20 best movies like The Crooked Circle (1932)


List of the best movies like The Crooked Circle (1932): Cruella, Holmes & Watson, Us, The Search for General Tso, Werewolves Within, Super Troopers 2, Bad Kids of Crestview Academy, Wild Canaries, Velvet Buzzsaw, Deep Murder.

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Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA

In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.

Markimdb: 3.9
Genrecomedy, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Canada

Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a murder at Buckingham Palace. They soon learn that they have only four days to solve the case, or the queen will become the next victim.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, detective
CountryUSA, China, Japan
Duration01:56

Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, documentary, detective, history
CountryUSA, Taiwan, China

From New York City to the farmlands of the Midwest, there are 50,000 Chinese restaurants in the U.S., yet one dish in particular has conquered the American culinary landscape with a force befitting its military moniker—“General Tso’s Chicken.” But who was General Tso and how did this dish become so ubiquitous? Ian Cheney’s delightfully insightful documentary charts the history of Chinese Americans through the surprising origins of this sticky, sweet, just-spicy-enough dish that we’ve adopted as our own.

Markimdb: 6
Genrehorror, comedy, detective
CountryUSA

When a proposed pipeline creates hostilities between residents of a small town, a newly-arrived forest ranger must keep the peace after a snowstorm confines the townspeople to an old lodge. But when a mysterious creature begins terrorizing the group, their worst tendencies and prejudices rise to the surface, and it is up to the ranger to keep the residents alive, both from each other and the monster which plagues them.

Markimdb: 6
Genrecomedy, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:20

When an international border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, the Super Troopers- Mac, Thorny, Foster, Rabbit and Farva, are called in to set up a new Highway Patrol station in the disputed area.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy, detective
CountryUSA

It's four years later, and a new group of students has been placed in Saturday detention at the infamous and prestigious Crestview Academy. When Siouxsie, sophomore 'undercrust,' crashes the party to avenge her sister's death, a Saturday detention reserved for the privileged seniors of Crestview Academy turns into a date in hell. It's not long before a naïve pussycat lover, gay drug dealer, smokin' hot preacher's daughter, squeaky-clean senator's son, and the uninvited younger outsider find themselves locked-up in school with no way out, wondering who (or what) has set them up. Hilarity and suspense ensue while each 'bad kid' pits one against the other, and one by one each falls victim to absurdly gruesome 'accidents' while trying to escape.

Markimdb: 6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, detective
CountryUSA

When their elderly neighbor suddenly drops dead, a young Brooklyn couple investigates signs of foul play.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:45

Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.

Markimdb: 4.2
Genrecomedy, crime, detective
CountryUSA

Set in an alternate reality in which everyone is a cliché from a tacky porn film, a group of increasingly self-aware stock characters are up against a mysterious killer offing them one by one.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrefantastic, comedy, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:00

Skeptical journalist Ozzie Graham investigates a support group for alien abductees to write about the members' supposed encounters. The more he digs into their oddball claims, the more he realizes there is truth in their stories and possibly even signs that point to his own alien abduction.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, detective
CountryCanada, USA
Duration01:34

The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryUSA

The Post War II story of Manhattan born Mike Esposito, a practiced tailor of custom mens clothing; a man of dignity and honor, whose developing involvements with the Italian mob wraps him up in a world of moral dilemma and clashing values.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA, France
Duration01:37

A tale of double cross and revenge, centered upon the members of an elite U.S. Special Forces unit sent into the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. The team-Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar -find themselves the target of a lethal betrayal instigated from inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max. Presumed dead, the group makes plans to even the score when they're joined by the mysterious Aisha, a beautiful operative with her own agenda. Working together, they must remain deep undercover while tracking the heavily-guarded Max, a ruthless man bent on embroiling the world in a new high-tech global war.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:29

    In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:38

    A former mental patient's repressed anger reaches the boiling point, leading him to embark on a mission of revenge against the thugs who once subjected him to severe physical and mental trauma.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, crime, detective, film noir
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:18

    Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrecomedy, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    After being conned into buying a shady '65 Chrysler, Mike's first date plans with girl-next-door Kelsey implode as he finds himself targeted by criminals, cops, and a crazy cat lady.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, detective, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    A documentary filmmaker turns his lens on an enigmatic conspiracy theorist who claims he's found the entrance to a vast underground city populated entirely by monsters.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:11

    The series follows Detective Carter, a radical LAPD detective, and Detective Lee, a by-the-book detective from Hong Kong, as they are forced into forming an unlikely partnership

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:52

    Single-camera comedy centering on a diverse group of survivors adjusting to being stranded on an uninhabited island, a dangerous new world where they must face many threats – mostly brought on by themselves. No longer plugged into the rest of the world, the group struggles to navigate their makeshift society while also learning to live without such modern comforts as indoor plumbing, Wi-Fi, social media and Chipotle.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrecomedy, detective
    CountryUSA

    Hubie Dubois who, despite his devotion to his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts (and its legendary Halloween celebration), is a figure of mockery for kids and adults alike. But this year, something really is going bump in the night, and it’s up to Hubie to save Halloween.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, detective
    CountryUSA

    An 11-year old boy believes that he is the best detective in town and runs the agency Total Failures with his best friend, an imaginary 1,200 pound polar bear.




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