Movies Like Fast and Loose
If you liked Fast and Loose (1939), a mystery and comedy movie directed by Edwin L. Marin, 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.
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A Shot in the Dark (1964)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and mysteryInspector 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…
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Deathtrap (1982)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and comedyA Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
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Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
★ 7/10Also comedy and mysteryWhile 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…
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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
★ 7.6/10Also comedyMortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts…
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Take the Money and Run (1969)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyVirgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.
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Hail, Caesar! (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and mysteryWhen a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.
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Lady in the Lake (1946)
★ 6.1/10Also mysteryPrivate eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to…
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The 39 Steps (1935)
★ 7.3/10Also mysteryRichard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to…
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Clue (1985)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and mysteryClue 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…
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The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also mysteryJane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
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The Maltese Falcon (1941)
★ 7.7/10Also mysteryA private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
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The Sheep Detectives (2026)
★ 7.9/10Also comedy and mysteryGeorge Hardy is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can't possibly understand. But when a mysterious incident disrupts life on the farm, the sheep realize they must…
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A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyFormer bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.
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Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyWhen an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and mysteryJuliet 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…
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Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyAfter Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty…
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Murder by Death (1976)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and mysteryLionel 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…
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
★ 7.3/10Also comedyWhen the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
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The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
★ 6/10Also comedy and mysteryAfter 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…
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The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and mysteryHoping 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…