Movies Like Ellery Queen, Master Detective
If you liked Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940), a adventure and crime movie directed by Kurt Neumann, 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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Garage Sale Mystery: A Case Of Murder (2017)
★ 7/10Also mystery and crimeJenn 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 Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and crimeJane 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 Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and mysteryUpon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while…
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Abigail (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and mysteryA young girl Abigail lives in a city whose borders were closed many years ago because of an epidemic of a mysterious disease. Abby's father was one of the sick - and he was taken when she was six years old. Going…
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Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
★ 7/10Also crime and mysteryWhile attending a major horse race with their young son, Nick Jr., Nick and Nora Charles witnesse a shocking murder from the crowded grandstand. What first appears to be an isolated killing soon leads to a maze of…
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Song of the Thin Man (1947)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and mysteryWhile attending a glamorous jazz cruise on New York’s East River, Nick and Nora Charles witness the fatal shooting of a wealthy patron. When suspicion falls on a young bandleader and his musicians, the couple steps in…
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Murder in Three Acts (1986)
★ 6/10Also crime and mysteryIn 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.
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The Night Strangler (1973)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and crimeAfter 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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Murder at the Gallop (1963)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and mysteryMiss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again…
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The Glass Key (1942)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and mysteryA 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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Fallen Angel (1945)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and mysteryAn 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…
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Murder Most Foul (1964)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and mysteryA murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his guilt. Once again she begins her own investigation.
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Site Unseen: An Emma Fielding Mystery (2017)
★ 6.8/10Also mystery and crimeBrilliant, dedicated, and driven, archaeologist Emma Fielding is trying to unearth evidence of a 17th century coastal Maine settlement that predates Jamestown, one of the most significant archaeological finds in years…
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A Shot in the Dark (1964)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and crimeInspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic series of mishaps, testing the patience of his irritable boss Charles…
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Lady in the Lake (1946)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and crimePrivate 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 Maltese Falcon (1941)
★ 7.7/10Also mystery and crimeA private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
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Spellbound (1945)
★ 7.4/10Also crime and mysteryWhen Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the…
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Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2017)
★ 7/10Also mystery and crimeLibrarian and real crime buff Aurora “Roe” Teagarden never liked Detective Sergeant Jack Burns, but she also never wanted to see him dead. When his body is found outside of Aurora’s home, she then becomes the main…
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Monster Summer (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and mysteryWhen a mysterious force begins to disrupt their big summer fun, Noah and his friends team up with a retired police detective to embark on a monstrous adventure to save their island.
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Murder She Said (1961)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and mysteryMiss 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.