
Movies that feel likeThe Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
If you loved The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, the closest films we have are Raising Arizona (1987), Blazing Saddles (1974) and Adam's Apples (2005). All three share The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear'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 Lost in America (1985).
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If The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) · Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)


Two things both keep coming back to: parody and spoof
The difference: Played as western first

Both are built on the same subject: dark comedy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dark comedy

The same mix in both: wit, then play
The difference: Made in the 1950s, in a different era of the craft

The same preoccupation in both: satire
The difference: Less gritty, more its own thing

Darkly funny comedy, and it commits to that
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair


Comedy built on wit, twice over

One thread runs through both: parody


Both lean on grit more than on comedy
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