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10 Best Movies Like The Simple-Minded Murderer

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

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#1
Beware of the Jönsson Gang

Beware of the Jönsson Gang

1981★ 6.1

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

A botched burglary leads to the arrest of the Jönsson gang’s leader, Sickan. After serving ten months in prison, he is released and unexpectedly recruited by the enigmatic banker W...

#2
The Second Renaissance Part II

The Second Renaissance Part II

2003★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Simple-Minded Murderer for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The battle for Earth turns against the humans, despite their infamous desperate act of blackening the skies....

#3
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

1981★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Simple-Minded Murderer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

As an adviser to the emperor Nicholas II, mystic Grigori Rasputin holds great influence over the empire. However, many in St Petersburg begin to regard Rasputin, with his strange p...

#4
A Simple Heart

A Simple Heart

2008★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Simple-Minded Murderer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Unable to forget her first love, Félicité, a simple and kind maid, devotes herself completely to her new master, Mathilde Aubain. As the passing of time doesn't heal her wounds, sh...

#5
Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury

Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury

2014★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Simple-Minded Murderer for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The film ' Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury ' is a sequel to the Danish superhero film Antboy, based on the books by Kenneth Bøgh Andersen. The story is again on the ordinary Danish...

#6
Dan Dream

Dan Dream

2017★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Simple-Minded Murderer for fans of History. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A small group of eccentric pioneers join forces, in order to do the impossible and create world history in the early 1980s of Denmark...