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Comedy action / comedy mystery movies

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  • Val Kilmer, Robert Downey Jr., and Michelle Monaghan in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

    1. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

    20051h 43mR73Metascore
    7.5 (245K)
    After being mistaken for an actor, a New York thief is sent to Hollywood to train under a private eye for a potential movie role, but the duo are thrown together with a struggling actress into a murder mystery.
    DirectorShane BlackStarsRobert Downey Jr.Val KilmerMichelle Monaghan
  • Bruce Willis in Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017)

    2. Once Upon a Time in Venice

    20171h 34mNot Rated28Metascore
    5.3 (22K)
    A Los Angeles detective seeks out the ruthless gang that stole his dog.
    DirectorMark CullenStarsBruce WillisJohn GoodmanJason Momoa
  • Jada Pinkett Smith, Keenen Ivory Wayans, and Salli Richardson-Whitfield in A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)

    3. A Low Down Dirty Shame

    19941h 40mR
    5.9 (8.1K)
    An ex-cop, now a private detective, takes on the search for the millions stolen by a drug lord.
    DirectorKeenen Ivory WayansStarsKeenen Ivory WayansCharles S. DuttonJada Pinkett Smith
  • Jackie Chan in City Hunter (1993)

    4. City Hunter

    19931h 40mPG-13
    6.3 (13K)
    A self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.
    DirectorJing WongStarsJackie ChanRichard NortonJoey Wang
  • Steve Martin in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

    5. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    19821h 28mPG67Metascore
    6.8 (25K)
    Film noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from classic noir films appear as scenes from various movies interjected into the story.
    DirectorCarl ReinerStarsSteve MartinRachel WardAlan Ladd
  • Ann-Margret, Stockard Channing, Peter Falk, Dom DeLuise, Louise Fletcher, Madeline Kahn, John Houseman, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, James Coco, Fernando Lamas, Marsha Mason, Phil Silvers, Paul Williams, and Nicol Williamson in The Cheap Detective (1978)

    6. The Cheap Detective

    19781h 32mPG
    6.4 (6.3K)
    San Francisco, 1940, detectives, dames, documents, Nazis, and a treasure.
    DirectorRobert MooreStarsPeter FalkAnn-MargretEileen Brennan
  • Tim Curry, Christopher Lloyd, Lesley Ann Warren, Madeline Kahn, Eileen Brennan, Michael McKean, and Martin Mull in Clue (1985)

    7. Clue

    19851h 34mPG41Metascore
    7.3 (118K)
    Six guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, but after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up.
    DirectorJonathan LynnStarsEileen BrennanTim CurryMadeline Kahn
  • Alfred Hitchcock, Karen Black, Bruce Dern, and Barbara Harris in Family Plot (1976)

    8. Family Plot

    19762hPG79Metascore
    6.8 (26K)
    A phony psychic and her cab driver boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsKaren BlackBruce DernBarbara Harris
  • Shirley MacLaine, John Forsythe, and Edmund Gwenn in The Trouble with Harry (1955)

    9. The Trouble with Harry

    19551h 39mPG74Metascore
    7.0 (43K)
    Harry's dead and, while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. After Harry's body is found in the woods, several locals must determine not only how and why he was killed but what to do with the body.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJohn ForsytheShirley MacLaineEdmund Gwenn
  • Bullseye (2014)

    10. Bullseye

    20141h 25mPG-13
    7.8 (12)
    It's the year 1935 and Private Detective Dick Polakowski has recently bankrupted Charlie's Casino, the city's headquarters of organized crime. Charlie Rodriguez and the Charlie Brothers ran every facet of the town including having the government officials on their payroll. Their word was law. Dick left the Charlie Brothers with nothing. With crime vanquished, Dick plans his retirement until he gets a phone call from Marcus Rodriguez, Charlie's #2. Dick's wife and daughter have been kidnapped. It's the money or his family's lives. Dick understands that paying the ransom will only enable crime to start again. How can he choose between his family and the city he loves?
    DirectorAlex PristerStarsSteve RimpiciTiffany LloydRobert Werner
  • Kim Basinger and Jeff Bridges in Nadine (1987)

