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Movies that feel likeI Care a Lot (2021)

A court-appointed legal guardian defrauds her older clients and traps them under her care. But her latest mark comes with some unexpected baggage.

If you loved I Care a Lot, the closest films we have are No Other Choice (2025), Adam's Apples (2005) and Triangle of Sadness (2022). All three share I Care a Lot'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 The Last Viking (2025).

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No Other Choice
2025 · dir. Park Chan-wook
🍅 97%★ 7.5comedy · crime · thrillerHulu

Two things both keep coming back to: dark comedy and social criticism

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than I Care a Lot does

After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in a desperate bid to reclaim his dignity.

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Adam's Apples
2005 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
🍅 70%★ 7.7drama · comedy · crime

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dark comedy

A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.

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Triangle of Sadness
2022 · dir. Ruben Östlund
🍅 71%★ 7.2comedy · dramaNetflix

Contemplative and witty in the same breath

A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy.

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Uncut Gems
2019 · dir. Benny Safdie
🍅 91%★ 7.4drama · thriller · crimeRent or buy

The same mix in both: grit, then tension

A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

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The Last Viking
2025 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
🍅 90%★ 7.1comedy · crime · dramaRent or buy

Both land play and dark humor at once

After serving fourteen years for robbery, Anker is released from prison and reunites with his mentally ill brother Manfred, who alone knows where the stolen money is hidden but has forgotten its location, sending them on a journey to recover the loot and confront who they are.

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The Gentlemen
2020 · dir. Guy Ritchie
🍅 75%★ 7.8comedy · crimeNetflix

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

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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Death to Smoochy
2002 · dir. Danny DeVito
🍅 42%★ 6.3comedy · crime · drama

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuchsia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring hit ratings and the affections of a network executive - Randolph makes the unsuspecting rhino the target of his numerous outrageous attempts to exact revenge and reclaim his status as America's sweetheart.

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All My Friends Are Dead
2020 · dir. Jan Belcl
★ 5.9comedy · drama · thrillerNetflix

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

A group of friends at a New Year’s Eve party go through a whirlwind of events that exposes secrets, breaks hearts — and leads to a shocking outcome.

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Men & Chicken
2015 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
★ 6.7comedy · drama

Witty comedy in both cases

Men & Chicken is a black comedy about two outcast brothers who, by getting to know their unknown family, discover a horrible truth about themselves and their relatives.

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Digger
2026 · dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
🍅 52%★ 7.5comedy · drama

Drama built on play, twice over

The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything.

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Cop Car
2015 · dir. Jon Watts
🍅 82%★ 6.3crime · thrillerPrime Video

Darkly funny crime, and it commits to that

Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.

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El Infierno
2010 · dir. Luis Estrada
★ 7.7action · crime · westernPrime Video

Gritty comedy in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to action than I Care a Lot does

After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.

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