Movies like The Gumshoe Kid

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The Gumshoe Kid (1990)
 5.4
 83
The Gumshoe Kid (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young man has to take over the ruined detective agency of his father and his uncle. There are two major difficulties to manage: His uncle and his new job.
Style: independent film, detective
Plot: private detective, detective agency, older woman younger man relationship, older woman younger man, breaking the fourth wall, mafia, hitman, female nudity, gypsy, car chase, father son relationship, harvard, witness, private investigator, uncle nephew relationship, love interest, clumsiness, topless, taking a shower, nudity (topless - notable)

Most similar movies to The Gumshoe Kid

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, detective, semi serious and realistic films with plots about murder, private detective, car chase, female nudity, chase, gangster and private investigator mostly in Action, Crime and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Gumshoe Kid: Speedtrap (1977), Future Zone (1990), Switch (1975), Peeper (1975), Hard As Nails (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 5.4
 233
Speedtrap (1977)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After a wave of unsolved car thefts, an insurance company calls in a private investigator to solve the case. While the chief of police isn't thrilled about having an outsider come and show up his men, one of the officers is a former girlfriend ...
Style: road movie, detective, independent film
Plot: car, car chase, carsploitation, speed, racing, automobile, police chase, car theft, private investigator, insurance company, thief, mafia ...
Place: phoenix arizona, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 3.4
 702
Future Zone (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Sequel to 'Future Force' has John Tucker's son traveling back in time 30 years to save his father from being killed by thugs he is currently pursuing back in 1990.
Style: suspense, independent film, neo western
Plot: time travel, shootout, female nudity, father, son, fistfight, gang, bounty hunter, pregnant wife, time portal, helicopter, time paradox ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
 7.2
 474
Switch (1975)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who work as private eyes, for a deceptive sting operation. It was broadcast on the CBS network for three seasons between September 9, ...
Style: detective
Plot: cop, private investigator, con man, ex-cop, detective agency, retired cop, partner, father son relationship, sting operation, private detective, con artists
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
 5.6
 918
Peeper (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A detective is hired to locate a girl adopted 30 years earlier whose birth father wants to bequeath her his fortune.
Style: neo noir, spoof, mind bending, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: private detective, missing person, investigation, private investigator, mysticism, voice over narration, englishman abroad, femme fatale, breaking the fourth wall, cruise ship, hitman, wealth ...
Time: 1940s, year 1975, year 1947
Place: los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Movie in collections
 4.1
 149
Hard As Nails (2001)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: After being punished for disobedience and arranging an arms deal with Russian mobsters, young member Takura violently takes over control of his Japanese mafia family. Takura takes advantage of his new position and is proceeding his deal with the ...
Style: crime drama, neo noir, detective, independent film
Plot: yakuza, martial arts, ak 47, female nudity, prostitute, gangster, sexploitation, undercover cop, arms deal, stripper, attempted rape, strip club ...
Time: 2000s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 6.5
 5K
City Hunter (2018)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Nicky Larson is tasked to recover the perfume of Cupid, a perfume that would make anyone who uses it irresistible.
Style: entertaining, humorous, light, colorful, stylized ...
Plot: private detective, private investigator, gangster, murder, womanizer, presumed dead, partner, gang, sex, fistfight, psychotherapist, chase ...
Place: france, monaco
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money. During the course of his investigation, he encounters various old connections, ultimately confronting the criminal responsible for ...
Style: humorous, talky, realistic, suspenseful, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: private detective, police investigation, reluctant partners, black, justice, fbi, undercover, investigation, partner, disorder, injustice, who done it ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Take It Out In Trade (1970)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A couple hire a detective to locate their missing daughter. He finds her in a "house of ill-repute."
Style: detective, psychotronic
Plot: nudity, female nudity, sex, cross dressing, private detective, private investigator, sexploitation, lesbian, photography, missing daughter, prostitution, voyeur ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Murder Me, Murder You (1983)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Mickey Spillane's private eye Mike Hammer (Stacy Keach) probes his long-lost love's death while seeking their daughter.
