Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Big Sleep

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

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#1
Crooked House

Crooked House

2017★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Sleep for fans of Mystery & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family....

#2
A Walk Among the Tombstones

A Walk Among the Tombstones

2014★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Sleep for fans of Mystery & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife....

#3
Gone Baby Gone

Gone Baby Gone

2007★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Sleep for fans of Mystery & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Pa...

#4
Murder She Said

Murder She Said

1961★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Sleep for fans of Mystery & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own....

#5
The Mirror Crack'd

The Mirror Crack'd

1980★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Sleep for fans of Mystery & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim....

#6
Lady in the Lake

Lady in the Lake

1946★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Sleep for fans of Mystery & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about ...

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