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Movies that feel likeBottle 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.

If you loved Bottle Rocket, the closest films we have are A Fish Called Wanda (1988), Hera Pheri (2000) and Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994). All three share Bottle Rocket's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is I Went Down (1997).

🍅 86% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Wes Andersonwittyplayfulgrittycontemplative
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A Fish Called Wanda
1988 · dir. Charles Crichton
🍅 96%★ 7.5comedy · crime

The same two preoccupations: robbery, and heist

The difference: Easier on the stillness than Bottle Rocket

While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.

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Hera Pheri
2000 · dir. Priyadarshan
★ 8.2comedy · crime

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

Two tenants and a landlord, in desperate need of money, chance upon a ransom call via a cross connection. They hatch a plan to claim the ransom for themselves.

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Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994 · dir. Peter Segal
🍅 66%★ 6.5comedy · crimeParamount+

Both lean on grit more than on comedy

Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.

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Bad Santa
2003 · dir. Terry Zwigoff
🍅 78%★ 7drama · comedy · crimeMax

Crime with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

You'd better watch out - Willie T. Soke is coming to town, and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Willie's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wisecracking store detective, a sexy bartender, and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus.

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🍅 72%★ 7comedy · crime

Witty drama in both cases

As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy. But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the '90s? With the help of sexy sidekick Vanessa Kensington, he just might.

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Chicago
2002 · dir. Rob Marshall
🍅 87%★ 7.2comedy · crime · dramaParamount+

Comedy built on play, twice over

Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.

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Happy New Year
2014 · dir. Farah Khan
🍅 40%★ 5.1crime · comedyNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: heist

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Six would-be thieves enter a prestigious dance competition as a cover for their larger goal of pulling off a major heist.

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Big Momma's House
2000 · dir. Raja Gosnell
🍅 31%★ 5.3crime · comedyStarz

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

When a street-smart FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a beautiful single mother and her son from an escaped convict, he is forced to impersonate a crass Southern granny known as Big Momma in order to remain incognito.

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Logan Lucky
2017 · dir. Steven Soderbergh
🍅 92%★ 7comedy · crime

Common ground: brothers and sisters

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.

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Adaptation.
2002 · dir. Spike Jonze
🍅 90%★ 7.6comedy · crime · drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman and Orlean's book become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the other's.

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Fun with Dick and Jane
2005 · dir. Dean Parisot
🍅 30%★ 6.2comedy · crime

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty good at robbing people and even enjoy it – but they have second thoughts when they're reminded that crime can hurt innocent people. When the couple hears that Globodyne boss Jack McCallister actually swindled the company, they plot revenge.

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I Went Down
1997 · dir. Paddy Breathnach
🍅 84%★ 6.7action · comedy · crimePrime Video

Crime with a pulse of play, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to action than Bottle Rocket does

Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He's now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork with another debtor, Bunny Kelly, to find a guy named Frank Grogan, and take him to a man with a friendly face at a shack across a bog. It's a tougher assignment than it seems: Git's a novice, Bunny's prone to rash acts, Frank doesn't want to be found (and once he's found, he has no money), and maybe Tom's planning to murder Frank, which puts Git in a moral dilemma. Then, there's the long-ago disappearance of Sonny Mulligan. What's a decent and stand-up lad to do?

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