Movies Like Shadows on the Stairs
If you liked Shadows on the Stairs (1941), a mystery and thriller movie directed by D. Ross Lederman, 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.
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Blitz (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerA tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.
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Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery and thrillerA gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break…
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The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thrillerThe year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of his neighbours, Colonel Scudder, bursts into his rooms one night…
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Layer Cake (2004)
★ 6.9/10Also thrillerWhen a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
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Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thrillerPrivate 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…
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Before and After (1996)
★ 5.9/10Also mysteryTwo parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.
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The Woman in Black (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerThe story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover…
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Peeping Tom (1960)
★ 7.4/10Also thrillerLoner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He…
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The Lodger (1944)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and mysteryIn Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
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Crooked House (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thrillerA private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.
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10 Rillington Place (1971)
★ 7.3/10Also thrillerThe story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.
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Gosford Park (2001)
★ 6.8/10Also mystery and thrillerIn 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
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The Courier (2019)
★ 6/10Also thrillerEzekiel Mannings, a vicious crime boss, is out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier to unknowingly deliver a poison-gas bomb to slay Nick, but after…
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The Postcard Killings (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerAfter suffering a personal tragedy, and desperate for justice, Jacob Kanon, a veteran New York City police detective, embarks on the search for a twisted killer who is leaving a bloody trail of elaborate murders across…
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The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thrillerAdrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who appear on a list, without asking him the reason why he should do so.
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The Mean Season (1985)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thrillerA routine investigation of a shocking murder takes a bizarre twist when the killer contacts the reporter and appoints him his personal spokesman. As the killer's calls and clues increase, the reporter is lured into a…
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Murder at the Embassy (2025)
★ 6/10Also mystery and thrillerPrivate detective Miranda Green investigates a murder perpetrated in the British Embassy in Cairo, where a top secret document was stolen, risking to jeopardize both Buckingham Palace and the peace of the world.
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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller and mysteryLondon. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the…
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See How They Run (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also mysteryIn the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable…
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In Darkness (2018)
★ 6/10Also thriller and mysteryA blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld.