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Movies Like The Story of a Haunting

If you liked The Story of a Haunting (2010), a comedy and mystery movie directed by Robert Fleitz, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1High Anxiety

    High Anxiety (1977)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and mystery

    A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.

  2. 2Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost

    Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (1999)

    ★ 7.4/10Also comedy and mystery

    Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Gang visit Oakhaven, Massachusetts to seek strange goings on involving a famous horror novelist and his ancestor who is rumored to have been a witch.

  3. 3The Cheap Detective

    The Cheap Detective (1978)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and mystery

    A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wife.

  4. 4Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

    Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also mystery

    Nancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set…

  5. 5Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins

    Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery and comedy

    Unjustly accused of staging a spooky practical joke complete with ghosts, Daphne, Velma, Fred and Shaggy are suspended from Coolsville High. To clear their names, they team up to solve the supernatural mystery…and head…

  6. 6Phantom of the Megaplex

    Phantom of the Megaplex (2000)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and mystery

    Pete Riley is a 17-year-old who lands a part-time job at a multiplex in his neighbourhood. He and his friends are excited when it's announced that the theatre will play host to the premier of a major motion picture…

  7. 7Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and mystery

    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…

  8. 8The Pink Panther Strikes Again

    The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    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.

  9. 9The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

    The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and mystery

    After spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling, Consulting Detective Sigerson Holmes is called upon to help solve a crucial case that leads him on a hilarious trail of false…

  10. 10A Shot in the Dark

    A Shot in the Dark (1964)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and mystery

    Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic series of mishaps, testing the patience of his irritable boss Charles…

  11. 11Hail, Caesar!

    Hail, Caesar! (2016)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and mystery

    When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.

  12. 12Murder by Death

    Murder by Death (1976)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and mystery

    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…

  13. 13The Thin Man Goes Home

    The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and mystery

    Hoping for a peaceful visit with his parents in the small town of Sycamore Springs, Nick Charles and his wife Nora soon find themselves surrounded by old rivalries, family tensions, and a mysterious murder. Nick’s…

  14. 14Mickey's House of Villains

    Mickey's House of Villains (2002)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy

    The villains from the popular animated Disney films are gathered at the House of Mouse with plans to take over. Soon, the villains take over the house and kick out Mickey, Donald and Goofy. It's all up to Mickey and…

  15. 15Dory's Reef Cam

    Dory's Reef Cam (2020)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    Dive into the waters below and watch the aquatic wildlife from the world of Nemo and Dory.

  16. 16Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost

    Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost (2019)

    ★ 7.8/10Also comedy and mystery

    Mystery Inc. withdraws from solving crimes after botching a case. When Vincent Van Ghoul contacts the gang about an unfinished investigation from Daphne, Shaggy and Scooby's past, the gang springs into action to finish…

  17. 17The Naked City

    The Naked City (1948)

    ★ 7.2/10Also mystery

    After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

  18. 18Playing with Fire

    Playing with Fire (2019)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    A crew of rugged firefighters meet their match when attempting to rescue three rambunctious kids.

  19. 19The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

    The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy

    When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

  20. 20ParaNorman

    ParaNorman (2012)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock can speak to the dead, but no one other than his eccentric new friend believes his ability is real. One day, Norman's eccentric uncle tells him of a ritual he must perform…

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