Movies like The Return of the Pink Panther
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The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
32K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, Switzerland, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The famous Pink Panther jewel has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to catch the thief. The Inspector is convinced that 'The Phantom' has returned and utilises all of his resources – himself and his Asian manservant – to reveal the identity of 'The Phantom'.
Style:
slapstick, humorous, witty, laugh out loud, parody, atmospheric, non fiction, black and white, colorful, hilarious ...
Plot:
farce, pink panther, spying, resort, false accusation, chase, law enforcement, fictional country, crime boss, destruction, assassination attempt, hotel room, clumsiness, eavesdropping, destruction of property, valet, jewel thief, cat burglar, mysticism, friends, murder mystery, weirdo, bike, robbery, inspector ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, switzerland, south of france, tokyo, cote d'azur, southern france
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Most similar movies to The Return of the Pink Panther
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, not serious and parody films with plots about farce, disorder, law enforcement, police investigation, police, silly humor and investigation mostly in Comedy, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Return of the Pink Panther: The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), The Pink Panther (2006), Without a Clue (1988), The Pink Panther (1963), Once Upon a Crime... (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
Style:
funny, slapstick, humorous, light, talky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
farce, vengeance, master criminal, law enforcement, chase, manic, pink panther, comedy of errors, danger, uninhibited rivalry, goofy hero, fighting crime ...
Time:
20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place:
west germany, munich germany, england
Similarity:
100%
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:
humorous, light, slapstick, melancholic, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
pink panther, law enforcement, lone hero, danger, goofy hero, incompetent police, riddles and clues, police, farce, murder mystery, bank robber, investigation ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, new york, usa, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
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, spoof, entertaining, humorous, detective ...
Plot:
private detective, who done it, farce, investigation, sherlock holmes, comedy of errors, disorder, hidden identity, storytelling, doctor, actor, drunkenness ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, victorian era
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The trademark of The Phantom, a renowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Clouseau, an expert on The Phantom's exploits, feels sure that he knows where The Phantom will strike next and leaves Paris for ...
Style:
slapstick comedy, slapstick, detective, funny, witty ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
diamond, jewel thief, pink panther, master criminal, princess, law enforcement, robbery, winter, chase, hotel, car chase, farce ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
switzerland, europe, los angeles, france, paris france ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspector Clouseau from France. His plane disappears en-route. This time, famous French TV reporter Marie Jouvet sets out to solve the mystery and starts to ...
Style:
funny, detective, hilarious, slapstick, parody ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
pink panther, farce, law enforcement, police investigation, childhood, police, robbery, murder mystery, disguise, inspector, nothing goes right, misfit partners ...
Time:
80s, year 1982, 20th century, 70s
Place:
middle east, paris france, london, scotland yard, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The eighth and last of the Pink Panther series. The illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau is on the case of the kidnapped Princess Yasmin.
Style:
humorous, slapstick, colorful, anamorphic, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
pink panther, law enforcement, police investigation, chase, female martial artist, farce, kidnapping, rescue, disorder, working undercover, cons and scams, missing person ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, China, France, Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world (and Charles Dreyfus) believe when a dead body is discovered in Clouseau's car after being shot off the road. Naturally, Clouseau knows differently, and taking advantage ...
Style:
hilarious, funny, humorous, slapstick, colorful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
pink panther, farce, law enforcement, investigation, car chase, businessman, pirate, damage, weirdo, murder mystery, clumsy, presumed dead ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, europe, paris france, seattle
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
On their way to Monte Carlo, Monaco, Marilyn and her husband, Neil, meet several other married couples, including Julian and Phoebe, who are traveling with a lost dog they plan to return to its wealthy owner for a large reward. But, when the ...
Style:
detective, black comedy, dark comedy, slapstick, independent film ...
Plot:
dachshund, maid, gambling addiction, dysfunctional marriage, butler, murder mystery, gambling, murder, investigation, amateur detective, lost dog, casino ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
rome italy, monte carlo, morocco, europe, monaco
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Shot in the Dark is the second and more successful film from the Pink Panther film series where both animated and real life sequences are mixed. A cult classic from Blake Edwards based on the play L’Idiot by Marcel Achard and Harry Kurnitz.
Style:
detective, funny, hilarious, atmospheric, witty ...
Plot:
pink panther, murder, murder mystery, caper, investigation, farce, whodunit, law enforcement, who done it, female nudity, comic hero, inspector ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A vicious serial sex killer is on the loose, and landscape gardener and shop-window outfitter Loris is the prime suspect, thanks to his unfortunate habit of getting caught in compromising situations (for which there is always a totally innocent ...
Style:
dark comedy, parody, humorous, slapstick, spoof ...
Plot:
mistaken identity, farce, serial killer, odd couple, chase, dark humor, unemployment, sexual deviant, sexual attraction, pervert, mysticism, parents ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
100%
47K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Hrundi V. Bakshi, an accident-prone actor from India, is accidentally put the name on the guest list for an upcoming party at the home of a Hollywood film director. Unfortunately, from the moment he arrives, one thing after another goes wrong with a ...
Style:
funny, hilarious, slapstick, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, culture clash, showbiz, farce, stoner, immigration, boss and employee, swimming pool, chase, fort, elephant ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, 20th century
Place:
america, california, los angeles, usa, india
Similarity:
100%
61K
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:
witty, humorous, hilarious, light, talky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
beach, sarcasm, journalism, reporter, car chase, disguise, investigation, undercover, dating, on the run, voice over narration, lone hero ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, utah, rio de janeiro, usa, santa monica california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.
