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The Return of Charlie Chan (1972)
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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, suspense, suspenseful, tense, serious, twist ending, period piece, retro, noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
charlie chan, murder investigation, whodunit, justice, deception, secrets, luxury, claustrophobia, isolation, interrogation, murder, private detective, loyalty, foreshadowing, ship, investigation, investigator, sleuth, boat, victim, mogul, son, retirement, clue, amateur detective ...
Time:
70s
Place:
greece
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Most similar movies to The Return of Charlie Chan
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, tense, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about investigation, murder, whodunit, murder investigation, murder mystery, small town and interrogation mostly in Drama, Mystery and Crime genres. Some movies like The Return of Charlie Chan: Lady Against the Odds (1992), McBride: Tune in for Murder (2005), Silent Parade (2022), Rogue's Gallery (1968), The 12th Suspect (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jessica Fletcher, lecturing at a writers' conference, finds herself called on to solve the killing of a guest speaker, an arrogant Russian author who'd written a nonfiction, tell-all book about his tenure as head of the KGB.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, serious, realistic, clever ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, murder investigation, amateur sleuth, conference, investigation, who done it, riddles and clues, writer's life, female detective, elderly, whodunit ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A private detective becomes involved in a new cast when her partner's guardian is murdered.
Style:
tense, crime drama, suspense, twisted, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
private investigator, female detective, murder investigation, moral ambiguity, whodunit, female empowerment, corruption, betrayal, crime scene, loyalty, urban, murder ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
71%
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:
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Physicist Manabu Yukawa returns to Japan from America. Detective Kaoru Utsumi visits him and talks about a case. The case is about a popular girl in a town who disappeared and, several years later, her body was found. A suspect was arrested for her ...
Style:
crime drama, detective, serious, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, genius, physicist, mysterious death, suspect, police procedural, investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation, true crime, victim, criminal ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A private eye gets in trouble when he tries to help a woman in distress.
Style:
detective, crime drama, suspense, noir, dark ...
Plot:
private detective, investigation, private investigation, secrets, danger, femme fatale, deception, rescue, urban, rescue attempt, suicide attempt, betrayal ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Interrupted at dinner by a street kid with a strange story, Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin find themselves drawn into a strange case when their young informant is found murdered. The victim's mother soon appears with his life savings totally ...
Style:
detective, tense, captivating, period piece, cerebral ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, private detective, murder, private investigator, whodunit, murder investigation, uncover truth, sleuth, forensics, murder mystery, crime solving, crime investigation ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Set in a teahouse in Myeong-dong, Seoul right after the end of the Korean War, The 12th Suspect follows the suffocating psychological showdown that takes place between a detective and the 11 suspects who find themselves caught up in a murder case.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, interrogation, post war, uncover truth, forensics, sleuth, police investigation, crime investigation, police detective, homicide detective, investigation ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
korea, seoul
Similarity:
46%
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:
46%
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Genre: Mystery, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A pretty young songbird found murdered on Hollywood Boulevard. The crusty old Private Eye who was in love with her. A smooth-talking seductress who hires him to solve the crime. A bulldog detective with a nose for the truth and a leash held by city ...
Style:
detective, noir, crime drama, tense, thrilling ...
Plot:
investigation, private detective, whodunit, femme fatale, murder mystery, murder investigation, who done it, crime investigation, police detective, homicide detective, sleuth, hollywood ...
Similarity:
45%
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:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
One of the final entries in the series of romantic suspense adventures takes Jennifer and Jonathan Hart off to Sydney, Australia, where they plan to purchase a wildlife reserve from Jennifer’s old flame, the handsome and mysterious Elliott ...
Style:
suspenseful, romantic, twisted, crime drama, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, false accusation, teamwork, partnership, deception, justice, mysterious disappearance, danger, revenge, loyalty, glamour, undercover ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
sydney australia, australia
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An ex-schoolteacher is asked by the police to help locate a missing heiress.
Style:
detective, suspense, tension, atmospheric, crime thriller ...
Plot:
missing person, heiress, investigation, secrets, whodunit, puzzle, police procedural, deception, private investigation, family drama, social class, betrayal ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Ten years ago, on a summer night, police officer Yuan Wenshan received a robbery and murder case. During the gradually deepening investigation process, the suspects present that night emerged one by one. However, the truth of the case was far from ...
