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The Thin Man
A sparkling pre-Code cocktail of murder mystery, marital banter, and screwball chemistry. The plot is secondary to the pleasure of watching Nick and Nora trade insults, flirt, drink, and outwit everyone around them.
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A sparkling pre-Code cocktail of murder mystery, marital banter, and screwball chemistry. The plot is secondary to the pleasure of watching Nick and Nora trade insults, flirt, drink, and outwit everyone around them.
Where to watch: Buy
Fri · 1h 31m
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Starring: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan
A sparkling pre-Code cocktail of murder mystery, marital banter, and screwball chemistry. The plot is secondary to the pleasure of watching Nick and Nora trade insults, flirt, drink, and outwit everyone around them.
The Thin Man is one of the great examples of a mystery that knows its real job is charm. The case is there, but the movie’s lasting pleasure comes from the effortless chemistry between its leads, who turn every exchange into a flirtation, a joke, or a small duel of intelligence.
It’s also a very specific kind of 1930s glamour: high society, Christmas lights, cocktails, and a dog who gets nearly as many memorable beats as the humans. The film’s pace is light, the dialogue is sharp, and the whole thing feels like it’s gliding rather than solving.
If you like your crime stories with elegance and wit instead of grit, this is essential viewing. The mystery may be thin, but the personality is rich enough to carry the whole film.
Timcop (5★) · 1666 likes
Murder, romance, high society, disturbing levels of alcoholism, an abundance of dog reaction shots: this is cinema.
eely (4.5★) · 777 likes
this movie has everything i love: - detectives - banter - dogs - christmas - sarcasm - murder
eely (4.5★) · 732 likes
if you took a shot every time nick has a drink of various alcoholic beverages throughout this movie you would die painfully and nick and nora would reluctantly solve your murder.
sydney (4★) · 682 likes
myrna loy doing the nose scrunch is the cutest thing in cinematic history
Patrick Willems (4★) · 538 likes
I miss parties
A benchmark screwball comedy with razor-sharp marital sparring and the same pleasure in watching a couple verbally fence their way back toward affection.
For viewers who love breakneck dialogue, romantic combat, and comedy that treats conversation like a sport.
Shares the brisk Depression-era wit, social satire, and polished ensemble charm of classic 1930s comedy.
Elegant, adult, and built around sparkling chemistry, social class, and romantic tension among sophisticated people.
Another essential screwball where chaos, flirtation, and rapid-fire escalation matter more than realism.
A brilliant blend of romance, deception, and sophisticated comedy with a similarly playful attitude toward desire and identity.
Light, stylish, and mischievous, with a breezy supernatural-comedy tone that matches the era’s polished wit.
For the same era’s blend of romance, sophistication, and buoyant comic timing, with a glamorous studio-era sheen.
A foundational romantic comedy that pairs sharp banter with a charmingly mobile, energetic structure.
If the appeal is rapid dialogue and comic cynicism, this newsroom classic delivers relentless verbal momentum.
For a more hardboiled companion piece that keeps the mystery focus but shifts the tone toward noir toughness.
A stylish, urbane mystery with strong atmosphere and a polished, character-driven approach to investigation.
marriage, banter, mystery, crime, screwball comedy, high society, alcohol, Christmas
screwball comedy, classic mystery, pre-Code Hollywood, married couple, fast dialogue, high society, Christmas setting, crime caper, romantic banter, lighthearted tone