Wake Up Dead Man is a mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. The 2025 film is the third installment in the Knives Out film series, and it follows master detective Benoit Blanc as he takes on a seemingly impossible murder investigation involving people from a close-knit community and their place of worship. Wake Up Dead Man stars Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church. So, if you loved the thrilling mystery, intense drama, and compelling characters in Wake Up Dead Man, here are some similar movies you should check out next, but watch the previous two Knives Out films first.
A Haunting in Venice (Prime Video)
A Haunting in Venice is a mystery thriller film directed by Kenneth Branagh from a screenplay by Michael Green. Based on Agatha Christie’s 1969 novel Hallowe’en Party, the 2023 film s place after World War II in Venice, and it follows a retired Poirot as he reluctantly attends a seance, but things take a turn when one of the guests is found murdered, and it falls upon him to unmask the killer. A Haunting in Venice stars Kenneth Branagh, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Michelle Yeoh, and Kelly Reilly.
Se7en (Pluto TV & Rent on Prime Video)
Se7en is a crime thriller film directed by David Fincher from a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker. The 1995 film follows Detective Lieutenant William Somerset and his partner David Mills as they are tasked with stopping a crazed serial killer who has been committing brutal murders based on the seven deadly sins. Se7en stars Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, and John C. McGinley.
The Priest (Prime Video)
The Priest is an Indian mystery horror film directed by Jofin T. Chacko from a screenplay co-written by Shyam Menon and Deepu Pradeep. Based on the British TV series Father Brown and the 2019 film The Prodigy, the 2021 film follows Father Carmen as he joins the police investigation into a series of mysterious suicides, but the evidence leads them down a sinister path. The Priest stars Mammootty, Nikhila Vimal, Manju Warrier, and Venkitesh V.P.
Sherlock Holmes (Rent on Prime Video)
Sherlock Holmes is a period mystery action film directed by Guy Ritchie from a screenplay co-written by Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham, and Simon Kinberg. Based on the characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the 2009 film is set in the year 1890 in London, and it follows eccentric private detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend and partner Dr. John Watson as they find themselves embroiled in a mystical criminal investigation involving mysticist Lord Blackwood. Sherlock Holmes stars Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, and Eddie Marsan.
Crooked House (Netflix, Tubi, & Rent on Prime Video)
Crooked House is a mystery thriller film directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Julian Fellowes and Tim Rose Price. Based on Agatha Christie’s 1949 novel of the same name, the 2017 film is set in the mid-1950s, and it revolves around the murder investigation of a wealthy man, with the suspect being her former lover. Crooked House stars Glenn Close, Terence Stamp, Max Irons, Stefanie Martini, Julian Sands, Gillian Anderson, and Christina Hendricks.
Identity (Netflix, Pluto TV, & Rent on Prime Video)
Identity is a slasher mystery thriller film directed by James Mangold from a screenplay by Michael Cooney. Inspired by Agatha Christie’s 1939 novel Then There Were None, the 2003 film revolves around ten strangers in an isolated hotel as they find themselves cut off from the rest of the world because of a rainstorm. Things turn bloody when they mysteriously begin to die one by one. Identity stars John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Alfred Molina, Clea DuVall, Rebecca De Mornay, John Hawkes, and John C. McGinley.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Peacock & Rent on Prime Video)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a neo-noir mystery thriller film directed by David Fincher from a screenplay by Steven Zaillian. Based on Stieg Larsson’s 2005 novel of the same name, the 2011 film follows Mikael Blomkvist, a journalist whose career hangs in the balance as a libel suit goes on. He is soon hired by a wealthy man to investigate a 40-year-old disappearance that still haunts him. Blomkvist takes on the case and, with the help of an antisocial computer hacker, discovers dark secrets that his employer’s family would like to keep hidden. The Girl with the Dragon stars Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgard, Steven Berkoff, and Robin Wright.