Movies like The Ruby in the Smoke (2006)
The best movies like The Ruby in the Smoke (2006) are London Boulevard (2010), Drowning Mona (2000) and China Moon (1994). If The Ruby in the Smoke hooked you with its drama and mystery, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Usual Suspects (1995)8.2/10 from 11,945 votes
- NewestKiller Heat (2024)Released 2024
- Same seriesThe Shadow in the North (2007)The Sally Lockhart Mysteries
London Boulevard (2010)
A parolee falls for a reclusive movie star while trying to evade a ruthless gangster.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisDrowning Mona (2000)
A Sheriff investigating the murder of an upstate New York woman learns that her extremely hateful ways gave the whole town a motive to be rid of her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisChina Moon (1994)
Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After she shoots her husband, Kyle relucantly agrees to help hide the body, but his partner is showing an unusual flair for finding clues.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeyond the Pale (2014)
Mr. Whicher is hired by former Home Secretary Sir Edward Shore to investigate the violent threats made against his son Charles, who has recently returned from India with his family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
The Shadow in the North (2007)
Sally Lockhart crosses paths with the nefarious industrialist Axel Bellman, the richest and most powerful man in Europe. She's determined to prove him guilty of corruption and fraud, whilst Bellman will stop at nothing to destroy her case.
Why it matches: Same series: The Sally Lockhart Mysteries · both crime & drama
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2016)
While Aurora "Roe" Teagarden searches for her piece of the American dream, she decides to test the waters of the family business - real estate sales. Only thing is there's a dead body in the first house she shows. When a second body shows up in another home, Roe realizes there's more to real estate than she thought.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMaking a Killing (2018)
Three morticians get caught in a web of greed and deceit, involving buried treasure and a tangled love affair, in this modern day crime mystery that is based on a true story.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & crime
The Firm (1993)
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...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMiss 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: Fans watch both · both mystery & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAppointment with Death (1988)
Emily Boynton, the stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from her dominating influence. She takes herself, the children, and her daughter-in-law on holiday to Europe and the Holy Land. At a dig, Emily is found dead and Hercule Poirot investigates.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Murder in Angel Lane (2013)
When Mr. Whicher, a retired policeman, helps a country lady to find her niece, he is drawn into a disturbing case of murder which brings him up against wealthy and powerful figures and throws him into conflict with his former police colleagues.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & drama
Palmetto (1998)
After being released from prison on a bum charge, Harry Barber is out for payback to regain his lost two years. He's hired by Mrs. Malroux to fake the kidnapping of her stepdaughter (the daughter of a dying millionaire). He discovers that he is being set up on multiple levels and will soon face a longer sentence if he doesn't prove the truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSparkling Cyanide (2003)
Based on the novel by Agatha Christie In this TV movie, a classic mystery is updated and relocated to a glamorous world of London socialites and secret agents, introducing two unique and compelling investigators and taking us through to the highest corridors of power.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & crime
Hollywoodland (2006)
When Hollywood superstar George Reeves dies in his home, private detective Louis Simo is hired to investigate his death and gets caught in a web of lies involving a big studio executive's wife. Based on a true story.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Poison Rose (2019)
A down-on-his-luck PI is hired by his old flame to investigate a murder. But while the case at first appears routine, it slowly reveals itself to be a complex interwoven web of crimes, suspects and dead bodies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Usual Suspects (1995)
The lone survivor of an explosive heist gone wrong recounts for interrogators the events that began with five disparate criminals assembled for a police lineup - with alleged criminal mastermind Keyser Soze at the center of it all.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisRuby Herring Mysteries: Her Last Breath (2019)
Ruby and Detective Killian investigate a suspicious fatal car accident. With their yin and yang relationship, they solve the case, until Ruby finds new evidence that they may have it all wrong. Stars Taylor Cole and Stephen Huszar
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & crime
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSite Unseen: An Emma Fielding Mystery (2017)
Brilliant, dedicated, and driven, archaeologist Emma Fielding is trying to unearth evidence of a 17th century coastal Maine settlement that predates Jamestown, one of the most significant archaeological finds in years. But the dead body that accompanies it has embroiled Emma and her students in a different kind of exploration.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFrozen River (2008)
A financially strapped mother joins a Mohawk woman to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEdge of Darkness (2010)
As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For (2019)
A matriarch is poisoned during a family wedding reception and Aurora Teagarden vows to get to the bottom of the crime, especially when her mother, a friend of the dead woman, stands to inherit the bulk of the massive estate. 11th installment in Aurora Teagarden Mysteries.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGone Baby Gone (2007)
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 reasons—they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Border (1982)
A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Heart of Justice (1992)
David Leader investigates a seemingly senseless murder, and in the course of it is drawn into the labyrinth of a sinisterly unique wealthy family...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & crime
Zero Effect (1998)
Daryl Zero is a private investigator and—along with his assistant, Steve Arlo—he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Although Daryl's a master investigator, he doesn't know what to do with himself when he's not working; he has no social skills, writes bad music and drives Steve crazy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKiller Heat (2024)
An expat PI is hired to investigate a suspicious death in Crete, Greece, where jealousies run deep amongst the victim's powerful family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSherlock: Many Happy Returns (2013)
John and Lestrade try to move on with their lives after Sherlock's apparent death. However, Anderson believes he is still alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
The Scapegoat (2012)
In 1952, as England prepares for the coronation, two very different men have one thing in common—a face.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMurder in Three Acts (1986)
In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Ruby in the Smoke?
The closest matches to The Ruby in the Smoke are London Boulevard (2010), Drowning Mona (2000) and China Moon (1994). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Ruby in the Smoke?
People who watched The Ruby in the Smoke most often go on to London Boulevard (2010), Drowning Mona (2000) and China Moon (1994).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Ruby in the Smoke?
The Usual Suspects (1995), rated 8.2/10 by 11,945 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Ruby in the Smoke?
Killer Heat (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Is The Ruby in the Smoke part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to The Sally Lockhart Mysteries, which includes The Shadow in the North (2007).
Are there English movies like The Ruby in the Smoke?
Yes: London Boulevard (2010), Drowning Mona (2000) and China Moon (1994).
How are movies similar to The Ruby in the Smoke chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Ruby in the Smoke, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.