Movies Like Town on Trial
If you liked Town on Trial (1957), a mystery and crime movie directed by John Guillermin, 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.
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Sapphire (1959)
★ 7/10Also mystery and crimeTwo Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving…
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The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and crimeJane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
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Gaslight (1944)
★ 7.5/10Also mystery and crimeA newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
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Without a Clue (1988)
★ 6.8/10Also crimeSherlock Holmes is as dashing as ever, but with a little secret: Dr. Watson is the brains behind the operation. When Reginald Kincaid, the actor he has hired to play Holmes becomes insufferable, Watson fires him and…
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
★ 7.4/10Also mysteryAn American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
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The Interview (1998)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and mysteryA duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted?
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A Shot in the Dark (1964)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and crimeInspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic series of mishaps, testing the patience of his irritable boss Charles…
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The 39 Steps (1935)
★ 7.3/10Also mysteryRichard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to…
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The Maltese Falcon (1941)
★ 7.7/10Also mystery and crimeA private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
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Laura (1944)
★ 7.6/10Also mysteryA police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
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Murder Most Foul (1964)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and mysteryA murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his guilt. Once again she begins her own investigation.
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Rear Window (1954)
★ 8.3/10Also mysteryA wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
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The Woman in Green (1945)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery and crimeSherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.
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Murder in Three Acts (1986)
★ 6/10Also crime and mysteryIn 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.
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Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)
★ 7.8/10Also crime and mysterySherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
★ 6.8/10Also mysteryWhen a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
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Lady in the Lake (1946)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and crimePrivate eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to…
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
★ 8.2/10Also mystery and crimeAn ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a…
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Evil Under the Sun (1982)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and mysteryAn opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.
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The Scarlet Claw (1944)
★ 7/10Also mystery and crimeWhen a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.