Red herring movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant red herring movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, detective, psychological, tense and twist ending films and TV shows about / with red herring, investigation, murder, whodunit, revenge, murder mystery, police, death, blood and violence plots mostly in Mystery, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, India and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as red herring: Kindergarten Cop (1990), Madhouse (1974), Shutter Island (2010), Army of Thieves (2021), Prom Night (1980), The Fugitive (1993), Abandoned in the Dark (2014), Wish You (2021), The Whole Truth (2021), SAS: Red Notice (2021).
Best films
New films
| Prayashaha (2022) | 7.1 | |
| Santastein (2023) | 3.8 | |
| Resurrection (2025) | 7.3 | |
| Dhootha (2023) | 7.7 | |
| MaXXXine (2024) | 6.2 |
List of red herring movies
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, detective, crying ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
teacher, fish out of water, children, kindergarten, small town, elementary school, school, witness protection, bullying, working undercover, drug dealer, police ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place:
astoria oregon, california, oregon, los angeles, north america
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1930s France, Superintendent Larosière has a passion for beautiful women and solving cases, while hapless young inspector Lampion just tries to keep up. Later series, are set in the mid-'50s, where suave Commissioner Laurence unravels ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
murder investigation, murder mystery, investigation, whodunit, who done it, odd couple, murder, partners against crime, partner, womanizer, law enforcement, red herring ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
france
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution. But the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will.
Style:
independent film, psychotronic, grindhouse, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Plot:
costume party, nervous breakdown, masked killer, murder, movie star, false accusation of murder, whodunit, new year's eve party, red herring, foster parent, insanity, actor ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
scotland yard, england, london
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, confusing ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, plot twist, investigation, mental illness, insanity, psychology, memory, paranoia, mental institution, schizophrenia, psychiatrist, mental patient ...
Time:
1950s, year 2010, year 1954, 1940s, year 1945 ...
Place:
iran, persia, america, boston
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A prequel to Zack Snyder's upcoming Army of the Dead that is said to be 'international'.
Style:
suspense, saga, romantic, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
zombie, safecracking, zombie outbreak, bank teller, safecracker, bank robbery, safe, organized crime, childhood memory, tranquilizer, home alone, red herring ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
europe, berlin germany, munich germany, prague, germany ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
This slasher movie follows a relentless killer who is out to avenge the death of a young girl who died after being bullied and teased by four of her classmates. Now high-school students, the guilt-ridden kids have kept their involvement a secret, ...
Style:
slasher, sexy, perverse, teen, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
serial killer, high school, teenager, revenge, prom, masked killer, high school prom, masked man, chase, stalking, teenage sex, murder ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1980, year 2016, 20th century ...
Place:
canada
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343K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Wrongfully accused of murdering his wife, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find her killer and clear his name. Pursuing him is a team of U.S. marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard, a determined detective who will not rest until ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, neo noir, detective, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, boys' night
Plot:
on the run, conspiracy, betrayal, escape, framed for murder, fugitives, death row, manhunt, doctor, murder, uncover truth, corruption ...
Time:
20th century, year 1993, 90s
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, washington d.c.
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Kane Hodder stars in "Abandoned in the Dark", an anthology film comprised of 4 short horror, suspense stories seamlessly connected to one another through extreme tension and gripping real life conflict. Intriguing characters find ...
Style:
anthology, dark fairy tale, psychological horror, enigmatic, suspense ...
Plot:
abandoned, red herring, killing, fear, paranormal investigation, investigation, pop culture, ghost, hacking, technology, death, evil spirit ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Singing and dreaming together, a talented singer-songwriter and a same-aged keyboardist add harmony and love to each other's lives.
Style:
dorama, romantic, psychological, talky, emotional ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay interest, gay lead character, gay relationship, gay, gay crush, gay romance, singer, lgbtq, producer, recording studio, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seoul, south korea, korea
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When two siblings stumble on a strange hole in the wall of their grandparents’ house, horrifying incidents reveal sinister secrets about their family.
Style:
gothic, suspense, psychotronic, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
voyeurism, ghost, murder, supernatural horror, uxoricide, mysterious death, brother sister relationship, paranoid schizophrenia, grandmother granddaughter relationship, escape attempt, violence, supernatural power ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand
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Genre: Action
Country: UK, Switzerland, Netherlands, Hungary
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
An off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the train, events transpire in the corridors of power that may make the difference as to whether ...
Style:
perverse, suspense, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
hostage, terrorism, commando mission, hostile takeover, female terrorist, brutality, underground, mission, terrorist, swat team, sniper, hostage situation ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
english channel, georgia, london, united kingdom, spain ...
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191K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After his 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a desperate father breaks into her laptop to look for clues to find her. A thriller that unfolds entirely on computer screens.
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, disturbing, detective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, missing person, father daughter relationship, social media, missing child, mysterious disappearance, internet, search and rescue, disappearance, instagram, presumed dead, missing daughter ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, future, year 2015, year 1971 ...
Place:
persia, california, pittsburgh
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 285 min.
TV show
Story:
A story of a several days of intense fighting on the Eastern Front during one of the Soviet offensives in WWII.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, disturbing, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, red army, war, battles, military, life & death, heroic mission, patriotism, betrayal, heroism, red herring, great patriotic war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
ussr
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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 ...
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, sinister ...
Plot:
murder, treasure hunt, whodunit, murder mystery, sphinx, deception, red herring, betrayal, conspiracy, investigation, scheming, suspicion ...
Time:
60s
Place:
egypt
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Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
A murder mystery follows Canon Daniel Clement, as he tries to keep his fractured community together and catch a killer.
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, tense, melancholic
Plot:
small town, church, murder, investigation, whodunit, family secret, slow burn, red herring, moral ambiguity, intimate, religious hypocrisy, dark humor ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
True-crime stories about murders that take place among close-knit groups of people, including coworkers, neighbors and community members.
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, mysterious, mystical, captivating ...
Plot:
true crime, murder mystery, investigation, whodunit, puzzle, mystery killer, criminal, murder, riddles and clues, secret, suspicion, community ...
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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
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Columbo gets a taste of the Los Angeles rave scene as he investigates the apparent suicide of a tabloid reporter.
Style:
detective, tension, suspense, twist ending, witty ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, suicide, police procedural, whodunit, suspect, nightlife, suspicion of murder, interrogation, tabloid journalism, red herring, undercover ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests assemble for a dinner party at Boddy Manor. Was it Mrs. Peacock in the study with the knife? Or Colonel Mustard in the library with the wrench? Based on the cult 1985 Paramount movie ...
Style:
detective, twist ending, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, dinner party, manor, treasure hunt, farce, investigation, evidence, red herring, puzzle, past life, reincarnation ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: India
TV show
Story:
Journalist Sagar's life turns thrilling as he unravels dark secrets behind newspaper clippings predicting tragedies. He becomes a murder suspect, racing against time to clear his name and solve the enigma and faces dangerous twists. Suspense ...
Style:
psychological, mystical, suspenseful, supernatural thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
investigative journalism, paranormal activity, journalist, investigation, supernatural, newspaper, mysticism, predicting the future, investigative reporter, prediction, murder, journalism ...
Time:
60s, 2020s
Place:
india
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Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Shubho Mahurat (2003) is an award-winning Indian Bengali feature film directed by Rituparno Ghosh. An actress mysteriously dies after the "Shubho Mahurat," a celebration of the first shot of the film. A journalist and her perceptive aunt ...
Style:
suspense, crime drama, atmospheric, detective
Plot:
murder, actress, whodunit, poisoning, investigation, investigative journalism, secrets, red herring, producer, celebrity culture, female empowerment, slow burn ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the midst of Surya's journey of becoming an actor and fighting for his love, a crime takes place. The police investigation makes its way through puzzling questions. What happened? Who is the culprit? Forms the crux of story.
Style:
tense, realistic, emotional, mysterious, suspense ...
Plot:
police investigation, whodunit, suspicion, aspiring actor, crime scene, coming of age, police procedural, ambition, secrets, personal growth, twists and turns, moral dilemma ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Point Blank
Style:
tense, detective, suspense, psychological, twist ending ...
Plot:
murder, evidence, serial killer, investigation, police procedural, law enforcement, violence, obsession, cat and mouse, forensics, interrogation, urban ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Story:
Mohanlal plays the role of OMR, an affluent NRI who does oil business in Singapore. The movie begins on a new year before when the "Red Chilles", an all-girls music band with nine members, are involved in an accident. The girls flee from ...
Style:
crime thriller, suspenseful, twisted, tension, emotional ...
Plot:
revenge, radio station, whodunit, investigation, suspicion, false accusation, justice, corruption, guilt, police procedural, interrogation, moral ambiguity ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, China
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to be falling apart with shady consequences.
Style:
gothic, suspense, postmodern, psychological horror, psychotronic ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
murder, time travel, fashion designer, rape, nostalgia, nightmare, brothel, female serial killer, plot twist, grandmother granddaughter relationship, female teacher, suicide of mother ...
Time:
60s, 2020s, year 1960, year 1969, year 1965 ...
Place:
london, england
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139K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The Mystery Inc. gang have gone their separate ways and have been apart for two years, until they each receive an invitation to Spooky Island. Not knowing that the others have also been invited, they show up and discover an amusement park that ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, entertaining, slapstick, funny ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
dog, scooby doo, good versus evil, amusement park, talking animal, ghost, amateur detective, friendship, chase, heroes, talking dog, youth ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
fictional island, caribbean
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Ignoring threats to his life, Harry returns to Hogwarts to investigate – aided by Ron and Hermione – a mysterious series of attacks.
Style:
fairy tale, saga, entertaining, sexy, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, teen fantasy, kids, chick flick ...
Plot:
magic, harry potter, witch, magical, boarding school, fantasy world, teacher, friendship, creature, youth, boarding school life, chosen one ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 2002, year 1992, year 1993 ...
Place:
london, england, europe
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72K
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths. When his mother is killed he turns back time to solve the mystery, but ends up back in elementary school, just before the disappearance of his ...
Style:
anime, psychological, sentimental, psychological thriller, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
time travel, childhood, murder, friendship, serial killer, child abuse, dysfunctional family, abusive mother, death, kidnapping, mystery killer, missing girl ...
Time:
year 2006, year 1988, 21st century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
This intriguing story is set in the 1930s at a country house, where two amateur sleuths, Bobby Jones and Lady Frankie Derwent, try to unravel the mystery behind a tale of murder, suspense and false identities. And the only clues the two have to go ...
Style:
period drama
Plot:
drug addict, poison, dying words, morphine, overdose, maid, amateur sleuth, murder mystery, inquest, suspect, train, suicide ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
wales
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438K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the 'rules' of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, scary, suspense, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, date night
Plot:
serial killer, high school, teenager, psychopath, maniac, small town, masked killer, murder, woman in danger, teenage life, brutality, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, usa
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