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10 Best Movies Like The Beggar's Opera

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

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#1
Oscar

Oscar

1991★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Beggar's Opera for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making...

#2
Bullets Over Broadway

Bullets Over Broadway

1994★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Beggar's Opera for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is ...

#3
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert

Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert

2010★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Beggar's Opera for fans of History. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

This concert, recorded to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the landmark musical Les Miserables, gathers the casts of the show's 2010 original production at the Queen's Theatre, th...

#4
Brain Donors

Brain Donors

1992★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Beggar's Opera for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Three manic idiots—a lawyer, a cab driver and a handyman—team up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit th...

#5
The Ladies Man

The Ladies Man

1961★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Beggar's Opera for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women...

#6
The Wrong Box

The Wrong Box

1966★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Beggar's Opera for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so....

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