Movies Like Inherent Vice

If you liked Inherent Vice (2014), a drama and mystery movie directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, 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
Wonderland (2003)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and drama
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the…
2
The Salton Sea (2002)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mystery
After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his…
3
A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and mystery
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
4
Filth (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and comedy
A bigoted junkie cop suffering from borderline personality disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way in a bid to secure promotion.
5
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and mystery
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…
6
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and comedy
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate…
7
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and mystery
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…
8
Brick (2006)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and mystery
A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
9
Righteous Kill (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and drama
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the…
10
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and mystery
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The…
11
The Long Goodbye (1973)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery and comedy
In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
12
Mulholland Falls (1996)
★ 6/10Also drama and mystery
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
13
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and drama
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled…
14
The Kid Detective (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama
A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered…
15
Thursday (1998)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama
A former Los Angeles drug dealer moves far away to Texas, making a new life for himself as a married architect in the suburbs. His old crime partner unexpectedly shows up with heroin and gangster business, attracting a…
16
Too Late (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and mystery
Private investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past.
17
Boogie Nights (1997)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and comedy
In 1977, an idealistic porn producer and his promising protege try to catch up with the end of an era before their never-ending party collides with cold, hard reality.
18
American Made (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama
The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
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Under the Silver Lake (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and mystery
Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to…
20
Dazed and Confused (1993)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and drama
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking…