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Movies like Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders (1974)

The best movies like Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders (1974) are Riddled with Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020), Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2018) and Hailey Dean Mysteries: Deadly Estate (2017). If Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders hooked you with its mystery and tv movie, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Riddled with Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)

    Former detective Jeff Jackson teams up with Dr. Zee Madieras to track down their friend's missing emerald brooch, a thief, and also... a murderer.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  2. Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2018)

    There is excitement in the air when a Hollywood crew comes to Lawrenceton to film a movie about the town’s sleuthy librarian, Aurora Teagarden. However, when the film’s leading lady is found murdered in her dressing room, Aurora enlists her Real Murders Club members to help gather clues. At the same time, she experiences mounting concern that Aida is becoming attracted to the film’s director who, like everyone else working on the set that day, is considered a suspect. And this time around Martin is especially worried about Aurora’s safety after learning that the film’s screenwriter, who has a romantic history with her, emerges as the prime suspect.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  3. Hailey Dean Mysteries: Deadly Estate (2017)

    When Hailey helps her friend Pam sell her recently deceased parent’s estate, she becomes suspicious when Pam suddenly leaves town without notice. To make matters worse, Pam's boyfriend is the sudden victim of an accident and the man Hailey's dating, Assistant Medical Examiner Dr. Jonas McClellan, falls critically ill. Now Hailey must determine: Are all these events a coincidence?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  4. Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con (2021)

    When Aida Teagarden's real estate client is found murdered, her sleuthing daughter Aurora sets out with her fiancé Nick and the Real Murders Club to solve the murder.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  5. A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2015)

    A librarian with a sharp mind for murder, Aurora Teagarden is known around her small town as a master sleuth. When her friend Jane unexpectedly dies and leaves Aurora everything in her will, she also leaves a troubling murder mystery haunting her neighborhood. It is up to Aurora to piece together the clues—including a skull, its missing skeleton and a suspicious group of neighbors—and solve the murder before she becomes the unlikely killer’s next victim.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  6. Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012)

    Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues and hidden meanings as he attempts to solve a shocking and horrifying mob-related double homicide.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  7. Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder (2022)

    A murder investigation is reignited in a house that is considered haunted by the Lawrenceton locals and where years ago Aurora and Sally, as teenagers, discovered a body.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  8. Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)

    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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  9. Hailey Dean Mysteries: A Prescription for Murder (2019)

    Psychologist and former prosecutor Hailey Dean aids her friend Detective Garland Fincher in investigating a rapidly growing string of murders at Atlanta Memorial Hospital when Fincher’s girlfriend Dr. Meghan Phillips is named a suspect in the first killing. As the list of suspects grows with each new victim’s death, Hailey’s keen investigative skills, her uncanny ability to read people, and her passion for justice lead her through a labyrinth of clues that eventually point to the killer. But when she gets too close to the truth, Hailey becomes the killer’s next target for murder.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  10. Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek (2020)

    When a priceless crown is stolen during a benefit gala held by the Lawrenceton library, Aurora and the Real Murders Club must investigate who would kill to get their hands on it.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  11. Mystery 101: Playing Dead (2019)

    The local theater is producing a mystery that crime fiction expert Amy unearthed. When one of the actress' life is threatened, Amy & Travis must uncover which character is playing for keeps.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  12. Garage Sale Mystery: The Deadly Room (2015)

    A sleuthing garage sale maven suspects foul play when her friend dies in an old house with a cursed reputation. Even though police evidence - and even webcam footage of the death – point to natural causes – this mysterious death in a cursed” home poised for multi-million dollar sale seems too coincidental. Putting her keen instincts to work, she examines a few key suspects. As she digs into this deadly mystery, she uncovers clues that bring her closer to the truth, and even put her own life in danger.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  13. Garage Sale Mystery: The Beach Murder (2017)

    Annie Winters is a long-time customer of Rags-to-Riches and her husband Garret is a wealthy internet entrepreneur. When Garret’s dead body is found washed up on the beach, it looks like an apparent surfing accident. But Annie doesn’t believe the death was accidental and pleads with Jenn to take a closer look.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  14. Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989)

    While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer planning yet another killing.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  15. Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part (2021)

    Just days before Aurora’s wedding, a body is discovered, and she fears her father may be a suspect. She and Nick race to solve the cold case before they walk down the aisle.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  16. Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2018)

