Movies Like Van der Valk and the Rich

If you liked Van der Valk and the Rich (1973), a crime and tv movie movie directed by Wolfgang Petersen, 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
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.
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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.
3
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.
4
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…
5
Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery and crime
Enola takes on her first official case as a detective, but to solve the mystery of a missing girl, she'll need help from friends — and brother Sherlock.
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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.
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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
The Seven-Ups (1973)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and crime
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.
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Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and tv movie
While Aurora "Roe" Teagarden searches for her piece of the American dream, she decides to test the waters of the family business - real estate sales. Only thing is there's a dead body in the first house she shows. When…
10
Overdrive (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and mystery
Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
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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…
12
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.
13
Thick as Thieves (2009)
★ 6/10Also thriller and crime
A master thief recruits a notorious thief to help him steal two famous Faberge eggs from an impenetrable vault in an effort to pull off one final job and repay his debt to the Russian mob.
14
Enola Holmes 3 (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and mystery
Adventure follows detective Enola Holmes to Malta, where her plans to tie the knot unravel when Sherlock's disappearance plunges her into a perilous case.
15
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.
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The Organization (1971)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery and crime
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…
17
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and tv movie
A matriarch is poisoned during a family wedding reception and Aurora Teagarden vows to get to the bottom of the crime, especially when her mother, a friend of the dead woman, stands to inherit the bulk of the massive…
18
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also mystery and tv movie
Someone begins taunting Aurora Teagarden with cryptic clues left at crime scenes, so the librarian-turned-crime buff attempts to figure out who is behind the creepy “game.” But when the people closest to Aurora become…
19
Foul Play (1978)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery and thriller
A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
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Death on the Nile (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and crime
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.