Movies Like Mater Private Eye (2010)

Mater Private Eye is a 2010 animation, comedy, family, mystery film from Rob Gibbs with a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Big Sleep and Moon Mater.

Animation Comedy Family Mystery

The Big Sleep

1946

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.

7.6

MagicScore

Moon Mater

2010

Mater is the first tow truck on the moon! When an auto-naut gets stranded on his lunar mission, it's up to Mater to venture into space and tow him back to Earth (with a little help from his friend Lightning McQueen, of course).

6.4

MagicScore

Time Travel Mater

2012

When a clock lands on Mater's engine, he travels back in time to 1909 where he meets Stanley, an ambitious young car on his way to California. With the help of Lightning McQueen, Mater alters history by convincing Stanley to stay and build Radiator Springs. Stanley meets Lizzie and they commemorate the opening of the new courthouse with their wedding.

6.1

MagicScore

Heavy Metal Mater

2010

Mater and Lightning McQueen are ready to rock! When Mater's garage band, Mater and the Gas Caps, records a hit song, Mater becomes a rock legend. Then Lightning joins Mater's band for the rock concert of the century!

6.1

MagicScore

Air Mater

2011

Mater's decision to fly lands him accidentally at a big airshow.

6.1

MagicScore

The Lost Son

1999

Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a call from an old friend from the Paris police department, now a businessman whose brother-in-law is missing. The missing man's parents hire Xavier over their daughter's objections, and quickly he finds himself in the realm of children's sexual slavery.

6.0

MagicScore

Holy Motors

2012

We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful, sometimes old. By turns murderer, beggar, company chairman, monstrous creature, worker, family man.

7.0

MagicScore

The Kid Detective

2020

A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.

6.6

MagicScore

Inherent Vice

2014

In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

6.5

MagicScore

#10

Grand Central Murder

1942

Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when smart-mouthed private eye Rocky Custer -- also a suspect himself -- begins to piece together the crime, a few clues that Gunther has overlooked come to light.

5.7

MagicScore

#11

Once Upon a Time in Venice

2017

Steve Ford is a private detective in Venice Beach, Calif., who's good with the ladies, bad with the punches and wild about his dog Buddy. When local thugs steal Buddy, Ford turns to Spyder, their devious leader, and forges an unlikely alliance. With help from his best friend, Steve pulls out the big guns to retrieve Spyder's stolen cash and cocaine and save Buddy.

5.2

MagicScore

#12

The Nice Guys

2016

A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.

7.1

MagicScore

#13

Too Late

2016

Private investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past.

6.9

MagicScore

#14

Cult Killer

2024

A private investigator is forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor, who is implicated in the crimes.

6.5

MagicScore

#15

8MM

1999

A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.

6.5

MagicScore

#16

Dead Again

1991

In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.

6.4

MagicScore

#17

A Walk Among the Tombstones

2014

Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

6.3

MagicScore

#18

Varg Veum - The Dead Have It Easy

2012

Varg Veum tries to help a scared girl lost in the woods at night, but he fails to avoid her death. What was this young asylum seeker fleeing from?

6.3

MagicScore

#19

Varg Veum - The Consorts of Death

2011

Varg Veum investigates the murder of a married couple; prime suspect is the stepson, but Veum does not think he is guilty. Not even when he confesses.

6.2

MagicScore

#20

So Undercover

2012

When the FBI hires her to go undercover at a college sorority, Molly Morris must transform herself from a tough, streetwise private investigator to a refined, sophisticated university girl to help protect the daughter of a one-time Mobster. With several suspects on her list, Molly unexpectedly discovers that not everyone is who they appear to be, including herself.

6.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Mater Private Eye?

The top films similar to Mater Private Eye by MovieMagicScore are The Big Sleep (7.6), Moon Mater (6.4), Time Travel Mater (6.1). Each shares animation/comedy/family/mystery themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Mater Private Eye worth watching?

Mater Private Eye holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10 from 96 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Mater Private Eye?

Mater Private Eye (2010) is a animation, comedy, family, mystery film directed by Rob Gibbs, starring Larry the Cable Guy, Keith Ferguson, Lindsey Collins.

Where can I find more recommendations like Mater Private Eye?

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About movies like Mater Private Eye

This ranked list pairs Mater Private Eye (2010), a animation and comedy and family and mystery film from Rob Gibbs, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Larry the Cable Guy take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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