Movies Like Da Zhen Tan

If you liked Da Zhen Tan (1988), a drama and mystery movie directed by Wang Junzheng, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mystery
When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.
2
Kaili Blues (2016)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and mystery
Chen Sheng goes off in search of his nephew who has been abandoned by his father. Along the way, he encounters numerous people from his past and also those from his future.
3
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and mystery
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.
4
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and drama
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.
5
The Bullet Vanishes (2012)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery
One rainy night in an arms factory near Shanghai, a young female worker accused of stealing a box of bullets from the ruthless Boss Ding is violently killed in a game of Russian roulette. Half a month later, a series…
6
A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)
★ 7.7/10Also mystery and drama
After being forced into early retirement, former detective Jeff Jackson returns to a quiet life on Martha's Vineyard. Quiet, at least, until a body washes up and he's drawn back into crime solving.
7
Cliff Walkers (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and mystery
In the puppet state of Manchukuo in the 1930s, four Communist party special agents, after returning to China, embark on a secret mission. Sold out by a traitor, the team find themselves surrounded by threats on all…
8
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and mystery
After freeing a young Bedouin girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, an Australian adventuress, together with her devoted police detective friend, begins to unravel a decade-old mystery concerning priceless…
9
The Interview (1998)
★ 6.8/10Also mystery and drama
A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted?
10
Triage (2009)
★ 6/10Also drama and mystery
The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.
11
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery
Dee, the detective serving Chinese empress Wu Zetian, is called upon to investigate a series of strange events in Loyang, including the appearance of mysterious warriors wearing Chiyou ghost masks, foxes that speak…
12
Remember (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and mystery
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
13
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
14
The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and mystery
Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim…
15
Rising Sun (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also drama
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working…
16
Hidden Blade (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and mystery
Follows the story of underground workers who risked their lives to send intelligence and defend the motherland, set after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor when the Wang Jingwei regime declared war on Britain and the U.S.
17
Laura (1944)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and mystery
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
18
Riddled with Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery and drama
Former detective Jeff Jackson teams up with Dr. Zee Madieras to track down their friend's missing emerald brooch, a thief, and also... a murderer.
19
Trigger Point (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery
Nicolas Shaw is a retired U.S. special operative who becomes part of an elite 'invisible' team that quietly takes out the worst villains around the world.
20
Shanghai (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and mystery
An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a…