10 Movies Like Knives Out

Knives Out modernized the whodunit: an all-star suspect pool, a detective with a flourish, and a reveal machine that never stalls. The matches are mysteries that prioritize fun and cleverness in equal measure.

The matches

• Glass Onion (2022) — Blanc's island return; bigger, sillier, sharper. Try it if: you've somehow not seen it.
• Gosford Park (2001) — The upstairs-downstairs murder Altman invented; Knives Out's godparent. Try it if: you want the classier ancestor.
• Clue (1985) — The comedy-whodunit original with three endings. Try it if: you want maximum camp with real mystery bones.
• Death on the Nile (2022) / Murder on the Orient Express (2017) — Branagh's Poirot; classic Christie, plush production. Try it if: you want old-school detective comfort.
• See How They Run (2022) — A whodunit about staging a whodunit; meta and quick. Try it if: you want lighter and faster.
• The Last of Sheila (1973) — Goffin-and-Kanin'sCelebrity scavenger-hunt mystery; the cult favorite Knives Out riffs on. Try it if: you want the deep cut.
• Sleuth (1972) — Two actors, one house, endless games. Try it if: you want the two-hander version.
• A Haunting in Venice (2023) — Poirot goes gothic. Try it if: you want spooky season with your mystery.

Where they differ: Gosford Park plays it straight and sad; Clue plays everything for laughs. The natural double-feature is Knives Out + Gosford Park — modern energy, then its elegant source.