Movies Like Detective Dee and Diagram of Reincarnation
If you liked Detective Dee and Diagram of Reincarnation (2018), a mystery movie directed by Chen Huaifu and Xu Jingwen, 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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Lost in the Stars (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also mysteryHe Fei's wife, Li Muzi, disappears during their anniversary trip. When she reappears, he insists that she is not his wife. As Chen Mai, a top lawyer gets involved in this bizarre case, more mysteries start to emerge.
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Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also mysteryWhen the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.
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The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also mysteryRomulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim…
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Limbo (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also mysteryTravis, a jaded detective, arrives in the remote outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder of local Indigenous girl Charlotte Hayes 20 years ago. As truths about the murder begin to unfold, the…
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Foul Play (1978)
★ 6.3/10Also mysteryA shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
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Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also mysteryDee, the detective serving Chinese empress Wu Zetian, is called upon to investigate a series of strange events in Loyang, including the appearance of mysterious warriors wearing Chiyou ghost masks, foxes that speak…
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Remember (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also mysteryWith the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
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Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also mysteryAurora's high school reunion turns deadly when a body is found in the hotel pool. Aurora and her Real Murders Club help investigate which classmate was most likely to kill.
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Riddled with Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also mysteryFormer detective Jeff Jackson teams up with Dr. Zee Madieras to track down their friend's missing emerald brooch, a thief, and also... a murderer.
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Garage Sale Mystery: A Case Of Murder (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also mysteryJenn 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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Murder in Three Acts (1986)
★ 6/10Also 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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Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also mysteryRaimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for…
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Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also mysteryWhile Aurora "Roe" Teagarden searches for her piece of the American dream, she decides to test the waters of the family business - real estate sales. Only thing is there's a dead body in the first house she shows. When…
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Overdrive (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also mysteryMaster car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
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Winter's Tale (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also mysteryA burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
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Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also mysterySomeone begins taunting Aurora Teagarden with cryptic clues left at crime scenes, so the librarian-turned-crime buff attempts to figure out who is behind the creepy “game.” But when the people closest to Aurora become…
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Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1992)
★ 6.9/10Also mysteryAt 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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Evil Under the Sun (1982)
★ 6.9/10Also mysteryAn opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.
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Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also mysteryAt a gathering of mystery and true crime fans, Aurora Teagarden’s nephew, Phillip, is accused of murder when an unplanned onstage blackout during the play in which he is performing ends, revealing Phillip holding the…
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Cosmos (2019)
★ 6/10Also mysteryThree astronomers accidentally intercept what they believe to be a signal from a distant alien civilization, but the truth is even more incredible than any of them could have imagined.