Movies Like Genius Detective Mitarai: Abstruse Case File
If you liked Genius Detective Mitarai: Abstruse Case File (2015), a mystery movie directed by Yoshinori Kobayashi, 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.
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Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also mysteryFifteen years ago in a barren stretch of the Pacific, a cruise ship collided with an iceberg and was lost at sea. More than a decade later, Hideto Yashiro—a ship engineer—died in a fatal car accident. The unlikely…
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Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (2015)
★ 6.2/10Also mysteryConan tries to track down Kaito Kid, who supposedly steals a replica of one of Van Gogh's Sunflowers paintings during an auction.
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Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (2003)
★ 7.1/10Also mysteryMouri Kogoro is called to a special case in the ancient capital of Kyoto. There, Conan meets Heiji and they team up once again to solve the case, recover the stolen Healing Buddha statue, and even discover the identity…
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The Kid Detective (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also mysteryA once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered…
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Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky (2004)
★ 7.1/10Also mysteryOnce again, Kaitou Kid crosses swords with Conan Edogawa in this annual installment of the Detective Conan movie franchise. After receiving a letter from the thief, famous actress Juri Maki seeks the help of private…
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Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target (1998)
★ 7.2/10Also mysteryRan’s secret past revealed! Ten years ago, something happened between her mom and dad. Now, plagued by nightmares, Ran is starting to remember… Meanwhile, a murderous card dealer breaks out of jail to seek revenge. His…
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Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper (1997)
★ 7.4/10Also mysteryOnce brilliant teenage detective Shinichi Kudo was given a poison that reverted him to a 4-year-old. He's adopted the pseudonym Conan Edogawa so no one (save for an eccentric inventor) will know. Now he's got to solve…
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Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser (2009)
★ 7.3/10Also mysteryA new member from the Black Organization that shrunk Shinichi's body manages to find out about Shinichi's transformation into Conan. This discovery starts to put those around him in danger as Gin and the other Black…
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The Night Stalker (1972)
★ 6.9/10Also mysteryWisecracking 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…
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Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also mysteryOn a dark night, the Japanese police is raided by a spy. Different countries' intelligence agencies - such as England's MI6, Germany's BDN, and America's CIA - as well as the FBI's secret files are going to be taken…
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Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also mysteryA rash of sniper attacks leaves the streets of Tokyo empty and the public terrified to go outside. It’s up to Conan and his friends to find the culprit, but the case goes deeper than it seems. Military cover-ups…
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Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006)
★ 7.2/10Also mysterySynopsis Kogoro and Conan came to Yokohama according to a request from a mysterious man. But that was a trap of this man. Ran and the Detective Boys will be taken as hostages. If they don't solve the request of the man…
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Confessions (2010)
★ 7.6/10Also mysteryDevastated at the death of her four-year-old daughter, a grieving middle school teacher is horrified to discover that her students aren't as innocent as she thinks.
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Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also mysteryWhile visiting Hachijo-jima, Conan sneaks aboard a security boat heading to the Pacific Buoy, an off-shore facility constructed near the coasts built to connect surveillance cameras used by police forces around the…
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Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1992)
★ 6.9/10Also mysteryAt 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.
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Stray Dog (1949)
★ 7.6/10Also mysteryA bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose…
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Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)
★ 6.7/10Also mysteryFaced 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.
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Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also mysteryAs police inspector Yamato Kansuke pursues a certain man in the snowy mountains of Nagano, a shadow suddenly appears in his field of vision. While he's distracted, a rifle bullet fired by someone grazes his left eye…
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Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence (2011)
★ 7.1/10Also mysteryThe explosion of a new Tokyo Subway line leads Conan and his friends in a snow-clad village. Here, after eight years, the little detective sheds light on the dynamics behind the shocking event that caused the death of…
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Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also mysteryShibuya, Tokyo, is bustling with the Halloween season. A wedding is being held at Shibuya Hikarie, where Detective Miwako Sato of the Metropolitan Police Department is dressed in a wedding dress. While Conan and the…