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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
Charisma

Charisma

1999★ 6.7

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

A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family wi...

#2
The Quiller Memorandum

The Quiller Memorandum

1966★ 5.9

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

After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigat...

#3
A Fugitive from the Past

A Fugitive from the Past

1965★ 7.3

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

Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest....

#4
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

1986★ 6.6

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

Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help fro...

#5
The Lost Son

The Lost Son

1999★ 6.0

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

Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a call from an old friend from t...

#6
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

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

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

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