
Movies that feel likeMurder on the Orient Express (2017)
If you loved Murder on the Orient Express, the closest films we have are The Third Murder (2017), Brick (2006) and Mother (2009). All three share Murder on the Orient Express' twisty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is After Dark, My Sweet (1990).
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If Murder on the Orient Express hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Death on the Nile (2022) · A Haunting in Venice (2023)

A killing whose truth keeps shifting under questioning
The difference: Japanese legal drama — ambiguity instead of answers

A methodical sleuth working a closed world of suspects
The difference: High-school noir experiment — stylized slang, no glamour

An amateur detective who will not accept the official story
The difference: Bong's dark obsessive spiral — disturbing, not plush

A deception so audacious it rewires the whole case
The difference: An actual documentary — reality outdoes fiction

Twelve strangers in one room arguing a killing's truth
The difference: Russian jury epic — nearly three hours of talk

An investigation exposing how institutions bury truth
The difference: True-crime anguish — a mother's ordeal, no cozy puzzle

Both land twists and stillness at once
The difference: Reviewed even better

A weathered investigator following a murder's grim thread
The difference: Grimy street-level noir — no drawing-room reveal

Mystery built on grit, twice over
The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

Strangers snowbound together, each hiding lethal secrets
The difference: Tarantino's slow fuse to carnage — profane and gory

A cat-and-mouse between investigators and a careful mind
The difference: Told from the cover-up's side — the puzzle inverts

Twisty drama, and it commits to that
The difference: Played as thriller first
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