Movies Like The Genius
If you liked The Genius (1993), a comedy and crime movie directed by Emily Breer and Joe Gibbons, 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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Real Men (1987)
★ 6/10Also comedy and science fictionA womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal goes through with aliens for the future of mankind.
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Code 8 Part II (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and crimeIn a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.
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Relax, I'm from the Future (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and science fictionCasper is a time traveller who arrives in the 2020s in an attempt to prevent a major future catastrophe. He meets Holly, a queer black woman he befriends and draws into his plan by giving her his knowledge of the…
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Accident Man (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and comedyMike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.
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Breathless (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and crimeLorna is a strong-willed Texas woman who’s had enough of her untrustworthy husband Dale’s criminal acts and lack of husbandry. Fed up, she enlists the help of her old friend, Tiny, to help her figure out what to do…
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Power Rangers Samurai: Clash of the Red Rangers - The Movie (2011)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and science fictionThe Samurai Rangers team up with the mysterious RPM Ranger Red to fight off Master Xandred's Mooger army and a robotic supervillain from the RPM Ranger's dimension. But when both Red Rangers get struck with hypnobolts…
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Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and science fictionThe maniacal baby of the Griffin family, Stewie, meets his future self. In doing this he discovers that his future image is not what he has anticipated because of a near death experience.
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Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and science fictionCentered on a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some…
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Sheroes (2023)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and crimeWhen four thick-as-thieves friends arrive in Thailand, they quickly find themselves in over their heads. Fighting to stay alive, they employ their unique set of skills and unleash their fierce loyalty in a…
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The Man in the White Suit (1951)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and science fictionThe unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the…
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Ca$h (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and comedyA 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…
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LaRoy, Texas (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and comedyBroke and depressed, Ray is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip, he must escape the actual hitman to make it out of LaRoy alive.
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Afterburn (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and comedySet against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of…
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The Dream Team (1989)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and crimeFour mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish…
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Strange Brew (1983)
★ 6/10Also comedy and crimeSomething is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, they must confront the suspicious…
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LEGO Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and science fictionA young, aspiring hero and superhero fan inadvertently unleashes a powerful new villain looking to rid the world of the Avengers.
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The Flash (1990)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and science fictionA laboratory accident endows a police scientist with the ability to move at superhuman speed which he uses to battle a menacing gang as a superhero.
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Our Man Flint (1966)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and science fictionWhen scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agent Derek Flint.
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They Cloned Tyrone (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and science fictionA series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy lurking directly beneath their neighborhood.
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Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest (2007)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and science fictionWith the Griffins stuck at home during a blackout, Peter tells the story of "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope".