Movies Like The King Murder
If you liked The King Murder (1932), a mystery movie directed by Richard Thorpe, 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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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
★ 6.6/10Also mysteryLost Caverns Resort Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips gives an empty threat to one attorney Amos Strickland, and is shortly fired. When Freddie visits his guest's suite to apologize, he finds Strickland dead of a gunshot…
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Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also mysteryWhen a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
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Murder Most Foul (1964)
★ 7.1/10Also 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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Murder at the Gallop (1963)
★ 7.1/10Also mysteryMiss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again…
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Hailey Dean Mysteries: Murder, With Love (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also mysteryFormer prosecutor-turned-therapist Hailey Dean is a powerhouse, Mensa bright, and acutely observant. During a tragic week, one of her patients loses her parents to separate fatal accidents along with millions of…
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Song of the Thin Man (1947)
★ 6.7/10Also mysteryWhile attending a glamorous jazz cruise on New York’s East River, Nick and Nora Charles witness the fatal shooting of a wealthy patron. When suspicion falls on a young bandleader and his musicians, the couple steps in…
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Clue (1985)
★ 7.2/10Also mysteryClue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and…
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The Cheap Detective (1978)
★ 6.4/10Also mysteryA spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wife.
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Murder She Said (1961)
★ 7.3/10Also mysteryMiss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.
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Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
★ 7.5/10Also mysteryIn 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…
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The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also mysteryJane 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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The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also mysteryUpon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while…
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The Glass Key (1942)
★ 6.7/10Also mysteryA crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
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A Shot in the Dark (1964)
★ 7.2/10Also mysteryInspector 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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Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game (2018)
★ 7/10Also mysteryCrime-solving librarian Aurora Teagarden leaps headfirst into Lawrenceton’s latest murder investigation when her nephew Phillip and his college roommate go missing after the roommate’s girlfriend is found dead…
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Children of the Damned (1964)
★ 6.1/10Also mysterySix children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to each other.
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Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
★ 7/10Also mysteryWhile attending a major horse race with their young son, Nick Jr., Nick and Nora Charles witnesse a shocking murder from the crowded grandstand. What first appears to be an isolated killing soon leads to a maze of…
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Deathtrap (1982)
★ 6.7/10Also mysteryA Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
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The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
★ 6.8/10Also mysteryThe famous Pink Panther jewel has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to catch the thief. The Inspector is convinced that 'The Phantom' has returned and utilises all of his resources – himself…
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Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2003)
★ 7.1/10Also mysteryThe Yowie Yahoo starts kidnapping musicians at a concert attended by Scooby and the gang in Vampire Rock, Australia.