Movies Like A Shot in the Dark
If you liked A Shot in the Dark (1935), a mystery and thriller movie directed by Charles Lamont, 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 Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thrillerJane 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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A Shot in the Dark (1964)
★ 7.2/10Also 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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Black Widow (1987)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerFederal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple…
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Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thrillerWhen a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
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Murder in Three Acts (1986)
★ 6/10Also mysteryIn Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.
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The Glass Key (1942)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thrillerA crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also mysteryNancy 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…
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The Night Stalker (1972)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and thrillerWisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into…
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Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
★ 7/10Also 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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Murder Most Foul (1964)
★ 7.1/10Also mystery and thrillerA murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his guilt. Once again she begins her own investigation.
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The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also mysteryUpon 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…
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Lady in the Lake (1946)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thrillerPrivate 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 Night Strangler (1973)
★ 6.7/10Also mysteryAfter being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he’s on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every…
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The Cheap Detective (1978)
★ 6.4/10Also 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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Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and mysteryIn 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
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Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery and thrillerWhen five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat and only four come out on the other side, Federal Agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head deep into the Victorian mountain ranges to investigate in the hopes of…
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Murder She Said (1961)
★ 7.3/10Also mysteryMiss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
★ 6.8/10Also mystery and thrillerWhen a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
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Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also mysteryIn the small resort town of Lighthouse Cove, everyone knows that the best man for the job is a woman. And that woman is Shannon Hughes, owner of a construction company and an expert in Victorian home restoration and…
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Song of the Thin Man (1947)
★ 6.7/10Also 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…