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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994 film by Tom Shadyac
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005 British stop-motion animated comedy film
Charade
1963 film directed by Stanley Donen
Hoodwinked!
Hoodwinked! is a 2005 American animated musical comedy film directed by Cory Edwards and written by Edwards, Todd Edwards, and Tony Leech. It retells the folktale "Little Red Riding Hood" as a police procedural, using backstories to show multiple characters' points of view. The film features the voices of Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Jim Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Anthony Anderson, David Ogden Stiers, Xzibit, Chazz Palminteri, and Andy Dick.
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1995 film directed by Steve Oedekerk
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021 film directed by Jason Reitman
Hail, Caesar!
2016 film directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
Family Plot
1976 film by Alfred Hitchcock
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is a 2022 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson, and produced by Johnson and Ram Bergman. It is a standalone sequel to the 2019 film Knives Out, and the second installment in the Knives Out film series. Glass Onion sees Daniel Craig return as master detective Benoit Blanc as he takes on a new case revolving around tech billionaire Miles Bron and his closest friends. The ensemble cast also includes Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, Kate Hudson, and Dave Bautista.
Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993 film by Woody Allen
The Pink Panther 2
2009 film by Harald Zwart
The Pink Panther
2006 film by Shawn Levy
The Trouble with Harry
1955 film by Alfred Hitchcock
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005 crime-comedy film directed by Shane Black
The Thin Man
1934 film
Murder by Death
1976 film by Robert Moore
Wake Up Dead Man
Wake Up Dead Man is a 2025 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is the third film in the Knives Out series. The film stars Daniel Craig, who reprises his role as master detective Benoit Blanc as he investigates the death of a divisive Catholic priest against the backdrop of a missing inheritance. The ensemble cast also includes Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church.
Amsterdam
2022 film directed by David O. Russell
A Simple Favor
2018 film directed by Paul Feig
Scoop
2006 film directed by Woody Allen
Murder Mystery
2019 film directed by Kyle Newacheck
Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters
2014 film directed by Mark Waters
After the Thin Man
1936 film by W. S. Van Dyke
High Anxiety
1977 film by Mel Brooks
Clue
1985 comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
1998 film by Hiroshi Aoyama
Silver Streak
1976 film directed by Arthur Hiller
The Thursday Murder Club (film)
The Thursday Murder Club is a 2025 American crime comedy film directed by Chris Columbus from a screenplay by Katy Brand and Suzanne Heathcote, based on the 2020 novel by Richard Osman. The film stars Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, and Celia Imrie with David Tennant, Jonathan Pryce, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Richard E. Grant, Tom Ellis, Geoff Bell, Paul Freeman, and Ingrid Oliver in supporting roles. Its plot follows a group of elderly amateur sleuths who attempt to solve a murder.
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975 film by Gene Wilder
See How They Run
2022 film directed by Tom George
Fletch
1985 film by Michael Ritchie
The Great Muppet Caper
1981 film by Jim Henson
Hubie Halloween
2020 film directed by Steven Brill
They Cloned Tyrone
2023 film by Juel Taylor
Head over Heels
2001 film directed by Mark Waters
Kaboom
2010 film by Gregg Araki
Last Looks
2022 film directed by Tim Kirkby
Deathtrap
1982 film by Sidney Lumet
Foul Play
1978 film by Colin Higgins
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 film by Carl Reiner
Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost
1999 film directed by Jim Stenstrum
Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!
2007 film
Once Upon a Crime
1992 film by Eugene Levy
The Truth About Charlie
2002 film by Jonathan Demme
Murder Mystery 2
2023 film directed by Jeremy Garelick
The Sheep Detectives
upcoming film directed by Kyle Balda
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944 film by Richard Thorpe
Get a Clue
2002 film directed by Maggie Greenwald
Who's Harry Crumb?
1989 film by Paul Flaherty
That Darn Cat!
1965 film directed by Robert Stevenson
The Ghost Breakers
1940 comedy film directed by George Marshall
Another Simple Favor
2025 film directed by Paul Feig
It's a Wonderful World
1939 film by W. S. Van Dyke
Lady of Burlesque
1943 film by William A. Wellman
Song of the Thin Man
1947 film by Edward Buzzell
The Lovebirds
2020 film directed by Michael Showalter
Daphne & Velma
2018 film directed by Suzi Yoonessi
The Cheap Detective
1978 film by Robert Moore
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941 film by W. S. Van Dyke
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
2019 film directed by Cecilia Aranovich Hamilton and Ethan Spaulding