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10 Best Movies Like Footsteps in the Dark

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

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#1
A Shot in the Dark

A Shot in the Dark

1964★ 7.2

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

Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic series of mishaps, testing the pa...

#2
Song of the Thin Man

Song of the Thin Man

1947★ 6.8

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

Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club....

#3
Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man

1939★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Footsteps in the Dark for fans of Comedy & Mystery & Crime. 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....

#4
Murder by Death

Murder by Death

1976★ 7.2

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

Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false i...

#5
The Mirror Crack'd

The Mirror Crack'd

1980★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Footsteps in the Dark for fans of Mystery & Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim....

#6
Shadow of the Thin Man

Shadow of the Thin Man

1941★ 7.0

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

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder....

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