Movies Like The Noose Hangs High

If you liked The Noose Hangs High (1948), a comedy movie directed by Charles Barton, 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
Family Plot (1976)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
2
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
3
Rat Race (2001)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against…
4
Take the Money and Run (1969)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy
Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.
5
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy
A rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes. He sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.
6
Uncle Drew (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
Uncle Drew recruits a squad of older basketball players to return to the court to compete in a tournament.
7
The Ladykillers (1955)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy
Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
8
Room Service (1938)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
Broke Gordon Miller tries to land a backer for his new play while he has to deal with with the hotel manager trying to evict him and his cast.
9
Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty…
10
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob boss Big Jim and takes over. When Big Jim's daughter, Marian, gives…
11
Blank Check (1994)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Bullied by his siblings and nagged by his parents, 11-year-old Preston Waters is fed up with his family — especially their frugality. But he gets his chance to teach them a lesson when a money-laundering criminal…
12
Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
Five hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck.
13
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
★ 7/10Also comedy
While attending a major horse race with their young son, Nick Jr., Nick and Nora Charles witnesse a shocking murder from the crowded grandstand. What first appears to be an isolated killing soon leads to a maze of…
14
Dick Tracy (1990)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
15
Mr. Bones (2001)
★ 6/10Also comedy
A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament.
16
Ocean's Eight (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.
17
After the Fox (1966)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
A criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.
18
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.
19
A Night in Casablanca (1946)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.
20
Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
To help his divorced neighbor claim a substantial inheritance, a family man poses as her husband. The ruse spills over into his career in advertising, and his recent promotion relies on his wholesome and moral…