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Movies Like The Bugs Detective

If you liked The Bugs Detective (2010), a comedy movie directed by Sakichi Sato, 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. 1Psychic Kusuo

    Psychic Kusuo (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    Born a powerful psychic, high schooler Kusuo Saiki craves the simple life. But the weirdos in his class make it difficult to conceal his abilities.

  2. 2Ali G, Innit

    Ali G, Innit (1999)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    Ali G travels throughout Britain, interviewing unsuspecting leaders and politicians.

  3. 3Pretty Persuasion

    Pretty Persuasion (2005)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy

    A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.

  4. 4Chris D'Elia: Man on Fire

    Chris D'Elia: Man on Fire (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    Unbridled comic Chris D'Elia reconsiders his approach to major life events like marriage, not having kids and buying pants for your friends.

  5. 5Batman and Harley Quinn

    Batman and Harley Quinn (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    Batman and Nightwing are forced to team with the Joker's sometimes-girlfriend Harley Quinn to stop a global threat brought about by Poison Ivy and Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man.

  6. 6Me Time

    Me Time (2022)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy

    With his family away, a devoted stay-at-home dad enjoys his first me time in years by joining his hard-partying old friend on a wild birthday adventure.

  7. 7Detroit Metal City

    Detroit Metal City (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the death metal band Detroit Metal City, or DMC, as the costumed and…

  8. 8Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill

    Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1999)

    ★ 7.8/10Also comedy

    Eddie Izzard takes her show to San Francisco to give a brief history of pagan and Christian religions, the building of Stonehenge, the birth of the Church of England and of Western empires, and the need for a European…

  9. 9Accident Man

    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.

  10. 10The Paper Tigers

    The Paper Tigers (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    Three middle aged men polish their martial arts skills to avenge their fallen master.

  11. 11Chris Rock: Never Scared

    Chris Rock: Never Scared (2004)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy

    Chris Rock, the three-time Emmy Award-winner, comedian, actor, and host of HBO's acclaimed The Chris Show, stars in his fourth solo stand-up special for HBO, Chris Rock: Never Scared. Featuring his unique, insightful…

  12. 12Babes

    Babes (2024)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and beyond.

  13. 13The Geisha Boy

    The Geisha Boy (1958)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.

  14. 14Dennis the Menace

    Dennis the Menace (1993)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam…

  15. 15Hard to Die

    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…

  16. 16Gintama 2: Rules Are Made to Be Broken

    Gintama 2: Rules Are Made to Be Broken (2018)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    The Yorozuya gang returns to protect the country's shogun when the Shinsengumi police force finds itself in a crisis.

  17. 17Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs

    Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs (2023)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy

    In a rowdy stand-up set, Shane Gillis riffs on his girlfriend's Navy SEAL ex, touring George Washington's house and being bullied by an Australian Goth.

  18. 18Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness

    Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness (1997)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy

    The Noharas get caught between two rival clans when Himawari swallows a pretty bead that turns out to be a mysterious ball with hidden powers.

  19. 19Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

  20. 20Thunderstruck

    Thunderstruck (2012)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.

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