20 movies like The Mystery of Mr. X, ordered by similarity : Madigan(1968), Somewhere in the Night(1946), The Blackbird(1926), Cloud 9(2008), The Fake(1953), Carol(2015), I Wake Up Screaming(1941), 21 Bridges(2019), Woodpeckers(2017), Fool for Love(1985), The Interview(1998), The Blue Dahlia(1946) ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1934
84 Minutes
Robert Montgomery Elizabeth Allan Lewis Stone Ralph Forbes Henry Stephenson Forrester Harvey Ivan F. Simpson Leonard Mudie Alec B. Francis Charles Irwin Colin Kenny
serial killer thief police detective fiancé commissioner constable tense brooding suspenseful london apartment murder investigation jewelry theft mistaken identity wrongfully accused love triangle manhunt love pursuit transformation
A jewel thief suspected of being a local serial killer targeting police officers decides to solve the mystery himself to clear his name.
Crime, Drama
USA
1968
101 Minutes
Richard Widmark Henry Fonda Harry Guardino Inger Stevens James Whitmore Michael Dunn
police detective commissioner suspect mistress partner minister gritty tense melodramatic thrilling brooklyn, n.y. police station new york city street apartment theft corruption manhunt police brutality investigation
In New York City's Spanish Harlem, detectives Madigan and Bonaro are given 72 hours by their superior to capture a hoodlum wanted for homicide in Brooklyn.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
108 Minutes
veteran singer mobster amnesiac love interest police detective dark dense cool los angeles apartment lounge hospital amnesia mistaken identity theft murder investigation crime mystery
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, while trying to track down his old identity, he stumbles onto a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.
Crime, Drama
USA
1926
76 Minutes
Lon Chaney Renée Adorée Owen Moore Doris Lloyd Ernie S. Adams Sidney Bracey Eric Mayne Andy McLennan Lionel Belmore William Weston
thief bishop singer police officer ex-wife brooding crafty suspenseful music hall church apartment mission love triangle secret identity jewelry theft framed reformation rivalry love pursuit
Two thieves, the Blackbird and West End Bertie, fall in love with the same girl, a French nightclub performer named Fifi. Each man tries to outdo the other to win her heart.
Romance, Drama
Germany
2008
98 Minutes
Ursula Werner Horst Rehberg Horst Westphal Steffi Kühnert
woman man couple lover cheeky confident emotional engaging heartwarming germany home apartment lake love love triangle loveless marriage lovers old age love forbidden love
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
Crime, Drama
UK|USA
1953
80 Minutes
art expert guard daughter museum curator painter investigator tense cool suspenseful london tate gallery florence, italy office forgery art love interest theft investigation crime mystery
On loan to the Tate Gallery in London, Da Vinci's 'Madonna and Child' is stolen and replaced with a fake but the American security expert working for Tate aims to recover the original painting and catch the culprits.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
82 Minutes
Betty Grable Victor Mature Carole Landis Laird Cregar William Gargan Alan Mowbray Allyn Joslyn Elisha Cook Jr.
promoter victim sister police detective murderer hotel desk clerk dark intricate suspenseful new york city apartment police station restaurant murder obsessive love false accusations show business new love revenge love
Why is Inspector Ed Cornell trying to railroad Frankie Christopher for the murder of model Vicky Lynn?
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
China|USA
2019
99 Minutes
Chadwick Boseman Sienna Miller J.K. Simmons Stephan James Taylor Kitsch Keith David Alexander Siddig Louis Cancelmi Victoria Cartagena Gary Carr Morocco Omari
police officer criminal detective murderer family member murder suspect cool confident thrilling suspenseful intense intricate new york city subway apartment crime scene police station car murder manhunt
An embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Drama
USA
1985
105 Minutes
Sam Shepard Kim Basinger Harry Dean Stanton Randy Quaid Martha Crawford Louise Egolf Sura Cox Jonathan Skinner April Russell Deborah McNaughton Lon Hill
woman man half brother lover ex-boyfriend adult brash dark intense emotional melodramatic gripping united states motel las vegas love relationships incest fighting past loves
May is waiting for her boyfriend in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens to undermine her efforts and drag her back into the life that she was running away from. The situation soon turns complicated.