Style:
parody, humorous, witty, not serious, exciting ...
Plot:
espionage, mistaken identity, farce, spy, secret agent, undercover, sex, secret service, disorder, attempted murder, premarital sex, femme fatale ...
Time:
year 1972, 20th century, 70s
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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 the mastermind behind the kidnapping.
Style:
humorous, absurd, light, detective, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
private detective, kidnapping, justice, law enforcement, stupidity, amateur sleuth, detective agency, female detective, father daughter relationship, dysfunctional family, multiple storylines, family business ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
santa monica california, california, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
121K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss ...
Style:
parody, funny, black comedy, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick
Plot:
whodunit, twists and turns, butler, murder, murder mystery, multiple suspects, mansion, old dark house, investigation, mystery killer, blackmail, murder investigation ...
Time:
year 1954, 90s, 50s, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
new england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him. However, Clouseau's enemy, Dreyfus, rigs the Surete's computer to select, instead, the world's WORST detective, NYPD Sgt. ...
Style:
detective, colorful, hilarious, slapstick, fast ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
pink panther, law enforcement, 007, chess, mysticism, murder mystery, jewel thief, robbery, missing person, assassination attempt, undercover, partner ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
new york, usa, chicago, valencia spain, paris france ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink white Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events ...
Style:
black comedy, absurd, funny, neo noir, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
bowling, dialogue, mistaken identity, slacker, hippie, weed, marijuana, great dialogue, laziness, dream, twists and turns, heart attack ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998, year 1991
Place:
los angeles, iraq, america, arizona, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau is borrowed from the Surete on special assignment for Scotland Yard in hopes that a fresh outlook will help the government recover the loot from the Great Train Robbery, which is being used to underwrite a new ...
Style:
fast, not serious, realistic, humorous, detective ...
Plot:
pink panther, law enforcement, murder mystery, mysticism, gang, investigation, undercover, heist, bank, chaos, partner, police detective ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard, england, france, scotland, europe ...
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.
Style:
black and white, not serious, realistic, parody, humorous ...
Plot:
private detective, murder mystery, serial killer, hercule poirot, mysticism, investigation, murder, female serial killer, danger, law enforcement, who done it, riddles and clues ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
england, london, scotland yard, europe
Similarity:
23%
40K
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, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, partner, investigation, stupidity, buddies, justice, farce, danger, goofy hero, working undercover, snake, satire ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
23%
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, hilarious, exciting, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, chick flick, teens
Plot:
diamond theft, pink panther, law enforcement, police detective, marriage proposal, master thief, nun, disguise, goofy hero, partners against crime, disorder, nothing goes right ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s
Place:
rome italy, paris france, france, madagascar, europe ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears that go one better. They dress as police and steal from the crooks. This upset's the natural order of the police/criminal ...
Style:
black comedy, black and white, dark comedy, realistic, not serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, espionage, robbery, impostor, police officer, disguise, bank robber, gangster, gang, police investigation, criminal heroes, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
scotland yard, london, europe, england
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Scotland Yard investigators have to prevent the murder of Victoria Dickman when her name is found on a death list.
Style:
parody, humorous, gothic, exciting, touching ...
Plot:
master criminal, police detective, nun, murder, police, investigation, police investigation, inspector, law enforcement, goofy hero, estate, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
scotland yard, england, london
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
25-year-old Khalid Belkacem has failed at everything: college education, summer camp instructor's permit, driver's license, and even his BCG. He never expected to become the first "positive discrimination" member of the police ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, parody, witty, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
goofy hero, fish out of water, police investigation, farce, interracial relations, silly humor, law enforcement, urban ghetto life, serial killer, society, disorder, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. All of them scramble to work with them -- and cause pure chaos while being distracted by the ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
gendarme, kidnapping, farce, beach, nothing goes right, policewoman, police, yacht, mother superior, law enforcement, comedy of errors, goofy hero ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
saint tropez, france, provence, riviera, mediterranean sea ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Five bored, occasionally high and always ineffective Vermont state troopers must prove their worth to the governor or lose their jobs. After stumbling on a drug ring, they plan to make a bust, but a rival police force is out to steal the glory.
Style:
humorous, funny, parody, light, talky ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
police corruption, weed, stupidity, stoner, dumb, prank, cop, drug dealing, dishonesty, buddies, small town, partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vermont
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Golmaal Returns, the much-awaited follow-up to the uproariously comical smash-hit Golmaal, arrives with a renewed star power, chartbusting music and more laughter than ever before!
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
couple relations, police investigation, dishonesty, couples, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, heroes, love and romance, cons and scams, wooing, looking for love, friends ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder.
Style:
romantic comedy, slapstick, mind bending, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
diplomat, attempted murder, landlady, murder, legal investigation, protagonist as suspect, private detective, danger, legal action, law enforcement, legal, dishonesty ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
20%
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, spoof, surprise ending, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
murder, whodunit, private detective, butler, who done it, old mansion, dark and stormy night, old dark house, murder mystery, satire, riddles and clues, mansion ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century, 1930s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A mild-mannered banker is forced to masquerade as a notorious gangster and pimp.
Style:
humorous, not serious, exciting, witty, realistic
Plot:
twins, pimp, goofy hero, gang, lifestyle, heroes, impostor, stereotypes, gadget, danger, farce, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe, marseille
Similarity:
19%
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