Movies Like Calling Paul Temple

If you liked Calling Paul Temple (1948), a mystery and crime movie directed by Maclean Rogers, 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
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.
2
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
Riddled with Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery and crime
Former detective Jeff Jackson teams up with Dr. Zee Madieras to track down their friend's missing emerald brooch, a thief, and also... a murderer.
4
Poker Night (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
When a new detective is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in a basement, he must use the knowledge he learned from some of the best detectives at Poker Night, then match wits against his captor.
5
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and mystery
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while…
6
The Seven-Ups (1973)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and mystery
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
7
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and crime
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.
8
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home (2020)
★ 7/10Also crime
After Santa Barbara Police Chief Carlton Lassiter is ambushed and left for dead, Shawn and Gus return to help him and find themselves embroiled in a case involving the personal, the professional – and even the…
9
Zero Effect (1998)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery and crime
Daryl Zero is a private investigator and—along with his assistant, Steve Arlo—he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Although Daryl's a master investigator, he doesn't know what to do with himself when he's not…
10
Overdrive (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery
Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
11
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
★ 7/10Also crime
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
12
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1992)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and crime
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 Thursday Murder Club (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery and crime
A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper.
14
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also mystery and crime
Aurora's high school reunion turns deadly when a body is found in the hotel pool. Aurora and her Real Murders Club help investigate which classmate was most likely to kill.
15
The Limits of Control (2009)
★ 6/10Also crime and mystery
A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a journey that not only takes him…
16
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also mystery and crime
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…
17
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and mystery
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.
18
The Vanishing (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery
The boyfriend of an abducted woman never gives up the search as the abductor looks on.
19
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and mystery
Monk steps out of retirement as his stepdaughter's wedding turns tragic when her fiancé dies in a bungee jumping accident.
20
Cry of the City (1948)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check…