Crime, Drama
Australia
1998
101 Minutes
Hugo Weaving Tony Martin Aaron Jeffery Paul Sonkkila Michael Caton Peter McCauley Glynis Angel Leverne McDonnell Libby Stone
suspect man detective tense suspenseful apartment police station interview room interrogation car theft murder deception escape pursuit mystery 1990s
A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
96 Minutes
Alan Ladd Veronica Lake William Bendix Howard da Silva Doris Dowling Tom Powers Hugh Beaumont Howard Freeman Don Costello Will Wright Frank Faylen
naval officer wife nightclub owner friend detective brooding gritty suspenseful hollywood, calif. ranch infidelity murder mystery secret betrayal love mystery revenge 1940s
An ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1957
114 Minutes
Tyrone Power Marlene Dietrich Charles Laughton Elsa Lanchester John Williams Henry Daniell Ian Wolfe Una O'Connor Torin Thatcher Francis Compton Norma Varden
lawyer wife defendant prosecutor nurse witness gripping crafty courtroom trial love triangle love-hate relationship betrayal murder investigation mystery rivalry love temptation 1950s
A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
71 Minutes
Steven Geray Micheline Cheirel Eugene Borden Ann Codee Egon Brecher Helen Freeman Brother Theodore Gregory Gaye Jean Del Val Paul Marion Emil Rameau
police detective innkeeper daughter wife fiancé doctor tense chilling paris french countryside inn vacation romance murder mental illness investigation love mystery 1940s
Paris police detective Cassin has a well needed vacation at a rural inn, where the owners' adult daughter shows interest in him but she has a jealous boyfriend. Will Cassin need his skills?
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
99 Minutes
Lucille Ball Mark Stevens Clifton Webb William Bendix Kurt Kreuger Cathy Downs Reed Hadley Constance Collier
private investigator secretary art dealer wife criminal ex-convict suspenseful tense new york city street office investigation love triangle infidelity murder framed stalking mystery pursuit 1940s
A secretary tries to help her boss, who is framed for a murder.
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Ida Lupino Robert Ryan Ward Bond Charles Kemper Anthony Ross Ed Begley Ian Wolfe Sumner Williams Gus Schilling Frank Ferguson Cleo Moore
police detective sister killer father partner captain dark gritty brooding new york city police station apartment countryside cabin investigation brother/sister relationship murder mental breakdown blindness redemption
Rough city cop Jim Wilson is disciplined by his captain and is sent upstate, to a snowy mountain town, to help the local sheriff solve a murder case.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Victor Mature Richard Conte Shelley Winters Fred Clark Berry Kroeger Debra Paget Betty Garde Tommy Cook
police detective murderer girlfriend lawyer thief brutal chilling dark suspenseful new york city hospital prison murder theft investigation imprisonment escape fall pursuit mystery
Police Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
86 Minutes
Robert Young Robert Mitchum Robert Ryan Gloria Grahame Paul Kelly Richard Benedict Sam Levene Jacqueline White Steve Brodie Lex Barker
soldier veteran detective sergeant serial killer dark thrilling suspenseful bar washington, d.c. mexico apartment hotel murder investigation anti-semitism paranoia friendship military mystery
A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why?
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
109 Minutes
Dick Powell Signe Hasso Maylia Ludwig Donath Vladimir Sokoloff Edgar Barrier
government agent widow ward criminal drug dealer commissioner gripping melodramatic tense suspenseful san francisco shanghai ship restaurant courtroom havana travel investigation justice crime
After witnessing an incident on a foreign ship off California coast, a U.S. Treasury agent aboard a Coast Guard vessel decides to further investigate the matter by following a crime trail leading to China, Egypt, Lebanon and Cuba.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
105 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Ava Gardner Edmond O'Brien Albert Van Dekker Sam Levene Virginia Christine John Miljan Vince Barnett Charles D. Brown Donald MacBride
gas station attendant detective insurance investigator hitman femme fatale boxer dark brooding gritty powerful small town diner brentwood, n.j. city robbery crime deception love murder mystery
Hit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.