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Movies Like The Dragon Murder Case

If you liked The Dragon Murder Case (1934), a mystery movie directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, 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. 1The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery

    Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

  2. 2Paper Towns

    Paper Towns (2015)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery

    Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an…

  3. 3The Kennel Murder Case

    The Kennel Murder Case (1933)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery

    Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.

  4. 4Murder in Three Acts

    Murder in Three Acts (1986)

    ★ 6/10Also 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.

  5. 5A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery

    A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)

    ★ 7.7/10Also mystery

    After being forced into early retirement, former detective Jeff Jackson returns to a quiet life on Martha's Vineyard. Quiet, at least, until a body washes up and he's drawn back into crime solving.

  6. 6Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

    Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

    ★ 6.6/10Also mystery

    He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The Ace is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos…

  7. 7Fallen Angel

    Fallen Angel (1945)

    ★ 6.6/10Also mystery

    An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman…

  8. 8Harper

    Harper (1966)

    ★ 6.7/10Also mystery

    Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an…

  9. 9Scooby-Doo

    Scooby-Doo (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery

    When the Mystery Inc. gang is invited to Spooky Island, a popular amusement park, they soon discover that the attractions aren't the only things that are spooky. Strange things are happening, and it's up to Scooby…

  10. 10Witness for the Prosecution

    Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

    ★ 8.2/10Also mystery

    An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a…

  11. 11Laura

    Laura (1944)

    ★ 7.6/10Also mystery

    A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

  12. 12Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

    ★ 6.7/10Also mystery

    Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

  13. 13Murder She Said

    Murder She Said (1961)

    ★ 7.3/10Also mystery

    Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.

  14. 14The Maltese Falcon

    The Maltese Falcon (1941)

    ★ 7.7/10Also mystery

    A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

  15. 15Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

    ★ 7.1/10Also mystery

    In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

  16. 16Vertigo

    Vertigo (1958)

    ★ 8.1/10Also mystery

    A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

  17. 17Lady in the Lake

    Lady in the Lake (1946)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery

    Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to…

  18. 18Hail, Caesar!

    Hail, Caesar! (2016)

    ★ 5.9/10Also mystery

    When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.

  19. 19LEGO Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash

    LEGO Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash (2017)

    ★ 7.2/10Also mystery

    Mystery, Inc. heads to Blowout Beach for a real swinging beach party when the Ghost Pirates threaten to harsh the good vibes.

  20. 20My Favorite Brunette

    My Favorite Brunette (1947)

    ★ 6.6/10Also mystery

    Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay…

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