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Movies Like Past Malice: An Emma Fielding Mystery

If you loved Past Malice: An Emma Fielding Mystery's Mystery and Crime storytelling, these films deliver a similar experience — carefully selected for tone, themes, and emotional depth. Each pick includes where to watch it right now.

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Site Unseen: An Emma Fielding Mystery
6.8

Site Unseen: An Emma Fielding Mystery

2017

Brilliant, dedicated, and driven, archaeologist Emma Fielding is trying to unearth evidence of a 17th century coastal Maine settlement that predates Jamestown, one of the most significant archaeological finds in years. But the dead body that accompanies it has embroiled Emma and her students in a different kind of exploration.

A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
6.9

A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

2015

A librarian with a sharp mind for murder, Aurora Teagarden is known around her small town as a master sleuth. When her friend Jane unexpectedly dies and leaves Aurora everything in her will, she also leaves a troubling murder mystery haunting her neighborhood. It is up to Aurora to piece together the clues—including a skull, its missing skeleton and a suspicious group of neighbors—and solve the murder before she becomes the unlikely killer’s next victim.

Garage Sale Mystery: A Case Of Murder
6.7

Garage Sale Mystery: A Case Of Murder

2017

Jenn buys an old reel-to-reel recorder at a garage sale only to find that it includes the sound of a man pleading for his life. When the former owner of the recorder, a retired therapist, is found murdered in a patient’s apartment, Jenn’s investigation leads to other patients whose love lives are more entangled than she was first led to believe.

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
6.5

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

1986

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 from Miss Marple.

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly
7.2

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly

2020

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.

A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
6.9

A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

2017

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.

Dead Man's Folly
6.3

Dead Man's Folly

1986

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

Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
7.2

Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

2018

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.

More Movies Like Past Malice: An Emma Fielding Mystery

The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
6.8

The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

2016

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.

Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word
6.7

Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word

2016

Abby Knight, a former lawyer turned proud flower shop owner is starting over after the death of her husband with the support from her father, a new business and her daughter off to college. Life is good in the peaceful town of New Chapel but when a black SUV rams her prized vintage car, she’s determined to track down the driver. She begrudgingly accepts the help of a new neighbor, the handsome and charming ex-Marine Marco Salvare who just bought the bar down the street.

Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
6.8

Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

2015

Aurora finds a member of her crime buff group, the Real Murders Club, killed in a manner that eerily resembles the crime the club was about to discuss. As other brutal "copycat" killings follow, Aurora will have to uncover the person behind the terrifying game.

Mystery 101
7.4

Mystery 101

2019

When a college student is found dead, English professor Amy uses her crime fiction expertise to unravel the case faster than detective Travis, who ends up working with Amy to catch the killer.

The Assault
6.7

The Assault

2014

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.

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek
7.4

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek

2020

When a priceless crown is stolen during a benefit gala held by the Lawrenceton library, Aurora and the Real Murders Club must investigate who would kill to get their hands on it.

Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
6.6

Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise

2015

Police Chief Jesse Stone now presides over the quiet, seaside village of Paradise, Massachusetts. When the facts don't add up in a brutal Boston-area murder case, Jesse opens an investigation filled with surprises, unlikely suspects and grave danger. Though it's widely believed the murder was committed by an incarcerated serial killer, Jesse suspects another killer is at large and is hell-bent on bringing him to justice.

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game
7.0

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game

2018

Crime-solving librarian Aurora Teagarden leaps headfirst into Lawrenceton’s latest murder investigation when her nephew Phillip and his college roommate go missing after the roommate’s girlfriend is found dead. Enlisting the help of her Real Murders pals, and the handsome college professor Nick Miller who just moved in across the street from her, Roe uncovers a kidnapping plot gone awry.

The Hound of the Baskervilles
6.1

The Hound of the Baskervilles

2002

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called in to unravel a mysterious curse that has plagued the Baskerville family for generations. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead, his heir, Sir Henry, begs Holmes to save him from the terrifying supernatural hound that has brought fear and death to his household.

Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die
6.6

Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die

2015

When Henry is invited as a guest speaker at a luxury resort spa, he quickly finds himself at the center of another murder. With Maggie at his side, our favorite duo must not only find the killer but be careful they don't become his latest victim.

Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder
7.5

Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder

2019

When an old friend of New York Sentinel Crosswords editor Tess Harper is found murdered on the very day her puzzle includes his proposal of marriage, Tess unofficially teams up with Detective Logan O’Connor to find the killer.

Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
6.7

Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

2016

While Aurora "Roe" Teagarden searches for her piece of the American dream, she decides to test the waters of the family business - real estate sales. Only thing is there's a dead body in the first house she shows. When a second body shows up in another home, Roe realizes there's more to real estate than she thought.

Why These Movies Are Similar

These recommendations share core qualities with Past Malice: An Emma Fielding Mystery (2018): Mystery and Crime themes, similar narrative structure, and comparable emotional depth. NoBadPicks uses a combination of TMDB collaborative filtering, genre matching, and AI analysis to surface films most likely to resonate with fans of Past Malice: An Emma Fielding Mystery.

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