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Movies Like Lonely Heart

If you liked Lonely Heart (1981), a crime and drama movie directed by Kon Ichikawa, 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. 1Righteous Kill

    Righteous Kill (2008)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and mystery

    Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the…

  2. 2Marlowe

    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…

  3. 3Striking Distance

    Striking Distance (1993)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and mystery

    Demoted Pittsburgh cop Tom Hardy works river patrol while a serial killer targets women from his past, forcing him to conduct an unauthorized investigation to prove his innocence and expose a dirty cop.

  4. 4The 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.

  5. 5Murder in Three Acts

    Murder in Three Acts (1986)

    ★ 6/10Also crime and drama

    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.

  6. 6Thirteen 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…

  7. 7McQ

    McQ (1974)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime and drama

    Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.

  8. 8Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

    Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and crime

    When Jesse Stone looks into the murder of a teen-age girl whose body is found floating in a local lake, it brings him up against the Boston mob and into the affluent world of a bestselling writer who exploits troubled…

  9. 9The Organization

    The Organization (1971)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and mystery

    After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for…

  10. 10A Fugitive from the Past

    A Fugitive from the Past (1965)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama

    Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest.

  11. 11The International

    The International (2009)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and mystery

    An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their…

  12. 12Dead 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.

  13. 13They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

    They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and crime

    A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.

  14. 14Miss 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?

  15. 15Crooked House

    Crooked House (2017)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery and crime

    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.

  16. 16Farewell, My Lovely

    Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and mystery

    Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled…

  17. 17The Interview

    The Interview (1998)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime and mystery

    A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted?

  18. 18Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost

    Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and crime

    Jesse investigates the suspicious death of a young friend while the police force deals with the arrogant new police chief who is the son-in-law of a town councilman.

  19. 19The Naked City

    The Naked City (1948)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama

    After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

  20. 20Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

    Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)

    ★ 6.7/10Also mystery and drama

    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.

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