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10 Best Movies Like The Cheap Detective

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

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#1
My Favorite Brunette

My Favorite Brunette

1947★ 6.6

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

Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locat...

#2
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

1975★ 6.0

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

After spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling, Consulting Detective Sigerson Holmes (Wilder) is called upon to help solve a crucial case tha...

#3
Shadow of the Thin Man

Shadow of the Thin Man

1941★ 7.0

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

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder....

#4
Zero Effect

Zero Effect

1998★ 6.2

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

Daryl Zero is a private investigator and—along with his assistant, Steve Arlo—he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Although Daryl's a master investigator, he doesn't know what ...

#5
See Spot Run

See Spot Run

2001★ 6.0

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

A drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James i...

#6
The Private Eyes

The Private Eyes

1980★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cheap Detective for fans of Comedy & Mystery. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

The lord and lady of a capacious manor are killed, and the lord's ghost seems to have returned to knock off the staff one by one, causing Inspector Winship and Dr. Tart to investig...

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