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Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: detective, mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, sexy
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Best tv shows and movies like Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986):
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye (1985)
Plot Summary:
When a handful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman, Miss Marple seeks a murderer with a penchant for nursery rhymes.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: detective, mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (1985)
Plot Summary:
The residents of a quiet English village begin to receive nasty, threatening letters. The wife of the local vicar calls in her friend Miss Marple to investigate.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: detective, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984)
Plot Summary:
Amateur detective Miss Jane Marple investigates the murder of a young woman whose body is found in the library at Gossington Hall, home of Colonel and Mrs. Arthur Bantry.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: detective, mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, period drama
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Murder with Mirrors (1985)
Plot Summary:
Marple has been summoned to the lavish country estate of her old friend Carrie Louise Serrocold (Bette Davis). Carrie's stepson has been killed, and she fears that his won't be the last corpse to befoul the estate. She's right, and the game is afoot for Miss Marple once more.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Murder Most Foul (1964)
Plot Summary:
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation. The third Miss Marple film starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, black and white, suspense, slasher, crime drama, independent film, mind bending
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel (1987)
Plot Summary:
Miss Jane Marple is staying at an elegant hotel from her childhood compliments of her nephew Raymond. Also there is international adventurer Bess Sedgwick and Lady Selena Hazy (Joan Greenwood in her next to last performance). A doorman working at the hotel turns out to be from Bess' past, and when he is killed, she is the prime suspect. But what does his murder have to do with the disappearance of an elderly vicar staying at the hotel, and a string of robberies over the last few months? Miss Marple must find out before the murderer strikes again!!!.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: detective, clever, serious, captivating, mind bending, realistic, suspenseful, contemplative
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder (1987)
Plot Summary:
When a young bride moves into a country manor, long repressed childhood memories of witnessing a murder come to the surface.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: detective, spooky, psychological, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987)
Plot Summary:
Miss Marple receives a most interesting request from Mr. Jason Rafiel, with whom she'd struck an acquaintance some years before. He would like her to solve a crime but, does not tell her what it might be, who might have been involved or where it might have occurred. In fact, he can't be sure that a crime was committed at all. The only information she gets is a booking on a tour of stately homes and gardens so, along with her nephew and godson Lionel, she sets off to see what she can learn. When they reach the village of Abbey Ducis, it begins to make sense. Not only did Mr. Rafiel live in the area it is also where his son Michael was accused, though never convicted, of murdering his fiancée, Verity Hunt. Father and son were long estranged but Michael lives rough and has so ever since. There is also the apparent coincidence that another young woman, Nora Brent, went missing at the same time as Verity and was last being seen in Michael Rafiel's car.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: detective, serious, suspenseful, realistic, mind bending
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Murder She Said (1961)
Plot Summary:
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. Her inquisitions lead her to a mountain top. The first of four films starring Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple that all achieved cult status.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, clever, black and white, slasher, crime drama, cult classic, detective, cult film
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1991)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: detective, mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Murder at the Gallop (1963)
Plot Summary:
Miss Marple and Mr Stringer are witness to the death of the very old and rich Mr. Enderby by heart attack. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don’t believe them thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself. A cult film starring Margaret Rutherford.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: black and white, slasher, twist ending, crime drama, detective, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, talky
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The Murder Room (2004)
Plot Summary:
The lease on the Dupayne Museum is almost up and under the terms of their father's will, all three of the Dupayne children must agree to continue or the museum is to close. Neville Dupayne is dead set against continuing the museum when the money could be used for a much better purpose. One of the museum's key attractions is the Murder Room, displaying information on a series of notorious murders from between the two World Wars. When Neville dies in a way reminiscent of one of the murders on display in the Murder Room, Commander Adam Dalgleish is asked to investigate. There are any number of suspects: his siblings, several museum employees who will lose their job, his secretary with whom he once had an affair and his daughter who felt he was an absentee father. A second murder reveals some of the activities of the upper classes and the solution lies in a long-ago wrong that someone is seeking to right.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 544
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, detective, tense, mind bending, realistic
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Unnatural Causes (1993)
Plot Summary:
Roy Marsden returns as author P.D. James's indefatigable gumshoe, Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. This time, he's investigating the murder of a famous mystery writer whose body is found in the bottom of a dinghy on the Suffolk coast. To add a further degree of difficulty, Dalgliesh must contend with a colleague on the case, the aptly named Inspector Reckless.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 305
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: detective, crime thriller, psychological, tense, atmospheric, rough, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion (1991)
Plot Summary:
Della's friend is accused of murdering a rival fashion magazine editor.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 448
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (1992)
Plot Summary:
A painter, believed to be dead, returns to make allegations that a gallery owner is selling counterfeits of his work. Later, the artist is murdered.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: detective, rough, mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Wandering Soul Murders (2001)
