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10 Best Movies Like It's Called 'Murder', Baby

If you loved It's Called 'Murder', Baby, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Late Show

The Late Show

1977★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It's Called 'Murder', Baby for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who was involved in a case concerning a murdered broad, stolen stamps, a nickel-pl...

#2
The Two Jakes

The Two Jakes

1990★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It's Called 'Murder', Baby for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happen...

#3
Mr. Arkadin

Mr. Arkadin

1955★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It's Called 'Murder', Baby for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, a...

#4
The Black Book

The Black Book

2023★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It's Called 'Murder', Baby for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him....

#5
L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential

1997★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It's Called 'Murder', Baby for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night d...

#6
Devil in a Blue Dress

Devil in a Blue Dress

1995★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It's Called 'Murder', Baby for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for...

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