If you loved Murder on the Orient Express, try Death on the Nile

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Kenneth Branagh, and they both carry the cerebral mood tag, and they sit in Crime / Mystery territory. If that's the register that drew you to Murder on the Orient Express, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

cerebral

What Death on the Nile is

Luxury steamer on the Nile, 1930s jazz drifting through the night air, a diamond necklace glimmers. A perfect couple's honeymoon ends in blood, a meticulous detective surveys the scene. Branagh's adaptation is a lush period puzzle.

Ask for a deeper bridge

Discover modes
About & sources
Built with care for saturated cinephiles. · TBS Digital Studio ☕ Buy us a coffee
Refine your taste
What vibe?

Extra filters

Date night mode Skip gore, bleak endings
Watching with kids Age-appropriate only
Kids ages?