20 movies like A Slight Case of Murder, ordered by similarity : It's a Wonderful Life(1946), The Happytime Murders(2018), Mattress Men(2016), The Ladykillers(1955), 99(2009), The Infernal Trio(1974), Room for One More(1952), The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse(1938), The Mad Miss Manton(1938), Tall, Dark and Handsome(1941), Fun With Dick and Jane(2005), Cops and Robbers(1973) ...
Comedy
USA
1938
85 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Jane Bryan Allen Jenkins Willard Parker Ruth Donnelly John Litel Eric Stanley Harold Huber Edward Brophy Paul Harvey Bobby Jordan
police officer bootlegger bar owner gangster orphan wife lighthearted cheeky new york state household business adoption prohibition crime murder transformation fall 1930s
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with forclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.
Comedy, Other, Drama
USA
1946
129 Minutes
James Stewart Donna Reed Lionel Barrymore Thomas Mitchell Henry Travers Beulah Bondi Frank Faylen Ward Bond Gloria Grahame H.B. Warner Frank Albertson
angel friend wife uncle businessperson banker heartwarming emotional charming new york state store small town christmas big business suicide marriage money ambition fall rescue
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA|China|Canada
2018
91 Minutes
Melissa McCarthy Elizabeth Banks Maya Rudolph Leslie David Baker Joel McHale Cynthy Wu Michael McDonald Mitch Silpa Hemky Madera Benjamin Cole Royer Brekkan Spens
puppet police detective murder suspect murder victim partner quirky amusing hilarious lighthearted los angeles crime scene bar road shop murder murder investigation puppetry show business police work mystery
When the puppet cast of a '90s children's TV show begin to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet takes on the case.
Comedy, Drama, Documentary
Ireland
2016
81 Minutes
Michael Flynn Paul Kelly
sales manager business owner father friend colleague eccentric amusing cheeky endearing heartwarming lighthearted offbeat house ireland shop club computer world desperation failing business debt
Trying to save his struggling mattress business, Michael Flynn reinvents himself as the eccentric online persona 'Mattress Mick', under the guidance of his friend Paul Kelly. As business begins to grow, their friendship starts to implode.
Comedy
UK
1955
90 Minutes
Alec Guinness Katie Johnson Cecil Parker Herbert Lom Peter Sellers Danny Green Frankie Howerd
widow musician gangster police officer amusing quirky hilarious outlandish king's cross station london household crime heist murder botched murder escape rivalry 1950s
Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
Adventure, Comedy
India
2009
135 Minutes
Kunal Kemmu Krishna DK Cyrus Broacha Soha Ali Khan Boman Irani Simone Singh Mahesh Manjrekar Amit Mistry Vinod Khanna Sudesh Berry Pitobash Tripathy
small-time crook gambler businessman pretty woman cricket player gangster cheeky madcap thrilling india car hotel house gambling cricket scandal extortion heist organized crime discovery
A gangster deputes two of his men to recover money from an out of town compulsive gambler.
Comedy
USA
1974
100 Minutes
Michel Piccoli Romy Schneider Mascha Gomska
sister younger sister insurance investigator husband wife attorney chilling suspenseful melodramatic france house office bathroom insurance fraud crime murder cover-up schemes sadism discovery
A salesman with a sudden passion for reform has an idea to sell to his barfly buddies: throw away your pipe dreams. The drunkards, living in a flophouse above a saloon, resent the idea.
Comedy
USA
1952
98 Minutes
Cary Grant Betsy Drake Lurene Tuttle Randy Stuart John Ridgely Irving Bacon Mary Treen Iris Mann George Winslow Clifford Tatum Jr.
orphan boy girl disabled person husband wife emotional endearing amusing heartwarming new jersey household town orphanage family adoption troubled youth depression marriage disability
New Jersey couple Anna and Poppy Rose adopt several kids born into less fortunate circumstances, including a desperately unhappy 13-year-old girl and a physically handicapped boy with a penchant for getting into serious trouble.
Comedy
USA
1938
87 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Claire Trevor Humphrey Bogart Gale Page Donald Crisp Allen Jenkins Thurston Hall John Litel Henry O'Neill Max Rosenbloom Ward Bond
psychiatrist crime boss fence criminal inspector offbeat suspenseful spirited cool new york city courtroom crime new identity research unusual romance blackmail murder transformation fall 1930s
A brilliant Park Avenue doctor becomes a criminal in order to do research into the criminal mind.
Comedy
USA
1938
80 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Henry Fonda Sam Levene Frances Mercer Stanley Ridges Helen Whitney Bourne Vicki Lester Ann Evers Catherine O'Quinn Linda Terry Eleanor Hansen
heiress wealthy man editor police officer husband wife madcap crafty engaging new york city house office police station apartment murder high society investigation news romance adventure
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves them wrong.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1941
78 Minutes
Cesar Romero Virginia Gilmore Charlotte Greenwood Milton Berle Sheldon Leonard Stanley Clements Frank Jenks Barnett Parker
gang leader shopgirl little boy rival henchman cohort cheeky lighthearted thrilling chicago department store household nightclub cellar funeral gangsters reputation romance deception fatherhood
Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a bad crook.
Comedy
USA
2005
90 Minutes
Jim Carrey Tea Leoni Alec Baldwin Richard Jenkins Angie Harmon John Michael Higgins Richard Burgi Aaron Michael Drozin Gloria Garayua Jullian Dulce Vida Pasha D. Lychnikoff
petty criminal wife corrupt businessman nanny husband victim thrilling cheeky madcap los angeles household office white-collar crime money robbery unemployment bankruptcy greed transformation underdog
When an affluent couple lose all their money following a series of blunders, they turn to a life of crime to make ends meet.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1973
89 Minutes
Cliff Gorman Joseph Bologna Dick Ward Gayle Gorman George Harris II Randy Jurgensen Lucy Martin Nino Ruggeri John P. Ryan
police officer partner mafia boss secretary wife businessman playful hilarious endearing new york city central park bank bus police station parade heist mafia greed crime police corruption
Two disillusioned New York City policemen plan a ten million dollar robbery to fuel their low pensions, only to run into one debacle after another in the process.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
100 Minutes
Eddie Cantor Ethel Merman Sally Eilers Parkyakarkus William Frawley Helene Lowell Gordon Jones Brian Donlevy
teacher best friend manager secretary business owner crime boss airy charming amusement park office university amusement parks organized crime love triangle gambling self-confidence transformation underdog 1930s
Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
65 Minutes
Bob Hope Shirley Ross Una Merkel Rufe Davis Bernard Nedell Frank Sully Bernadene Hayes Richard Denning Clarence Wilson Dudley Dickerson Harry Barris
promoter drummer business owner singer writer lighthearted engaging cheeky atlantic city, n.j. boardwalk dance hall nightclub show business partnership gambling song and dance romantic dilemma fall rise rivalry
Gene is the foreman at the ranch owned by wealthy rodeo owner Maureen. She will lose her rodeo contract unless sales improve.
Comedy
UK
1971
90 Minutes
Sidney James Kenneth Williams Joan Sims Charles Hawtrey Hattie Jacques Bernard Bresslaw Kenneth Cope Patsy Rowlands Jacki Piper Richard O'Callaghan Bill Maynard
business owner daughter son husband wife bird amusing cheeky melodramatic quirky spirited witty warehouse factory city house business struggle money relationships
This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs' Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat; eventually everyone has to get fed up ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1956
99 Minutes
Judy Holliday Paul Douglas Fred Clark John Williams Hiram Sherman Neva Patterson Ralph Dumke Ray Collins Arthur O'Connell Richard Deacon
secretary ceo executive amusing cheeky witty spirited office new york city business class distinctions romance rise underdog transformation 1950s
A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of directors at a billion dollar corporation.
Comedy
USA
1937
86 Minutes
Jean Arthur Edward Arnold Ray Milland Luis Alberni Mary Nash Franklin Pangborn Barlowe Borland William Demarest Andrew Tombes Esther Dale Harlan Briggs
office worker wealthy man son wife hotel owner stockbroker cheeky playful frenetic new york city bus office hotel automat chance meeting class distinctions misunderstanding great depression rags to riches romance
A wealthy banker throws his wife's expensive fur coat off the roof of a building; it lands on the head of a stenographer, leading to everyone assuming she is his mistress and has access to his millions.
Comedy
USA
1940
82 Minutes
Brian Donlevy Muriel Angelus Akim Tamiroff Allyn Joslyn William Demarest Louis Jean Heydt Arthur Hoyt Harry Rosenthal Libby Taylor Steffi Duna Esther Howard
bartender political boss secretary man hilarious cheeky outlandish bar city prison police corruption marriage impersonation ambition family transformation rise fall love 1930s
Dan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics, but he endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty.
Comedy
USA
1935
95 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Jean Arthur Arthur Hohl Wallace Ford Arthur Byron Donald Meek Paul Harvey Edward Brophy Etienne Girardot James Donlan
clerk gangster love interest boss police detective newspaper owner madcap confident intricate witty apartment police station office newsroom hideout mistaken identity wrongfully accused impersonation murder plot crime
Richard Girard is part of a New Orleans family working closely with the English Warburtons. When Richard meets Mary Warburton she is engaged to Erik von Gerardt. He does wed Mary but their time in America is financially difficult.
Comedy
USA
1938
60 Minutes
Lee Tracy Joan Woodbury Paul Guilfoyle Lee Patrick Richard Lane Bradley Page Tom Kennedy George Irving Frank M. Thomas Jack Carson Alec Craig
husband wife mobster screenwriter producer actress witty lighthearted train hollywood, calif. movie studio movie set movies organized crime bank robbery show business look-alikes transformation pursuit 1930s
An ex-con, just out of prison, and his wife meet a screen writer on the train and decide that, since he's writing about crime without knowing much about it, collaborating with him would be ... See full summary »