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10 Best Movies Like The Wackos

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

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#1
Things Change

Things Change

1988★ 6.1

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

Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mi...

#2
Umbrella Coup

Umbrella Coup

1980★ 6.9

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

Grégoire Lecomte, the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake. He takes their don for a produc...

#3
Cop or Hood

Cop or Hood

1979★ 6.3

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

When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz is sent to investigate the situation. Posing as the prostitute's ...

#4
Buffet Froid

Buffet Froid

1979★ 7.1

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

Alphonse Tram is unwittingly involved in several murders despite having no memory of committing the crimes. His confusion lead him to confess to his neighbour, Inspector Morvandieu...

#5
Case 137

Case 137

2025★ 7.0

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

Stéphanie, a police officer working for Internal Affairs, is assigned to a case involving a young man severely wounded during a tense and chaotic demonstration in Paris. While she ...

#6
Guardian Angels

Guardian Angels

1995★ 6.1

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

A sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a friend murdered by the Chinese mob....

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