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Movies Like Der traurige Vampir

If you liked Der traurige Vampir (1988), a mystery movie directed by David Rühm, 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 Night Stalker

    The Night Stalker (1972)

    ★ 6.9/10Also mystery

    Wisecracking 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…

  2. 2Frequencies

    Frequencies (2013)

    ★ 6.6/10Also mystery

    The 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'.

  3. 3Night Train to Lisbon

    Night Train to Lisbon (2013)

    ★ 6.5/10Also mystery

    Raimund 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…

  4. 4Odd Thomas

    Odd Thomas (2013)

    ★ 7/10Also mystery

    In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.

  5. 5The Deep End of the Ocean

    The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)

    ★ 6.6/10Also mystery

    A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated.

  6. 6The Jester

    The Jester (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10Also mystery

    The Jester is the titular main antagonist of the horror/thriller analogy short films of the same name. He is an enigmatic and malevolent being who enjoys inducing suffering to individuals he comes across who don't…

  7. 7Winter's Tale

    Winter's Tale (2014)

    ★ 6.3/10Also mystery

    A 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.

  8. 8Brand Upon the Brain!

    Brand Upon the Brain! (2007)

    ★ 6.6/10Also mystery

    After returning home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the childhood memories that have long haunted him.

  9. 9Abigail

    Abigail (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery

    A 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…

  10. 10Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire

    Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2003)

    ★ 7.1/10Also mystery

    The Yowie Yahoo starts kidnapping musicians at a concert attended by Scooby and the gang in Vampire Rock, Australia.

  11. 11Nocebo

    Nocebo (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also mystery

    A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino caregiver who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying…

  12. 12Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon

    Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery

    A young woman with psychokinetic powers breaks out of a Louisiana asylum and makes her way to New Orleans, where she falls into the city’s netherworld of misfits and miscreants.

  13. 13Oldboy

    Oldboy (2013)

    ★ 5.9/10Also mystery

    A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.

  14. 14Drop

    Drop (2025)

    ★ 6.3/10Also mystery

    Violet, a widowed mother on her first date in years, arrives at an upscale restaurant where she is relieved that her date, Henry, is more charming and handsome than she expected. But their chemistry begins to curdle as…

  15. 15Suburbicon

    Suburbicon (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also mystery

    In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect…

  16. 16The Maze Runner

    The Maze Runner (2014)

    ★ 7.2/10Also mystery

    A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to…

  17. 17Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

    Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also mystery

    Nancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set…

  18. 18The Losers

    The Losers (2010)

    ★ 6.3/10Also mystery

    On a mission deep in the Bolivian jungle, a team of elite commandos finds itself on the receiving end of a lethal betrayal. Now presumed dead, the men join forces with a mysterious operative named Aisha to hunt down…

  19. 19One Deadly Summer

    One Deadly Summer (1983)

    ★ 7/10Also mystery

    Shortly after Elle Wieck moves to a small French village, she begins dating Pin-Pon, a quiet young mechanic who has grown obsessed with the beautiful newcomer. But Elle has her own reason for the relationship...

  20. 20Inspector Lavardin

    Inspector Lavardin (1986)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery

    Inspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that one of his ex-lovers is the victim’s widow.

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