Movies Like Inside Story

If you liked Inside Story (1939), a mystery and comedy movie directed by Ricardo Cortez, 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
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.
2
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.
3
The Commuter (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery
A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.
4
Cleaner (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery
Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may…
5
The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and mystery
Hoping 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…
6
My Spy (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
A hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.
7
The International (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery
An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their…
8
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and mystery
While 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…
9
Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night.
10
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.
11
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.
12
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…
13
Playing with Fire (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
A crew of rugged firefighters meet their match when attempting to rescue three rambunctious kids.
14
Accident Man (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.
15
Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (1999)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and mystery
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Gang visit Oakhaven, Massachusetts to seek strange goings on involving a famous horror novelist and his ancestor who is rumored to have been a witch.
16
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
★ 8/10Also comedy and mystery
A 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.
17
Hard to Die (1990)
★ 6/10Also comedy
While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series…
18
The Dream Team (1989)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish…
19
Abigail (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery
A young girl Abigail lives in a city whose borders were closed many years ago because of an epidemic of a mysterious disease. Abby's father was one of the sick - and he was taken when she was six years old. Going…
20
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…