Like others have said, while not an extremely close match to ATTWN, "The Last of Sheila" is probably the best mystery film I've ever seen. It played completely fair with all the clues to unravel the mystery, and yet I missed pretty much every clue to tip me off to the ending. Plus, it has a fantastic cast of actors, including the legendary James Mason, who was my favorite character in the film, Richard Benjamin, James Coburn, Dyan Cannon, Ian McShane, Rachel Welch, and Joan Hackett.
For similar films to this, "April Fools Day" is a 1980s slasher-type film that really follows the ATTWN narrative, and one of the potential victims is played by the comic villain of "Back to the Future," Thomas F. Wilson.
"The Burning," also a 1980s slasher, follows a similar theme, though "April Fools Day" is a much closer clone to ATTWN
I also really enjoy "Five Dolls for an August Moon," It's an early Mario Bava film. It's a very generous rip of ATTWN. The characters are all wealthy, and end up stranded on Teodoro Corra's private Island. A group of wealthy industrialists are trying to buy off a formula from William Berger, and start getting bumped off one-by-one by an unseen killer. They don't let the party stop however. I suggest seeking out the english dub. I love the music, the acting is, shall we say, adequate, though no one seems too nervous about the bodies piling up. It goes a little towards black comedy, in that the victims end up getting bagged and placed in Corra's walk-in freezer for safekeeping.
It's the closest thing to ATTWN I've seen that isn't a direct remake of ATTWN. If you can handle kitschy 1970s music, it's a film for you. I stumbled upon the title while reading a review for a version of 10 little indians. Saw the non-dub but subtitled version on Nexflix and enjoyed it so much I had to own a copy for myself. It ended up making me a fan of Teodoro Corra, I dug his double-breasted blazer ensembles.
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