Movies Like Porridge
If you liked Porridge (1979), a comedy and crime movie directed by Dick Clement, 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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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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The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and crimeA group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper.
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Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
★ 7/10Also comedy and crimeWhile 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…
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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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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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Gotcha! (1985)
★ 6/10Also comedyA student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.
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Hostile Takeover (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyFollows Pete, a professional hitman, as he faces a group of assassins after the boss of a crime syndicate suspects disloyalty due to his attendance at Workaholics Anonymous meetings.
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Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and crimeFrank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is…
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How to Rob a Bank (2007)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and crimeCaught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.
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Oscar (1991)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and crimeAngelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets…
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Psych 2: Lassie Come Home (2020)
★ 7/10Also comedy and crimeAfter Santa Barbara Police Chief Carlton Lassiter is ambushed and left for dead, Shawn and Gus return to help him and find themselves embroiled in a case involving the personal, the professional – and even the…
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Batman and Harley Quinn (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and crimeBatman and Nightwing are forced to team with the Joker's sometimes-girlfriend Harley Quinn to stop a global threat brought about by Poison Ivy and Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man.
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Oscar Shaw (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also crimeAfter retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the…
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Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
★ 7.6/10Also comedy and crimeWhen his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by…
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and crimeWhen the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
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Thunderstruck (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyAfter NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
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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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We're No Angels (1955)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and crimeThree convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store that gives supplies on credit. They initially…
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The Naked Gun (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and crimeOnly one man has the particular set of skills... to lead Police Squad and save the world: Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. Following in his father's footsteps, he must solve a murder case to prevent Police Squad from closure.
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Foul Play (1978)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyA shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.