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10 Best Movies Like The Motive

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

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#1
Dead Man's Folly

Dead Man's Folly

1986★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Motive for fans of Crime & Mystery & TV Movie. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs....

#2
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

1986★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Motive for fans of Crime & Drama & Mystery & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help fro...

#3
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

1987★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Motive for fans of Crime & Mystery & TV Movie. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Travelling on the 4.50 from Paddington, Mrs McGillicuddy witnesses a murder on a passing train - but where is the body?...

#4
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly

2020★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Motive for fans of Crime & Drama & Mystery & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Aurora's high school reunion turns deadly when a body is found in the hotel pool. Aurora and her Real Murders Club help investigate which classmate was most likely to kill....

#5
Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and Be Buried

Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and Be Buried

2017★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Motive for fans of Crime & Drama & Mystery & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Henry and Maggie attend the birthday party of a local publisher, where his son and stepson reenact a historical 18th century dual. Someone, however, has loaded the antique pistol w...

#6
A Fugitive from the Past

A Fugitive from the Past

1965★ 7.3

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

Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest....

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