Plot Summary:
Widowed Joanne Kilbourn is an ex-police officer turned criminology professor. Her husband Ian was the Ontario provincial Attorney General when he was murdered, the murder never solved. Her current home life is on the most part a happy one, except that her eldest son Peter has had an on-again, off-again relationship with a young woman named Christy Sinclair, the relationship which is now on-again. There is something about Christy that does not sit right with Joanne. Joanne's professional life takes a turn when she is asked by an old colleague to act as the on-air crime and justice expert for a local television news show. The first story on which she is to report is the Little Flower Killings, a series of murders of prostitutes. The story has a personal connection to the Kilbourn's as the latest victim, Debbie Morin, was an employee of Joanne's daughter Mieka, who knew nothing about Debbie's past. The lead investigator for the police department on this case is Inspector Philip Millard,.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, mind bending
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Dead Man's Folly (1986)
Plot Summary:
During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, talky, detective, mind bending, clever, contemplative, detective series
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Father Brown (2013)
Plot Summary:
Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, intellectual, suspenseful, detective, realistic, crime drama, suspense, exciting, funny
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Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
Plot Summary:
The show follows the adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: clever, serious, detective, realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, slasher, anthology
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Death on the Nile (1978)
Plot Summary:
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: clever, detective, suspense, captivating, atmospheric, mind bending, talky, enigmatic, scenic, surprise ending
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989)
Plot Summary:
On Vacation, Miss Marple discovers that death of a British Officer is actully a murder and must solve the the case before the murderer strikes again.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: detective, mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, contemplative, talky
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Appointment with Death (1988)
Plot Summary:
Emily Boynton, stepmother to the three Boynton children -- Lennox, Raymond and Carol -- and mother to Ginevra, blackmails the family lawyer, Jefferson Cope, into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from her dominating influence. She takes herself, the children and her daughter-in-law Nadine on holiday to Europe and the Holy Land. In Jerusalem, the great detective Hercule Poirot meets up with a woman friend, Dr. Sarah King, who falls in love with Raymond Boynton to Emily's disapproval. Lady Westholme, her secretary Miss Quinton and lawyer Cope are following them too. The children discover the second will and Emily succeeds in rubbing the rest the wrong way, causing much hatred towards her. At a dig, Emily is found dead. Poirot investigates.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: talky, slasher, independent film, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic, light, romantic
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992)
Plot Summary:
A town busybody is poisoned at a busy reception in the home of famous film star Marina Gregg. The poisoned drink seemed intended for Marina, but Miss Marple is not so sure. She sets out to discover the true identity of the killer before he or she can strike again.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: detective, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Murder on the Orient Express (2001)
Plot Summary:
Agatha Christie's classic whodunit speeds into the twenty-first century. World-famous sleuth Hercule Poirot has just finished a case in Istanbul and is returning home to London onboard the luxurious Orient Express. But, the train comes to a sudden halt when a rock slide blocks the tracks ahead. And all the thrills of riding the famous train come to a halt when a man discovered dead in his compartment, stabbed nine times. The train is stranded. No one has gotten on or gotten off. That can only mean one thing: the killer is onboard, and it is up to Hercule Poirot to find him. [from imdb.com].
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: clever, tense, suspenseful, mind bending, thought provoking, captivating, serious, realistic, contemplative, stylized
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A Caribbean Mystery (1983)
Plot Summary:
Aging Major Palgrave, an idiosyncratic but charming mystery writer, reveals to Miss Marple that one of the guests at a luxurious Caribbean resort they're staying at is a Bluebeard-type wife murderer. Unfortunately, the Major succumbs to an apparently accidental overdose of alcohol and blood pressure medication before revealing the killer's identity. When it's discovered that the medicine belonged to another guest and the revealing photograph the Major was carrying is missing, Miss Marple realizes that the serial killer has struck again and more murders will follow.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 797
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: detective, mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, talky
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington (1987)
Plot Summary:
When Miss Marple's visiting friend sees a woman being strangled on a passing train, they immediately report it to the police. Inspector Slack sees Miss Marple as a bit of a busy body and drops the investigation after only a few days. Miss Marple however determines that there is only one spot along the line where a body could have been dumped and it happens to be very near the Crackenthorpe estate. She asks her niece, Lucy Eyelesbarrow, to go there undercover as a domestic. She soon finds the dead woman's body at which time the police take on a renewed interest but it is left to Miss Marple to solve the mystery.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: detective, mind bending, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Plot Summary:
Trying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: detective, serious, suspenseful, clever, tense, talky, enigmatic, dark, twisted, realistic
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Murder in Three Acts (1986)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective series
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Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: detective, suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending, talky, thought provoking, stylized, entertaining, clever, funny
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Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (2001)
Plot Summary:
Jessica Fletcher discovers a shocking old family secret that leads her on a journey to the deep South to bring to light the mysterious details surrounding the death of a slave owned by one of her long dead ancestors in the mid-1800s.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 841
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, enigmatic
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