Movies Similar to Ellery Queen, Master Detective

The Messengers(2007)

When the Solomons trade in the craziness of big-city life for the quiet of a North Dakota farm, little do they expect the nightmare that follows. Soon after arriving, teenage Jess (Kristen Stewart) and her younger brother see terrifying apparitions and endure attacks from a supernatural source. Jess must warn her disbelieving family before it is too late to save them.

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Unrest(2006)

A young pathology med student suspects that the spirit of a dead cadaver in the hospital morgue where she works is killing off all those who handle or desecrate the body.

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Resurrection(1999)

A jaded homicide detective has been put on the case of a ruthless killer in the city of Chicago, who leaves a trail of horribly mutilated and dismembered corpses along with perversely ironic biblical quotes.

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Horsemen(2009)

A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing spree linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

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The Mandarin Mystery(1936)

Ellery Queen solves a mystery involving a valuable stamp.

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Haunted Honeymoon(1986)

Radio personalities Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle are stars of a mystery show. Since they announced their engagement, Larry has been plagued by speech problems and, seeking out an unconventional cure, he returns to his boyhood home, a mansion in the countryside, bringing Vickie along. Larry reunites with numerous family members, but discovers that there are sinister things afoot within the walls of the creepy estate.

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A Dragonfly for Each Corpse(1975)

A killer is cleaning up the streets of Milan by murdering those considered as deviant. An ornamental dragonfly, soaked in the blood of the victim, is left on each body.

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Who Done It?(1942)

Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.

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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford(1936)

A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.

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The Mark of the Whistler(1944)

A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account.

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A Close Call for Ellery Queen(1942)

Amateur sleuth Ellery Queen learns the truth about a businessman's two long-lost daughters.

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A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen(1942)

A man is framed for embezzlement and runs off to San Francisco. His wife hires Ellery Queen to try and track him down before the police get to him.

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Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring(1941)

The benefactor of the Stack Memorial Hospital dies after an operation. Ellery Queen investigates when it is revealed the cause of death was murder by strangulation.

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Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime(1941)

Several days after one of his company's dams burst, ruining the life savings of several investors, a shady power company president is found stabbed to death. Ellery Queen gets to the bottom of the mystery.

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Meet Boston Blackie(1941)

When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in New York, the trail leads to Coney Island and a spy ring.

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Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery(1941)

Ventriloquist and world traveler Gordon Cobb is murdered by a gang of jewel thieves. Baffled by the contradictory clues, Inspector Queen asks his son, Ellery, to help out.

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The Spanish Cape Mystery(1935)

Ellery Queen's vacation is interrupted when murder strikes next door to his oceanside cabin.

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Anatomy of a Fall(2023)

A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.

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Mystery Broadcast(1943)

A radio detective sets out to solve an old murder case, with the help of her sound man and another radio detective. They manage to talk to the people involved in the case, but shortly afterwards the main suspects turn up dead.

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Whistling in the Dark(1941)

Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.

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