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Movies that feel likeMurder on the Orient Express (1974)

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.

If you loved Murder on the Orient Express, the closest films we have are All the President's Men (1976), The Name of the Rose (1986) and The Firm (1993). All three share Murder on the Orient Express' contemplative and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Rojo (2018).

🍅 89% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Sidney Lumetcontemplativetensetwisty
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All the President's Men
1976 · dir. Alan J. Pakula
🍅 95%★ 7.9drama · mystery · thriller

Both land stillness and tension at once

During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.

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The Name of the Rose
1986 · dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
🍅 74%★ 7.7drama · thriller · mysteryPrime Video

Drama built on twists, twice over

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.

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The Firm
1993 · dir. Sydney Pollack
🍅 77%★ 6.9drama · mystery · thrillerMaxParamount+

Both lean on stillness more than on thriller

Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...

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Joint Security Area
2000 · dir. Park Chan-wook
🍅 88%★ 7.7drama · thriller · mystery

Tense mystery in both cases

The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The lead investigator (Lee Young-ae) receives differing accounts from the two sides.

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Le Corbeau
1943 · dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
🍅 97%★ 7.8mystery · drama · thriller

Twisty drama, and it commits to that

Remy Germain is a doctor in a French town who becomes the focus of a vicious smear campaign, as letters accusing him of having an affair and performing unlawful abortions are mailed to village leaders. The mysterious writer, who signs each letter as "Le Corbeau" (The Raven) soon targets the whole town, exposing everyone's dark secrets.

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Rojo
2018 · dir. Benjamín Naishtat
🍅 96%★ 6.3drama · mystery · thriller

Common ground: detective

A small town in an Argentinian province, 1975. The life of Claudio, a successful lawyer, gets complicated when he has a stupid quarrel with a stranger in a crowded restaurant.

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Saboteur
1942 · dir. Alfred Hitchcock
🍅 81%★ 7.1thriller · mystery

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

The difference: Goes its own way on the stillness

Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.

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Kahaani
2012 · dir. Sujoy Ghosh
🍅 100%★ 8.1mystery · thriller

Both are built on the same subject: the investigation

Pregnant and alone in the city of Kolkata, a woman begins a relentless search for her missing husband, only to find that nothing is what it seems.

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Blow-Up
1966 · dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
🍅 87%★ 7.4drama · mystery · thriller

Mystery with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.

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The Hidden Face
2011 · dir. Andrés Baiz
★ 7.3thriller · mystery

Thriller with a pulse of twists, in both cases

A Spanish orchestra conductor deals with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend.

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The Ghost Writer
2010 · dir. Roman Polanski
🍅 84%★ 7.2thriller · mysteryPrime VideoStarz

Mystery of the same temperament

A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.

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Identity
2003 · dir. James Mangold
🍅 64%★ 7.3mystery · thriller

One thread runs through both: detective

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.

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