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10 Best Movies Like Death by Design

If you loved Death by Design, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Detective

The Detective

1968★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death by Design for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a gay man....

#2
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost

2011★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death by Design for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jesse investigates the suspicious death of a young friend while the police force deals with the arrogant new police chief who is the son-in-law of a town councilman....

#3
Marlowe

Marlowe

1969★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death by Design for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly...

#4
Ill Manors

Ill Manors

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death by Design for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of drug use, prostitution and urban...

#5
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

2006★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death by Design for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When Jesse Stone looks into the murder of a teen-age girl whose body is found floating in a local lake, it brings him up against the Boston mob and into the affluent world of a bes...

#6
Small Apartments

Small Apartments

2012★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Death by Design for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved br...

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