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Movies like Knives Out (2019) Finished Knives Out and want that feeling again? These are ranked by what it is actually about — its themes, its pacing, the kind of person at the centre of it — rather than the genre it was filed under. Every match says what it shares with Knives Out, and what it does not.
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Whodunit Mystery comedy Power imbalance Ensemble cast Greed Deception Class Family dynamics Your best matches Ranked against what Knives Out is actually about, not its genre labels.
74% Reverina match Top pick 2022 · Film · Comedy · Crime
Good match
Why it matches Also whodunit at heart Watched for the same thing: clever mystery and witty banter Built around the same greed and deception More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
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Also about class What's different Not about family dynamics or power imbalance Not really mystery comedy or ensemble cast Commitment 2h 20m
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Where it streams Netflix Netflix Standard with Ads Why this ranked above the others
Shares more of its specific themes than the others here when ranked against Knives Out.
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1995 · Film · Drama · Thriller
Good match
Why it matches Built around the same deception and moral ambiguity Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Centres on the same investigator figure Shares its tense and cathartic register What's different Not built around greed Not about class or family dynamics More violent Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against Knives Out.
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2025 · Film · Comedy · Thriller
Worth a look
Why it matches Also whodunit at heart Watched for the same thing: clever mystery and witty banter Built around the same deception and moral ambiguity Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear What's different Not built around greed Not about class or family dynamics Where it streams Netflix Netflix Standard with Ads Why this ranked above the others
Shares more of its specific themes than the others here when ranked against Knives Out.
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The Dark Knight 2008 · 2h 32m
Built around the same moral ambiguity Shares its tense and cathartic register Pulp Fiction 1994
Told the same way, nonlinear Built around the same moral ambiguity CIA 2026
Centres on the same mentor figure Shares its tense and cathartic register Snatch 2000 · 1h 43m
Built around the same greed and deception Centres on the same investigator figure Inside Man 2006
Built around the same moral ambiguity Centres on the same mentor figure Fargo 1996
Built around the same greed and moral ambiguity Centres on the same investigator figure
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