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Movies Like The Man in the Raincoat

If you liked The Man in the Raincoat (1957), a comedy and mystery movie directed by Julien Duvivier, 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. 1Song of the Thin Man

    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…

  2. 2The Cheap Detective

    The Cheap Detective (1978)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and mystery

    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.

  3. 3Shadow of the Thin Man

    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…

  4. 4Another 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…

  5. 5A 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…

  6. 6The Thin Man Goes Home

    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…

  7. 7The Blue Gardenia

    The Blue Gardenia (1953)

    ★ 6.5/10Also 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…

  8. 8Hold-up

    Hold-up (1985)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a…

  9. 9The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery

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

  10. 10The Glass Key

    The Glass Key (1942)

    ★ 6.7/10Also mystery

    A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

  11. 11See Spot Run

    See Spot Run (2001)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    A drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible…

  12. 12Guardian Angels

    Guardian Angels (1995)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    A sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a friend murdered by the Chinese mob.

  13. 13Wrong Cops

    Wrong Cops (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

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

  14. 14Black Angel

    Black Angel (1946)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery

    A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.

  15. 15RRRrrrr!!!

    RRRrrrr!!! (2004)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and mystery

    In 35,000 BC, the tribe of the Dirty Hairs is at war against the tribe of the Clean Hairs for eight hundred years, trying to get their shampoo. The chief of the Dirty Hairs sends his daughter Guy disguised to the enemy…

  16. 16Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

    Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also 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…

  17. 17There Once Was a Cop

    There Once Was a Cop (1972)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    Campana, a commissar at the drugs bureau of Paris police gets an undercover job in Nice to catch an Italian-French mafia boss. As he slips into the identity of a gangster's brother, who was already killed, he has to…

  18. 18Hailey Dean Mysteries: Murder, With Love

    Hailey Dean Mysteries: Murder, With Love (2016)

    ★ 7.3/10Also mystery

    Former prosecutor-turned-therapist Hailey Dean is a powerhouse, Mensa bright, and acutely observant. During a tragic week, one of her patients loses her parents to separate fatal accidents along with millions of…

  19. 19The Pink Panther Strikes Again

    The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    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.

  20. 20Scooby-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.

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