15 Movies Like Detective Downs
Loved Detective Downs? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
The Ugly Stepsister
In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira battles to compete with her incredibly beautiful stepsister, Agnes, and she will go to any length to catch the Prince’s eye.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Detective Downs.
The Nice Guys
A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Detective Downs.
Spermageddon
Two narrative threads: one is an emerging love story between awkward teens Jens and Lisa, who are having sex for the first time; the other, an eventful quest of Simon the Semen and his friends to reach the golden goal, the Egg.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Detective Downs.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Detective Downs.
L.A. Confidential
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Detective Downs.
Blue Velvet
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Detective Downs.
The Worst Person in the World
The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Detective Downs.
Eenie Meanie
A former teenage getaway driver gets dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Detective Downs.
Absolution
An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and reconnect with his estranged children. He is determined to leave a positive legacy for his grandson, but the criminal underworld isn’t done with him and won’t loosen their grip willingly.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Detective Downs.
God Is a Bullet
Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Detective Downs.
The Thin Man
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Detective Downs.
The Trip
A dysfunctional couple head to a remote lakeside cabin under the guise of reconnecting, but each has secret designs to kill the other. Before they can carry out their respective plans, unexpected visitors arrive and the couple is faced with a greater danger than anything they could have plotted.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Detective Downs.
Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer
A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Detective Downs.
Asphalt Burning
The third and final instalment in the Burnout trilogy. This time, the road leads through Norway, to Sweden, Denmark and finally Germany to race on the famous racing track, Nürburgring.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Detective Downs.
Headhunters
An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Detective Downs.