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10 Best Movies Like Detective Story

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

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#1
The Detective

The Detective

1968★ 5.9

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

New York City Police detective Joe Leland investigates the grisly murder of Teddy Leikman, the gay son of a politically influential department store owner. While investigating, he ...

#2
Insomnia

Insomnia

2002★ 7.0

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

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen....

#3
Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

1943★ 7.5

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

In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she be...

#4
Where the Sidewalk Ends

Where the Sidewalk Ends

1950★ 7.2

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

A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop....

#5
Out of Time

Out of Time

2003★ 6.4

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

Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few ...

#6
Marlowe

Marlowe

1969★ 6.1

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

Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly...

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