20 movies like Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, ordered by similarity : The Ghost Train(1941), Manhattan Murder Mystery(1993), Drowning by Numbers(1988), Game Night(2018), Murder on the Orient Express(2017), Lady on a Train(1945), Modern Times(1936), The Happytime Murders(2018), Stranger Than Paradise(1984), Broadway Limited(1941), Strigoi(2008), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(2017) ...
Comedy
USA
1982
89 Minutes
Steve Martin Rachel Ward Carl Reiner Reni Santoni George Gaynes Francis X. McCarthy Adrian Ricard Britt Nilsson
detective femme fatale daughter actor amusing offbeat witty city train station train office prison murder mystery car crash adventure discovery mystery 1980s
Film noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from real noirs appear as scenes from various films are intercut.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1941
85 Minutes
Arthur Askey Richard Murdoch Kathleen Harrison Herbert Lomas
train conductor stationmaster train passenger doctor arms dealer performer amusing creepy suspenseful witty cornwall, england train train station ghost stories train travel gun running smuggling stranded investigation mystery
High jinks and chills ensue when a group of people become stranded at an isolated station and a legendary phantom train approaches.
Comedy
USA
1993
105 Minutes
Woody Allen Diane Keaton Alan Alda Anjelica Huston Jerry Adler Lynn Cohen Ron Rifkin Joy Behar Marge Redmond Aida Turturro
husband wife son writer amateur sleuth neighbor amusing playful new york city apartment restaurant movie theater city apartment big city murder investigation marriage romance death city life suspicion
A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.
Comedy
UK|Netherlands
1988
119 Minutes
Bernard Hill Joan Plowright Juliet Stevenson Joely Richardson Jason Edwards Bryan Pringle
matriarch husband daughter sister granddaughter coroner suspenseful dark amusing dreamy family home bathroom swimming pool ocean murder family secrets murder investigation seduction friendship mother/daughter relationship
Three generations of women all share the same problem: marriage woes, and they want to put an end to it.
Comedy, Action
USA
2018
100 Minutes
John Francis Daley Jason Bateman Rachel McAdams Kyle Chandler Sharon Horgan Billy Magnussen Lamorne Morris Kylie Bunbury Jesse Plemons Michael C. Hall Danny Huston
friend kidnapper husband wife criminal victorian hilarious witty intense thrilling lighthearted amusing house living room car office airplane runway kidnapping mystery
A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery when the shady brother of one of them is seemingly kidnapped by dangerous gangsters.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Malta|USA
2017
114 Minutes
Kenneth Branagh Johnny Depp Michelle Pfeiffer Penélope Cruz Willem Dafoe Judi Dench Josh Gad Derek Jacobi Leslie Odom Jr. Daisy Ridley Marwan Kenzari
investigator detective passenger murder suspect governess widow brooding suspenseful uneasy tense train train tracks mountain dining room cabin murder investigation murder plot murder accusation suspicion mystery
When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1945
96 Minutes
young girl mistress shipping magnate writer chanteuse train passenger lighthearted emotional amusing thrilling train new york city conspiracy witnessing murder train travel friendship escape mystery underdog 1940s
In New York, a woman who partially witnesses a killing from a train window seeks the aid of a crime novelist to solve the murder.
Comedy
USA
1936
89 Minutes
Charles Chaplin Paulette Goddard Henry Bergman Tiny Sandford Chester Conklin Hank Mann Stanley Blystone Cecil Reynolds
factory worker orphan police officer amusing witty playful countryside factory prison nightclub aspirations modernization man vs. machine adventure discovery escape underdog 1930s
The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
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
USA|West Germany
1984
90 Minutes
John Lurie Eszter Balint Richard Edson Cecillia Stark Danny Rosen Rammellzee Tom DiCillo Richard Boes Rockets Redglare Harvey Perr Brian J. Burchill
slacker best friend cousin gambler aunt drug dealer offbeat calm witty quirky new york city cleveland florida movie theater car hotel boredom luck road trip culture clash
A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.
Comedy
USA
1941
75 Minutes
Victor McLaglen Marjorie Woodworth Dennis O'Keefe Patsy Kelly ZaSu Pitts Leonid Kinskey George E. Stone Gay Ellen Dakin
producer movie star secretary engineer childhood sweetheart stranger amusing madcap chicago train station train philadelphia new york city show business kidnapping publicity stunts train travel babies quest adventure
A publicity stunt staged on a train known as the Broadway Limited creates problems because of an unknown baby that was part of the stunt.
Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
UK
2008
105 Minutes
Constantin Barbulescu Camelia Maxim Catalin Paraschiv Dan Popa Rudi Rosenfeld
detective vampire hunter killer witty suspenseful dark amusing romania small town village mysterious deaths vampire hunting vampires mystery murder framed for murder comedy mystery transformation 21st century
When the villagers killed Constantin Tirescu, they thought it was justice. Vlad Cozma thinks it was murder. Now Constantin thinks pickles might go nice with blood.
Comedy, Crime, Drama
UK|USA
2017
115 Minutes
Frances McDormand Woody Harrelson Sam Rockwell Lucas Hedges Clarke Peters Abbie Cornish Peter Dinklage Caleb Landry Jones Kerry Condon John Hawkes Kathryn Newton
mother police chief police officer dead person dentist reporter amusing emotional brash gutsy tense unrestrained missouri small town restaurant dentist's office murder investigation police work vendetta justice
A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.
Comedy
USA|UK|Japan
2016
106 Minutes
Josh Brolin Ethan Coen George Clooney Alden Ehrenreich Ralph Fiennes Scarlett Johansson Tilda Swinton Channing Tatum Frances McDormand Jonah Hill Veronica Osorio
actor studio head kidnapper director police officer president charming cheeky amusing movie set movie studio office car bar street movies disillusionment kidnapping ransom survival
A Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio's stars in line.
Mystery & Thriller, Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure
USA|Mexico|Australia
2019
102 Minutes
Isabela Moner Eugenio Derbez Michael Peña Eva Longoria Adriana Barraza Temuera Morrison Jeff Wahlberg Nicholas Coombe Madeleine Madden Christopher Kirby Isela Vega
young girl monkey explorer teenager parent playful fascinating engaging charming amusing high school classroom house outdoors growing up mystery adventure saving the day inca empire adventure
Dora, a teenage explorer, leads her friends on an adventure to save her parents and solve the mystery behind a lost city of gold.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada
2018
90 Minutes
Will Ferrell John C. Reilly Rebecca Hall Rob Brydon Steve Coogan Kelly Macdonald Hugh Laurie Lauren Lapkus Pam Ferris Ralph Fiennes
sherlock holmes nemesis murder suspect murder victim professor amusing hilarious outlandish unrestrained suspenseful england apartment crime scene palace party sherlock holmes investigation rivalry murder detective work
A humorous take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic mysteries featuring Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.
Drama, Comedy
Spain
2018
91 Minutes
Bill Nighy Sam Riley Alice Lowe Jenny Agutter Tim McInnerny John Westley Oliver Sindcup Louis Healy Ella-Grace Gregoire
grandfather family missing person son touching witty suspenseful amusing charming offbeat melancholy suburb countryside united kingdom family relationships missing persons game mystery grief mystery
The star of SOMETHING HUGE, Berto Romero, after years of success in film & TV wants to explore 'a new shape of comedy': the comedy of the future. In parallel, Carlo Padial, director of ... See full synopsis »
Comedy, Drama
Italy|France
1990
112 Minutes
Marcello Mastroianni Michèle Morgan Marino Cenna Roberto Nobile Valeria Cavalli Norma Martelli Antonella Attili Salvatore Cascio
bureaucrat family patriarch son daughter missing person touching melodramatic sicily train italy family secrets opera old age journey reunion quest mystery discovery 1980s
Matteo decides to take a trip across Italy to go visiting his five children.
Comedy, Western
France
1983
90 Minutes
Fanny Ardant Jean-Louis Trintignant Philippe Laudenbach Caroline Sihol Philippe Morier-Genoud Xavier Saint-Macary Jean-Louis Richard Roland Thenot
wife secretary boss lover real estate broker police officer amusing witty suspenseful tender france office small town hideout unrequited love secret life frame-ups wrongfully accused murder investigation infidelity
Claude Massoulier is murdered while hunting at the same place as Julien Vercel, an estate agent who knew him and whose fingerprints are found on Massoulier's car. As the police discovers ... See full summary »
Comedy
Italy
1981
89 Minutes
Nino Manfredi Adolfo Celi Vittorio Mezzogiorno Luigi Basagaluppi Silvio Spaccesi Vittorio Caprioli Marzio Honorato Gigi Reder
vendor train conductor train passenger bureaucrat laborer son witty amusing charming endearing lighthearted uplifting italy train travel coffee bureaucracy money father/son relationship desperation adventure
An Italian laborer (Nino Manfredi) foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on the Milan-to-Naples train.
Comedy
USA
1931
55 Minutes
bootlegger partner warden daughter cellmate prisoner playful madcap prison office cell school field dentist's office prison life prison break prohibition impersonation friendship escape
Two guys end up in prison after attempting to sell beer to a policeman during Prohibition.