Movies like Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970)

Breaking News in Yuba County (2021)

An overlooked pencil-pusher catches her husband in bed with another woman, the shock of which causes him to die of a heart attack. So she buries his body and takes advantage of the growing celebrity status that comes from having a missing husband. But she quickly finds herself in over her head, dodging cops and criminals, all while trying to keep the truth from her sister, a local news anchor who’s desperate for a story.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

Small Apartments (2012)

When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother, and a crew of misfit characters force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & crime

Intermission (2003)

A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and poorly executed couple's break-up sets off a chain of events affecting everyone in town.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & crime

Thick as Thieves (1999)

Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first, a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jazz records and caring for his ailing dog, Wally. The other is a local gangster with a taste for the finer life, who decides to eliminate the competition. This ignites a war between the two men and their aides. An angry mob boss and a female police officer try to sort the mess before things get too out of hand.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy

Perrier's Bounty (2010)

A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & crime

One Last Thing... (2005)

Sixteen-year-old Dylan is dying of cancer. When a charitable organization offers to grant Dylan his final wish, the teen has a surprising request: to meet supermodel Nikki Sinclair. Much to his mother's dismay, Dylan, with the help of his best friends, goes to New York to fulfill his dream.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & crime

Blindspotting (2018)

Collin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, work as movers, and when Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two men’s friendship is tested as they grapple with identity and their changed realities in the rapidly-gentrifying neighborhood they grew up in.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & crime

Defendor (2009)

A crooked cop, a mob boss and the young girl they abuse are the denizens of a city's criminal underworld. It's a world that ordinary Arthur Poppington doesn't understand and doesn't belong in, but is committed to fighting when he changes into a vigilante super-hero of his own making, Defendor. With no power other than courage Defendor takes to the streets to protect the city's innocents.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy

Thin Ice (2012)

A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & crime

Bottle Rocket (1996)

Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Dignan has hatched a harebrained scheme for an as-yet-unspecified crime spree that somehow involves his former boss, the (supposedly) legendary Mr. Henry.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & crime

Panic (2000)

Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful part of his life. He seeks the help of a therapist and meets a woman in the waiting room that he connects with.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & drama

True Believer (1989)

Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. With Roger's idealistic prodding, Eddie reluctantly takes on a case of a young Korean man who, according to his mother, has been in jail for eight years for a murder he didn't commit.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & drama

Siberian Education (2013)

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against this backdrop two best friends, Kolyma and Gagarin, gradually become fierce enemies as they find themselves on opposite sides of the strict code of honour of the ‘honest criminal’ brotherhood.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & crime

One Night at McCool's (2001)

On an ordinary night, in an ordinary part of town, a beautiful young woman walks into a bar. Her name is Jewel, and before long she is chatting to bartender Randy. The pair leave together, but he ends up getting into a tussle with her criminal boyfriend, who she then shoots dead, later persuading Randy to take the rap for her. But this isn't the end of it, as both Randy's cousin Carl and the detective assigned to the murder case also fall for Jewel's charms and find themselves caught up in the ensuing events. It seems that any man who meets Jewel falls instantly in love with her, and she's going to use this fully to her own advantage, leaving a trail of havoc in her wake. It also seems that she is going to get away with it - that is, until Randy decides to hire a hitman...

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & crime

Family Weekend (2013)

A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

Winged Creatures (2009)

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an experimental medical procedure on his wife, while a gambler believes he's on a lucky streak. A waitress begins engaging in promiscuous sex, and a young girl whose father is among the dead gains unexpected fame.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & drama

Landline (2017)

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

Down Terrace (2010)

After serving jail time for a mysterious crime, Bill and Karl get out of jail and become preoccupied with figuring out who turned them in to the police. On top of that, the "family business" is on the rocks, and the motley crew of criminals who operate out of Down Terrace aren't feeling terribly trusting of one another. It might look like an ordinary house, but at Down Terrace, the walls are closing in..

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & drama

Suburbicon (2017)

In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect family turns to blackmail, revenge and murder.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & drama

Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer (2025)

A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & comedy

Three Days Later (2021)

A dystopian, post-modern retelling of the Easter story.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & crime

Hayseed (2023)

Following the discovery of a reverend’s body, a retired detective uncovers corruption and murder in a Rust Belt community.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime & comedy

Common (2014)

When 17-year-old Johnjo gives his cousin and his friends a lift, he finds himself implicated in a stabbing.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & crime

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)

World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & crime

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime

Los cómplices del infierno (1995)

Sandra and Deborah are two women trying to escape from a tragic recent event. They go for a vacation on a beach house but are then followed by an evil cult.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime

The Day of the Purple Sun: Part I (2017)

The cosmos of the incurable Margarethe. Her journey through the mysteries of the Egyptian underworld. Will she be coming forth by day? Film in two parts by Carsten Frank.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

Picnic (2020)

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)

Wallace and Gromit open a bakery, accidentally getting tied up with a murder mystery in the process. But when Wallace falls in love, Gromit is left to solve the case by himself.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

Flourish (2006)

A tutor recounts a frantic night that culminated in a 16-year old girl's disappearance. Unfolding in front of a video camera direct from a psychiatric ward, Gaby Winters recalls a dreadful babysitting job that sent her on a frantic search for a missing teenager out into the heart of a mysterious city. Woven into the story are a multitude of subplots that add up to one chaotic night that Gaby will never forget.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama