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10 Best Movies Like The Actor

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

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#1
Thick as Thieves

Thick as Thieves

1999★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Actor for fans of Crime & Comedy & Drama. 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...

#2
Breaking News in Yuba County

Breaking News in Yuba County

2021★ 5.9

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

An overlooked pencil-pusher catches her husband in bed with another woman, the shock of which causes him to die of a heart attack. So she buries his body and takes advantage of the...

#3
Small Apartments

Small Apartments

2012★ 5.8

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

When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved br...

#4
Suburbicon

Suburbicon

2017★ 5.9

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

In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasio...

#5
Panic

Panic

2000★ 6.2

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

Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for hi...

#6
The Crew

The Crew

2008★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Actor for fans of Crime & Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Hoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan sends his brother Ratter and a crew to pul...

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