Movies Like So You Want to Be a Detective

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

So You Think You're Not Guilty

1950·10m·★ 6.0·Richard L. Bare

So You Want... CollectionDir. Richard L. BareStarring George O'Hanlon

Mater Private Eye

2010·5m·★ 6.5·Rob Gibbs

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Se7en

1995·2h 7m·★ 8.6·David Fincher

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Strangers on a Train

1951·1h 41m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

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The Maltese Falcon

1941·1h 40m·★ 7.9·John Huston

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The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

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Kung Fury

2015·32m·★ 7.9·David Sandberg

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Saw

2004·1h 43m·★ 7.6·James Wan

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Bullitt

1968·1h 53m·★ 7.4·Peter Yates

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Person to Person

2014·18m·★ 6.9·Dustin Guy Defa

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The Nice Guys

2016·1h 56m·★ 7.4·Shane Black

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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

2022·2h 20m·★ 7.1·Rian Johnson

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Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie

2023·1h 37m·★ 6.7·Randall Zisk

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Bottle Rocket

1996·1h 31m·★ 6.9·Wes Anderson

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Veronica Mars

2014·1h 47m·★ 6.7·Rob Thomas

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The Late Show

1977·1h 33m·★ 6.8·Robert Benton

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WHAT DID JACK DO?

2017·17m·★ 6.4·David Lynch

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Zero Effect

1998·1h 56m·★ 6.8·Jake Kasdan

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Who's Harry Crumb?

1989·1h 34m·★ 5.9·Paul Flaherty

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Chain of Fools

2001·1h 36m·★ 6.0·Pontus Löwenhielm

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How Good Is So You Want to Be a Detective?

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