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Movies that feel likeThe Name of the Rose (1986)

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.

If you loved The Name of the Rose, the closest films we have are All the President's Men (1976), Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and The Firm (1993). All three share The Name of the Rose's contemplative and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Le Corbeau (1943).

πŸ… 74% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Jean-Jacques Annaudcontemplativetensetwisty
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All the President's Men
1976 Β· dir. Alan J. Pakula
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.9drama Β· mystery Β· thriller

Contemplative where it counts, tense underneath

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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Murder on the Orient Express
1974 Β· dir. Sidney Lumet
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.2drama Β· thriller Β· mystery

Both lean on twists more than on drama

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.

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The Firm
1993 Β· dir. Sydney Pollack
πŸ… 77%β˜… 6.9drama Β· mystery Β· thrillerMaxParamount+

Contemplative thriller in both cases

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 Β· dir. Park Chan-wook
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.7drama Β· thriller Β· mystery

Mystery built on tension, twice over

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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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011 Β· dir. Tomas Alfredson
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7drama Β· thriller Β· mystery

Drama with a pulse of twists, in both cases

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.

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The Ghost Writer
2010 Β· dir. Roman Polanski
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.2thriller Β· mysteryPrime VideoStarz

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

The difference: Trades the stillness of The Name of the Rose for an angle of its own

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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Le Corbeau
1943 Β· dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.8mystery Β· drama Β· thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: poison

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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The Village
2004 Β· dir. M. Night Shyamalan
πŸ… 43%β˜… 6.6drama Β· mystery Β· thrillerHulu

Contemplative mystery in both cases

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.

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Identity
2003 Β· dir. James Mangold
πŸ… 64%β˜… 7.3mystery Β· thriller

Both lean on twists more than on thriller

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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The Da Vinci Code
2006 Β· dir. Ron Howard
πŸ… 25%β˜… 6.7thriller Β· mysteryNetflixStarz

The same two preoccupations: christianity, and monk

A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that β€” should it come to light β€” could rock the very foundations of Christianity.

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The Hidden Face
2011 Β· dir. AndrΓ©s Baiz
β˜… 7.3thriller Β· mystery

Both working the same mystery territory

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

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Kahaani
2012 Β· dir. Sujoy Ghosh
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8.1mystery Β· thriller

The same thriller instincts

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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