28 Best Movies Like A Fish Called Wanda ...

28 Best Movies Like A Fish Called Wanda ...

If you liked this one , you will definitely love these too! In this list we highlight some of the best films that share a very similar premise to '', and are worth checking out.

1. Snatch (2000)

1h 44m Crime Comedy

Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.

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2. Ruthless People (1986)

1h 33m Comedy

A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation—without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.

3. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)

1h 50m Crime Comedy

Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can be the first to swindle a young American heiress out of $50,000.

4. Quick Change (1990)

1h 29m Comedy Crime

With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.

5. Fierce Creatures (1997)

1h 33m Comedy Romance

Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand tycoon. In order to meet high profit targets and keep the zoo open, Rollo enforces a new 'fierce creatures' policy, whereby only the most impressive and dangerous animals are allowed to remain in the zoo. However, the keepers are less enthusiastic about complying with these demands.

6. And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)

1h 28m Comedy

A collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus skits from the first two seasons of their British TV series.

7. Gambit (2012)

1h 29m Comedy Crime

An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen.

8. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

1h 45m Comedy Crime

A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.

9. Life of Brian (1979)

1h 34m Comedy

Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.

10. I Love You to Death (1990)

11. Welcome to Collinwood (2002)

1h 26m Comedy

Five hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck.

12. My Cousin Vinny (1992)

2h Comedy

Two carefree pals traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend , to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!

13. Seven Psychopaths (2012)

1h 50m Comedy Crime

A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.

14. After the Fox (1966)

15. Masterminds (2016)

1h 34m Action Comedy Crime

A night guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history.

16. Take the Money and Run (1969)

1h 25m Comedy Crime

Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.

17. Clockwise (1986)

1h 36m Comedy

An uncompromising British school headmaster finds himself beset by one thing going wrong after another.

18. Nuns on the Run (1990)

1h 29m Comedy

Brian and Charlie work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave" he sets them up to be killed, after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. B&C decide to steal the money for themselves, but when their escape doesn't go to plan, they have to seek refuge in a Nuns' teacher training school.

19. The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)

20. Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)

1h 33m Comedy Thriller

Michael Lynch is a notorious criminal with two wives and a flair for showmanship. He's also a huge embarrassment to the local police, who are determined to bring him down once and for all.

21. The Italian Job (1969)

1h 39m Action Crime Comedy Thriller

Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one his of friends has attempted a high risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie takes over the 'job'. Using three Mini Coopers, a couple of Jaguars and a bus, he hopes to bring Torino to a standstill, steal a fortune in gold and escape in the chaos.

22. Palookaville (1995)

23. Tough Guys (1986)

1h 44m Comedy Crime

Harry 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 life of freedom. and soon realize that they still have the pizzazz when, picking up their prison checks at a bank, they foil a robbery attempt.

24. Poor White Trash (2000)

25. Heartbreakers (2001)

2h 3m Crime Comedy Romance

Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.

26. Chain of Fools (2000)

1h 36m Action Comedy Crime

An avid detective is assigned to investigate the heist of a batch of precious coins that end up in the hands of a suicidal barber.

27. Wise Guys (1986)

1h 40m Comedy Crime

Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City and comedy follows.

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