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Movies Like A Very Missing Person

If you liked A Very Missing Person (1972), a mystery and comedy movie directed by Russ Mayberry, 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. 1A Shot in the Dark

    A Shot in the Dark (1964)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and mystery

    Inspector 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…

  2. 2The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery and crime

    Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

  3. 3Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost

    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.

  4. 4The Maltese Falcon

    The Maltese Falcon (1941)

    ★ 7.7/10Also mystery and crime

    A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

  5. 5Song of the Thin Man

    Song of the Thin Man (1947)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and crime

    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…

  6. 6Sherlock Jr.

    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.

  7. 7Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

    Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and mystery

    Nancy 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…

  8. 8The Scapegoat

    The Scapegoat (1959)

    ★ 6.8/10Also mystery and crime

    An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman.

  9. 9Lady in the Lake

    Lady in the Lake (1946)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery and crime

    Private 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…

  10. 10Scooby-Doo

    Scooby-Doo (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery and 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…

  11. 11The Sheep Detectives

    The Sheep Detectives (2026)

    ★ 7.9/10Also comedy and mystery

    George 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…

  12. 12Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and mystery

    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…

  13. 13Hailey Dean Mysteries: Deadly Estate

    Hailey Dean Mysteries: Deadly Estate (2017)

    ★ 7.1/10Also mystery and tv movie

    When Hailey helps her friend Pam sell her recently deceased parent’s estate, she becomes suspicious when Pam suddenly leaves town without notice. To make matters worse, Pam's boyfriend is the sudden victim of an…

  14. 14Hail, Caesar!

    Hail, Caesar! (2016)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and mystery

    When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.

  15. 15Clue

    Clue (1985)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and crime

    Clue 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…

  16. 16Chronicle Mysteries: Vines that Bind

    Chronicle Mysteries: Vines that Bind (2019)

    ★ 8.1/10Also tv movie and mystery

    The latest edition of Alex McPherson’s true crime podcast leads her and most of the Chronicle staff to nearby Macklin, where they investigate the death of a vintner that was ruled an accident by the local police.

  17. 17Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy and crime

    Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and…

  18. 18Murder by Death

    Murder by Death (1976)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and crime

    Lionel 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…

  19. 19The Pink Panther

    The Pink Panther (2006)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and mystery

    When the coach of the France football team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium at the end of a game, and his huge, expensive ring with the Pink Panther diamond disappears, the ambitious Chief Inspector Dreyfus…

  20. 20Shadow of the Thin Man

    Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and crime

    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…

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