
10 Best Movies Like Detective
If you loved Detective, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

St. Elmo's Fire
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detective for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Reluctant to let go of college life, a close-knit team of seven friends--irresponsible saxophone player Billy, young Republican Alec, his girlfriend Leslie, struggling journalist K...

Trafic
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detective for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Mr. Hulot is the head designer of the Altra Automotive Co. His latest invention is a newfangled camper car loaded with outrageous extra features. Along with the company's manager a...

The Third Generation
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detective for fans of Comedy & Crime & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A wildly anarchic satire of guerrilla terrorism in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its autho...

La Balance
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detective for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
A Paris police detective plays rough with a prostitute and her pimp/lover, whom he wants as an informant....

King Lear
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detective for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization....

The Good Liar
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detective for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
Career con man Roy sets his sights on his latest mark: recently widowed Betty, worth millions. And he means to take it all. But as the two draw closer, what should have been anothe...