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Appointment with Death (1988)
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Appointment with Death (1988)
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 her dominating influence. She takes herself, the children and her daughter-in-law Nadine on holiday to Europe and the Holy Land. In Jerusalem, the great detective Hercule Poirot meets up with a woman friend, Dr. Sarah King, who falls in love with Raymond Boynton to Emily's disapproval. Lady Westholme, her secretary Miss Quinton and lawyer Cope are following them too. The children discover the second will and Emily succeeds in rubbing the rest the wrong way, causing much hatred towards her. At a dig, Emily is found dead. Poirot investigates.
Style: talky, slasher, independent film, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic, light, romantic ...
Plot: private detective, whodunit, murder mystery, investigation, murder, conspiracy, lawyer, dysfunctional family, hercule poirot, ship, blackmail, cannon, interwar period, twists and turns, mysticism, hunting, medicine, cave, tourist, suicide, adultery, sadist, lady, cockroach, archeological dig ...
Time: 1930s, year 1937, 20th century, 80s, 30s
Place: holy land, new jersey, syria, italy, london, jerusalem, asia ...
Keyword: jewish, matriarch, gangsters, doctors

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, suspenseful, realistic and clever films with plots about murder, investigation, whodunit, murder mystery, agatha christie, deadly and private detective mostly in Crime, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Appointment with Death: The Last of Sheila (1973), Death on the Nile (1978), Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989), Murder by Death (1976), Murder on the Orient Express (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Last of Sheila (1973)
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, suspense, dark comedy ...
Plot: murder mystery, whodunit, yacht, murder, manipulation, mind game, game, paranoia, puzzle, danger, vengeance, disorder ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: south of france, mediterranean sea, france
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100%
Death on the Nile (1978)
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, detective, suspense, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience: adult
Plot: murder mystery, whodunit, murder, multiple suspects, twists and turns, private detective, cruise, investigation, secrets, mentor, writers, heir ...
Time: year 1978, year 1937, 1930s
Place: egypt, north africa, england, washington d.c., cairo egypt ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
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, detective, realistic, captivating, serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: private detective, investigation, whodunit, murder, murder mystery, who done it, private investigator, murder investigation, danger, multiple suspects, uncover truth, riddles and clues ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: england, united kingdom, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Murder by Death (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are ...
Style: parody, surprise ending, humorous, spoof, funny ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: murder, whodunit, private detective, butler, old mansion, dark and stormy night, old dark house, murder mystery, who done it, mansion, riddles and clues, plot twist ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
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: detective, suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending, talky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: whodunit, investigation, murder mystery, train, murder, twists and turns, private detective, multiple suspects, conspiracy, justice, railway, perfect crime ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1935
Place: new york, persia, greece, britain, turkey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
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: detective, serious, suspenseful, clever, tense ...
Plot: private detective, murder mystery, murder, whodunit, investigation, multiple suspects, hercule poirot, amateur detective, hotel, writers, couple relations, gem ...
Time: year 1982, 1930s, 20th century, 80s
Place: mediterranean sea, greece, england, south of france, albania ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Clue (1985)
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, surprise ending, black comedy, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, kids
Plot: whodunit, butler, multiple suspects, murder mystery, murder, mansion, investigation, twists and turns, old dark house, mystery killer, blackmail, dark and stormy night ...
Time: year 1954, 90s, 50s, 1950s, 20th century
Place: new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
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, clever ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: murder mystery, whodunit, investigation, train, murder, vengeance, snow, private detective, twists and turns, conspiracy, suspect, deduction ...
Time: 1930s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1934, 1920s ...
Place: turkey, alps, venice, former yugoslavia, istanbul turkey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Dead Man's Folly (1986)
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, realistic, talky, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: private detective, murder mystery, multiple suspects, murder, whodunit, hercule poirot, investigation, dishonesty, conspiracy, secretly observing, mother son relationship, writers ...
Time: 80s
Place: england, belgium, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Death on the Nile (2022)
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: detective, captivating, costume drama, artsy, non-linear ...
Audience: adult
Plot: murder mystery, whodunit, murder, murder investigation, honeymoon, investigation, boat, investigator, private detective, ship, secret, heiress ...
Time: 1930s, pre world war two, 2020s, 1910s, year 1914 ...
Place: egypt, london, belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Marlowe (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Los Angeles private-eye Philip Marlowe is trying to locate the brother of his new client, a woman named Orfamay Quest. The trail leads to two men who deny any knowledge of the brother's existence. Both are soon killed by an ice pick, so Marlowe ...
Style: neo noir, detective, noir, mind bending, tense ...
Plot: private detective, blackmail, murder, femme fatale, investigation, gangster, missing person, philip marlowe, mysticism, love, private investigator, darkness ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Haunting in Venice (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Italy
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, witty, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: murder mystery, whodunit, murder, murder investigation, medium, ghost, seance, victim, children, secret, murderer, investigation ...
Time: post world war two, 20th century, 1940s, year 1947
Place: venice, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
And Then There Were None (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 172 min.
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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, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, talky ...
Plot: murder mystery, whodunit, island, isolation, plot twist, murder, survival, investigation, bully comeuppance, trapped, accusation, death ...
