Movies Like Shakes the Clown
If you liked Shakes the Clown (1991), a comedy and crime movie directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, 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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72 HOURS (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and crimeTo save his career, a 40-year-old ad exec joins a crew of twentysomethings for a wild Miami bachelor party after they mistakenly add him to a group chat.
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Standing Up, Falling Down (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and dramaAn unlikely friendship kindles between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A. — forced to move back home to Eastern Long Island with his tail between his legs — and a tragically flawed, but charming and charismatic…
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Cheap Thrills (2013)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and crimeRecently 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.
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Seven Psychopaths (2012)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and crimeA struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and crimeCreatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative…
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Blindspotting (2018)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and crimeCollin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, work as movers, and when Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two…
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Very Bad Things (1998)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and crimeKyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes…
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Funny People (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and dramaFamous and wealthy funnyman George Simmons doesn't give much thought to how he treats people until a doctor delivers stunning health news, forcing George to reevaluate his priorities with a little help from aspiring…
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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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Go (1999)
★ 7/10Also crime and comedyA supermarket clerk decides to step in for an absent drug dealer, setting off an explosive, comedic chain of events.
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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and crimeJack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crimelord. His army is led by John Slade, his childhood idol who used to…
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The Doom Generation (1995)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and dramaJordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embarks on a sex- and violence-filled journey through a United States of psychos and quickie marts.
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Friday (1995)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and dramaCraig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.
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Withnail & I (1987)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and dramaTwo out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday…
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Entourage (2015)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and dramaMovie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold. Some of their ambitions have changed, but the bond between them…
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The Beanie Bubble (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and dramaTy was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women turned his stuffed animals into a defining '90s trend. This behind-the-scenes look at history's biggest toy craze is a wild story about what—and…
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I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and crimeWhen a depressed woman is burglarized, she finds a new sense of purpose by tracking down the thieves alongside her obnoxious neighbor. But they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of…
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Intermission (2003)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and crimeA raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to…
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Female Trouble (1976)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and crimeTeenage delinquent Dawn Davenport, incensed after her parents do not give her the cha-cha heels she wanted for Christmas, runs away from home. After an illegitimate child and hairstylist husband bring her more misery…
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Kids (1995)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crimeA group of bored, disaffected New York City teenagers spend a day skating, smoking, drinking, partying, deflowering virgins, and getting into fights.