Movies like Crooked House
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Crooked House (2017)
30K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, captivating, period piece, costume drama, tense, disturbing, detective, light, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, twists and turns, mansion, family secret, murder, private detective, investigation, servant, poison, sleuth, police, secret, businessman, spinster, murder investigation, lady, last will and testament, doctor, wealth, estate, spy, poisoned, murderer, suspect ...
Time:
50s, year 1957, 1950s
Place:
london, cairo egypt, bristol, scotland yard
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Most similar movies to Crooked House
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, suspense, suspenseful and tense films with plots about murder mystery, murder, investigation, whodunit, murder investigation, flashback and conspiracy mostly in Mystery, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Crooked House: Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Knives Out (2019), Death on the Nile (1978), Death on the Nile (2022), Motherless Brooklyn (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Malta
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.
Style:
detective, surprise ending, suspense, artsy, costume drama ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, investigation, train, murder, private detective, vengeance, snow, conspiracy, suspect, twists and turns, justice ...
Time:
1930s, year 2017, 2010s, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey, venice, alps, former yugoslavia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, exciting, witty, detective ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, kids, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, whodunit, death, mystery killer, murder, mansion, murder investigation, eccentric family, large family, private detective, suspect ...
Time:
year 2019, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
north america, usa, new england, massachusetts, seattle
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.
Style:
exciting, detective, twist ending, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
whodunit, murder mystery, murder, murder investigation, investigation, racism, criminal, house, killer, plot twist, land, men's rights ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
greece, new york, europe
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:
suspense, captivating, atmospheric, talky, mind bending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, murder, multiple suspects, twists and turns, private detective, cruise, secrets, heir, mentor, writers, love triangle ...
Time:
year 1978, year 1937, 1930s
Place:
egypt, north africa, united kingdom, england, cairo egypt ...
Similarity:
88%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
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:
detective, captivating, costume drama, non-linear, surprise ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, investigator, murder, honeymoon, murder investigation, private detective, boat, police inspector, justice, investigation, unrequited love ...
Time:
1930s, pre world war two, year 1937, 1910s, 2020s ...
Place:
egypt, belgium, london
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend — a mystery that carries him from the gin-soaked jazz clubs of Harlem to the slums of Brooklyn to the gilded halls of New ...
Style:
neo noir, enigmatic, period piece, crime drama, detective ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, adult
Plot:
private detective, murder investigation, interracial romance, politics, conspiracy, social injustice, homicide detective, private investigation, crime investigation, investigation, organized crime, racial segregation ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 2019, future, 20th century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, harlem, usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Agatha Christie's classic whodunit speeds into the twenty-first century. World-famous sleuth Hercule Poirot has just finished a case in Istanbul and is returning home to London onboard the luxurious Orient Express. But, the train comes to a ...
Style:
clever, tense, suspenseful, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, revenge, investigation, riddles and clues, conspiracy, crime solving, mysterious character, homicide detective, private investigation, law enforcement, on the road ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
istanbul turkey, belgrade, former yugoslavia, belgrade serbia
Similarity:
100%
101K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Italy, USA
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:
detective, period piece, costume drama, biting, satirical ...
Plot:
murder, whodunit, society, murder mystery, country estate, estate, high society, murder investigation, butler, police investigation, twists and turns, servant ...
Time:
1930s, year 1932, 20th century, pre world war two, year 2001 ...
Place:
england, detroit, london
Similarity:
88%
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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:
suspenseful, tense, clever, suspense, dark comedy ...
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, yacht, murder, closeted homosexual, manipulation, mind game, game, paranoia, puzzle, vengeance, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
south of france, mediterranean sea, france, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Spain
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish ...
Style:
tense, sexy, detective, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hacker, rape, investigation, journalist, twists and turns, strong female lead, sexual abuse, age difference, violence against women, goth, femme fatale, strong female character ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, year 2010, year 1949, year 1958 ...
Place:
scandinavia, stockholm sweden, europe, eastern europe, australia
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 ...
Style:
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 ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of ...
Style:
detective, gothic, psychological thriller, witty, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder investigation, whodunit, seance, medium, ghost, murder, blackmail, halloween party, children, halloween, ex fiance, murder mystery ...
Time:
post world war two, 20th century, 1940s, year 1947
Place:
venice, italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes ...