    11. Nadine

    19871h 23mPG
    5.5 (4.7K)
    In 1950s Texas, a woman trying to recover sexy photos of herself and divorce her husband witnesses a murder and uncovers corrupt land dealings.
    DirectorRobert BentonStarsJeff BridgesKim BasingerRip Torn
  • The Golden Ram (2010)

    12. The Golden Ram

    20101h 14m
    A New York City private investigator is hired by a mysterious Frenchwoman. His mission is to find a legendary and priceless jewel, originally stolen in the 15th Century from a Berber tribe in the Southern Sahara, and which has presently resurfaced in the Manhattan underworld.
    DirectorAlain G CloarecStarsLaurent LaperdrisJean LaperdrisAlain G Cloarec
  • John Candy in Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)

    13. Who's Harry Crumb?

    19891h 34mPG-1344Metascore
    5.9 (19K)
    Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve because his employer is the mastermind behind the kidnapping.
    DirectorPaul FlahertyStarsJohn CandyJeffrey JonesAnnie Potts
  • Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, and Madeline Kahn in The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

    14. The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

    19751h 31mPG
    6.0 (7.7K)
    The younger brother of the consulting detective tries to steal Sherlock's glory by solving an important case assisted by an eccentric Scotland Yard detective and a lovely but suspicious actress.
    DirectorGene WilderStarsGene WilderMadeline KahnMarty Feldman
  • Pablo Carbonell in Lo mejor que le puede pasar a un cruasán (2003)

    15. Lo mejor que le puede pasar a un cruasán

    20031h 43m
    5.4 (345)
    Pablo Baloo Miralles (Pablo Carbonell), misfit thirty-something, joker, lazy, misogynist, whoremonger, broke and well known web philosopher/hacker, finds himself involved in solving a mystery in Barcelona, his brothers sudden disappearance, and takes us on board a sports-car for a ride filled with intrigue, ethyl splattered bliss, venereal flings and a dubious content web page, but what started as a mysterious disappearance will take on dreamlike qualities and direct Pablo to The Fortress, an invisible fortification in the new Barcelona of wonders.
    DirectorPaco MirStarsPablo CarbonellPep FerrerNathalie Seseña
  • Minna! Esper Dayo!: Bangai hen Esper Miyako e iku (2015)

    16. Minna! Esper Dayo!: Bangai hen Esper Miyako e iku

    20151h 10mTV Movie
    5.6 (68)
    High school student Yoshio Kamogawa suddenly gained the power to read other people's minds. One day, he receives mail from Sae Asami in Tokyo asking for his help.
    DirectorSion SonoStarsShôta SometaniErina ManoMakita Sports
  • Hoodwinked (2005)

    17. Hoodwinked

    20051h 20mPG45Metascore
    6.5 (70K)
    Little Red Riding Hood, the Wolf, the Woodsman and Granny all tell the police the events that led up to their encounter.
    DirectorsCory EdwardsTodd EdwardsTony LeechStarsAnne HathawayGlenn ClosePatrick Warburton
  • Glenn Close, David Ogden Stiers, Cory Edwards, Bill Hader, Hayden Panettiere, Amy Poehler, and Patrick Warburton in Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011)

    18. Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil

    20111h 26mPG20Metascore
    4.7 (15K)
    Red Riding Hood is training in the group of Sister Hoods, when she and the Wolf are called to examine the sudden mysterious disappearance of Hansel and Gretel.
    DirectorMike DisaStarsHayden PanettiereGlenn ClosePatrick Warburton
  • Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Ian Abercrombie, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Gil Birmingham, James Ward Byrkit, Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy, Timothy Olyphant, Stephen Root, Ray Winstone, and Abigail Breslin in Rango (2011)

    19. Rango

    20111h 47mPG75Metascore
    7.3 (308K)
    Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.
    DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsJohnny DeppIsla FisherTimothy Olyphant
  • Jason Bateman, Tommy Chong, Bonnie Hunt, Tom Lister Jr., Maurice LaMarche, Kristen Bell, Bono, Chaz Bono, César Bono, James Bono, Joseph Bono, Mary Bono, Sonny Bono, Steven Scot Bono, Steve Bono, Sebastian Cavazza, Bonar Colleano, Dan Cooper, Jesse Corti, Yves De Bono, Eurilla del Bono, John DiMaggio, Terri Douglas, Idris Elba, Fuschia!, Michael Giacchino, David Goetz, Ginnifer Goodwin, Byron Howard, Don Lake, Peter Mansbridge, Jeremy Milton, Rich Moore, Pace Paulsen, Raymond S. Persi, Fabienne Rawley, Jim Reardon, Shakira, J.K. Simmons, Kath Soucie, Octavia Spencer, Alan Tudyk, Gita Reddy, Dídac Bono, Nathan Warner, Kellie D. Lewis, Sofia Bono Prado, Jared Bush, Mark Rhino Smith, Clark Spencer, Brad Simonsen, Alan Bono, Chianna Bono, Chesare Bono, Novo Bono Jr., Josephine Bono, Bono, John Bono, Nate Torrence, Jill Cordes, Larry Herrera, Jennifer Lee, Phil Johnston, John Lavelle, Sara de Bono, Katie Lowes, Salvatore Bono, Melissa Goodwin Shepherd, Dave Kohut, Stacie Bono, Josh Dallas, Jenny Slate, Josie Trinidad, Thomas Bono, Leah Latham, Zach King, Christy Bono, Della Saba, Alyssa Ann Bono, Steven Bono Jr., Madeleine Curry, Krystle Bono, Evelyn Wilson Bresee, Hewitt Bush, Claire K. Smith, David A. Thibodeau, John Wheeler, Hannah G. Williams, Jackson Stein, Andrés Di Bono, Fernando Gonzalez, Valeria Bono, JoAnn Bono, Chiara Bono, and Amelia Bono in Zootopia (2016)

    20. Zootopia

    20161h 48mPG78Metascore
    8.0 (587K)
    In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a rookie bunny cop and a cynical con artist fox must work together to uncover a conspiracy.
    DirectorsByron HowardRich MooreJared BushStarsGinnifer GoodwinJason BatemanIdris Elba
  • Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, and Olivia in Game Night (2018)

    21. Game Night

    20181h 40mR66Metascore
    6.9 (268K)
    A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery when the shady brother of one of them is seemingly kidnapped by dangerous gangsters.
    DirectorsJohn Francis DaleyJonathan GoldsteinStarsJason BatemanRachel McAdamsKyle Chandler
  • Super Troopers 2 (2018)

    22. Super Troopers 2

    20181h 39mR41Metascore
    6.0 (29K)
    When a border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, the Super Troopers are tasked with establishing a Highway Patrol station in the disputed area.
    DirectorJay ChandrasekharStarsJay ChandrasekharKevin HeffernanSteve Lemme
  • Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling in The Nice Guys (2016)

    23. The Nice Guys

    20161h 56mR70Metascore
    7.4 (399K)
    In 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star.
    DirectorShane BlackStarsRussell CroweRyan GoslingAngourie Rice
  • Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, Freddie Prinze Jr., Nicholas Hope, and Neil Fanning in Scooby-Doo (2002)

    24. Scooby-Doo

    20021h 26mPG35Metascore
    5.4 (134K)
    After an acrimonious break up, the Mystery Inc. gang are individually brought to an island resort to investigate strange goings on.
    DirectorRaja GosnellStarsMatthew LillardFreddie Prinze Jr.Sarah Michelle Gellar
  • Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, Freddie Prinze Jr., Dee Bradley Baker, Scott McNeil, Christopher R. Sumpton, and Neil Fanning in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)

    25. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

    20041h 33mPG34Metascore
    5.3 (70K)
    The Mystery Inc. gang must save Coolsville from an attack of their past monsters brought to life by an evil masked figure trying to take down the gang.
    DirectorRaja GosnellStarsFreddie Prinze Jr.Sarah Michelle GellarMatthew Lillard

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