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

Insomnia
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Detective for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen....

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Detective for fans of Crime. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.
Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice young man ...

Marlowe
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Detective for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly...

The Mirror Crack'd
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Detective for fans of Mystery. 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....

Hollywoodland
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Detective for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
When Hollywood superstar George Reeves dies in his home, private detective Louis Simo is hired to investigate his death and gets caught in a web of lies involving a big studio exec...

A Shot in the Dark
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Detective for fans of Mystery. 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...