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10 Best Movies Like Detective Story

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

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#1
Killing

Killing

2018★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detective Story for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In Edo period Japan, a lone ronin lives in a village helping the farmers tend to their land. One day, a group of outlaw swordsmen enter the village....

#2
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detective Story for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#3
One Hundred and One Dalmatians

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

1961★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detective Story for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement....

#4
Airplane!

Airplane!

1980★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detective Story for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning....

#5
American Beauty

American Beauty

1999★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detective Story for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend....

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Detective Story for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....