Movies Like Mad Holiday
If you liked Mad Holiday (1936), a mystery and comedy movie directed by George B. Seitz, 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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The Navigator (1924)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and romanceThe wealthy and impulsive Rollo Treadway decides to propose to his beautiful socialite neighbor, Betsy O'Brien. Although Betsy turns Rollo down, he still opts to go on the cruise that he intended as their honeymoon…
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Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery and romanceRaimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for…
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My Favorite Brunette (1947)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and mysteryRonnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay…
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Out to Sea (1997)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and romanceCare-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and…
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Song of the Thin Man (1947)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and mysteryWhile attending a glamorous jazz cruise on New York’s East River, Nick and Nora Charles witness the fatal shooting of a wealthy patron. When suspicion falls on a young bandleader and his musicians, the couple steps in…
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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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Foul Play (1978)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and mysteryA shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
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Scooby-Doo (2002)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and comedyWhen the Mystery Inc. gang is invited to Spooky Island, a popular amusement park, they soon discover that the attractions aren't the only things that are spooky. Strange things are happening, and it's up to Scooby…
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Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and comedyScooby-Doo and the gang are on the case when a mysterious lake monster starts scaring the guests at a summer resort in Erie Point, where Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy have taken on seasonal jobs to pay for a barn they…
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The Long Goodbye (1973)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery and comedyIn 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
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The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and mysteryA group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper.
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Nancy Drew (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and comedyIntrepid teenage private eye Nancy Drew heads to Tinseltown with her father to investigate the unsolved murder of a movie star in this old-fashioned whodunit based on Carolyn Keene's popular series of books for young…
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The Lady Eve (1941)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and romanceIt's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger…
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How to Steal a Million (1966)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and romanceA woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.
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Falling for Christmas (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also romance and comedyAn engaged, spoiled hotel heiress finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter after getting amnesia in a skiing accident.
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Sherlock Jr. (1924)
★ 8/10Also comedy and mysteryA film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meager skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
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Fletch Lives (1989)
★ 6/10Also comedy and mysteryFletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns up dead, he becomes a suspect and must find the killer and clear his…
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The Cheap Detective (1978)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and mysteryA 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.
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See How They Run (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery and comedyIn 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…
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Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
★ 6/10Also comedy and mysteryHarry 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.