Movies Like Amaran in the City: Chapter 1

If you liked Amaran in the City: Chapter 1, a movie directed by S. Balaveer, 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
The Night Strangler (1973)
★ 6.7/10
After 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…
2
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
3
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)
★ 6.7/10
Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.
4
The Kid Detective (2020)
★ 6.6/10
A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered…
5
Murder Most Foul (1964)
★ 7.1/10
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his guilt. Once again she begins her own investigation.
6
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con (2021)
★ 7.2/10
When Aida Teagarden's real estate client is found murdered, her sleuthing daughter Aurora sets out with her fiancé Nick and the Real Murders Club to solve the murder.
7
The Night Stalker (1972)
★ 6.9/10
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…
8
Boston Strangler (2023)
★ 6.6/10
Reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the line in their quest to uncover the truth.
9
Don't Let Go (2019)
★ 6.9/10
A detective suffering from a personal loss receives a call from his recently deceased niece. Being able to communicate across time, the two work together to try and stop the crime before it occurs.
10
Murder She Said (1961)
★ 7.3/10
Miss 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.
11
The Client (1994)
★ 6.7/10
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the…
12
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
★ 7.4/10
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions…
13
Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder (2019)
★ 7.5/10
When an old friend of New York Sentinel Crosswords editor Tess Harper is found murdered on the very day her puzzle includes his proposal of marriage, Tess unofficially teams up with Detective Logan O’Connor to find the…
14
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly (2020)
★ 7.3/10
Aurora'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.
15
Heart of Stone (2023)
★ 6.7/10
An intelligence operative for a shadowy global peacekeeping agency races to stop a hacker from stealing its most valuable — and dangerous — weapon.
16
The Awakening (2011)
★ 6.4/10
In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.
17
Hollywoodland (2006)
★ 6.1/10
When Hollywood superstar George Reeves dies in his home, private detective Louis Simo is hired to investigate his death and gets caught in a web of lies involving a big studio executive's wife. Based on a true story.
18
Crooked House (2017)
★ 6.4/10
A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.
19
The Good Nurse (2022)
★ 6.9/10
Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth.
20
Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2017)
★ 7/10
Librarian 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…