Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Break

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

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#1
Tough Guys

Tough Guys

1986★ 6.0

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

Harry Doyle and Archie Lang are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving their time, they are released fro...

#2
Welcome to Collinwood

Welcome to Collinwood

2002★ 6.1

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

Five hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck....

#3
Johnny Dangerously

Johnny Dangerously

1984★ 6.3

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

An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills....

#4
The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective

1978★ 6.3

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

A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wi...

#5
How to Rob a Bank

How to Rob a Bank

2007★ 5.8

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

Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation....

#6
Dampfnudelblues

Dampfnudelblues

2013★ 6.8

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

After the forcible transfer to his Bavarian home village, an ex-criminal cop investigates the death of a school principal who he thinks had lots to hide....

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