Movies Like Won't Write Home, Mom–I'm Dead
If you liked Won't Write Home, Mom–I'm Dead (1975), a tv movie and drama movie directed by James Ormerod, 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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Seeds of Yesterday (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also tv movie and dramaThe Sheffield family reveal and go through some home truths as their middle child inherits the Foxworth mansion. The family's ghosts looming over, and more tragedies are in store as the curse lives on.
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Basilisk: The Serpent King (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and tv movieTwo millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and several victims are dug up by…
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Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder (2022)
★ 7/10Also tv movie and dramaA murder investigation is reignited in a house that is considered haunted by the Lawrenceton locals and where years ago Aurora and Sally, as teenagers, discovered a body.
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Hello Sister, Goodbye Life (2006)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and tv movieA college student must take care of her 7-year-old half sister after the death of their parents.
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Garage Sale Mystery: A Case Of Murder (2017)
★ 7/10Also drama and tv movieJenn buys an old reel-to-reel recorder at a garage sale only to find that it includes the sound of a man pleading for his life. When the former owner of the recorder, a retired therapist, is found murdered in a…
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The Canterville Ghost (1996)
★ 6.3/10Also tv movie and dramaWhen a teenaged girl moves to England, with her brothers and parents into the ancient Canterville Hall, she's not at all happy. Especially as there's a ghost and a mysterious re-appearing bloodstain on the hearth. She…
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The Stone Tape (1972)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and tv movieA research team from an electronics company move into an old Victorian house to start work on finding a new recording medium. When team member Jill Greeley witnesses a ghost, team director Peter Brock decides not only…
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Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and tv movieIn the small resort town of Lighthouse Cove, everyone knows that the best man for the job is a woman. And that woman is Shannon Hughes, owner of a construction company and an expert in Victorian home restoration and…
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A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also tv movie and dramaAurora Teagarden and her boyfriend Martin are thrilled when they get an unexpected visit from his niece and her new baby. Their excitement is short lived when his niece disappears and the baby is left behind. Once…
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Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1992)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and tv movieAt 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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The Night Stalker (1972)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and tv movieWisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into…
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Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and tv movieInternet sensation and old family friend of Aurora Teagarden, Poppy Wilson, has returned to Lawrenceton to start her new embroidery business. But not everyone is happy with Poppy's success when she turns up dead. To…
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Double Teamed! (2002)
★ 6/10Also tv movie and dramaHeather and Heidi play volleyball for their school team, when their family decides that they need to go to a bigger school so that they will have a better chance for scholarships. But at the new school, the twins are…
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Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game (2018)
★ 7/10Also tv movie and dramaCrime-solving librarian Aurora Teagarden leaps headfirst into Lawrenceton’s latest murder investigation when her nephew Phillip and his college roommate go missing after the roommate’s girlfriend is found dead…
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Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (2007)
★ 7.6/10Also tv movie and dramaWhen disaster hits the Titanic, the Doctor uncovers a threat to the whole human race. Battling alongside aliens, saboteurs, robot Angels and a new friend called Astrid, can he stop the Christmas inferno?
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The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also tv movie and dramaAurora Teagarden is a beautiful young librarian with a passion for solving murders. After an exhaustive search for the perfect home, Aurora finally purchases her dream house, unaware of its murky history. As she…
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Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also tv movie and dramaThere is excitement in the air when a Hollywood crew comes to Lawrenceton to film a movie about the town’s sleuthy librarian, Aurora Teagarden. However, when the film’s leading lady is found murdered in her dressing…
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The Christmas Shoes (2002)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and tv movieTwo separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies. In the second…
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The Night Strangler (1973)
★ 6.7/10Also tv movie and horrorAfter being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he’s on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every…
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Garage Sale Mystery: Guilty Until Proven Innocent (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and tv movieWhen Jenn's old pal Sandra becomes the prime suspect in a murder case, it'll be up to her to discover who done it before time runs out.