Movies Like Father Brown

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

The Long Memory

1953·1h 36m·★ 7.0·Robert Hamer

2 shared crewDir. Robert HamerDP: Harry Waxman

Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949·1h 44m·★ 8.0·Robert Hamer

Both star Alec Guinness & Joan GreenwoodDir. Robert HamerComedy & Crime

Yamakasi

2001·1h 30m·★ 6.1·Ariel Zeitoun

Themes: thief, paris, franceTMDB recommends

Last Holiday

1950·1h 28m·★ 7.3·Henry Cass

3 shared cast incl. Alec Guinness & Bernard Lee

The Man in the White Suit

1951·1h 25m·★ 7.2·Alexander Mackendrick

4 shared cast incl. Alec Guinness & Joan Greenwood

Saw

2004·1h 43m·★ 7.6·James Wan

TMDB recommendsMystery & Crime

The Treatment

2014·2h 11m·★ 7.1·Hans Herbots

TMDB recommendsCrime & Mystery

Beverly Hills Cop II

1987·1h 43m·★ 6.6·Tony Scott

TMDB recommendsComedy & Crime

Knives Out

2019·2h 11m·★ 7.9·Rian Johnson

Fans also likedComedy & Crime & Mystery

Murder She Said

1961·1h 27m·★ 7.3·George Pollock

Fans also likedComedy & Crime & Mystery

Another Thin Man

1939·1h 43m·★ 7.4·W.S. Van Dyke

Fans also likedComedy & Mystery & Crime

Shadow of the Thin Man

1941·1h 37m·★ 7.2·W.S. Van Dyke

Fans also likedComedy & Crime & Mystery

The Return of the Pink Panther

1975·1h 53m·★ 7.0·Blake Edwards

Fans also likedComedy & Crime & Mystery

The Scapegoat

1959·1h 32m·★ 6.8·Robert Hamer

Starring Alec GuinnessDir. Robert HamerMystery & Crime

Song of the Thin Man

1947·1h 26m·★ 6.9·Edward Buzzell

Fans also likedComedy & Crime & Mystery

The Honey Pot

1967·2h 5m·★ 6.7·Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Fans also likedComedy & Mystery & Crime

The Late Show

1977·1h 33m·★ 6.8·Robert Benton

Fans also likedMystery & Crime & Comedy

Zero Effect

1998·1h 56m·★ 6.8·Jake Kasdan

Fans also likedComedy & Crime & Mystery

Who's Harry Crumb?

1989·1h 34m·★ 5.9·Paul Flaherty

Fans also likedComedy & Crime & Mystery

The Pink Panther

2006·1h 33m·★ 5.7·Shawn Levy

Fans also likedComedy & Mystery & Crime

How Good Is Father Brown?

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