Movies Like Birth of Babylon

If you liked Birth of Babylon (1999), a movie directed by Alex Monty Canawati, 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)
★ 6.1/10
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
2
The Naked City (1948)
★ 7.2/10
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
3
Righteous Kill (2008)
★ 5.9/10
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the…
4
Murder at the Embassy (2025)
★ 6/10
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.
5
Cult Killer (2024)
★ 6.4/10
A private investigator is forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor, who is implicated in the crimes.
6
Striking Distance (1993)
★ 5.9/10
Demoted Pittsburgh cop Tom Hardy works river patrol while a serial killer targets women from his past, forcing him to conduct an unauthorized investigation to prove his innocence and expose a dirty cop.
7
The Crash (2026)
★ 6.8/10
A teen slams her car into a building, killing her boyfriend and his friend. What seems like a tragic accident becomes a murder case.
8
Deathtrap (1982)
★ 6.7/10
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
9
A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
★ 6.3/10
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
10
Vendetta (2022)
★ 6.1/10
When his daughter is murdered, William Duncan takes the law into his own hands, setting out on a quest for retribution. After killing the street thug responsible for her death, he finds himself in the middle of a war…
11
Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10
When 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.
12
Reasonable Doubt (2014)
★ 5.8/10
When up-and-coming District Attorney Mitch Brockden commits a fatal hit-and-run, he feels compelled to throw the case against the accused criminal who was found with the body and blamed for the crime. Following the…
13
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
★ 6.7/10
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled…
14
Skincare (2024)
★ 5.9/10
Famed aesthetician Hope Goldman is about to take her career to the next level by launching her very own skin care line. However, she soon faces a new challenge when a rival opens a boutique directly across from her…
15
Crooked House (2017)
★ 6.4/10
A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.
16
In a Lonely Place (1950)
★ 7.6/10
A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.
17
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10
Upon 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…
18
Wanted Man (2024)
★ 6.5/10
Follows a police officer who must retrieve an eyewitness and escort her after a cartel shooting leaves several DEA agents dead, but then he must decide who to trust when they discover that the attack was executed by…
19
Hollywoodland (2006)
★ 6.1/10
When Hollywood superstar George Reeves dies in his home, private detective Louis Simo is hired to investigate his death and gets caught in a web of lies involving a big studio executive's wife. Based on a true story.
20
Twin Peaks (1989)
★ 8.5/10
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for the European VHS market and has an…