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Movies that feel likeIn for a Murder (2021)

A stay-at-home mom and avid reader of crime stories discovers the deepest secrets of a small town's residents while investigating a woman's murder.

If you loved In for a Murder, the closest films we have are Zero Effect (1998), Estômago: A Gastronomic Story (2008) and Andhadhun (2018). All three share In for a Murder's gritty and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Third Murder (2017).

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

Gritty where it counts, witty underneath

The difference: 23 years apart, and the 1990s show

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

Playful and twisty in the same breath

The difference: Leans harder into drama than In for a Murder does

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

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than In for a Murder does

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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The Third Murder
2017 · dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
🍅 87%★ 6.7drama · mystery · crime

Mystery built on twists, twice over

The difference: Easier on the wit than In for a Murder

A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.

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Colors of Evil: Red
2024 · dir. Adrian Panek
🍅 80%★ 6.4crime · thriller · mysteryNetflix

Gritty comedy, and it commits to that

When a girl's body is found on a beach in Poland's Tricity, a prosecutor teams up with the victim's mother on an impassioned quest for the truth.

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The Thin Man
1934 · dir. W.S. Van Dyke
🍅 98%★ 7.9comedy · mystery · crime

Witty crime in both cases

Former detective Nick Charles has retired from police work, preferring a life of cocktails, parties, and relaxation with his wealthy wife, Nora. Their holiday is interrupted when the daughter of Nick’s former client asks for help finding her missing father, eccentric inventor Clyde Wynant. When Wynant’s body is discovered, Nick is drawn back into the investigation, with Nora eagerly joining him. As the couple questions Wynant’s family, friends, and business associates, a tangled web of greed, deception, and murder begins to unravel.

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

Both lean on play 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

Both lean on wit more than on mystery

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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Happy New Year
2014 · dir. Farah Khan
🍅 40%★ 5.1crime · comedyNetflix

Crime built on play, twice over

Six would-be thieves enter a prestigious dance competition as a cover for their larger goal of pulling off a major heist.

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Hail, Caesar!
2016 · dir. Joel Coen
🍅 86%★ 6.3comedy · mystery

Twisty comedy in both cases

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

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

The mystery is handled with the same confidence

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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🍅 67%★ 7.2comedy · mystery

Both are comedy through and through

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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