Movies Like See China and Die
If you liked See China and Die (1981), a horror and drama movie directed by Larry Cohen, 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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Desert Dawn (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and tv movieA newly appointed small-town sheriff and his begrudging deputy get tangled up in a web of lies and corruption involving shady businessmen and the cartel while investigating the murder of a mysterious woman.
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The Night Stalker (1972)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and thrillerWisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into…
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Kept Woman (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and tv movieJessica and her fiancé Evan have just moved from the city into their dream home on a quiet suburban street. Soon after, Jessica catches her seemingly friendly new neighbor, Simon, in a strange lie and can't let her…
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Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and thrillerWhen Jesse Stone looks into the murder of a teen-age girl whose body is found floating in a local lake, it brings him up against the Boston mob and into the affluent world of a bestselling writer who exploits troubled…
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They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and thrillerA police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.
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Hello (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thrillerAn emotionally unavailable flight attendant meets a potential love interest and later finds out that her "perfect guy" has ulterior motives. As the clock ticks down on New Year's Eve, she must fight to keep her…
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Dead Man's Folly (1986)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and tv movieDuring a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
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Infidelity in Suburbia (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and tv movieWith her husband away at work, and her son at school, Laura dreams of a home-renovation project to supplant her restless days. Elliott, her irresistibly hot private contractor, soon fulfills her more forbidden dreams.
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A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and tv movieA librarian with a sharp mind for murder, Aurora Teagarden is known around her small town as a master sleuth. When her friend Jane unexpectedly dies and leaves Aurora everything in her will, she also leaves a troubling…
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Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and thrillerJesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues and hidden meanings as he attempts to solve a…
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Past Malice: An Emma Fielding Mystery (2018)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and tv movieArchaeologist Emma Fielding is hired to consult on the acquisition of a castle-like estate that local legend states is cursed. But she finds herself in the middle of a murder case after discovering the body of the…
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Bad Sister (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and tv movieAs a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed the "good' nun is an imposter with a…
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Hierarchy (2025)
★ 6/10Also thriller and tv movieIn an undisclosed area of Texas after two adoptive brothers become entangled in criminal activity, forced to evade law enforcement and the greedy Russian mafia.
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Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and tv movieIn the small resort town of Lighthouse Cove, everyone knows that the best man for the job is a woman. And that woman is Shannon Hughes, owner of a construction company and an expert in Victorian home restoration and…
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Blackwater Lane (2024)
★ 6/10Also thriller and dramaAn American school teacher in England drives past an abandoned car late one night, unaware that the driver was the victim of a murder. As she comes to terms with the realization, seemingly supernatural events start to…
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Stone Cold (2005)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and thrillerJesse Stone is a former L.A. homicide detective who left behind the big city and an ex-wife to become the police chief of the quiet New England fishing town of Paradise. Stone's old habits die hard as he continues to…
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Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and tv moviePolice Chief Jesse Stone now presides over the quiet, seaside village of Paradise, Massachusetts. When the facts don't add up in a brutal Boston-area murder case, Jesse opens an investigation filled with surprises…
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Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder (2022)
★ 7/10Also tv movie and dramaA murder investigation is reignited in a house that is considered haunted by the Lawrenceton locals and where years ago Aurora and Sally, as teenagers, discovered a body.
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A Sister's Secret (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and thrillerTwin sisters secretly swap places on their thirtieth birthday. The harmless prank becomes a nightmare when one of them is murdered.
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Riddled with Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and tv movieFormer detective Jeff Jackson teams up with Dr. Zee Madieras to track down their friend's missing emerald brooch, a thief, and also... a murderer.