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10 Best Movies Like Detective

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

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#1
Things Change

Things Change

1988★ 6.1

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

Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mi...

#2
Cry of the City

Cry of the City

1948★ 6.7

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

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another cri...

#3
Johnny Dangerously

Johnny Dangerously

1984★ 6.3

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

An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills....

#4
The Glass Key

The Glass Key

1942★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detective for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign....

#5
Cop or Hood

Cop or Hood

1979★ 6.3

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

When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz is sent to investigate the situation. Posing as the prostitute's ...

#6
Guardian Angels

Guardian Angels

1995★ 6.1

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

A sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a friend murdered by the Chinese mob....

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