Style:
tense, detective, crime thriller, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, secret, police, murder, police investigation, murder investigation, uncover truth, police detective, crime solving, crime investigation, sleuth, homicide detective ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Hungary, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An American psychologist, hired to coach a fashion designer, helps a guarded French detective unravel a list of fashionable suspects after a murder happens backstage of a Paris fashion show.
Style:
detective, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
fashion, murder mystery, fashion industry, investigation, fashion show, killing, haute couture, murderer, crime solving, uncover truth, crime investigation, murder investigation ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Set in the tumultuous Naxalite uprising in Bengal in 1971, Byomkesh Bakshi gets involved in a story of vengeance when he decides to attend a play at the theatre and becomes witness to a crime unfolding on the center stage. As Byomkesh digs deep into ...
Style:
suspense, detective, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, theater, infidelity, betrayal, murder, crime investigation, death, love, murder investigation, stage actor, revenge, vengeance ...
Time:
70s
Place:
kolkata
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the Game is a crime fiction murder mystery with a theme of "after the game of poker" and "after the game of life." It deals with revenge, deceit, lust and greed, and explores karma and the afterlife. Aging gambler Benny ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime drama, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
murder, gambling, card playing, poker, investigation, mysterious death, whodunit, secrets, betrayal, father son relationship, small town, deception ...
Time:
90s
Place:
nevada
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
A group of 11 friends go away to a resort for a weekend bachelor party, but the day ends in a death.
Style:
suspense, tense, dark, twist ending, crime thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
whodunit, investigation, bachelor party, murder mystery, suspicion, secrets, weekend getaway, resort, interrogation, cover up, friendship, panic ...
Similarity:
34%
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:
33%
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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:
33%
389
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Van Veeteren's only unsolved case comes back to haunt him when the daughter of a murdered private detective comes to see him. A brutal wife killer, who went into hiding years before, has resurfaced under an assumed name; or so it seems, and Van ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, detective, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, private detective, police procedural, manhunt, haunted by the past, chases and races, law enforcement, investigation, investigator, cold case, evidence, suspect ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
33%
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:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A retired lady judge runs a private detective agency, helped by an ex-con and various parolees.
Style:
crime drama, retro, period piece
Plot:
second chance, investigation, female detective, female empowerment, detective agency, murder, small town, private detective, probation, ex convict
Time:
70s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Joanne Kilbourn, ex-detective turned university lecturer, is still haunted by the unsolved murder of her politician husband,
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, detective, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder investigation, killing, who done it, crime solving, uncover truth, sleuth, murder, murderer, homicide detective, crime investigation, female protagonist, investigation ...
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden, Germany, Finland, UK
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
Swedish murder investigator Sven Hjerson forms an unexpected detective duo with stubborn TV producer Klara after several years of isolation. Will she also manage to recruit him for her new TV show?
Style:
tense, detective, crime drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
private detective, investigation, whodunit, sleuth, murder investigation, murder mystery, crime solving, investigator, private investigation, forensics, homicide detective, crime investigation ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team investigate a series of perplexing murders, in the seemingly idyllic village of Three Pines and uncover the buried secrets of its eccentric residents. In the process, Gamache is forced to confront buried ...
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, detective, disturbing, enigmatic ...
Plot:
murder, police inspector, small town, investigation, secrets, past, murder investigation, murder mystery, inspector, police detective, homicide detective, detective inspector ...
Place:
quebec, canada
Similarity:
30%
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:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After volunteering to participate in a crossword solving competition with a new supercomputer, crossword puzzle editor Tess Harper finds herself swept into the investigation of the bizarre murder of a tech CEO
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, intellectual, crime thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder investigation, artificial intelligence, murder, crime investigation, secret, investigation, mind game, uncover truth, mind, crime solving, whodunit, technology ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
30%
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:
29%
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:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An ambitious, young freelance journalist takes on the closed case of a famous fine arts photographer whose beautiful female subject died on set in a gruesome fire.
Style:
unusual plot structure, contemplative, suspenseful, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, murder investigation, society, death, murder mystery, interrogation, evidence, testimony, aspiring writer, youth, weirdo, victim ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
29%
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