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Movies Like The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...

If you liked The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... (1996), a crime and tv movie movie directed by Jeannot Szwarc, 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. 1Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

    Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)

    ★ 6.7/10Also mystery and crime

    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.

  2. 2The Night Strangler

    The Night Strangler (1973)

    ★ 6.7/10Also tv movie and mystery

    After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he’s on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every…

  3. 3Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

    Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1992)

    ★ 6.9/10Also mystery and crime

    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.

  4. 4Dead Man's Folly

    Dead Man's Folly (1986)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime and mystery

    During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.

  5. 5Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

    Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington (1987)

    ★ 7.5/10Also crime and mystery

    Travelling on the 4.50 from Paddington, Mrs McGillicuddy witnesses a murder on a passing train - but where is the body?

  6. 6Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and Be Buried

    Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and Be Buried (2017)

    ★ 7.1/10Also mystery and tv movie

    Henry and Maggie attend the birthday party of a local publisher, where his son and stepson reenact a historical 18th century dual. Someone, however, has loaded the antique pistol with a real musket ball, so when son…

  7. 7Murder in Three Acts

    Murder in Three Acts (1986)

    ★ 6/10Also crime and mystery

    In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.

  8. 8The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery and crime

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

  9. 9Thirteen at Dinner

    Thirteen at Dinner (1985)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and 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…

  10. 10Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly

    Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly (2020)

    ★ 7.3/10Also mystery and crime

    Aurora's high school reunion turns deadly when a body is found in the hotel pool. Aurora and her Real Murders Club help investigate which classmate was most likely to kill.

  11. 11Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

    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…

  12. 12Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con

    Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con (2021)

    ★ 7.2/10Also mystery and crime

    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.

  13. 13Riddled with Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery

    Riddled with Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)

    ★ 7.4/10Also mystery and crime

    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.

  14. 14A Shot in the Dark

    A Shot in the Dark (1964)

    ★ 7.2/10Also mystery and crime

    Inspector 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…

  15. 15Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder

    Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder (2019)

    ★ 7.5/10Also tv movie and mystery

    When an old friend of New York Sentinel Crosswords editor Tess Harper is found murdered on the very day her puzzle includes his proposal of marriage, Tess unofficially teams up with Detective Logan O’Connor to find the…

  16. 16Hailey Dean Mysteries: Dating Is Murder

    Hailey Dean Mysteries: Dating Is Murder (2017)

    ★ 7.1/10Also mystery and crime

    Attorney turned therapist Hailey Dean is pulled into another investigation when a popular new dating app links multiple missing persons cases from around the city. Reuniting with her old team, Hailey discovers the…

  17. 17Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

    Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2015)

    ★ 6.8/10Also mystery and tv movie

    Aurora finds a member of her crime buff group, the Real Murders Club, killed in a manner that eerily resembles the crime the club was about to discuss. As other brutal "copycat" killings follow, Aurora will have to…

  18. 18A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

    A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2015)

    ★ 6.9/10Also mystery and crime

    A librarian with a sharp mind for murder, Aurora Teagarden is known around her small town as a master sleuth. When her friend Jane unexpectedly dies and leaves Aurora everything in her will, she also leaves a troubling…

  19. 19Marlowe

    Marlowe (1969)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and mystery

    Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly of the city, turning up leads who are…

  20. 20Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek

    Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek (2020)

    ★ 7.4/10Also mystery and tv movie

    When a priceless crown is stolen during a benefit gala held by the Lawrenceton library, Aurora and the Real Murders Club must investigate who would kill to get their hands on it.

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