Movies like Inherent Vice: 20 to watch next
If you loved Inherent Vice (2014) — a drama, mystery and comedy film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Inherent Vice most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like california, based on novel or book and boat. 5 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Wonderland 2003★ 6.1
Shares: Mystery, Drama
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal murders - both involving legendary porn actor John Holmes.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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The Salton Sea 2002★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Mystery
After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Walk Among the Tombstones 2014★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Mystery
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Filth 2013★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Comedy
A bigoted junkie cop suffering from borderline personality disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way in a bid to secure promotion.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 2005★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy, Mystery
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1998★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Brick 2006★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Mystery
A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Devil in a Blue Dress 1995★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Mystery
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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Righteous Kill 2008★ 5.9
Shares: Mystery, Drama
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Long Goodbye 1973★ 7.4
Shares: Mystery, Comedy
In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Murder Ahoy 1964★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, Mystery, Comedy
During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been poisoned after finding a chemical on him. She sets off to investigate at the ship where he had just come from. The fourth and final film from the Miss Marple series starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Gone Baby Gone 2007★ 7.3
Shares: Drama, Mystery
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons—they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Cutter's Way 1981★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Mystery
Alex Cutter is a boozy, belligerent and deeply cynical Vietnam veteran whose encounter with a landmine during the war has left him minus an eye, a leg and an arm. When his drifter playboy friend Richard Bone is falsely accused of murder, Cutter sets out for revenge in his own inimitable style.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Farewell, My Lovely 1975★ 6.7
Shares: Mystery, Drama
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Missing Person 2009★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
John Rosow drinks to forget. He is a former New York City cop turned Chicago-based private investigator. At the last minute, he is hired by someone he's never met to follow a middle-aged male subject on the soon-departing California Zephyr train to Los Angeles.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Mulholland Falls 1996★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, Mystery
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Thursday 1998★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A former Los Angeles drug dealer moves far away to Texas, making a new life for himself as a married architect in the suburbs. His old crime partner unexpectedly shows up with heroin and gangster business, attracting a slew of violent unsavory characters.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Sherlock: Case of Evil 2002★ 6.3
Shares: Mystery, Drama
Early in his crime-solving career, Sherlock Holmes attempts to prevent Moriarty from cornering the heroin market.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Too Late 2016★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Mystery
Private investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Kid Detective 2020★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now