Movies like Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
 6.8
 24K
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are "The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta."
Style: black and white, spoof, parody, neo noir, surreal, cult classic, offbeat, humorous, witty, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family friendly
Plot: private detective, murder mystery, satire, murder, world war two, investigation, deadpan, peace, humour, manipulation, law enforcement, weirdo, coin, worship, femme fatale, nostalgia, life is a bitch, recruit, warden, faked death, uncover truth, power relations, prison, spy, prison escape ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 80s, 1930s
Place: los angeles, south america, peru
Keyword: gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, detective, humorous and neo noir films with plots about investigation, murder, deadly, private detective, dishonesty, law enforcement and private investigator mostly in Crime, Comedy and Mystery genres. Some movies like Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid: Without a Clue (1988), The Cheap Detective (1978), The Nice Guys (2016), Fatal Instinct (1993), Murder by Death (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Without a Clue (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Sherlock Holmes is as dashing as ever, but with a little secret: Dr. Watson is the brains behind the operation. When Reginald Kincaid, the actor he has hired to play Holmes becomes insufferable, Watson fires him and tries to go out on his own, but ...
Style: parody, humorous, hilarious, light, entertaining ...
Plot: farce, private detective, investigation, sherlock holmes, who done it, comedy of errors, disorder, hidden identity, storytelling, doctor, actor, exodus ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, victorian era
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Cheap Detective (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Spoofing the entire 1940s detective genre, and his own performances as a bumbling private detective, Peter Falk plays Lou Pekinpaugh, a San Francisco private detective accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress, the ...
Style: parody, spoof, detective, funny, slapstick ...
Plot: private detective, world war two, nazi, murder, law enforcement, femme fatale, whodunit, death, private investigator, mysticism, pianist, nightclub ...
Time: year 1978, 1940s, 20th century, year 1940, year 1939
Place: san francisco, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
100%
Fatal Instinct (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A spoof of the late 80s and early 90s suspense thrillers and murder mysteries, including Basic Instinct, Sleeping With The Enemy, Cape Fear and others. A cop/attorney (yes he's both) is seduced by a woman while his wife is having an affair with ...
Style: spoof, parody, humorous, detective, double entendre ...
Plot: femme fatale, adultery, attempted murder, murder, revenge, lawyer, courtroom, law enforcement, love triangle, secretary, blonde, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Murder by Death (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are ...
Style: parody, surprise ending, humorous, spoof, funny ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: murder, whodunit, private detective, butler, old mansion, dark and stormy night, old dark house, murder mystery, who done it, mansion, riddles and clues, plot twist ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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High Anxiety (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Dr. Richard Thorndyke arrives as new administrator of the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, VERY Nervous to discover some suspicious goings-on. When he's framed for murder, Dr. Thorndyke must confront his own psychiatric condition, ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, absurd, slapstick ...
Plot: medical, satire, murder, mental institution, false accusation, hotel, elevator, paranoid, insane asylum, going crazy, insane, psychopath ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: san francisco, california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
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Top Secret! (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces ...
Style: spoof, parody, funny, not serious, humorous ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: spy, espionage, cow, cold war, world war two, heroic mission, satire, fascism, resistance movement, selflessness, daring rescue, disorder ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place: east germany, germany, east berlin
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Late Show (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who had gotten himself involved in a case concerning a murdered broad, stolen stamps, a nickel-plated handgun, a cheating dolly, and a kidnapped ...
Style: neo noir, detective, offbeat, clever, funny ...
Plot: private detective, murder, cat, investigation, private investigator, partner, violent content, love and romance, elderly, dishonesty, odd couple, law enforcement ...
Time: year 1977, 20th century, 70s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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The Long Goodbye (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
Style: neo noir, detective, noir, dark, cynical ...
Audience: manly
Plot: private detective, murder, cat, betrayal, whodunit, investigation, mental institution, beach, alcoholic, private investigator, loneliness, gangster ...
Time: 70s, year 1973, 20th century
Place: malibu california, california, los angeles, mexico, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Pink Panther (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the diamond Pink Panther disappears, the ambitious Chief Inspector Dreyfus assigns the worst police ...
Style: hilarious, humorous, slapstick, light, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly
Plot: robbery, pink panther, law enforcement, danger, goofy hero, riddles and clues, incompetent police, farce, police, investigation, murder mystery, bank robber ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, new york, usa, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In The Man With Bogart's Face, an affectionate send-up of the Bogart detective films of the 1940s, Robert Sacchi plays a man who idolizes Humphrey Bogart so much he has his features altered to look exactly like his idol. He then opens up a ...
Style: neo noir, semi serious, parody, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: private detective, hollywood, private investigator, lookalikes, doppelganger, surgery, transgender, face, plastic surgery, murder, who done it, power relations ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
Style: neo noir, funny, black comedy, dark comedy, detective ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: private detective, investigation, murder, actor, dark humor, buddy, thief, gay, murder mystery, kidnapping, cheerleader, buddy cop ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: venice beach california, los angeles, california, denver colorado, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Film noir parody with a private eye trying to solve the murder of his milkman.
Style: spoof, dark comedy, independent film, parody, not serious ...
Plot: private investigator, investigation, murder, small town, disorder, social relations, goofy hero, danger, law enforcement, private detective, small town life, milkman ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When the incompetent Officer Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.
