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10 Best Movies Like Murder For Beginners

If you loved Murder For Beginners, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Long Shot

Long Shot

2017★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Murder For Beginners for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

When Juan Catalan is arrested for a murder he insists he didn't commit, he builds his case for innocence around unexpected raw footage....

#2
In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood

1967★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Murder For Beginners for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of thei...

#3
The Naked City

The Naked City

1948★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Murder For Beginners for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder....

#4
The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia

1953★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Murder For Beginners for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspe...

#5
Deathtrap

Deathtrap

1982★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Murder For Beginners for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script....

#6
Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

2025★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Murder For Beginners for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by n...

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