Movies Like Very Bad Things

If you liked Very Bad Things (1998), a comedy and crime movie directed by Peter Berg, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Go (1999)
★ 7/10Also crime and comedy
A supermarket clerk decides to step in for an absent drug dealer, setting off an explosive, comedic chain of events.
2
Cheap Thrills (2013)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and crime
Recently fired and facing eviction, a new dad has his life turned upside down when he meets a wealthy couple who offer a path to financial security... but at a price.
3
Mystery Team (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and crime
A group of former Encyclopedia Brown-style child-detectives struggle to solve an adult mystery.
4
Smokin' Aces (2006)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and crime
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
5
Wolfs (2024)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and comedy
Hired to cover up a high-profile crime, a fixer soon finds his night spiralling out of control when he's forced to work with an unexpected counterpart.
6
Birthday Girl (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and crime
John is a mild-mannered banker who has never been lucky in love. Fed up with waiting for the right girl to come along, John takes a chance on a Russian mail-order bride arranged via the Internet, where he is introduced…
7
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and crime
It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all the money for himself and shot all his partners, including…
8
The Perfect Host (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and thriller
Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal. He’s just robbed a bank and needs…
9
Jawbreaker (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and crime
When an exclusive clique of teenage socialites accidentally murder their best friend on the morning of her birthday, the three girls responsible conspire to hide the truth.
10
After the Thin Man (1936)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and crime
After returning to San Francisco, Nick and Nora Charles are drawn into the disappearance of Nora’s cousin’s husband. When he is found murdered, suspicion falls on the troubled family, and Nick reluctantly resumes his…
11
Key Largo (1948)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and thriller
A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holes up - and holds at gunpoint hotel owner James Temple, his widowed…
12
The Ice Harvest (2005)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and comedy
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
13
2 Days in the Valley (1996)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and crime
In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that puts the mundane lives of a dozen residents on a collision course…
14
Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and comedy
A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night.
15
Vengeance (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and thriller
Ben, a journalist from New York City, travels to West Texas in order to investigate the death of a girl he was hooking up with while recording a murder mystery podcast along the way.
16
Pineapple Express (2008)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and crime
A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.
17
Novocaine (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and crime
A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs.
18
Bad Boys (1995)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and crime
Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To…
19
Stuck (2007)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and comedy
A young woman commits a hit-and-run, then finds her fate tied to her victim.
20
Killing Them Softly (2012)
★ 6/10Also crime and thriller
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.