10 Best Movies Like Detectives
If you loved Detectives, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The Late Show
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detectives for fans of Mystery & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who was involved in a case concerning a murdered broad, stolen stamps, a nickel-pl...

See How They Run
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detectives for fans of Mystery & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Sto...

The Cheap Detective
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detectives for fans of Mystery & Comedy. 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...

Another Thin Man
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detectives for fans of Mystery & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate....

Who's Harry Crumb?
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detectives for fans of Mystery & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve because his employer is the master...

The Thin Man Goes Home
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detectives for fans of Mystery & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation....