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Movies that feel likeThe Great Mouse Detective (1986)

When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps London's master toymaker, the brilliant master of disguise Basil of Baker Street and his trusted sidekick Dawson try to elude the ultimate trap and foil the perfect crime.

If you loved The Great Mouse Detective, the closest films we have are Enola Holmes 2 (2022), The Secret of NIMH (1982) and The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2014). All three share The Great Mouse Detective's twisty and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is After Dark, My Sweet (1990).

🍅 79% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Burny Mattinsonwarmtwistygrittyepic
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Enola Holmes 2
2022 · dir. Harry Bradbeer
🍅 93%★ 6.8adventure · mystery · crimeNetflix

Common ground in both: detective and victorian england

The difference: Goes its own way on the warmth

Enola takes on her first official case as a detective, but to solve the mystery of a missing girl, she'll need help from friends — and brother Sherlock.

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The Secret of NIMH
1982 · dir. Don Bluth
🍅 93%★ 7.5adventure · animation · family

The same two preoccupations: mouse, and villain

The difference: Lighter on grit

A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.

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🍅 83%★ 6.7documentary · mystery · history

Twisty where it counts, gritty underneath

The difference: Leans further into documentary

Darwin meets Hitchcock in this documentary. Directors Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine have created a parable about the search for paradise, set in the brutal yet alluring landscape of the Galapagos Islands, which interweaves an unsolved 1930s murder mystery with stories of present day Galapagos pioneers. A gripping tale of idealistic dreams gone awry, featuring voice-over performances by Cate Blanchett, Diane Kruger, and Gustaf Skarsgard.

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After Dark, My Sweet
1990 · dir. James Foley
🍅 80%★ 6.5crime · drama · mysteryStarz

Mystery with a pulse of twists, in both cases

Three desperados try to kidnap a wealthy child in hope of turning their lives around.

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The Journey of Natty Gann
1985 · dir. Jeremy Kagan
🍅 91%★ 7adventure · family · dramaDisney+

Warm and epic in the same breath

America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds when she embarks on a cross-country search for her father. During her odyssey, she forms a close bond with two diverse traveling companions: a magnificent, protective wolf, and a hardened drifter.

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With a Friend Like Harry...
2000 · dir. Dominik Moll
🍅 96%★ 7.1drama · mystery

Warm animation in both cases

While fixing up their summer cottage, Michel and his family run into a man who claims to have gone to high school with Michel.

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Nerve
2016 · dir. Henry Joost
🍅 66%★ 6.5mystery · adventure · crime

Crime built on grit, twice over

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

Industrious high school senior Vee Delmonico has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun. But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fueled competition partnered with a mysterious stranger, the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.

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The Girl Who Played with Fire
2009 · dir. Daniel Alfredson
🍅 69%★ 7.1drama · action · thrillerPrime Video

Warm family, and it commits to that

Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.

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Dances with Wolves
1990 · dir. Kevin Costner
🍅 87%★ 8adventure · drama · westernPrime Video

Both lean on scale more than on adventure

Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.

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Brick
2006 · dir. Rian Johnson
🍅 79%★ 7.1drama · mystery · crime

Both lean on twists more than on mystery

A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.

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High Plains Drifter
1973 · dir. Clint Eastwood
🍅 91%★ 7.4western · drama · mystery

Animation with a pulse of grit, in both cases

A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.

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The Great Muppet Caper
1981 · dir. Jim Henson
🍅 78%★ 7.1comedy · crime · familyDisney+

Both know what they want from family

Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time frame Miss Piggy. It's up to Kermit and the rest of the Muppets to bring the real culprits to justice.

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