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10 Best Movies Like Various Geeks

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

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#1
Detective Chinatown

Detective Chinatown

2015★ 6.8

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

After being rejected from the police college, a mannerly man travels to Bangkok where he and an energetic distant relative must solve a murder case....

#2
Be Somebody

Be Somebody

2021★ 7.4

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

During the Republican era, a group of frustrated people from the movie industry is invited in a luxurious mansion to make a movie out of a gruesome case that has recently rattled t...

#3
The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective

1978★ 6.3

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

A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wi...

#4
The Island

The Island

2018★ 6.6

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

A cataclysmic event causes a man, who dreams of winning the lottery, to become stranded on an island with his co-workers....

#5
Song of the Thin Man

Song of the Thin Man

1947★ 6.7

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

Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club....

#6
Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man

1939★ 7.1

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

Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate....

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