Films like The Cheap Detective

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   Shadow of the Thin Man

   Film · 1941 · also comedy and crime

   While attending a major horse race with their young son, Nick Jr., Nick and Nora Charles witnesse a shocking murder from the crowded grandstand. What first appears to be...

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   Zero Effect

   Film · 1998 · also comedy and crime

   Daryl Zero is a private investigator and—along with his assistant, Steve Arlo—he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Although Daryl's a master investigator, he doesn't...

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3. 3

   The Thursday Murder Club

   Film · 2025 · also comedy and crime

   A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper.

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   Psych: The Movie

   Film · 2017 · also comedy and crime

   The ambitious friends come together during the holidays after a mystery assailant targets one of their own. A comedic thrill-ride follows, as the wild and unpredictable P...

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5. 5

   Who's Harry Crumb?

   Film · 1989 · also comedy and crime

   Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve because his employer is...

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   The Big Fix

   Film · 1978 · also comedy and mystery

   Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with dead...

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   The Naked Gun

   Film · 2025 · also comedy and crime

   Only one man has the particular set of skills... to lead Police Squad and save the world: Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. Following in his father's footsteps, he must solve a murder...

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   The Late Show

   Film · 1977 · also comedy and crime

   An over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who was involved in a case concerning a murdered broad, stolen stamps...

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   Johnny Dangerously

   Film · 1984 · also comedy and crime

   An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.

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10. 10

    How to Rob a Bank

    Film · 2007 · also comedy and crime

    Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.

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