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Movies Like Dying Room Only

If you liked Dying Room Only (1973), a drama and thriller movie directed by Philip Leacock, 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. 13:10 to Yuma

    3:10 to Yuma (1957)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and thriller

    Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him.

  2. 2Evil Under the Sun

    Evil Under the Sun (1982)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller and drama

    An 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.

  3. 3Five Graves to Cairo

    Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller and drama

    During the 1942 North African campaign, a British straggler passes as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Erwin Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may provide an even better…

  4. 4Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

    Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)

    ★ 7.8/10Also drama and thriller

    Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.

  5. 5Ride in the Whirlwind

    Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and drama

    Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.

  6. 6Seeds of Yesterday

    Seeds of Yesterday (2015)

    ★ 6.4/10Also tv movie and thriller

    The Sheffield family reveal and go through some home truths as their middle child inherits the Foxworth mansion. The family's ghosts looming over, and more tragedies are in store as the curse lives on.

  7. 7Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder

    Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also tv movie 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.

  8. 8Don't Bother to Knock

    Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and thriller

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

  9. 9Strangers on a Train

    Strangers on a Train (1951)

    ★ 7.7/10Also thriller and 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.

  10. 10Detour

    Detour (1945)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and thriller

    The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.

  11. 11The Count of Monte-Cristo

    The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and tv movie

    Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.

  12. 12Seven Days in May

    Seven Days in May (1964)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and thriller

    A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

  13. 13Man in the Shadow

    Man in the Shadow (1957)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller and drama

    In a modern cow town, the powerful ranch owner’s henchmen kill a ranch hand, prompting the sheriff to investigate despite facing strong opposition. He finds an unlikely ally in the rancher's overprotected daughter, but…

  14. 14So Long at the Fair

    So Long at the Fair (1950)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller and drama

    Vicky Barton and her brother Johnny travel from Naples to visit the 1889 Paris Exhibition. They both sleep in seperate rooms in their hotel. When the she gets up in the morning she finds her brother and his room have…

  15. 15A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery

    A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama and tv movie

    After being forced into early retirement, former detective Jeff Jackson returns to a quiet life on Martha's Vineyard. Quiet, at least, until a body washes up and he's drawn back into crime solving.

  16. 16Rear Window

    Rear Window (1954)

    ★ 8.3/10Also thriller and drama

    A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

  17. 17Nancy

    Nancy (2018)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and thriller

    Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief.

  18. 18Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

    Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1992)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and tv movie

    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.

  19. 19Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and thriller

    In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

  20. 20Dinner Rush

    Dinner Rush (2000)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and thriller

    One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile…

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