Style: parody, spoof, funny, humorous, detective ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, family outing, date night
Plot: police, deadpan, stupidity, investigation, assassin, satire, gunfight, creativity, sarcasm, cop, dimwit, terrorist ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place: los angeles, usa, california, beirut lebanon
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.
Style: neo noir, detective, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: femme fatale, private detective, missing person, uncover truth, suspicion of murder, who done it, dishonesty, life is a bitch, danger, murder, private investigator, planned murder ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1975, year 1941
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.4
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The Black Bird (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The son of famous detective Sam Spade carries on the family tradition of getting involved with the Maltese Falcon - and with the people who will stop at nothing, including murder, to get it.
Style: parody, neo noir, realistic, not serious, witty ...
Audience: teens
Plot: private detective, private investigator, relic hunter, murder, power relations, police detective, cons and scams, who done it, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, undercover, uncover truth ...
Time: year 1975, 70s, year 1940
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.0
 37K
Dragnet (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same name -- is paired up with a young, freewheeling detective named Pep Streebeck. After investigating some strange robberies at the local zoo and the ...
Style: humorous, parody, satirical, absurd, detective ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens
Plot: buddy cop, buddy, police, investigation, stupidity, partner, justice, farce, goofy hero, danger, working undercover, satire ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.1
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Night Moves (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, tense, psychological, detective ...
Audience: manly
Plot: private detective, investigation, murder, missing person, espionage, infidelity, female nudity, manipulation, loneliness, complex characters, crime gone awry, uncover truth ...
Time: 20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place: florida, usa, los angeles, key west florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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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 ⇓
30%
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman ...
Style: neo noir, detective, dark, stylized, clever ...
Plot: private detective, african american, missing person, jazz club, black, gangster, murder, jazz, racism, home invasion, private investigator, cop ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1948
Place: los angeles, california, usa, malibu california
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Malibu Express (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In this erotic spy tale private eye Cody Abilene teams up with the Contessa Luciana and policewoman Beverly McAfee to infiltrate a mansion and discover who is sending computer secrets to the Russians.
Style: sexy, cult classic, parody, psychotronic, sex comedy ...
Plot: lust, private detective, sexploitation, gangster, female assassin, erotica, car race, playboy, racing, auto racing, exploitation, older woman younger man ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: hawaii, palm springs california, texas, usa, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Goodbye Lover (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Police investigate when a man having an affair with his brother's wife disappears suddenly.
Style: sexy, neo noir, suspenseful, stylized, witty ...
Plot: adultery, investigation, infidelity, obsession, femme fatale, murder, crime gone awry, justice, twists and turns, brother brother relationship, love and romance, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
Place: los angeles, salt lake city utah, las vegas, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Fletch (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A veritable chameleon, investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher might drive his editor up the wall, but he always produces great pieces for the newspaper. When his next story is about the drug trade taking place on the beach, Fletch ...
Style: funny, humorous, light, talky, entertaining ...
Audience: kids
Plot: journalism, investigation, corruption, undercover, cons and scams, dishonesty, dating, on the run, mistaken identity, insurance, police corruption, media ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, utah, rio de janeiro, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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The Drowning Pool (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a ...
Style: neo noir, detective, suspense, cult classic, thrilling ...
Plot: private detective, private investigator, political corruption, russian roulette, underwater, newspaper, deep south, murder, police corruption, investigation, guard dog, private investigation ...
Time: year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Singing Detective (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Musical, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: From his hospital bed, a writer suffering from a skin disease hallucinates musical numbers and paranoid plots.
Style: surreal, psychological, stylized, detective, intense ...
Plot: murder mystery, murder, paranoia, psychiatrist, delusion, private detective, hospital, writers, investigation, artists and showbiz, amateur detective, doctors and patients ...
Time: 20th century, year 2003, 50s, 1950s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Hexed (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Lowly hotel clerk Matthew Welch stumbles unto a chance to go on a date with supermodel Hexina by pretending he is someone else. But something goes wrong on the date, she tries to kill him! Soon she kills a couple more people, and unfortunately all ...
Style: parody, realistic, humorous, detective, not serious ...
Plot: femme fatale, hotel, murder, mistaken identity, mental illness, manipulation, dark humor, disorder, investigation, voyeur, model, female nudity ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
2 Days in the Valley (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that puts the mundane lives of a dozen residents on a collision course. This clever tale tells the ...
Style: suspense, erotic, witty, intense, dark comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: murder, gangster, police investigation, hostage, hitman, home invasion, insurance fraud, art dealer, destiny, crime gone awry, suicide, psychopath ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Cry Uncle (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Private detective Jack Masters takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.
Style: erotic, raunchy, independent film, realistic, not serious ...
Plot: private detective, sex, erotica, private investigator, stoner, satire, mugging, murder, manipulation, disorder, dark humor, couples ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus is forced to assign Inspector Clouseau to a team of international detectives and experts charged with catching the thief ...
Style: detective, humorous, feel good, hilarious, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: investigation, pink panther, police investigation, law enforcement, diamond theft, disguise, police detective, partners against crime, goofy hero, nun, disorder, nothing goes right ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s
Place: rome italy, paris france, france, madagascar, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Harper (1966)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
Style: neo noir, suspense, cynical, detective, psychological ...
Plot: private detective, murder, investigation, kidnapping, missing person, twists and turns, uncover truth, dishonesty, adultery, divorce, ransom, private investigator ...
Time: 60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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