Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Ratboy

If you loved Ratboy, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Things Change

Things Change

1988★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ratboy for fans of Comedy & Crime & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mi...

#2
Shadow of the Thin Man

Shadow of the Thin Man

1941★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ratboy for fans of Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder....

#3
A Dog Year

A Dog Year

2009★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ratboy for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends hi...

#4
The Parts You Lose

The Parts You Lose

2019★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ratboy for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm....

#5
Hostile Takeover

Hostile Takeover

2025★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ratboy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Follows Pete, a professional hitman, as he faces a group of assassins after the boss of a crime syndicate suspects disloyalty due to his attendance at Workaholics Anonymous meeting...

#6
Going in Style

Going in Style

1979★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ratboy for fans of Comedy & Crime & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Three kindly old men decide to light up the dimming twilight of their lives with a last blaze of glory – by sticking up a Manhattan bank in broad daylight....

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