20 movies like The Oxford Murders, ordered by similarity : High Season for Spies(1966), The Negotiator(1998), The Bone Collector(1999), The Departed(2006), Wind River(2017), Gone Girl(2014), Seven(1995), Enigma(2001), Everest(2015), The Unknown Girl(2016), Set It Off(1996), Zulu(2013) ...
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
2008
110 Minutes
Elijah Wood John Hurt Leonor Watling Julie Cox Jim Carter Alex Cox Dominique Pinon Burn Gorman Anna Massey
professor graduate student thrilling tense oxford university secret amateur detectives team mystery 1990s
A graduate student (Elijah Wood) and a professor (John Hurt) try to put their philosophical differences aside to solve an elderly woman's apparent murder.
Crime, Comedy, Action, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Spain|Portugal|West Germany
1966
89 Minutes
Antonio Vilar Letícia Román Peter Van Eyck Américo Coimbra Mikaela Artur Semedo Klausjürgen Wussow Corny Collins Ricardo Rubinstein José Cardoso Ricardo Valle
professor inventor kidnapper gangster agent secret agent engaging gripping suspenseful thrilling intense lisbon, portugal kidnapping secret secret formula fighting dangerous mission adventure rivalry pursuit
A scientist discovers the formula of a particular resistant steel, and a spy ring from an enemy power sets after him to obtain it.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Germany|USA
1998
138 Minutes
Samuel L. Jackson Kevin Spacey David Morse Ron Rifkin John Spencer J.T. Walsh Regina Taylor Siobhan Fallon Hogan Paul Giamatti
negotiator police officer hostage con artist wife embezzler tense gripping thrilling intense chicago police station house office building street big city hostage situation embezzlement framed for murder police corruption
In a desperate attempt to prove his innocence, a skilled police negotiator accused of corruption and murder takes hostages in a government office to gain the time he needs to find the truth.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Canada
1999
113 Minutes
Denzel Washington Angelina Jolie Queen Latifah Michael Rooker Mike McGlone Luis Guzman Leland Orser John Benjamin Hickey Bobby Cannavale Ed O'Neill Larry Day
forensic expert policewoman nurse serial killer detective quadriplegic chilling disturbing emotional thrilling new york city montreal taxi office building apartment murder investigation serial murders teamwork forensic criminology clues
A quadriplegic ex-homicide detective and his partner try to track down a serial killer who is terrorizing New York City.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Hong Kong
2006
152 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Matt Damon Jack Nicholson Mark Wahlberg Martin Sheen Ray Winstone Vera Farmiga Alec Baldwin James Badge Dale David O'Hara Mark Rolston
mobster criminal cop informant girlfriend wife dark intense gritty tense suspenseful frightening boston police station bar vehicle city apartment secret hideout crime mafia
An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|Canada|USA
2017
111 Minutes
Jeremy Renner Elizabeth Olsen Gil Birmingham Jon Bernthal Julia Jones Kelsey Asbille James Jordan Martin Sensmeier Ian Bohen Matthew Del Negro Eric Lange
fbi agent police officer native american animal-control officer victim hunter gripping thrilling tense suspenseful wyoming indian reservation indian territory wilderness murder investigation wilderness homicide mystery fbi native americans
A veteran hunter helps an FBI agent investigate the murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation.
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2014
149 Minutes
Ben Affleck Rosamund Pike Neil Patrick Harris Tyler Perry Kim Dickens Patrick Fugit Carrie Coon David Clennon Lisa Banes Missi Pyle Emily Ratajkowski
writer wife suspect police officer journalist police detective brooding dark intense bleak thrilling disheartening carthage house street police station car office disappearance illusions
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1995
125 Minutes
Brad Pitt Morgan Freeman Gwyneth Paltrow R. Lee Ermey Richard Roundtree John C. McGinley Julie Araskog Mark Boone Junior John Cassini Reg E. Cathey Peter Crombie
police officer detective serial killer wife police chief dark suspenseful tense disturbing shocking intricate city police station desert murder violence morality torture wretched excess mystery
A meticulous detective (Morgan Freeman) and the young officer (Brad Pitt) about to replace the veteran probe serial murders based on the seven deadly sins.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA|Germany|Netherlands
2001
119 Minutes
Dougray Scott Kate Winslet Saffron Burrows Jeremy Northam Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Tom Hollander Corin Redgrave Matthew Macfadyen Robert Pugh Lee Montague Nicholas Rowe
code breaker missing girl housemate secret agent admiral co-worker thrilling suspenseful tense gripping intense patriotic england world war ii code breaking nervous breakdown disappearance government secrets english intelligence mystery
A young genius frantically races against time to crack an enemy code and solve the mystery surrounding the woman he loves.
