Movies Like The Do-Gooders
If you liked The Do-Gooders (2005), a comedy and crime movie directed by Frédéric Forestier, 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.
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Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and crimeWhen an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
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Guardian Angels (1995)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and crimeA 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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Hold-up (1985)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and crimeDressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a…
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Cloportes (1965)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and crimeThree little criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they lack the starting funds to buy the required welding torch. So they persuade their successful colleague Alphonse to join…
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One Night at McCool's (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and crimeOn an ordinary night, in an ordinary part of town, a beautiful young woman walks into a bar. Her name is Jewel, and before long she is chatting to bartender Randy. The pair leave together, but he ends up getting into a…
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Tough Guys (1986)
★ 6/10Also comedy and crimeHarry 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 from jail and have to adjust to a new…
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The League of Gentlemen (1960)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and crimeInvoluntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field…
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Henry's Crime (2010)
★ 5.8/10Also crime and comedyAn aimless man is sent to prison for a crime he did not commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing.
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Bandits (2001)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and crimeAfter escaping from prison, Joe and Terry go on a crime spree, robbing banks through Oregon and California in order to finance their scheme for a new life south of the border. Unfortunately, things get more complicated…
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Take the Money and Run (1969)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and crimeVirgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.
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Umbrella Coup (1980)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and crimeGrégoire 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 producer, and they mistake him for a hitman…
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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and crimeWith the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.
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2 Guns (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and crimeA DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing…
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Johnny Dangerously (1984)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and crimeAn honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
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Married to the Mob (1988)
★ 6/10Also comedy and crimeAngela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo, Angela and…
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Bandidas (2006)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and crimeWhen a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a few good heists.
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Pulp Fiction (1994)
★ 8.5/10Also crime and comedyA burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip…
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Buffet Froid (1979)
★ 7/10Also comedy and crimeAlphonse 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. Alphonse and Morvandieu become the…
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The Pickup (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and crimeA routine cash pickup takes a wild turn when mismatched armored truck drivers Russell and Travis are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by savvy mastermind Zoe.
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Flypaper (2011)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and crimeA man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at a bank desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he's secretly in love.