Movies Like The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

If you liked The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (1999), a mystery movie directed by Anthony Pullen Shaw, 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
Spartan (2004)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery
U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing…
2
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
★ 7.3/10Also mystery
When bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he has kidnapped, must work together to outwit those responsible until he determines who he can really trust.
3
The Limits of Control (2009)
★ 6/10Also mystery
A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a journey that not only takes him…
4
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery
Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers…
5
The Night Stalker (1972)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery
Wisecracking 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…
6
Absolution (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery
An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and reconnect with his estranged children…
7
The Infernal Machine (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery
Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his…
8
Murder at the Embassy (2025)
★ 6/10Also mystery
Private detective Miranda Green investigates a murder perpetrated in the British Embassy in Cairo, where a top secret document was stolen, risking to jeopardize both Buckingham Palace and the peace of the world.
9
Cleaner (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery
Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may…
10
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
11
Arabesque (1966)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery
When a plot against a prominent Middle Eastern politician is uncovered, David Pollock, a professor of ancient hieroglyphics at Oxford University, is recruited to help expose the scheme. Pollock must find information…
12
The Ritual Killer (2023)
★ 5.8/10Also mystery
Unable to process the death of his daughter, Detective Boyd embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles, an…
13
The Lady Vanishes (1979)
★ 6/10Also mystery
On the eve of World War II, zany heiress Amanda Kelly travels by train to Switzerland. While passing through Germany, she meets a sweet elderly lady, who suddenly vanishes. Distraught, she questions her fellow…
14
Awake (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery
While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make…
15
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery
A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.
16
Winter's Tale (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery
A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
17
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery
A young woman with psychokinetic powers breaks out of a Louisiana asylum and makes her way to New Orleans, where she falls into the city’s netherworld of misfits and miscreants.
18
Stowaway (2022)
★ 6/10Also mystery
A tenacious party girl fights to survive after three thieves commandeer her luxury yacht. Unable to escape and trapped on the yacht at high seas, the prey becomes the hunter as she turns the tables on the intruders and…
19
Flowers in the Attic (1987)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery
After the death of her husband, a mother takes her kids off to live with their grandparents in a huge, decrepit old mansion. However, the kids are kept hidden in a room just below the attic, visited only by their…
20
Ca$h (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery
A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a…