8 Movies to Watch if You Like Clue
If you re a fan of this whodunnit ensemble comedy, you need to have these other films on your watchlist.
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Movie DNA, a column that recognizes the direct and indirect cinematic roots of both new and classic movies. Learn some film history, become a more well-rounded viewer, and enjoy like-minded works of the past. This entry recommends movies to watch after Jonathan Lynn’s Clue.
We’ve all been there. You google “movies like
Clue” and you’re greeted with a mosaic of sub-par game adaptations and non-homicidal funny films from the ’80s. Does Google not know? Is the algorithm okay? All you wanted was pun-heavy dark comedies about a murder mystery!
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South Central Los Angeles, 1993: drug dealer Scrappy is shot and left for dead on her mother’s lawn. Addict Augie witnesses the shooting and, after applying some lifesaving first aid, takes the opportunity to steal both her stash and the gun, which has been left at the scene. When his parole officer discovers the items, Augie names two local gang members as the culprits in exchange for his continuing freedom. Wizard is guilty and Dreamer is innocent – of this crime, at least – but this becomes hard to prove when the gun turns up in his room … The title of award-winning novelist Ryan Gattis’s latest book,