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Movies Like The Mystery of Edwin Drood

If you liked The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935), a drama and mystery movie directed by Stuart Walker, 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. 1Murder in Three Acts

    Murder in Three Acts (1986)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and 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.

  2. 2Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery

    Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery (2017)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and mystery

    In the small resort town of Lighthouse Cove, everyone knows that the best man for the job is a woman. And that woman is Shannon Hughes, owner of a construction company and an expert in Victorian home restoration and…

  3. 3Witness for the Prosecution

    Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

    ★ 8.2/10Also drama and 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…

  4. 4Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

    Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)

    ★ 6.4/10Also 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…

  5. 5Les Misérables

    Les Misérables (2012)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The…

  6. 6Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder

    Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also mystery and drama

    A murder investigation is reignited in a house that is considered haunted by the Lawrenceton locals and where years ago Aurora and Sally, as teenagers, discovered a body.

  7. 7Strangers on a Train

    Strangers on a Train (1951)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.

  8. 8Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery

    Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery (2015)

    ★ 7/10Also mystery and drama

    Based on the New York Times bestselling book, Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke, the film will take viewers on a mouthwatering mystery that centers on Hannah Swensen, shop owner of the Cookie Jar where much…

  9. 9A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

    A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2017)

    ★ 6.9/10Also mystery and drama

    Aurora Teagarden and her boyfriend Martin are thrilled when they get an unexpected visit from his niece and her new baby. Their excitement is short lived when his niece disappears and the baby is left behind. Once…

  10. 10Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

    Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2018)

    ★ 7.2/10Also mystery and drama

    There is excitement in the air when a Hollywood crew comes to Lawrenceton to film a movie about the town’s sleuthy librarian, Aurora Teagarden. However, when the film’s leading lady is found murdered in her dressing…

  11. 11Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

    Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1992)

    ★ 6.9/10Also mystery and drama

    At 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.

  12. 12Small Things Like These

    Small Things Like These (2024)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit…

  13. 13Don't Bother to Knock

    Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

  14. 14Flowers in the Attic

    Flowers in the Attic (2014)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and mystery

    After the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother.

  15. 15Garage Sale Mystery: A Case Of Murder

    Garage Sale Mystery: A Case Of Murder (2017)

    ★ 7/10Also mystery and drama

    Jenn 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…

  16. 16Othello

    Othello (1951)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    Manipulated by his jealous ensign Iago, the Moorish general Othello is driven to believe that his new wife Desdemona is unfaithful, setting in motion a chain of deception, jealousy, and violence that leads to tragedy.

  17. 17The Truth About Emanuel

    The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

  18. 18Brand Upon the Brain!

    Brand Upon the Brain! (2007)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and 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.

  19. 19The Deep End of the Ocean

    The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and 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.

  20. 20Garage Sale Mystery: Guilty Until Proven Innocent

    Garage Sale Mystery: Guilty Until Proven Innocent (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and mystery

    When Jenn's old pal Sandra becomes the prime suspect in a murder case, it'll be up to her to discover who done it before time runs out.

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