Movies Like Jokyōshi 'izu noodoriko' satsujin jiken

If you liked Jokyōshi 'izu noodoriko' satsujin jiken (1986), a movie directed by Kōyū Ohara, 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
Confessions (2010)
★ 7.6/10
Devastated at the death of her four-year-old daughter, a grieving middle school teacher is horrified to discover that her students aren't as innocent as she thinks.
2
Suspect X (2008)
★ 7.6/10
A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she…
3
The United States of Leland (2003)
★ 6.5/10
A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl…
4
Maborosi (1995)
★ 7.5/10
A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.
5
Another (2012)
★ 5.9/10
After a chain of deaths at a junior high school, new transfer student Koichi Sakakibara turns to a mysterious girl who holds the key to the dark mystery.
6
Rage (2016)
★ 6.9/10
A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their blood. The killer undergoes plastic surgery and flees. At three different locations in Japan, a male stranger appears…
7
Midsummer's Equation (2013)
★ 7/10
Masaharu Fukuyama reprises his role from 2008's "Suspect X," playing the physicist-cum-detective Manabu Yukawa. The scientist-sleuth arrives in an oceanside town to speak on a panel. But when a man turns up dead…
8
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
★ 7.5/10
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
9
Sonatine (1993)
★ 7.5/10
Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the…
10
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
★ 8.2/10
An 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…
11
The Crimes That Bind (2018)
★ 7.3/10
Michiko Oshitani, who lived in Shiga Prefecture, is found dead at an apartment in Tokyo. She was strangled to death. Mutsuo Koshikawa is the owner of the apartment and he goes missing. Detectives including Yuhei…
12
The Castle of Sand (1974)
★ 7.3/10
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
13
Case Closed: The Crimson Love Letter (2017)
★ 6.5/10
Bombing case at Nichiuri TV in autumn. The Satsuki Cup, which crowns the winner of Japan's Hyakunin Isshu, is currently being filmed inside the facility. The incident results in a big commotion and, while the building…
14
Swing Girls (2004)
★ 8/10
A group of delinquent high school girls form a band when they accidentally poison their school's brass band and have to replace them.
15
Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
★ 5.9/10
At Oceanfront High School, female students are being targeted by an unknown serial killer. Meanwhile, a married teacher hides his flings with nubile students, and an awkward male is frustrated by the plethora of…
16
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
★ 6.9/10
An 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.
17
Empire of Passion (1978)
★ 6.8/10
A married woman and her lover murder her husband and dump his body into a well, but his ghost returns to haunt them as the local gossip intensifies.
18
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
★ 6.4/10
Charley Partanna is a hitman who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime families in the US. When he sees Irene Walker, it's love at first sight. But he soon finds that she, too, is a killer for hire. Charley…
19
The Third Murder (2017)
★ 6.6/10
A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.
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Masquerade Hotel (2019)
★ 6.7/10
A serial (3) killer leaves a GPS code of his next target with each victim - this time Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. A detective goes undercover as hotel staff - haircut, manners etc.