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Movies that feel like The Third Murder (2017)

If you loved The Third Murder, the closest films we have are Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Brick (2006) and Changeling (2008). All three share The Third Murder's contemplative and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel and HBO Max and others, checked against today's data.

A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.

πŸ… 87% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Hirokazu Kore-edacontemplativetwistygritty

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If The Third Murder hit the spot, these will too

Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Dial M for Murder (1954) Β· Memories of Murder (2003)

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Murder on the Orient Express
2017 Β· dir. Kenneth Branagh
πŸ… 60%β˜… 6.5mystery Β· drama Β· crime

Both keep circling back to murder

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

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Brick
2006 Β· dir. Rian Johnson
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.1drama Β· mystery Β· crime

The same preoccupation in both: murder

A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.

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Changeling
2008 Β· dir. Clint Eastwood
πŸ… 61%β˜… 7.7crime Β· drama Β· mystery

Contemplative where it counts, twisty underneath

Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, her quest for truth exposes a world of corruption.

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After Dark, My Sweet
1990 Β· dir. James Foley
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.5crime Β· drama Β· mystery

Drama built on grit, twice over

The difference: 27 years apart, and the 1990s show

Three desperados try to kidnap a wealthy child in hope of turning their lives around.

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The Hateful Eight
2015 Β· dir. Quentin Tarantino
πŸ… 74%β˜… 7.8drama Β· mystery Β· western

Contemplative mystery in both cases

The difference: Plays it as western more than The Third Murder does

Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.

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Gone Baby Gone
2007 Β· dir. Ben Affleck
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.6crime Β· drama Β· mystery

Twisty crime, and it commits to that

When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasonsβ€”they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.

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Bad Times at the El Royale
2018 Β· dir. Drew Goddard
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7.1thriller Β· mystery Β· crime

Drama with a pulse of grit, in both cases

Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.

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Lucky Number Slevin
2006 Β· dir. Paul McGuigan
β˜… 7.7drama Β· thriller Β· crime

Both trade on stillness more than on being mystery

Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma.

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The Bone Collector
1999 Β· dir. Phillip Noyce
πŸ… 30%β˜… 6.7crime Β· thriller Β· drama

Crime built on twists, twice over

Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working. But when a gruesome murder in Manhattan leaves detectives baffled, they call on Rhyme to help solve the mystery. Amelia Donaghy, a rookie cop whose quick thinking preserved a gruesome murder scene, is enlisted by Rhyme to be his on-the-scene forensics expert. With Amelia reluctantly acting as Rhyme's able-bodied go-between, the pair piece together cryptic clues the killer leaves behind at the scene of the crime, hoping to catch the grisly serial killer.

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Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016 Β· dir. Douglas Mackinnon
β˜… 8crime Β· drama Β· mystery

Both trade on grit more than on being drama

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

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Shoplifters
2018 Β· dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
πŸ… 99%β˜… 7.9drama Β· crime Β· thriller

The same hand behind both of them: Hirokazu Kore-eda

The difference: Not nearly as twisty as The Third Murder

In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.

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Lantana
2001 Β· dir. Ray Lawrence
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.2crime Β· drama Β· mystery

Both are drama through and through

Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges -- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement.

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