Movies Like Impossibility Defense

If you liked Impossibility Defense (2018), a mystery and thriller movie directed by Koji Shiraishi, 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
Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes (2000)
★ 7.4/10Also crime and mystery
Police officers around Tokyo are being murdered by an unknown assailant. When Ran witnesses an attempt on the life of one of her friends in the police, she loses her memory. Now, Conan and Inspector Megure must find…
2
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target (1998)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and mystery
Ran’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…
3
Suspect X (2008)
★ 7.6/10Also crime and mystery
A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she…
4
Retribution (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and mystery
A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since the crimes are in the same vicinity, by the same method. However, as evidence points towards the detective, a ghost in…
5
Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and crime
As 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…
6
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.
7
Laplace's Witch (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and crime
An environmental analyst is asked by the police to determine if two deaths by hydrogen sulfide poisoning are an accident - or a murder. But when he meets a young woman at both sites, a scientific mystery begins.
8
Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and mystery
Shibuya, 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…
9
Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also mystery and crime
On 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…
10
Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper (1997)
★ 7.4/10Also crime and mystery
Once 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…
11
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.
12
The Crimes That Bind (2018)
★ 7.3/10Also mystery and thriller
Michiko Oshitani, who lived in Shiga Prefecture, is found dead at an apartment in Tokyo. She was strangled to death. Mutsuo Koshikawa is the owner of the apartment and he goes missing. Detectives including Yuhei…
13
Character (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller and mystery
A kind man aspires to become a manga writer, but villains and evil deeds do not come easily to him, for he has little experience or natural inclination for them. Things take a surprise turn when he comes across a…
14
Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and mystery
A message has arrived from Kid the Phantom Thief, that he will steal a Japanese sword belonging to wealthy Onoe Family in Hakodate, Hokkaido. Conan and Heiji Hattori, who happened to be in Hakodate, are on the case to…
15
City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and mystery
When gorgeous model Ai Shindo finds herself stalked by mysterious men, she comes to Ryo and his crew for protection. While he tries to hunt down the potential assassins (and maybe score a little nookie in the process)…
16
Case Closed: The Crimson Love Letter (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and mystery
Bombing case at Nichiuri TV in autumn. The Satsuki Cup, which crowns the winner of Japan's Hyakunin Isshu, is currently being filmed inside the facility. The incident results in a big commotion and, while the building…
17
Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky (2010)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and mystery
A terrorist group invades a laboratory containing a deadly bacteria and destroys the lab with an explosion. They later announce via the internet they have gained possession of the bacteria and declare themselves to be…
18
Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence (2011)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and mystery
The 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…
19
Suzuki=Bakudan (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller and mystery
An unemployed man named Suzuki is taken in by police after breaking a booze vending machine. When he predicts the explosions of two bombs and claims there are more, the police start to investigate him as a terrorist…
20
The Castle of Sand (1974)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and mystery
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.