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10 Best Movies Like American Detective

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

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#1
Wild Oats

Wild Oats

2016★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Detective for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Everything changes for Eva when she receives an insurance settlement check accidentally made out for $5,000,000 instead of the expected $50,000. She and her best friend take the mo...

#2
Class Act

Class Act

1992★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Detective for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is ajuvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with their school records, everyone thinks each is the other one. Now, Duncan kind of ...

#3
Better Living Through Chemistry

Better Living Through Chemistry

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Detective for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possib...

#4
Hard Sell

Hard Sell

2016★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Detective for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Senior Hardy Buchanan struggles to keep up at an elite private school while caring for his unstable mother and raising money for surgery to save their beloved family dog. Desperate...

#5
Adventures in Public School

Adventures in Public School

2018★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Detective for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A socially-awkward, home-schooled kid forces his way into public school against his suffocating, but loving, mother's wishes....

#6
The Dark Corner

The Dark Corner

1946★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Detective for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart,...

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