Style: detective, crime thriller, neo noir
Plot: private detective, private investigator, voice over narration, punched in the face, birthday, ford mustang, death, father daughter relationship, murder, witness, porn industry, illegitimate daughter ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 5.9
 425
Little Italy (1978)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Undercover cop Nico Giraldi travels to New York and Las Vegas to find a crooked cop who gave his squadron back in Italy a bad name.
Style: poliziottesco, perverse
Plot: shootout, mob boss, voyeurism, mafia, car chase, restaurant, female nudity, gas chamber, prison, assassination, suicide, chase ...
Place: italy, milan italy, usa, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Shooting Stars (1983)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Two television actors who play detectives are fired when the show's star gets upset that they are getting the better parts to play. So, they decide to try it for real.
Style: detective, spoof
Plot: automobile, car, private detective, helicopter, investigation, actor, chase
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
The Corsican File (2004)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Jack Palmer is a Paris-based detective with a huge ego. Ange Leoni is a rebel native of Corsica whose location can't be pinned down by even the most dogged of detectives. Approached by an obscure, small-time attorney and charged with the ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, rough, semi serious ...
Plot: private detective, hotshot hero, dishonesty, missing person, humour, investigation, spy spoof, private investigator, disappearance, spy, satire, sleuth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: corsica
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 7.4
 369K
The Nice Guys (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
Style: neo noir, entertaining, buddy comedy, detective, suspense ...
Plot: private detective, investigation, corruption, conspiracy, father daughter relationship, private investigator, bare breasts, buddy cop, buddy, single father, murder, justice ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 70s, 90s, year 1977 ...
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 5.5
 11K
City Heat (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but ...
Style: stylized, humorous, cult classic, detective, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: buddy, private detective, buddy cop, gangster, chase, betrayal, organized crime, gunfight, mobster, photographer, brothel, slut ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
30 Minutes or Less (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and advise him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else...
Style: humorous, funny, dark comedy, entertaining, black comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: kidnapping, heist, pizza delivery boy, profanity, heist gone wrong, unlikely criminal, robbery, redemption, creativity, race against time, buddies, escapades ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Miss & Mrs. Cops (2019)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Once a legendary detective and a new mom, Mi-young, now works a desk job. But when overenthusiastic newbie Ji-hye is assigned to Mi-young’s civil complaints team, the two female cops get caught up in a serious criminal case that triggers an ...
Style: witty, humorous, light, entertaining, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: female partner, humour, investigation, police, partners against crime, woman, snobbism, police investigation, twists and turns, female protagonist, chase, partner ...
Place: south korea, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 6.7
 2K
Argo 2 (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hungary
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Hungarian small time crook, 70 year old Tibi Balog gets out of prison after 10 years, but he didn't change a bit. When a Japanese crime syndicate hires him to acquire a Hungarian invention - the world's first floppy disc - Tibi puts his ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, exciting, humorous, tense ...
Plot: criminal, yakuza, money, hitman, gang, mafia, gypsy, revenge, gang war, violence, betrayal, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hungary
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Accidental Detective 2: In Action (2018)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A comic book storekeeper, Dae-man, and the legendary homicide detective, Tae-su, who met on previous case quit their jobs to open a private detective agency.
Style: tense, humorous, captivating, disturbing
Plot: murder, forensics, detective agency, homicide detective, investigation, sleuth, crime solving, killings, teamwork, female detective, police investigation, uncover truth ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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 6.2
 52K
Keanu (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Friends hatch a plot to retrieve a stolen cat by posing as drug dealers for a street gang.
Style: funny, buddy comedy, absurd, satirical, parody ...
Plot: kitten, gunfight, cat, african american, car chase, brothers, dumb, fight scenes, gangster, gang, hitman, chase ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Assault of the Killer Bimbos (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two go-go dancers, Lulu and Peaches, are framed for the murder of their employer by the real killer, sleazy gangster Vinnie. Picking up waitress Darlene along the way, the three are involved in wild car chases with cops as they head south to cross ...
