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10 Best Movies Like The Accidental Detective

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

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#1
Velvet Hands

Velvet Hands

1979★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Accidental Detective for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Engineer Quiller has become rich by selling his completely indestructible shop-window glass to jeweleries around the world. But this got him lots of enemies too: the insurance agen...

#2
Run to You

Run to You

2022★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Accidental Detective for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Gianni is a serial seducer but his life is destined to change when he meets Chiara, a beautiful woman who has had an accident and is paraplegic....

#3
I Love You Again

I Love You Again

1940★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Accidental Detective for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife....

#4
The Kissing Booth 2

The Kissing Booth 2

2020★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Accidental Detective for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

With college decisions looming, Elle juggles her long-distance romance with Noah, changing relationship with bestie Lee and feelings for a new classmate....

#5
Ten Winters

Ten Winters

2009★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Accidental Detective for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Born of a chance meeting in Venice, Silvestro and Camilla's rocky romance unfolds over 10 winters as new lovers come and go but they are eternally thrust back into one another's ar...

#6
Let's Make Love

Let's Make Love

1960★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Accidental Detective for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful...

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