Movies like The Nice Guys

“The Nice Guys (2016) is a United States 2010s neo-noir that centers a mismatched investigative dyad against a period conspiracy. It stages an uneasy negotiation between a hard-edged enforcer and a hapless private eye, favoring chiaroscuro lighting, grainy analog texture, and brisk genre pacing to convert comic beats into forensic evidence. The film reframes buddy mechanics as a study of masculinity and institutional concealment.”