    Internet sensation and old family friend of Aurora Teagarden, Poppy Wilson, has returned to Lawrenceton to start her new embroidery business. But not everyone is happy with Poppy's success when she turns up dead. To find the killer, Roe must follow the unsettling truths that lead her—into the path of the killer.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  17. Garage Sale Mystery: A Case Of Murder (2017)

    Jenn buys an old reel-to-reel recorder at a garage sale only to find that it includes the sound of a man pleading for his life. When the former owner of the recorder, a retired therapist, is found murdered in a patient’s apartment, Jenn’s investigation leads to other patients whose love lives are more entangled than she was first led to believe.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  18. Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder (2019)

    When an old friend of New York Sentinel Crosswords editor Tess Harper is found murdered on the very day her puzzle includes his proposal of marriage, Tess unofficially teams up with Detective Logan O’Connor to find the killer.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  19. Past Malice: An Emma Fielding Mystery (2018)

    Archaeologist Emma Fielding is hired to consult on the acquisition of a castle-like estate that local legend states is cursed. But she finds herself in the middle of a murder case after discovering the body of the archaeologist she was hired to shadow in a secret chamber in the bowels of the huge building. Assisted by her friend, FBI special agent Jim Conner, Fielding must sift through clues and a long list of suspects, each of whom has their own reason for wanting the man dead, to determine who is the killer.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  20. Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2017)

    Librarian and real crime buff Aurora “Roe” Teagarden never liked Detective Sergeant Jack Burns, but she also never wanted to see him dead. When his body is found outside of Aurora’s home, she then becomes the main suspect. Determined to find the killer and clear her name, Aurora can't help but to get involved once again.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  21. Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights (1994)

    Scooby-Doo and Shaggy travel to Arabia to become the Caliph's Royal Food Tasters. But they bite off more than they can chew and are forced to run for their lives! It's a wild magic carpet ride as Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and their genie (Yogi Bear) and a jolly sailor named Sinbad (Magilla Gorilla) take you on an adventure of mistaken identities, exotic locations and fun-filled action and surprises!

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery

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  22. Like Blood (2019)

    Cliff is the leader of an enterprise he runs with his two best friends. His time in the life has taken a toll and he's eager to run away with his girlfriend Stephanie. They have a plan, but things take a dark twisted turn.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery

  23. Mitin Mashi (2019)

    Prajñāpāramitā AKA Mitin who runs a Kolkata Police detective agency is summoned by Jariwala, an eminent Parsi businessman, to look into his son's kidnapping. Prajñāpāramitā must solve the case in time.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery

  24. The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1994)

    The Corpse had a Familiar Face is a 1994 American TV-Movie with Elizabeth Montgomery, playing Edna Buchanan, a Miami's criminal journalist.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

  25. Milgram and the Fastwalkers (2018)

    A world-class psychiatrist takes on a new patient who is experiencing strange dreams, and is reluctantly drawn into the dark world of aliens and UFOs.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery

  26. Solver (2017)

    Luke, a young professional in New York City, learns his grandfather has disappeared under strange circumstances and is presumed dead. When he arrives at his grandfather's remote cabin, he finds a series of clues and puzzles, each more baffling than the last. With the help of a woman from his past and an eccentric sidekick, he must unravel the puzzle before someone else gets to the dark secret it hides.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery

  27. The lift that went down into hell (1969)

    A loving couple on an escapade, ending in a hotel room in the underworld. When the floor waiter shows up, the woman feel she has seen him before. And suddenly she discovers who he is.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

  28. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

    When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery

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  29. Dead Again (1991)

    In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery

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  30. A Dangerous Defense (2021)

    Abby represents her estranged sister in a murder trial. Is her sister guilty or is there a killer on the loose?

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders?

The closest matches to Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders are Riddled with Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020), Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2018) and Hailey Dean Mysteries: Deadly Estate (2017). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders?

Start with Riddled with Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020), the closest match to Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders.

What is the highest-rated movie like Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders?

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), rated 6.8/10 by 401 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders?

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder (2022) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders?

Yes: Riddled with Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020), Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2018) and Hailey Dean Mysteries: Deadly Estate (2017).

How are movies similar to Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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