Movies like Intruder in the Dust: 20 to watch next
If you loved Intruder in the Dust (1949) — a drama, crime and mystery film directed by Clarence Brown — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Intruder in the Dust most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like small town, based on novel or book and mississippi river. 2 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Black Angel 1946★ 6.1
Shares: Mystery, Crime
A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors 1992★ 6.9
Shares: Mystery, Drama, Crime
At the insistence of Ruth Van Rydock, an old schoolfriend who is convinced that there is something wrong, Miss Marple agrees to visit 'Stonygates', the country house of Ruth's sister.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Glass Key 1942★ 6.7
Shares: Crime, Mystery
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Defiant Ones 1958★ 7.2
Shares: Crime, Drama
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Assault 2014★ 6.8
Shares: Mystery, Crime, Drama
After a cheerleader is sexually assaulted by the high school football team, she must overcome her shame and use the evidence gathered from the subsequent social media firestorm to piece together the night that she can't remember in her fight for justice. Based on the true story of the Steubenville, Ohio rape case.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Blueprint for Murder 1953★ 6.2
Shares: Mystery, Crime
Whitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cameron's brother, died under mysterious circumstances, and now that the death of her stepchild, Polly, has been attributed to poisoning, he suspects that Lynn is after his late brother's estate, and killing everyone in her way.
Stream in India on Plex
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Murder in Three Acts 1986★ 6.0
Shares: Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Wrong Man 1956★ 7.1
Shares: Crime, Drama
In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Bad Day at Black Rock 1955★ 7.3
Shares: Drama, Crime, Mystery
One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2018★ 7.2
Shares: Mystery, Crime, Drama
There is excitement in the air when a Hollywood crew comes to Lawrenceton to film a movie about the town’s sleuthy librarian, Aurora Teagarden. However, when the film’s leading lady is found murdered in her dressing room, Aurora enlists her Real Murders Club members to help gather clues. At the same time, she experiences mounting concern that Aida is becoming attracted to the film’s director who, like everyone else working on the set that day, is considered a suspect. And this time around Martin is especially worried about Aurora’s safety after learning that the film’s screenwriter, who has a romantic history with her, emerges as the prime suspect.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Mirror Crack'd 1980★ 6.1
Shares: Mystery, Crime
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story 2004★ 6.1
Shares: Crime, Drama
Redemption tells the story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips L.A. street gang. Story follows his fall into gang-banging, his prison term, and his work writing children's novels encouraging peace and anti-violence resolutions which earned him multiple Nobel Peace Prize nominations. After exhausting all forms of appeal, Tookie was executed by lethal injection.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Phantom Lady 1944★ 6.9
Shares: Mystery, Crime
A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his wife.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Time Without Pity 1957★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Mystery, Drama
Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. David then goes on a quest to try and clear his son’s name while battling “the bottle.”
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery 2017★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Mystery
In the small resort town of Lighthouse Cove, everyone knows that the best man for the job is a woman. And that woman is Shannon Hughes, owner of a construction company and an expert in Victorian home restoration and renovation. Through her renovations she will find clues to uncover the house’s secret past and in turn become an unlikely sleuth to help crack these unsolved mysteries
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2017★ 7.0
Shares: Mystery, Crime, Drama
Librarian and real crime buff Aurora “Roe” Teagarden never liked Detective Sergeant Jack Burns, but she also never wanted to see him dead. When his body is found outside of Aurora’s home, she then becomes the main suspect. Determined to find the killer and clear her name, Aurora can't help but to get involved once again.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2017★ 6.9
Shares: Mystery, Drama, Crime
Aurora Teagarden and her boyfriend Martin are thrilled when they get an unexpected visit from his niece and her new baby. Their excitement is short lived when his niece disappears and the baby is left behind. Once again, Aurora finds herself drawn into a deadly investigation as she risks it all to help Martin reunite with his family.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2016★ 6.9
Shares: Mystery, Crime, Drama
Aurora Teagarden is a beautiful young librarian with a passion for solving murders. After an exhaustive search for the perfect home, Aurora finally purchases her dream house, unaware of its murky history. As she prepares to move in, Aurora discovers that the family who once lived there mysteriously disappeared without a trace.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2018★ 6.9
Shares: Mystery, Crime, Drama
Internet sensation and old family friend of Aurora Teagarden, Poppy Wilson, has returned to Lawrenceton to start her new embroidery business. But not everyone is happy with Poppy's success when she turns up dead. To find the killer, Roe must follow the unsettling truths that lead her—into the path of the killer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase 2019★ 6.4
Shares: Crime, Mystery
Nancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set out to solve the mystery, make new friends, and establish their place in the community
Stream in India on Netflix