Movies Like Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress

If you liked Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress (1949), a mystery movie directed by Godfrey Grayson, 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
Crooked House (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery
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
The Woman in Black (1989)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery
A lawyer travels to a small seaside town to settle the estate of a recently deceased woman, but soon becomes ensnared in something much more sinister.
3
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery
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
Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery
In the small resort town of Lighthouse Cove, everyone knows that the best man for the job is a woman. And that woman is Shannon Hughes, owner of a construction company and an expert in Victorian home restoration and…
5
Knives Out (2019)
★ 7.8/10Also mystery
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's…
6
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery
Nancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set…
7
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…
8
Brahms: The Boy II (2020)
★ 5.8/10Also mystery
After a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son soon makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms.
9
Annabelle Hooper and the Ghosts of Nantucket (2016)
★ 6/10Also mystery
Vacationing on historic Nantucket Island, a teenage mystery writer and her friends must outwit two scheming thieves to solve the secret behind a legendary ghost story.
10
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder (2022)
★ 7/10Also 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.
11
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.
12
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1992)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery
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.
13
The Black Book (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery
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.
14
The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also mystery
West Point, New York, 1830. When a cadet at the burgeoning military academy is found hanged with his heart cut out, the top brass summons former New York City constable Augustus Landor to investigate. While attempting…
15
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
★ 7.5/10Also mystery
In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle…
16
A Haunting in Venice (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery
Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is…
17
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.
18
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
★ 6.8/10Also mystery
Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy…
19
The Late Show (1977)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery
An over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who was involved in a case concerning a murdered broad, stolen stamps, a nickel-plated handgun, a cheating dolly, and…
20
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery
When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack…