Movies Like The Spider's Web

If you liked The Spider's Web (1960), a mystery and comedy movie directed by Godfrey Grayson, 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
See How They Run (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery and comedy
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable…
2
The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and mystery
A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper.
3
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also mystery
At a gathering of mystery and true crime fans, Aurora Teagarden’s nephew, Phillip, is accused of murder when an unplanned onstage blackout during the play in which he is performing ends, revealing Phillip holding the…
4
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery
When Aida Teagarden's real estate client is found murdered, her sleuthing daughter Aurora sets out with her fiancé Nick and the Real Murders Club to solve the murder.
5
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
★ 7/10Also comedy and mystery
In a quiet Vermont village, a corpse creates unexpected chaos as several townspeople each believe they may be to blame.
6
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
★ 7/10Also comedy and mystery
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 an isolated killing soon leads to a maze of…
7
Overdrive (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery
Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
8
Foul Play (1978)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and mystery
A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
9
Psych: The Movie (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and mystery
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 Psych team pursues the bad guys, justice … and…
10
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
★ 6/10Also comedy and mystery
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.
11
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery
Just days before Aurora’s wedding, a body is discovered, and she fears her father may be a suspect. She and Nick race to solve the cold case before they walk down the aisle.
12
Murder at the Embassy (2025)
★ 6/10Also mystery
Private detective Miranda Green investigates a murder perpetrated in the British Embassy in Cairo, where a top secret document was stolen, risking to jeopardize both Buckingham Palace and the peace of the world.
13
The Seven-Ups (1973)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
14
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery
A matriarch is poisoned during a family wedding reception and Aurora Teagarden vows to get to the bottom of the crime, especially when her mother, a friend of the dead woman, stands to inherit the bulk of the massive…
15
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery
When a priceless crown is stolen during a benefit gala held by the Lawrenceton library, Aurora and the Real Murders Club must investigate who would kill to get their hands on it.
16
Oscar (1991)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets…
17
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while…
18
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also mystery
Someone begins taunting Aurora Teagarden with cryptic clues left at crime scenes, so the librarian-turned-crime buff attempts to figure out who is behind the creepy “game.” But when the people closest to Aurora become…
19
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and mystery
A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.
20
Psych 3: This Is Gus (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and mystery
In preparation for a shotgun wedding before the birth of Baby Guster, Shawn and Gus go rogue in an attempt to track down Selene’s estranged husband, as Lassiter grapples with the future of his career.