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Movies that feel likeKiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

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...

If you loved Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, the closest films we have are The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013), Zero Effect (1998) and Knives Out (2019). All three share Kiss Kiss Bang Bang's gritty and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Insomnia (1997).

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The Keeper of Lost Causes
2013 · dir. Mikkel Nørgaard
🍅 70%★ 7.2thriller · mystery · crime

Gritty and twisty in the same breath

The difference: Easier on the wit than Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the disappearance of politician Merete Lynggaard, vanished when she and her brother were traveling aboard a ferry five years ago.

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Zero Effect
1998 · dir. Jake Kasdan
🍅 66%★ 6.9mystery · crime · comedy

Two things both keep coming back to: detective and whodunit

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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Knives Out
2019 · dir. Rian Johnson
🍅 97%★ 7.9comedy · crime · mysteryRent or buy

Common ground: neo-noir

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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The Nice Guys
2016 · dir. Shane Black
🍅 91%★ 7.4comedy · crime · action

Shane Black working the same nerve twice

The difference: Sits closer to action than Kiss Kiss Bang Bang does

A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.

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Insomnia
1997 · dir. Erik Skjoldbjærg
🍅 95%★ 7.2thriller · crime · mysteryPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: detective

Detectives Jonas and Erik are called to the midnight sun country of northern Norway to investigate a recent homicide, but their plan to arrest the killer goes awry, and Jonas mistakenly shoots Erik. The suspect escapes, and a frightened Jonas pins Erik's death on the fugitive. Jonas continues to pursue the killer as he seeks to protect himself; however, his mounting guilt and the omnipresent sun plague him with an insomnia that affects his sanity.

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The Big Sleep
1946 · dir. Howard Hawks
🍅 96%★ 7.9mystery · crime · thriller

One thread runs through both: whodunit

The difference: Made in the 1940s, in a different era of the craft

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.

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Sexy Beast
2001 · dir. Jonathan Glazer
🍅 87%★ 7.3crime · thriller · drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: neo-noir

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Kiss Kiss Bang Bang does

Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading Gal to return to London for one last big job.

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The Killers
1946 · dir. Robert Siodmak
🍅 97%★ 7.7crime · mystery · thriller

The same mix in both: play, then tension

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.

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Barton Fink
1991 · dir. Joel Coen
🍅 90%★ 7.6comedy · drama · thriller

Both land wit and atmosphere at once

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

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Shadow of a Doubt
1943 · dir. Alfred Hitchcock
🍅 100%★ 7.8thriller · mystery · crime

Gritty crime in both cases

In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.

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

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

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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Widows
2018 · dir. Steve McQueen
🍅 91%★ 6.8drama · crime · thriller

Thriller built on play, twice over

A police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago. Their widows have nothing in common except a debt left behind by their spouses' criminal activities. Hoping to forge a future on their own terms, they join forces to pull off a heist.

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