Movies Like The Fall of the American Empire
If you liked The Fall of the American Empire (2018), a comedy and crime movie directed by Denys Arcand, 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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Family Plot (1976)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and crimeSpiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
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Ménage (1986)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and crimeA bisexual petty criminal named Bob encounters a married couple arguing in a bar. Bob breaks up the fight and proceeds to seduce first the wife and then the husband. Then Bob teaches the couple how to be burglars and…
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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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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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Cadillac Man (1990)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and dramaJoe's a car salesman with a problem—he has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would be a difficult task at the best of times but Joe has to contend with his girlfriends (he's two-timing), a missing…
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Obsession (1976)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and dramaA wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his late wife.
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The Dictator's Guns (1965)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and crimeAn experienced skipper is hired to buy a boat from an American heiress in the Caribbean, but when the boat vanishes and bodies surface, he realizes he’s been framed for arms trafficking.
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Cry of the City (1948)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and dramaPetty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check…
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Robbery (1967)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and thrillerIn this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying millions in cash.
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Taxi (1998)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and crimeIn Marseilles a skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector…
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Johnny Dangerously (1984)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and crimeAn honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
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Bazaar (Murder in the Building) (2026)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and dramaMisanthropic novelist François writes gripping crime stories – “Agatha Christie meets The Scarlet Pimpernel” – but outside of the swashbuckling imaginary world of his Marquis la Rose-novels, life is far from thrilling…
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How to Make a Killing (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and thrillerMichel and Cathy, wed for longer than they can remember, lead a quiet but monotonous life in the mountains. When a bear bursts out in front of Michel’s car, accidentally killing two drug dealers and revealing a €2…
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I Walk Alone (1947)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and crimeBootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released…
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Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and comedyDown-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags…
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Ocean's Eleven (1960)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and comedyDanny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
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Buffet Froid (1979)
★ 7/10Also comedy and crimeAlphonse 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…
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The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and crimeMild-mannered novelist of Western fiction, Amédée Lange, and his colleagues take over a publishing house after their exploitative boss disappears, only for the superior to return and try to reclaim the profits from…
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Guardian Angels (1995)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and crimeA sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a friend murdered by the Chinese mob.
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Crime Wave (1953)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and thrillerReformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doing a bank job.