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Movies Like City in Darkness

If you liked City in Darkness (1939), a crime and thriller movie directed by Herbert I. Leeds, 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. 1Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

    Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)

    ★ 6.5/10Also mystery and thriller

    In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.

  2. 2Murder 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.

  3. 3So Long at the Fair

    So Long at the Fair (1950)

    ★ 6.9/10Also mystery and thriller

    Vicky Barton and her brother Johnny travel from Naples to visit the 1889 Paris Exhibition. They both sleep in seperate rooms in their hotel. When the she gets up in the morning she finds her brother and his room have…

  4. 4Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

    ★ 6.7/10Also mystery and crime

    Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

  5. 5The Man Who Knew Too Much

    The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller and mystery

    An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.

  6. 6Evil Under the Sun

    Evil Under the Sun (1982)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller and crime

    An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.

  7. 7The Pink Panther

    The Pink Panther (2006)

    ★ 5.9/10Also mystery and crime

    When the coach of the France football team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium at the end of a game, and his huge, expensive ring with the Pink Panther diamond disappears, the ambitious Chief Inspector Dreyfus…

  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. 9Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

    ★ 7.1/10Also thriller and mystery

    In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

  10. 10To Catch a Thief

    To Catch a Thief (1955)

    ★ 7.3/10Also mystery and thriller

    When a string of jewel robberies hits the French Riviera, suspicion falls on retired thief John “The Cat” Robie. To clear his name, he sets out to trap the copycat himself—entangling a wealthy widow and her beguiling…

  11. 11It's a Wonderful World

    It's a Wonderful World (1939)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and mystery

    Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year…

  12. 12Maniac

    Maniac (1963)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and mystery

    When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

  13. 13Foreign Correspondent

    Foreign Correspondent (1940)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller and mystery

    American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a…

  14. 14Black Angel

    Black Angel (1946)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery and crime

    A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.

  15. 15Pushover

    Pushover (1954)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and thriller

    A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.

  16. 16The Lady Vanishes

    The Lady Vanishes (1938)

    ★ 7.4/10Also mystery and thriller

    On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of…

  17. 17The Maltese Falcon

    The Maltese Falcon (1941)

    ★ 7.7/10Also mystery and crime

    A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

  18. 18The Night Strangler

    The Night Strangler (1973)

    ★ 6.7/10Also mystery and crime

    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…

  19. 19Clue

    Clue (1985)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime and mystery

    Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and…

  20. 20Lady 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…

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