Movies Like Night Is the Time for Killing

If you liked Night Is the Time for Killing (1975), a mystery and horror movie directed by John Cooper, 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: 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.
2
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington (1987)
★ 7.5/10Also mystery and tv movie
Travelling on the 4.50 from Paddington, Mrs McGillicuddy witnesses a murder on a passing train - but where is the body?
3
The Night Stalker (1972)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and horror
Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into…
4
The Woman in Black (1989)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and 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.
5
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…
6
The Night Strangler (1973)
★ 6.7/10Also tv movie and horror
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…
7
The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery and tv movie
When teacher Randall Thomasson is killed during a carjacking, an unexpected visitor shows up at his funeral - his estranged brother, Karl Thomasson. An ex-Green Beret turned mercenary, Karl signs on as a new substitute…
8
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also mystery and tv movie
At a gathering of mystery and true crime fans, Aurora Teagarden’s nephew, Phillip, is accused of murder when an unplanned onstage blackout during the play in which he is performing ends, revealing Phillip holding the…
9
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and mystery
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
10
Body Cam (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and mystery
As a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.
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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.
12
Desert Dawn (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery and tv movie
A newly appointed small-town sheriff and his begrudging deputy get tangled up in a web of lies and corruption involving shady businessmen and the cartel while investigating the murder of a mysterious woman.
13
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.
14
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also tv movie and mystery
Just days before Aurora’s wedding, a body is discovered, and she fears her father may be a suspect. She and Nick race to solve the cold case before they walk down the aisle.
15
Night of the Hunted (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and mystery
When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her…
16
Lady in White (1988)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and horror
Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago.
17
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and tv movie
The corpse of a shabbily dressed young woman has been discovered in the mud flats of the Thames at low tide. Police assume she's a prostitute, but Dr. Watson suspects something more and goes to his old friend Holmes…
18
The Bad Seed (2018)
★ 7/10Also horror and tv movie
A widower suspects that his seemingly perfect adolescent daughter is a heartless killer.
19
Chronicle Mysteries: Vines that Bind (2019)
★ 8.2/10Also tv movie and mystery
The latest edition of Alex McPherson’s true crime podcast leads her and most of the Chronicle staff to nearby Macklin, where they investigate the death of a vintner that was ruled an accident by the local police.
20
Psycho (1960)
★ 8.4/10Also horror and mystery
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.