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10 Best Movies Like Schemers

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

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#1
For the Boys

For the Boys

1991★ 6.3

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

Talented USO entertainer Dixie Leonard and comedian Eddie Sparks deal with their relationship over the course of 5 decades from World War II to the Vietnam War era to their twiligh...

#2
Defendor

Defendor

2009★ 6.4

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

A crooked cop, a mob boss and the young girl they abuse are the denizens of a city's criminal underworld. It's a world that ordinary Arthur Poppington doesn't understand and doesn'...

#3
Thick as Thieves

Thick as Thieves

1999★ 6.0

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

Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first, a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jaz...

#4
Hounddog

Hounddog

2008★ 6.4

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

A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley....

#5
London Calling

London Calling

2025★ 6.6

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

After fleeing the UK from a job gone wrong, a down on his luck hitman is forced to babysit the son of his new crime boss and show him how to become a man....

#6
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

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

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like...

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