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10 Best Movies Like Jar City

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

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#1
Murder in Three Acts

Murder in Three Acts

1986★ 5.8

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

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 ...

#2
The Quiller Memorandum

The Quiller Memorandum

1966★ 5.9

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

After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigat...

#3
The Seven-Ups

The Seven-Ups

1973★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jar City for fans of Drama & Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money....

#4
Limbo

Limbo

2023★ 5.9

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

Travis, a jaded detective, arrives in the remote outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder of local Indigenous girl Charlotte Hayes 20 years ago. As truths about th...

#5
Perfect Sisters

Perfect Sisters

2014★ 5.9

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

Tired of their mother's alcoholism and a string of her abusive boyfriends, two sisters plot to kill her....

#6
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

1991★ 6.9

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

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 sist...

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