Movies Like They Met in the Dark
If you liked They Met in the Dark (1943), a mystery and romance movie directed by Karel Lamač, 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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Foreign Correspondent (1940)
★ 7/10Also thriller and mysteryAmerican crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a…
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Frequencies (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also romance and mysteryThe story of the forbidden relationship between a 'low born' boy and a 'high born' girl in an alternate reality where every person's relationships and life worth are determined by their innate 'frequencies'.
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The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thrillerJane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
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The Third Man (1949)
★ 7.9/10Also thriller and mysteryIn postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a…
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Vertigo (1958)
★ 8.1/10Also mystery and romanceA 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.
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Lady in the Lake (1946)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thrillerPrivate 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…
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The Glass Key (1942)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thrillerA crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and thrillerDuring WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from a long list of suspects…
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Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller and mysteryIn sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle…
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The Moon-Spinners (1964)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thrillerYoung English girl Nikky and her aunt arrive at the Moon-Spinners, a hotel on Crete, to a less than enthusiastic welcome. The coolness of the owner is only out-done by the surliness of her brother Stratos, recently…
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The Lady Vanishes (1938)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery and thrillerOn a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of…
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Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
★ 6.8/10Also mystery and thrillerSherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a…
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A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thrillerWhitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cameron's brother, died under mysterious circumstances, and now that…
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Black Angel (1946)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thrillerA falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.
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Rebecca (1940)
★ 7.9/10Also mystery and romanceStory of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips…
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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery and thrillerIn the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.
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The Presidio (1988)
★ 5.8/10Also mystery and thrillerJay Austin is now a civilian police detective. Colonel Caldwell was his commanding officer years before when he left the military police over a disagreement over the handling of a drunk driver. Now a series of murders…
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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery and thrillerEngland, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defense…
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The Prize (1963)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thrillerA group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American novelist Andrew Craig, a former literary luminary now writing pulp detective stories to earn a living. Craig, who is…
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Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
★ 6.8/10Also mystery and thrillerAfter the King of Rovenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner which also carries a number of suspicious persons, any of whom…