Films like Down by Law (1986)

Down by Law (1986) is comedy, crime, drama. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.

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The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Also comedy and crime. 8.0/10

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan…
Bazaar (Murder in the Building) (2026)

Also comedy and crime. 6.4/10

Misanthropic novelist François writes gripping crime stories – “Agatha Christie meets The Scarlet Pimpernel” – but outside of the swashbuckling imaginary world of his Marquis la…
War Dogs (2016)

Also comedy and crime. 6.9/10

Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
American Made (2017)

Also comedy and crime. 6.9/10

The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
Roofman (2025)

Also comedy and crime. 7.0/10

A former Army Ranger and struggling father turns to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname "Roofman." After escaping prison, he…
In Bruges (2008)

Also comedy and crime. 7.5/10

Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the…
The Longest Yard (2005)

Also comedy and crime. 6.7/10

Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe lands in a Texas federal penitentiary, where manipulative Warden Hazen recruits him to advise the institution's football team of…
The Sting (1973)

Also comedy and crime. 8.0/10

A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
Logan Lucky (2017)

Also comedy and crime. 6.7/10

Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Also comedy and crime. 7.5/10

Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux…
Sneakers (1992)

Also comedy and crime. 6.9/10

When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a…
T2 Trainspotting (2017)

Also comedy and crime. 6.9/10

After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
El Infierno (2010)

Also comedy and crime. 8.0/10

After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.
Adaptation. (2002)

Also comedy and crime. 7.3/10

Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading…
I Care a Lot (2021)

Also comedy and crime. 6.6/10

A court-appointed legal guardian defrauds her older clients and traps them under her care. But her latest mark comes with some unexpected baggage.
Eenie Meanie (2025)

Also comedy and crime. 6.3/10

A former teenage getaway driver gets dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend.
Striptease (1996)

Also comedy and crime. 5.6/10

Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the naked truth: to take on the…
After the Sunset (2004)

Also comedy and crime. 6.2/10

An FBI agent is suspicious of two master thieves, quietly enjoying their retirement near what may - or may not - be the biggest score of their careers.
Officer Black Belt (2024)

Also comedy and crime. 7.7/10

A talented martial artist who can't walk past a person in need unites with a probation officer to fight and prevent crime as a martial arts officer.
Chicago (2002)

Also comedy and crime. 7.1/10

Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.
Hustlers (2019)

Also comedy and crime. 6.5/10

A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
Bad Santa (2003)

Also comedy and crime. 6.6/10

You'd better watch out - Willie T. Soke is coming to town, and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Willie's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot…
The Last Viking (2025)

Also comedy and crime. 7.3/10

After serving fourteen years for robbery, Anker is released from prison and reunites with his mentally ill brother Manfred, who alone knows where the stolen money is hidden but…
The Laundromat (2019)

Also comedy and crime. 6.0/10

When a widow gets swindled out of insurance money, her search for answers leads to two cunning lawyers in Panama who hide cash for the superrich.