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Movies that feel likeHail, Caesar! (2016)

When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.

If you loved Hail, Caesar!, the closest films we have are Zero Effect (1998), The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972) and Inherent Vice (2014). All three share Hail, Caesar!'s witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Estômago: A Gastronomic Story (2008).

🍅 86% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Joel Coenwittyplayfultwisty
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Zero Effect
1998 · dir. Jake Kasdan
🍅 66%★ 6.9mystery · crime · comedy

The same preoccupation in both: whodunit

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Hail, Caesar! does

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 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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🍅 67%★ 7.2comedy · mystery

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.

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Inherent Vice
2014 · dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
🍅 73%★ 6.6drama · mystery · comedyRent or buy

Twisty comedy in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Hail, Caesar! does

In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

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Estômago: A Gastronomic Story
2008 · dir. Marcos Jorge
★ 7.8drama · comedy · mystery

Witty mystery, and it commits to that

In a dog-eat-dog world, Raimundo Nonato has found an alternative way to move ahead: he cooks. No matter what social strata this deceptively innocent young man inhabits, he hones his skills and sharpens his knives—and then he falls in love. Jorge's nimble comic fable provides a smartly constructed gastronomic allegory for ambition and survival.

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Andhadhun
2018 · dir. Sriram Raghavan
🍅 100%★ 8.2crime · mystery · thrillerRent or buy

Comedy built on play, twice over

A series of mysterious events changes the life of a blind pianist who now must report a crime that was actually never witnessed by him.

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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994 · dir. Tom Shadyac
🍅 48%★ 6.9comedy · crime · mystery

Mystery with a pulse of twists, in both cases

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

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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Inheritance
2024 · dir. Sylwester Jakimow
★ 5.1comedy · mysteryNetflix

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

When their rich uncle passes, his mansion of intricate puzzles becomes the backdrop for his estranged family's quest to secure a portion of his wealth.

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Murder Mystery
2019 · dir. Kyle Newacheck
🍅 43%★ 6.1comedy · mystery · crimeNetflix

One thread runs through both: whodunit

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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Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
2004 · dir. Raja Gosnell
🍅 22%★ 5.4mystery · adventure · comedyMax

Playful mystery in both cases

A masked villain wreaks mayhem on the city of Coolsville with a monster machine that creates real-life versions of Mystery Inc.'s former foes like The 10,000 Volt Ghost, The Cotton Candy Glob, The Skelemen and The Pterodactyl Ghost. Fred, Daphne, Shaggy, Velma and Scooby-Doo launch an investigation into the monster outbreak that leaves Shaggy and Scooby questioning their roles in Mystery Inc. Eager to prove their detective skills, the ever-ravenous duo comes up with a secret plan to solve the mystery all by themselves. Can the gang unravel their most challenging case?

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Horrible Bosses 2
2014 · dir. Sean Anders
🍅 35%★ 6.3comedyParamount+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: kidnapping

The difference: Easier on the twists than Hail, Caesar!

Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.

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★ 7.3thriller · mystery · comedyNetflix

Both work the same twists

When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.

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Charade
1963 · dir. Stanley Donen
🍅 95%★ 7.8comedy · mystery · romancePrime Video

Both play comedy straight

After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines.

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