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Movies Like The Show Must Go On

If you liked The Show Must Go On (2012), a comedy and mystery movie directed by Matthew Graves, 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. 1The Honey Pot

    The Honey Pot (1967)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and mystery

    In Venice, a millionaire hires an actor to help him prank three greedy exes into thinking he's dying and leaving his fortune to one of them.

  2. 2Deathtrap

    Deathtrap (1982)

    ★ 6.7/10Also mystery and comedy

    A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.

  3. 3A 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…

  4. 4Murder 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…

  5. 5The Cheap Detective

    The Cheap Detective (1978)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and crime

    A 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.

  6. 6The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

    The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and crime

    After spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling, Consulting Detective Sigerson Holmes is called upon to help solve a crucial case that leads him on a hilarious trail of false…

  7. 7The Pink Panther Strikes Again

    The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and crime

    Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.

  8. 8Clue

    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…

  9. 9The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

    The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy and crime

    When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

  10. 10Another Thin Man

    Another Thin Man (1939)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and mystery

    Nick and Nora Charles are back - and this time, they have a baby, a wealthy new client, and another murder to solve! Retired detective Nick is enjoying family life with Nora and their young son, Nick Jr., when…

  11. 11Arsenic and Old Lace

    Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

    ★ 7.6/10Also comedy and crime

    Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts…

  12. 12Wrong Cops

    Wrong Cops (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime and comedy

    A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.

  13. 13Shadow 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…

  14. 14Song 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…

  15. 15The 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.

  16. 16The Blue Gardenia

    The Blue Gardenia (1953)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and mystery

    Upon 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…

  17. 17Take the Money and Run

    Take the Money and Run (1969)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and crime

    Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.

  18. 18D.O.A.

    D.O.A. (1949)

    ★ 6.9/10Also mystery and crime

    Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his…

  19. 19The 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…

  20. 20Daphne & Velma

    Daphne & Velma (2018)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and crime

    Before their eventual team-up with Scooby and the gang, bright and optimistic Daphne and whip-smart and analytical Velma are both mystery-solving teens who are best friends but have only met online - until now. Daphne…

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