Movies like Knives Out
If Knives Out's mix of immigrant, detective and massachusetts stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Knives Out's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022 · Directed by Rian Johnson · 140 min7.0
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Rian Johnson · With Daniel Craig · Shares: detective, investigation, whodunit · Also comedy and crime
World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.
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See How They Run
2022 · Directed by Tom George · 99 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: investigation, whodunit, murder mystery · Also mystery and comedy
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered.
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Se7en
1995 · Directed by David Fincher · 127 min8.4
Why you'll like itShares: detective, investigation, neo-noir · Also crime and mystery
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the…
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Zodiac
2007 · Directed by David Fincher · 157 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: detective, investigation, whodunit · Also crime and mystery
The story follows the manhunt for the Zodiac Killer, a serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s, taunting police with letters, bloodstained clothing, and ciphers…
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The Maltese Falcon
1941 · Directed by John Huston · 100 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: detective, whodunit · Also 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.
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Prisoners
2013 · Directed by Denis Villeneuve · 153 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: detective, investigation, neo-noir · From the same decade (2010s)
After his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the investigation, setting both men on a collision course as the search…
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The Trouble with Harry
1955 · Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 99 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: whodunit, murder mystery · Also comedy and mystery
In a quiet Vermont village, a corpse creates unexpected chaos as several townspeople each believe they may be to blame.
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Family Plot
1976 · Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 120 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: detective, investigation · Also comedy and crime
Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
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Léon: The Professional
1994 · Directed by Luc Besson · 111 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: immigrant, neo-noir
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda.
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Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993 · Directed by Woody Allen · 104 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: investigation · Also comedy and mystery
A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.
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Shutter Island
2010 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 138 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: investigation, neo-noir · From the same decade (2010s)
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
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Gone Girl
2014 · Directed by David Fincher · 149 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: investigation, whodunit · From the same decade (2010s)
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.