Time: 1930s, year 1939, 20th century
Place: britain, united kingdom, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Crooked House (2017)
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, detective, captivating, surprise ending ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: whodunit, murder mystery, private detective, mansion, murder, family secret, twists and turns, investigation, servant, poison, secret, spy ...
Time: 50s, year 1957, 1950s
Place: london, cairo egypt, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Knives Out (2019)
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, exciting, captivating, detective, witty ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, kids, teens, boys' night ...
Plot: murder mystery, investigation, whodunit, murder, death, murder investigation, mansion, mystery killer, eccentric family, large family, plot twist, suspect ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, future, 21st century
Place: usa, new england, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
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: detective, tense, serious, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot: murder mystery, private detective, amateur detective, whodunit, investigation, murder, serial killer, movie star, haunted by the past, unlikely criminals, actor's life, death ...
Time: year 1980, 1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1953
Place: scotland, england, europe, scotland yard, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
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: detective, talky, clever, realistic, semi serious
Plot: whodunit, hercule poirot, private detective, murder mystery, murder, amateur detective, mysticism, serial killer, voice over narration, actress, murder investigation, dead woman ...
Time: 1940s
Place: scotland yard, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Murder in Three Acts (1986)
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: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: private detective, hercule poirot, murder mystery, serial killer, murder, writers, mysticism, conspiracy, literary, estate, danger, uncover truth ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: mexico, latin america, acapulco mexico, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Murder at the Gallop (1963)
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, slasher, crime drama, detective, suspenseful ...
Plot: private detective, whodunit, amateur detective, murder mystery, last will and testament, heart attack, horse riding, murder, hercule poirot, bike, oldtimer, spy ...
Time: year 1963
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Murder on the Orient Express (2001)
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, mind bending, thought provoking ...
Plot: train, private detective, murder, revenge, investigation, riddles and clues, conspiracy, mysterious character, law enforcement, who done it, on the road, multiple suspects ...
Time: 21st century
Place: former yugoslavia, belgrade serbia, istanbul turkey, belgrade
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Murder She Said (1961)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Miss Marple believes she’s seen a murder in a passing by train yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own. Her inquisitions lead her to a mountain top. The first of four films starring Margaret Rutherford as Miss ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, clever, black and white ...
Plot: private detective, whodunit, amateur detective, strangulation, murder, murder mystery, police investigation, dishonesty, uncover truth, woman strangled to death, serial killer, law enforcement ...
Time: year 1961, 60s
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Murder Most Foul (1964)
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, suspenseful, rough, serious, black and white ...
Plot: whodunit, amateur detective, private detective, courtroom drama, murder, strangulation, murder mystery, false accusation, power relations, legal, dishonesty, mysterious character ...
Time: 60s, year 1951, 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.
Style: detective, sexual, clever, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Plot: whodunit, murder, village, church, amateur detective, poacher, who done it, twists and turns, riddles and clues, village life, dishonesty, uncover truth ...
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Harper (1966)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
Style: neo noir, suspense, cynical, detective, psychological ...
Plot: private detective, murder, investigation, kidnapping, missing person, twists and turns, uncover truth, dishonesty, adultery, divorce, ransom, private investigator ...
Time: 60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: At the insistence of Ruth Van Rydock, an old schoolfriend who is convinced that there is something wrong, Miss Marple agrees to visit 'Stonygates', the country house of Ruth's sister.
Style: detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful, clever ...
Plot: amateur detective, whodunit, murder mystery, law enforcement, uncover truth, poisoning, who done it, twists and turns, riddles and clues, shakespeare, manor, murder investigation ...
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When Miss Marple's visiting friend sees a woman being strangled on a passing train, they immediately report it to the police. Inspector Slack sees Miss Marple as a bit of a busy body and drops the investigation after only a few days. Miss ...
Style: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, clever ...
Plot: train, amateur detective, private detective, riddles and clues, mysticism, whodunit, conspiracy, murder, sarcophagus, murder investigation, partners against crime, who done it ...
Time: year 1957, 1950s
Place: england, europe, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: On Vacation, Miss Marple discovers that death of a British Officer is actully a murder and must solve the the case before the murderer strikes again
Style: detective, contemplative, realistic, serious, talky ...
Plot: murder mystery, private detective, investigation, murder, amateur detective, whodunit, resort, hotel, vacation, caribbean sea, law enforcement, supernatural ability ...
Time: 80s
Place: caribbean, bahamas
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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The Walker (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: An escort who caters to Washington D.C.'s society ladies becomes involved in a murder case.
Style: serious, suspenseful, contemplative, tense, realistic ...
Plot: murder, lobbyist, investigation, politics, hypocrisy, state affairs, dishonesty, law enforcement, twists and turns, false accusation, conspiracy, lgbt ...
Time: 20th century, year 2007, 50s, 1950s
Place: usa, washington d.c., virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992)
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: detective, realistic, serious, mind bending, suspenseful
Plot: murder mystery, whodunit, murder, amateur detective, female detective, hollywood, actor's life, artists and showbiz, uncover truth, investigation, destiny, beach ...
Time: 90s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Ten Little Indians (1965)
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, black comedy ...
Plot: murder mystery, serial killer, isolation, murder, mind game, private detective, investigation, whodunit, characters killed one by one, guilt, false accusation, weekend ...
Time: 60s
Place: alps, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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