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Movies Like The Mystery of the Five Stars

If you liked The Mystery of the Five Stars, a romance and mystery movie directed by Vera Egito, 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. 1Crooked House

    Crooked House (2017)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thriller

    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.

  2. 2Stowaway

    Stowaway (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also mystery and thriller

    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…

  3. 3The Number 23

    The Number 23 (2007)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and mystery

    Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.

  4. 4The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thriller

    Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

  5. 5Death on the Nile

    Death on the Nile (2022)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thriller

    Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.

  6. 6Night Train to Lisbon

    Night Train to Lisbon (2013)

    ★ 6.5/10Also mystery and romance

    Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for…

  7. 7Wild at Heart

    Wild at Heart (1990)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller and romance

    Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon short.

  8. 8Lady in the Lake

    Lady in the Lake (1946)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thriller

    Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to…

  9. 9The Black Book

    The Black Book (2023)

    ★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thriller

    After his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him.

  10. 10All the Devils Are Here

    All the Devils Are Here (2025)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thriller

    After a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.

  11. 11Murder at the Embassy

    Murder at the Embassy (2025)

    ★ 6/10Also mystery and thriller

    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.

  12. 12The Woman in Cabin 10

    The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thriller

    On a lavish yacht for an assignment, a journalist sees a passenger go overboard. But when no one believes her, she risks her life to uncover the truth.

  13. 13The Seven-Ups

    The Seven-Ups (1973)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery

    A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.

  14. 14Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

    Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

    ★ 6.9/10Also mystery and thriller

    During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from a long list of suspects…

  15. 15Cleaner

    Cleaner (2007)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and 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…

  16. 16Presumed Innocent

    Presumed Innocent (1990)

    ★ 6.8/10Also mystery and thriller

    Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.

  17. 17The 9th Life of Louis Drax

    The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thriller

    A psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of fantasy and reality.

  18. 18L.A. Confidential

    L.A. Confidential (1997)

    ★ 7.8/10Also mystery and thriller

    Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.

  19. 19The Glass Key

    The Glass Key (1942)

    ★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thriller

    A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

  20. 20Drop

    Drop (2025)

    ★ 6.3/10Also mystery and thriller

    Violet, a widowed mother on her first date in years, arrives at an upscale restaurant where she is relieved that her date, Henry, is more charming and handsome than she expected. But their chemistry begins to curdle as…

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