Movies like A Fish Called Wanda
A Fish Called Wanda (1988) is a comedy movie directed by Charles Crichton. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Cape Fear (1991)
★ 7.3 · 4,054 votes · Drama, Crime, Thriller
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
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2. The Gentlemen (2020)
★ 7.7 · 6,972 votes · Action, Comedy, Crime
American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
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3. The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
★ 6.9 · 6,865 votes · Action, Comedy, Crime
The world’s top bodyguard gets a new client, a hitman who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.
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4. Liar Liar (1997)
★ 6.7 · 6,461 votes · Comedy, Fantasy
Forced by his son's birthday wish, fast-talking attorney and habitual liar Fletcher Reede must tell the truth for the next 24 hours.
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5. Molly's Game (2017)
★ 7.2 · 4,151 votes · Drama, Crime
Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
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6. The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
★ 7.2 · 3,806 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
Mick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Mick spends most of his time defending petty crooks and other bottom-feeders, so it comes as quite a surprise when he lands the case of a lifetime: defending a Beverly Hills playboy who is accused of attempted murder. However, what Mick initially thinks is an open-and-shut case with a big monetary reward develops into something more sinister.
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7. Baby Driver (2017)
★ 7.4 · 17,307 votes · Action, Crime
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
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8. The Usual Suspects (1995)
★ 8.2 · 11,844 votes · Drama, Crime, Thriller
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
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9. Heat (1995)
★ 7.9 · 8,785 votes · Crime, Drama, Action
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.
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10. A History of Violence (2005)
★ 7.2 · 3,918 votes · Drama, Thriller, Crime
An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
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11. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
★ 8.1 · 15,912 votes · Crime, Thriller
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.
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12. Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025)
★ 6.6 · 880 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
Big Nick is back on the hunt in Europe and closing in on Donnie, who is embroiled in the treacherous and unpredictable world of diamond thieves and the infamous Panther mafia, as they plot a massive heist of the world's largest diamond exchange.
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13. Quick Change (1990)
★ 6.7 · 435 votes · Comedy, Crime
With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.
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14. Midnight Run (1988)
★ 7.2 · 1,360 votes · Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.
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15. Shadows and Fog (1991)
★ 6.7 · 415 votes · Comedy, Mystery, Crime
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
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16. Play Dirty (2025)
★ 6.6 · 730 votes · Crime, Action, Thriller
Expert thief Parker gets a shot at a major heist, but to pull it off he and his team must outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob, and the world's richest man.
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17. SuperFly (2018)
★ 6.7 · 415 votes · Action, Crime
Career criminal Youngblood Priest wants out of the Atlanta drug scene, but as he ramps up sales, one little slip up threatens to bring the whole operation down before he can make his exit.
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18. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
★ 6.8 · 682 votes · Comedy, Adventure, Crime
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.
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19. Cheap Thrills (2013)
★ 6.4 · 470 votes · Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Recently fired and facing eviction, a new dad has his life turned upside down when he meets a wealthy couple who offer a path to financial security... but at a price.
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20. Trap House (2025)
★ 6.6 · 326 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
An undercover DEA agent and his partner embark on a game of cat and mouse with an audacious, and surprising group of thieves – their own rebellious teenagers, who have begun robbing from a dangerous cartel, using their parents' tactics and top-secret intel to do it.
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