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Movies that feel like Clue (1985)

If you loved Clue, the closest films we have are Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), Zero Effect (1998) and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994). All three share Clue's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Howdy Amazon Channel, Peacock Premium and YouTube TV and others, checked against today's data.

Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.

πŸ… 73% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Jonathan Lynnwittyplayfultensegrittytwisty

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If Clue hit the spot, these will too

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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005 Β· dir. Shane Black
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.4comedy Β· crime Β· mystery

Whodunit sits at the heart of each

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 2000s show

A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...

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Zero Effect
1998 Β· dir. Jake Kasdan
πŸ… 66%β˜… 6.9comedy Β· crime Β· mystery

Both built around blackmail

The difference: Missing the tension of Clue

Daryl Zero is a private investigator andβ€”along with his assistant, Steve Arloβ€”he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Although Daryl's a master investigator, he doesn't know what to do with himself when he's not working; he has no social skills, writes bad music and drives Steve crazy.

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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994 Β· dir. Tom Shadyac
πŸ… 48%β˜… 6.9comedy Β· crime Β· mystery

Witty and playful in the same breath

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The Ace is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!

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Murder Mystery
2019 Β· dir. Kyle Newacheck
πŸ… 43%β˜… 6.1comedy Β· mystery Β· crime

The same preoccupation in both: whodunit

The difference: A 2010s film, from a different era of filmmaking

On a long-awaited trip to Europe, a New York City cop and his hairdresser wife scramble to solve a baffling murder aboard a billionaire's yacht.

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One Battle After Another
2025 Β· dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.7thriller Β· crime Β· comedy

Both land tension and grit at once

Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.

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Knives Out
2019 Β· dir. Rian Johnson
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.9comedy Β· crime Β· mystery

Both circle mansion and murder mystery

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

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Se7en
1995 Β· dir. David Fincher
πŸ… 84%β˜… 8.6crime Β· mystery Β· thriller

Thriller with a pulse of twists, in both cases

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

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L.A. Confidential
1997 Β· dir. Curtis Hanson
πŸ… 99%β˜… 8.2crime Β· mystery Β· thriller

Both trade on tension more than on being crime

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 diner.

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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022 Β· dir. Rian Johnson
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· crime Β· mystery

Comedy built on wit, twice over

World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.

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Pulp Fiction
1994 Β· dir. Quentin Tarantino
πŸ… 92%β˜… 8.8thriller Β· crime Β· comedy

Playful mystery in both cases

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

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Zodiac
2007 Β· dir. David Fincher
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.7crime Β· mystery Β· thriller

Gritty thriller, and it commits to that

Over the course of a decade, editors of the San Francisco Chronicle entice themselves in the murders of the Zodiac Killer. However, as time runs its course, interest in the case dwindles in the eyes of the professionals. The Killer stops interacting with the public. However, believing he has the answers, an amateur cartoonist from the initial sightings races against time to prevent what he believes is another murder.

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Blow Out
1981 Β· dir. Brian De Palma
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.4crime Β· mystery Β· thriller

Twisty crime in both cases

While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead β€” a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.

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