan is surrounded by heavily fragrant roses in every color. There lives the beautiful Gabriella, who Christer loves, and an invitation to their engagement party is the reason for Puck and Einar to travel there. But ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, suspense, crime thriller, detective ...
Plot:
whodunit, murder, last will and testament, missing person, murder investigation, police detective, murder mystery, country estate, family drama, family secret, suspicion, garden ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: West Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A group of hooded vigilantes hang wrong-doers with a subplot about another murderer. Surprise ending.
Style:
detective, dark, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, vigilante, hanging, conspiracy, vigilante justice, investigation, execution, female victim, police procedural, decapitation, violent, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard, london
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A rich man bequeaths seven keys to seven of his friends, but only one will unlock the door to untold wealth.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, dark, thrilling, atmospheric ...
Plot:
locked door, kidnapping, crazy, secrets, locked room, inheritance, isolation, psychopath, treasure hunt, investigation, claustrophobia, torture chamber ...
Time:
60s
Place:
europe, scotland yard
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A popular singer is found murdered and two police detectives are investigating his past in order to catch the killer.
Style:
detective, crime drama, suspense, dark, tension ...
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, investigation, secrets, police procedural, whodunit, suspect, interrogation, motive, folk singer, evidence, social commentary ...
Time:
60s
Place:
former yugoslavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Crime
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A physiotherapist mysteriously disappears, triggering a police investigation. As officers question those connected to him, secrets unravel, and shocking truths come to light. Did he vanish, or was he murdered?
Style:
twist ending, tension, detective, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
disappearance, missing person, investigation, interrogation, police procedural, evidence, secrets, suspicion, betrayal, deception, moral ambiguity, ambiguity ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A pool-hall is used as the front for a white slavery ring.
Style:
detective, dark, suspense, tension, atmospheric ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, white slavery, whodunit, suspect, group of criminals, theater, human trafficking, suspicion, underworld, poisoning ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard, london
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime
Country: Austria
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A body is found on a frozen village pond in the Waldviertel. Ironically, the former police officer Sepp Ahorner finds the dead man. When the Linz Commissioner Grete Öller and her young colleague Lisa Nemeth arrive in the sleepy village, the case ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, murder, winter, suspicion, killing, uncover truth, murder investigation, homicide detective, forensics, crime investigation, countryside ...
Place:
austria
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Former cop Michael Lombardi is accused of murder, and only his brother, Roman, is convinced of his innocence. Now the suspicion is moving to Roman when his superiors make an important discovery.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime thriller, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
manhunt, police detective, police investigation, murder investigation, brother brother relationship, murder, assassin, sniper, mercenary, murder mystery, corruption, investigation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When an unknown assailant viciously murders the participants in a bank robbery and murder case, it could be a case of vigilante justice - that is, if the two cases are connected. That's for the police to decide - and it's a puzzle that ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, detective, tense, dark ...
Plot:
murder, law enforcement, bank robbery, investigation, crime investigation, justice, vigilante justice, police procedural, courtroom, suspect, revenge, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When three childhood friends are brought back together after years apart, a string of mysterious and brutal "Jack The Ripper" inspired murders erupt, pitting friends against foe in this 80's-style police thriller.
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, enigmatic, mysterious, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, police, old friend, murder mystery, serial killer, puzzle, friends, murder investigation, reunited friends, murder, uncover truth, riddles and clues ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
46%
248
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A single mom moves to a small town hoping for a fresh start. Soon she discovers dark secrets hidden in this quaint town that she may not be able to escape.
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
small town, female protagonist, single parent, undercover, secret, puzzle, threat, problem, small town life, murder, investigation, deception ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Thriller about the murder by poisoning of a famous lawyer.
Style:
tense, suspense, twisted, atmospheric, detective ...
Plot:
poisoning, murder, investigation, lawyer, evidence, whodunit, alibi, secrets, motive, autopsy, power, city ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Spy accidentally gets an ancient treasure. Several corrupt groups try to steal it from him.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime thriller, period piece, crime drama ...
Plot:
torture, espionage, spy, exotic locale, corruption, moral ambiguity, intrigue, greed, treasure hunt, betrayal, organized crime, underworld ...
Time:
60s, year 1967
Place:
macau
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The troubled teenager Owen Whitmore has a sleep disorder and occasionally sleepwalks. Owen is having therapy sessions with Dr. Katherine Ramos. Having just joined the medical school, he has to move to another town, but he is divided between the ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, nightmare comes true, nightmare, who done it, doctors and patients, sleepwalking, dream, danger, couples, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Joan Barnard (Elvire Audray, AMAZONIA: THE KATHERINE MILES STORY), wife of archeologist Arthur Barnard (John Saxon, ENTER THE DRAGON), is being plagued by nightmares of ritualistic deaths within an ancient Etruscan tomb. Unsettling as they are, ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, atmospheric, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
zombie, murder mystery, nightmare, murder, archaeology, ritual murder, macabre, investigation, claustrophobia, occult, isolation, exhumation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, priest, investigation, life is a bitch, murderer, village, suspect, small town, whodunit, religious, mistrust, falsely accused ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A man discovers a photo from 1982 that confirms his brother-in-law was not where he said he was when his wife (the man's sister-in-law) was murdered, prompting the man to call people in an attempt to solve a 35-year-old murder mystery.
Style:
tense, suspense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, uncover truth, who done it, danger, murder mystery, violence, graphic violence, evidence, chase, death, murderer ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime
Country: Japan
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Story:
20 years ago a half-frozen boy was rescuded in the mountains after his parents apparent sucide. He gets released from a mental institution and his girlfriend notices him talking about a dark mountain shadow. Meanwhile a murder happens in a ...
Style:
tense, crime thriller, captivating, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
mountain, serial killer, murder, investigation, psychopath, mental institution, murderer, inspector, murder mystery, crime solving, life is a bitch, crime investigation ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
41%
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:
suspense, detective, tense, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
investigation, locked room, locked room mystery, whodunit, suspicion, puzzle, interrogation, locked door, deduction, motive, trance, mistrust ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Taking place almost entirely over the course of one stormy night, a woman is terrified when an accused murderer escapes from a mental hospital and seeks refuge in her home.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, noir, black and white, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
murder, hostage, insanity, mental illness, mental institution, escape, investigation, intruder, storm, single woman, false accusation, courtroom ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Shortly after police discovers the murder of three friends, police inspector Wallander finds his friend and colleague Svedberg dead. First, it is believed that Svedberg killed himself but Wallander soon discovers links between Svedberg, the three ...
Style:
detective, dark, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
murder, police procedural, investigation, slow burn, mental illness, grief, suspicion, obsession, trauma, moral ambiguity, cold case, isolation ...
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
38%
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