Movies Like Bureau of Missing Persons

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Employees' Entrance

1933·1h 15m·★ 7.2·Roy Del Ruth

2 shared crewBoth star Marjorie Gateson & Ruth DonnellyDir. Roy Del Ruth

Captured!

1933·1h 9m·★ 6.5·Roy Del Ruth

2 shared crewDir. Roy Del RuthDP: Barney McGill

Jimmy the Gent

1934·1h 7m·★ 6.6·Michael Curtiz

3 shared cast incl. Bette Davis & Allen JenkinsDrama & Comedy & Crime

The Big Shakedown

1934·1h 1m·★ 6.2·John Francis Dillon

3 shared cast incl. Bette Davis & Glenda FarrellDrama & Crime

42nd Street

1933·1h 29m·★ 7.3·Lloyd Bacon

TMDB recommendsStarring Allen JenkinsComedy & Drama

Blondie Johnson

1933·1h 8m·★ 6.7·Ray Enright

TMDB recommendsStarring Allen JenkinsCrime & Drama

The Thin Man

1934·1h 31m·★ 7.9·W.S. Van Dyke

TMDB recommendsComedy & Crime

Trouble in Paradise

1932·1h 23m·★ 7.9·Ernst Lubitsch

TMDB recommendsComedy & Crime

Three on a Match

1932·1h 3m·★ 7.1·Mervyn LeRoy

Both star Bette Davis & Allen JenkinsCrime & Drama

Blondie of the Follies

1932·1h 31m·★ 6.4·Edmund Goulding

TMDB recommendsDrama & Comedy

The Cabin in the Cotton

1932·1h 18m·★ 6.6·Michael Curtiz

DP: Barney McGillStarring Bette Davis

Murder She Said

1961·1h 27m·★ 7.3·George Pollock

Fans also likedComedy & Crime & Drama

Lady Killer

1933·1h 16m·★ 7.0·Roy Del Ruth

Starring Marjorie GatesonDir. Roy Del RuthComedy & Crime

Where the Money Is

2000·1h 29m·★ 6.3·Marek Kanievska

Fans also likedComedy & Crime & Drama

It Happened One Night

1934·1h 45m·★ 8.1·Frank Capra

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All Quiet on the Western Front

1930·2h 13m·★ 8.1·Lewis Milestone

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Frankenstein

1931·1h 10m·★ 7.7·James Whale

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The Blue Angel

1930·1h 48m·★ 7.6·Josef von Sternberg

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A Very Long Engagement

2004·2h 13m·★ 7.6·Jean-Pierre Jeunet

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Duck Soup

1933·1h 8m·★ 7.7·Leo McCarey

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