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10 Best Movies Like The Defective Detective

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

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#1
Cop or Hood

Cop or Hood

1979★ 6.3

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

When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz is sent to investigate the situation. Posing as the prostitute's ...

#2
Guardian Angels

Guardian Angels

1995★ 6.1

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

A sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a friend murdered by the Chinese mob....

#3
LaRoy, Texas

LaRoy, Texas

2024★ 6.9

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

Broke and depressed, Ray is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip, he must escape the actual hitman to make it out of LaRo...

#4
Incorrigible

Incorrigible

1975★ 6.2

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

Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of utte...

#5
The Wild Goose Chase

The Wild Goose Chase

1975★ 6.1

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

The whole intrigue is centered around carte-blanche documents kept in a vault. Whoever fills in the blank becomes the owner of a revue. Big money is involved. The nephew of the own...

#6
Hostile Takeover

Hostile Takeover

2025★ 6.8

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

Follows Pete, a professional hitman, as he faces a group of assassins after the boss of a crime syndicate suspects disloyalty due to his attendance at Workaholics Anonymous meeting...

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