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10 Best Movies Like Once Upon a Crime

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

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#1
The Thursday Murder Club

The Thursday Murder Club

2025★ 6.6

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

A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper....

#2
Zero Effect

Zero Effect

1998★ 6.2

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

Daryl Zero is a private investigator and—along with his assistant, Steve Arlo—he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Although Daryl's a master investigator, he doesn't know what ...

#3
See How They Run

See How They Run

2022★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Crime for fans of Crime & Comedy & Mystery. 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...

#4
Shadow of the Thin Man

Shadow of the Thin Man

1941★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Crime for fans of Crime & Comedy & Mystery. 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....

#5
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

2011★ 7.1

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

There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an adv...

#6
The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective

1978★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Crime for fans of Crime & Comedy & Mystery. 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...

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