Movies Like Murder at 3am

If you liked Murder at 3am (1953), a thriller and mystery movie directed by Francis Searle, 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
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thriller
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
2
Laura (1944)
★ 7.6/10Also mystery
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
3
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller and mystery
In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle…
4
The Naked City (1948)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and thriller
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
5
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)
★ 7.8/10Also mystery and thriller
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.
6
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
★ 7/10Also thriller
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
7
Strangers on a Train (1951)
★ 7.7/10Also thriller
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.
8
Murder in Three Acts (1986)
★ 6/10Also mystery
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.
9
Fallen Angel (1945)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman…
10
The Dark Mirror (1946)
★ 7/10Also thriller and mystery
A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.
11
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
★ 7.7/10Also mystery and thriller
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
12
Lady in the Lake (1946)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thriller
Private 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…
13
The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.
14
Sapphire (1959)
★ 7/10Also mystery and thriller
Two 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…
15
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller 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.
16
The Interview (1998)
★ 6.8/10Also mystery
A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted?
17
Dial M for Murder (1954)
★ 8/10Also thriller
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
18
The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10Also thriller
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
19
The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.
20
The Blue Lamp (1950)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also…