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Drama
UK|USA|Iceland
2015
121 Minutes
Jason Clarke Josh Brolin John Hawkes Robin Wright Emily Watson Michael Kelly Keira Knightley Sam Worthington Martin Henderson Elizabeth Debicki Ingvar Sigurdsson
mountain climber sherpa team leader survivor friend family member bleak emotional gripping tense intense mount everest base camp house trail helicopter hospital mountain climbing storm danger
The story of New Zealand's Robert "Rob" Edwin Hall, who on May 10, 1996, together with Scott Fischer, teamed up on a joint expedition to ascend Mount Everest.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Belgium|France
2016
113 Minutes
Adèle Haenel Jean-Pierre Dardenne Olivier Bonnaud Jérémie Renier Louka Minnella Christelle Cornil Nadège Ouedraogo Olivier Gourmet Pierre Sumkay Yves Larec Ben Hamidou
doctor intern mysterious girl murder victim detective family member brooding emotional intense belgium office france apartment police station car mystery guilt search intimidation determination
A doctor gets obsessed with the case of a dead woman after learning that the woman had died shortly after having rung her door for help.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
USA
1996
120 Minutes
Jada Pinkett Smith Queen Latifah Vivica A. Fox Blair Underwood John C. McGinley Kimberly Elise Vincent Baum Van Baum Chaz Lamar Shepherd
detective bank teller bank robber janitor single mother brother thrilling tense bank los angeles housing project robbery unemployment police brutality romance racism poverty escape transformation love
Desperation drives four inner-city women to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting each other.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
France|South Africa
2013
110 Minutes
Orlando Bloom Forest Whitaker Conrad Kemp Inge Beckmann Tinarie Van Wyk-Loots Regardt van den Bergh Randall Majiet Patrick Lyster Joelle Kayembe
murderer murder victim eunuch detective drug dealer south african man bleak brutal dark thrilling intense suspenseful south africa cape town, south africa beach murder drugs apartheid crime detective work
Policemen Ali Sokhela and Brian Epkeen investigate the brutal murder of a young white woman, apparently provoked by the availability of a new illegal drug and somehow connected to the disappearance of black street children.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
UK
2015
104 Minutes
Kit Harington Peter Firth Jennifer Ehle Tim McInnerny Elyes Gabel Tuppence Middleton Eleanor Matsuura Lara Pulver David Harewood Michael Wildman
british intelligence agent terrorist wrongly accused secret agent teamwork gripping tense dark thrilling emotional london big city terrorism manhunt escape redemption conspiracy corruption escape pursuit
When a terrorist escapes custody during a routine handover, Will Holloway must team with disgraced MI5 Intelligence Chief Harry Pearce to track him down before an imminent terrorist attack on London.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Malta|USA
2017
114 Minutes
Kenneth Branagh Johnny Depp Michelle Pfeiffer Penélope Cruz Willem Dafoe Judi Dench Josh Gad Derek Jacobi Leslie Odom Jr. Daisy Ridley Marwan Kenzari
investigator detective passenger murder suspect governess widow brooding suspenseful uneasy tense train train tracks mountain dining room cabin murder investigation murder plot murder accusation suspicion mystery
When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Gay & Lesbian
Australia|UK
2006
109 Minutes
Eddie Redmayne Tom Sturridge Toni Collette Richard Roxburgh Patrick Malahide Kate Maberly Jonathan Overton Amit Shah David Threlfall Cathryn Bradshaw Hugh Sachs
student principal roommate love interest detective psychologist creepy chilling dark engaging brooding disturbing boarding school england boarding-school life secret society psychological profiling murder mind control obsession
A forensic psychologist (Collette) is tasked with determining whether or not a minor should face murder charges for killing his schoolmate.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
USA|China|France|Norway|UK
2018
147 Minutes
Tom Cruise Henry Cavill Ving Rhames Simon Pegg Rebecca Ferguson Sean Harris Angela Bassett Michelle Monaghan Alec Baldwin Vanessa Kirby Wes Bentley
cia agent assassin secret agent spy arms dealer terrorist thrilling suspenseful tense gripping helicopter truck cliff basement base camp italy weapons terrorism undercover operations secret mission
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.
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.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1959
160 Minutes
James Stewart Lee Remick Ben Gazzara Arthur O'Connell Eve Arden Kathryn Grant Joseph N. Welch Brooks West George C. Scott Murray Hamilton Orson Bean
attorney soldier prosecutor wife business partner district attorney gripping intense courtroom michigan small town hotel murder trial rape secret anger fear mystery quest
In a murder trial, the defendant says he suffered temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case?