Movies Like Return the Gift

If you liked Return the Gift (2026), a tv movie and mystery movie directed by Kouichirou Ohyama, 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
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder (2022)
★ 7/10Also tv movie and mystery
A 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.
2
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and tv movie
While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer planning yet another killing.
3
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and tv movie
Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.
4
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992)
★ 7.4/10Also tv movie
A town busybody is poisoned at a busy reception in the home of famous film star Marina Gregg. The poisoned drink seemed intended for Marina, but Miss Marple is not so sure. She sets out to discover the true identity of…
5
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1992)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and tv movie
At the insistence of Ruth Van Rydock, an old schoolfriend who is convinced that there is something wrong, Miss Marple agrees to visit 'Stonygates', the country house of Ruth's sister.
6
The Wings of the Kirin (2012)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery and tv movie
A man's body is found under the statue of a winged kirin in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo. A suspect named Yashima has a car accident and falls unconscious while he is attempting to run away. Yashima's lover Kaori comes…
7
Dead Man's Folly (1986)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and tv movie
During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
8
Curious Caterer: Dying for Chocolate (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also tv movie and mystery
Goldy is a spirited single mom who’s thrust into the role of town sleuth to help solve a friend’s mysterious death. With the clock ticking to find the culprit, Goldy strikes up an unlikely partnership with Detective…
9
Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also tv movie and mystery
Abby Knight, ex-lawyer and crime buff, and the owner of Bloomers Flower Shop, is having a week to be reckoned with. A reluctant bridesmaid at her drama queen cousin’s wedding, Abby ends up not just doing the…
10
Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also tv movie and mystery
When Jennifer makes a home delivery for a customer, she finds the recipient has been murdered. She soon realizes that the victim's cold-blooded demise is a re-enactment of a murder in a classic mystery novel.
11
A Wrinkle in Time (2003)
★ 6.3/10Also tv movie
Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and three interesting women in the search for their father who disappeared during a government experiment. Their travels take them around the universe to a place unlike any…
12
Riddled with Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery and tv movie
Former detective Jeff Jackson teams up with Dr. Zee Madieras to track down their friend's missing emerald brooch, a thief, and also... a murderer.
13
Crossword Mysteries: Terminal Descent (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also tv movie and mystery
After volunteering to participate in a crossword solving competition with a new supercomputer, crossword puzzle editor Tess Harper finds herself swept into the investigation of the bizarre murder of a tech CEO
14
Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery (2015)
★ 7/10Also tv movie and mystery
Based on the New York Times bestselling book, Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke, the film will take viewers on a mouthwatering mystery that centers on Hannah Swensen, shop owner of the Cookie Jar where much…
15
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and tv movie
When Aida Teagarden's real estate client is found murdered, her sleuthing daughter Aurora sets out with her fiancé Nick and the Real Murders Club to solve the murder.
16
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
★ 7.3/10Also mystery and tv movie
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
17
Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery
Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound…
18
Possession (2002)
★ 6/10Also mystery
Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in London to study Randolph Henry Ash, now best-known for a collection of…
19
Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2017)
★ 7/10Also mystery and tv movie
Librarian and real crime buff Aurora “Roe” Teagarden never liked Detective Sergeant Jack Burns, but she also never wanted to see him dead. When his body is found outside of Aurora’s home, she then becomes the main…
20
Psych: The Movie (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and tv movie
The ambitious friends come together during the holidays after a mystery assailant targets one of their own. A comedic thrill-ride follows, as the wild and unpredictable Psych team pursues the bad guys, justice … and…