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Movies Like The Joy of Singing

If you liked The Joy of Singing (2008), a comedy and crime movie directed by Ilan Duran Cohen, 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. 1Hold-up

    Hold-up (1985)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and crime

    Dressed 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…

  2. 2Umbrella Coup

    Umbrella Coup (1980)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and crime

    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 producer, and they mistake him for a hitman…

  3. 3Guardian Angels

    Guardian Angels (1995)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and crime

    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.

  4. 4One Night at McCool's

    One Night at McCool's (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and crime

    On 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…

  5. 5Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and crime

    When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

  6. 6The Gentleman from Epsom

    The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and crime

    The story takes place in the racecourses around Paris. A so-called major sells his tips to naive characters.

  7. 7Cop or Hood

    Cop or Hood (1979)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and crime

    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 long-lost brother "Antonio Cerruti,"…

  8. 8Cloportes

    Cloportes (1965)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and crime

    Three 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…

  9. 9Buffet Froid

    Buffet Froid (1979)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and crime

    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. Alphonse and Morvandieu become the…

  10. 10There Once Was a Cop

    There Once Was a Cop (1972)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime and comedy

    Campana, a commissar at the drugs bureau of Paris police gets an undercover job in Nice to catch an Italian-French mafia boss. As he slips into the identity of a gangster's brother, who was already killed, he has to…

  11. 11The Pink Panther Strikes Again

    The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and crime

    Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.

  12. 1268 Kill

    68 Kill (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and crime

    Chip's problem is that he can't say no to beautiful women. This weakness gets him into a world of trouble when he agrees to help his girlfriend steal $68,000.

  13. 13Ca$h

    Ca$h (2010)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and comedy

    A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a…

  14. 14Song of the Thin Man

    Song of the Thin Man (1947)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and crime

    While attending a glamorous jazz cruise on New York’s East River, Nick and Nora Charles witness the fatal shooting of a wealthy patron. When suspicion falls on a young bandleader and his musicians, the couple steps in…

  15. 15Incorrigible

    Incorrigible (1975)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and crime

    Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a sentence that isn't embellished…

  16. 16Don't Die Too Hard!

    Don't Die Too Hard! (2001)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    Eric and Ramzy are working as window washers at the Montparnasse skyscraper in Paris. Thinking that he has a date set up with beautiful executive Marie-Joelle (who in reality hates his guts), Ramzy stays at work late…

  17. 17The Ritz

    The Ritz (1976)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and crime

    To escape from a mobster, businessman Gaetano Proclo orders a cab driver to take him to a place where he can't be found. Unfortunately for Gaetano, the place turns out to be a gay bathhouse.

  18. 18Stark Raving Mad

    Stark Raving Mad (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and crime

    A crook quietly plots his revenge against the boss who murdered his brother while working for him.

  19. 19Let's Not Get Angry

    Let's Not Get Angry (1966)

    ★ 7.5/10Also crime and comedy

    One-time gangster Antoine is enjoying retirement on the coast, now managing a boating club. He receives a visit from a former accomplice who asks for a loan. The money will be repaid by a crook who is now in hiding…

  20. 20Hard to Die

    Hard to Die (1990)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series…

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