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10 Best Movies Like A Shot in the Dark

If you loved A Shot in the Dark, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Thursday Murder Club

The Thursday Murder Club

2025★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Shot in the Dark for fans of Comedy & Mystery & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper....

#2
Knives Out

Knives Out

2019★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Shot in the Dark for fans of Comedy & Mystery & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted ...

#3
The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective

1978★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Shot in the Dark for fans of Comedy & Mystery & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wi...

#4
Zero Effect

Zero Effect

1998★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Shot in the Dark for fans of Comedy & Mystery & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Daryl Zero is a private investigator and—along with his assistant, Steve Arlo—he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Although Daryl's a master investigator, he doesn't know what ...

#5
Revenge of the Pink Panther

Revenge of the Pink Panther

1978★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Shot in the Dark for fans of Comedy & Mystery & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world—and Charles Dreyfus—believe when a dead body is discovered in Clouseau's car after being shot off the road...

#6
Foul Play

Foul Play

1978★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Shot in the Dark for fans of Comedy & Mystery. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church....

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