Style: independent film, sexy, teen sex comedy, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: on the run, nudity, gangster, chase, shootout, car crash, stripper, female nudity, strip club, misunderstanding, kidnapping, partner ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 4.1
 29
Bad Trip (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Business is tough. When your partner is the mob and the government, it can be murder. With 72 hours to save his business, Tom decides his chance is to make a run for the Canadian border.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, surprise ending
Plot: agent, airplane, drug dealer, smuggling, skiing, businessman, electroshock therapy, crash landing, female nudity, attorney, drug use, mafia ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: british columbia, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 6.4
 58K
Shaft (2019)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary ...
Style: humorous, action comedy, captivating, semi serious, hood ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: dark humor, investigation, drug lord, gunfight, african american, father son relationship, fbi, grandfather, black, revenge, conspiracy, organized crime ...
Time: year 2007, year 2012, year 1997, year 2009, year 1989 ...
Place: new york, harlem, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 2.8
 163
El Coyote (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Italian mafia takes on the Mexican cartel on the Mexican border. The cartel has captured the son of an ex-mobster in witness protection. He calls on his mob buddies to come to Arizona to help him.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: mafia, male protagonist, murder, car chase, u.s. mexico border, violence, father son relationship, italian mafia, gunfight, gangster, revenge, family values ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, arizona, phoenix arizona, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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The Bare Hunt, or My Gun Is Jammed (1963)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story: A private investigator tries to crack a case involving a number of dead nude women.
Style: slapstick comedy, detective, independent film
Plot: nudie cutie, nudity, private investigator, nude, camp, hanged woman, exploitation, female nudity, sex, private detective, murder of a nude woman, murder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella (2001)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story: For this second film in the cult comedy series Torrente takes our fat police officer from Madrid to Marbella in Spain to investigate a villain’s plot to destroy the city with a missile. This James Bond style slapstick comedy became the most ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, exciting, action comedy, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: goofy hero, gang, private detective, investigation, fighting crime, disorder, rivalry, danger, fish out of water, terrorism, chases and races, buddy ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: europe, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
V.I. Warshawski, Detective in High Heels (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective type, she makes the murder her next case. In doing so she befriends the victim's ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: private detective, murder, murder mystery, justice, woman fights a man, happy ending, strong female character, investigation, father daughter relationship, who done it, uncover truth, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Dangerous Passion (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: neo noir
Plot: hitman, political corruption, blackmail, sex in car, sex scene, domestic violence, home invasion, assassin, murder investigation, mansion, pistol, husband wife relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 5.9
 63K
Ride Along 2 (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: As his wedding day approaches, Ben heads to Miami with his soon-to-be brother-in-law James to bring down a drug dealer who's supplying the dealers of Atlanta with product.
Style: buddy comedy, funny, humorous, action comedy, hilarious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: buddy, undercover cop, partners against crime, law enforcement, corruption, police investigation, chase, wedding, drug, buddy cop, partner, escapades ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, miami, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Avenging Angelo (2002)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA, France, Switzerland
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A woman who has recently discovered that she is the daughter of Angelo, a major mafia boss, decides to wreak vengeance when he is killed by a hitman. She's aided by his faithful bodyguard, with whom she soon falls in love.
Style: semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous, action comedy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: mafia, hitman, organized crime, one man army, gangster, vengeance, hidden identity, dangerous attraction, love and romance, unlikely partners, parents and children, assassination attempt ...
Time: year 2002
Place: sicily
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.1
 110
No Way Back (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Crowder is a an unethical private detective in pursuit of a gangster who's after embezzled money.
Style: crime drama, independent film, detective
Plot: blaxploitation, private investigator, black, automobile, hooligan, brutality, violence, bank, betrayal, death, gangster, car ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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