Movies Like Take It Out in Trade

If you liked Take It Out in Trade (1970), a comedy movie directed by Edward D. Wood Jr., 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
I Want Your Sex (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
When a naive young man becomes the sexual muse for a renowned and provocative artist, his dream job quickly turns dangerous as he is drawn into an obsessive world of power, betrayal, and murder.
2
Hi, Mom! (1970)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
Vietnam vet Jon Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' style, the people in the apartment across the street. His obsession with…
3
The Nice Guys (2016)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy
A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
4
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Harry 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.
5
So Undercover (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
When the FBI hires her to go undercover at a college sorority, Molly Morris must transform herself from a tough, streetwise private investigator to a refined, sophisticated university girl to help protect the daughter…
6
Knives Out (2019)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's…
7
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
Juliet 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…
8
Scooby-Doo (2002)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
When 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…
9
Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy
Velma discovers she's inherited her great-great-uncle's cursed castle in Transylvania, Pennsylvania. The team decide to go there on a spooky adventure.
10
The Thin Man (1934)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy
Former detective Nick Charles has retired from police work, preferring a life of cocktails, parties, and relaxation with his wealthy wife, Nora. Their holiday is interrupted when the daughter of Nick’s former client…
11
Porky's (1981)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
In 1954 Florida, a group of high school boys head to a strip club in the Everglades in an attempt to lose their collective virginity. When the club's owner and his sheriff brother swindle them out of their money and…
12
The Long Goodbye (1973)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
13
Shadows and Fog (1991)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
14
Confess, Fletch (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
The roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime suspect in a murder case while searching for a stolen art collection. The only way to prove his innocence? Find out which of the long list of…
15
Big Momma's House (2000)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy
When a street-smart FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a beautiful single mother and her son from an escaped convict, he is forced to impersonate a crass Southern granny known as Big Momma in order to remain…
16
Slumberland (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.
17
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
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…
18
White Chicks (2004)
★ 7/10Also comedy
Two FBI agent brothers, Marcus and Kevin Copeland, accidentally foil a drug bust. To avoid being fired they accept a mission escorting a pair of socialites to the Hamptons--but when the girls are disfigured in a car…
19
Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (1999)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
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.
20
Barely Legal (2003)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
Teenager Deacon works at a video shop, and his buddies, Fred and Matt, sell the bootleg porno films he acquires. Deacon gets fired, but the pals have the bright idea of filming their own Internet porn flick in order to…