Style:
suspense, twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
train, murder mystery, obsession, infidelity, police investigation, adultery, psychopath, investigation, missing person, female protagonist, flashback, learning the truth ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, america, usa, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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:
suspense, detective, suspenseful, surprise ending, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, whodunit, investigation, murder mystery, murder, twists and turns, justice, private detective, railway, multiple suspects, conspiracy, nobility ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1935, 70s
Place:
new york, turkey, persia, britain, greece ...
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Christmas 1954. Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll is arrested for her murder. He vehemently protests his innocence.
Style:
tense, disturbing, enigmatic, period piece, thought provoking ...
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, murder, alibi, suspect, country house, homicide detective, adopted son, housekeeper, adoptive mother, crime investigation, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 1954, 1950s, 50s
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Based on the bestselling novel by Donato Carrisi, THE GIRL IN THE FOG is a gripping and chilling thriller that brings us to a hazy mountain village where enigmatic Detective Vogel is investigating on the sudden disappearance of fifteen-year-old Anna ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, suspense, enigmatic, disturbing ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, disappearance, clue, unsolved crime, schoolgirl, community, girl, vanity, reporter, teacher, psychiatrist ...
Place:
alps, italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.
Style:
psychological, suspense, captivating, psychological thriller, twisted ...
Plot:
murder, corpse, twists and turns, disappearance, investigation, frame up, serial killer, loss of wife, surveillance, grief, paranoia, whodunit ...
Time:
year 2006, 90s, 2000s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
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, realistic, captivating, detective, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
investigation, whodunit, private detective, murder, murder mystery, danger, murder investigation, who done it, riddles and clues, multiple suspects, private investigator, uncover truth ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, period piece, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, serial murder, cold case, police, police detective, investigation, murder, missing person, police station, murder investigation, crime investigation ...
Time:
2020s, 90s, year 1985, year 1990, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, persia, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany, Ireland
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, black comedy, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, serial killer, isolation, private detective, murder, characters killed one by one, whodunit, investigation, guilt, paranoia, weekend, false accusation ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 1930s
Place:
alps, austria
Similarity:
100%
1.2M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, murder mystery, missing person, manipulation, infidelity, investigation, marriage, femme fatale, revenge, missing wife, adultery ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
peru, america, usa, manhattan new york city, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
40K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
Style:
suspense, perverse, tense, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
murder mystery, gay relationship, murder, haunted by the past, closeted homosexual, secret relationship, murder investigation, investigation, small town, funeral, violence, suicide attempt ...
Time:
year 1991, 2010s, 2020s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
australia, oceania, melbourne, new zealand
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A former cop looks back on the case which left him disabled and forced him to quit the force.
Style:
suspense, suspense thriller, tense, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, murder, constable, murder investigation, unsolved crime, homicide detective, serial killer, police officer, crime solving, murderer, police investigation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ahead of a promotion, a police chief becomes entangled in a deadly incident and uncovers an intrigue fueled by grudge that threatens his colleagues.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
homicide detective, unsolved crime, female police detective, criminal, murderer, murder, secret, killing, murder investigation, investigation, murder mystery, police investigation ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.
Style:
gothic, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, confession, murder, hanging, detective inspector, murder trial, fame, actress, police inspector, death sentence, diary ...
Time:
victorian era, 1880s, 19th century, 1870s
Place:
scotland yard, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on the first book in Jussi Adler-Olsen's bestselling thriller series about Department Q THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES tells the story of the two policemen Carl Mørck and Assad who become involved in a five-year-old case concerning a missing ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, enigmatic, serious ...
Plot:
police investigation, missing person, cold case, police detective, murder mystery, unsolved crime, under the surface, false identity, uncover truth, police partner, homicide detective, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail ...
Style:
suspense, detective, twist ending, tense, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, twists and turns, kidnapping, woman in danger, police investigation, violence against women, forensics, murder mystery, plot twist, investigation, profiler ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, washington d.c., north carolina, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Miss Marple and Mr Stringer are witness to the death of the very old and rich Mr. Enderby by heart attack. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don’t believe them thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself. ...
Style:
black and white, detective, slasher, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
private detective, whodunit, amateur detective, last will and testament, heart attack, horse riding, murder mystery, murder, impersonation, cat, companion, dance ...
Time:
year 1963
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The show follows the adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which ...
Style:
clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, who done it, female detective, whodunit, riddles and clues, murder investigation, female protagonist, uncover truth, amateur detective, twists and turns, murder, sleuth ...
Time:
1950s, post world war two, 20th century, 50s
Place:
england, united kingdom, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, police investigation, mind game, policewoman, police, murder investigation, death, twists and turns, murder mystery, race against time ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, persia, grand central station manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
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