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Movies that feel likeSherlock Jr. (1924)

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meager skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

If you loved Sherlock Jr., the closest films we have are One Week (1920), The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972) and The Thin Man (1934). All three share Sherlock Jr.'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).

🍅 87% Rotten Tomatoes★ 8.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Buster Keatonkineticwittyplayfultwisty
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One Week
1920 · dir. Buster Keaton
🍅 100%★ 8.1comedy

Buster Keaton working the same nerve twice

The difference: Trades the momentum of Sherlock Jr. for an angle of its own

Newlyweds receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift—and the house can, supposedly, be built in "one week". A rejected suitor secretly re-numbers packing crates, and the husband struggles to assemble the house according to this new 'arrangement' of its parts.

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🍅 67%★ 7.2comedy · mystery

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

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

Common ground: black and white

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Sherlock Jr. does

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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Seven Chances
1925 · dir. Buster Keaton
🍅 94%★ 7.8comedy · romance

Buster Keaton directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Leans harder into romance than Sherlock Jr. does

Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.

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

Twisty comedy, and it commits to that

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

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

Mystery with a pulse of wit, in both cases

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

Both lean on play more than on action

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

Twisty comedy in both cases

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

Mystery built on wit, twice over

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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In for a Murder
2021 · dir. Piotr Mularuk
★ 5.5crime · comedy · mysteryNetflix

Playful action in both cases

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.

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Our Hospitality
1923 · dir. Buster Keaton
🍅 97%★ 7.7comedy · romance · thriller

Cut from the same comedy cloth

A young man falls for a young woman on his trip home; unbeknownst to him, her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.

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

Twisty mystery, and it commits to that

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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