20 best movies like The Big Lebowski (1998)

List of the best movies like The Big Lebowski (1998): Black Cat, White Cat, Trapped in Paradise, Mortdecai, Seven Psychopaths, Kill List, Loiter Squad, Suicide Kings, The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans, Judgment Night, Best Men.

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Markimdb: 8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, crime
CountryYugoslavia, France, Germany, Austria, Greece
Duration02:15

Matko is a small time hustler, living by the Danube with his 17 year old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to the much more successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, that he desperately wants to see get married so they strike a deal: Zare is to marry her.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:51

The Firpo Brothers can get away with anything. They just can't get away!

Markimdb: 5.5
Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:28

    Art dealer, Charles Mortdecai, searches for a stolen painting rumored to contain a secret code that gains access to hidden Nazi gold.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:50

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

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrehorror, action, thriller, crime, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:35

      Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA

      Loiter Squad is an American sketch comedy television series starring Tyler, The Creator, Jasper Dolphin, Taco Bennett, and Lionel Boyce from the Los Angeles hip hop group Odd Future. The show regularly features other members of the group as well. Jeff Tremaine, Shanna Zablow, Dimitry Elyashkevich, Lance Bangs, Nick Weidenfeld and Keith Crofford are the show's executive producers. The show is produced by Dickhouse Entertainment for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block. The show's second season made its debut on March 10, 2013.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

      Charlie, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save the sister of a friend. As Charlie plays mind games, however, his captors splinter -- each wondering whether one of their own had a hand in the crime.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:57

      Terrence McDonagh, a New Orleans Police sergeant, who starts out as a good cop, receiving a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. During his heroic act, McDonagh injures his back and later becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. McDonagh finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of African immigrants.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryJapan, USA
      Duration01:45

      While racing to a boxing match, Frank, Mike, John and Rey get more than they bargained for. A wrong turn lands them directly in the path of Fallon, a vicious, wise-cracking drug lord. After accidentally witnessing Fallon murder a disloyal henchman, the four become his unwilling prey in a savage game of cat & mouse as they are mercilessly stalked through the urban jungle in this taut suspense drama

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:30

      Four tuxedo clad men showing up at a penitentiary to meet a friend who has just been released after three years in prison and is going straight from the jail to marry his girlfriend. En route to the wedding, one of the men asks to stop by a bank to pick up some cash. As it turns out, he is a wanted bank robber who uses Shakespeare passages during his robberies and thus has become known as "Hamlet". Soon all five men are caught up in the bank and involved in the robbery as they end up in a hostage situation. The hostage negotiator shows up who turns out to be Hamlet's father.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:32

      Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence as criminals, a fateful event (and an old black-and-white film) convinces them that they can pull off an armored-truck robbery. While they are busy plotting their caper, their dysfunctional families spin out of control, all around them.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:24

      An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. A "Lethal Weapon" style cop team tries to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the "Wilderness Girls" cookie drive.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genreaction, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:51

      Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. John Moss and learn how to act like a real cop. But when Nick drives John crazy with questions and imitating him, he gets in the way of John's pursuit of a serial killer.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an investment firm, for advice, before turning to the mob for help laundering the money. While Joey makes plans to leave the country, however, a detective is following his ever-warmer trail in order to recover the cash.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrethriller, crime
      CountryCanada
      Duration01:39

      Neighbors Spencer and Louise have bonded over their fascination with a recent string of murders terrorizing their community. When a new tenant named Victor moves into the building, all three quickly hit it off. However, they soon discover each has his or her own dark secret. As the violence outside mounts, the city retreats indoors for safety. But the more time these three neighbors spend together in their apartment building, the clearer it becomes that what they once thought of as a safe haven is as dangerous as any outside terrors they could imagine.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrefantasy, drama, adventure, western
      CountryUSA, Germany, Japan
      Duration02:01

      On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange North American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
      CountrySpain, Portugal, Germany
      Duration02:04

      Mommy's boy Juantxo is engaged. Dragged to the party by his friends Konradin and Paco, he loses his expensive wedding ring inside the body of a prostitute. Mafioso whorehouse owner Villambrosa finds the ring. Meanwhile Villambrosa's rival gangster Souza sends femme fatale Fatima to check things out. Juantxo and his friends are trying to get the ring back and in the process get involved in the war between gangs.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrefantastic, comedy, drama
      CountryRussia, USA
      Duration02:00

      A chronicle of Russia's transition from communism to capitalism.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryYugoslavia, United Kingdom, Italy
      Duration02:22

      In this luminous tale set in the former Yugoslavia, Perhan, an engaging young Romany with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime that threatens to destroy him and those he loves.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, drama
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration01:39

      Former Green Beret Louis Stevens returns to his hometown of Miami after completing military service in Brazil, only to learn that his old high school has become a haven for gangs and drug dealers. After Stevens uses his capoeira skills to kick several drug dealers off of the school property, Kerrigan, one of Stevens' old teachers, sees the impact that Stevens has on the students. Kerrigan gives him the task of teaching Capoeira to a handful of the worst at-risk students at the school.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, western
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

      Trapper Joe is on his way to the town with all of his gain of hides of the last winter. However a group of Indians stops him and takes all of his hides, leaving him the escaped slave Joseph instead. But Joe has no use for Joseph and is determined to get his property back and follows them. Before he can do anything, the Indians are raided themselves by a group of scalphunters under the greedy Howie. Not only the hides, but also Joseph falls into their hands. Now Joe follows them alone and tries to trick the numerical superior group out of his hides

      Markimdb: 4.1
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      With his cop companion shot and killed by terrorists, Reno The Dog pairs up with tough cop Jake in thwarting the criminal organization.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      Mason is a man down on his luck with nothing to lose when he's approached to lead a group of wealthy hunters on an expedition in the Pacific Northwest. But things get really twisted when Mason discovers the group isn't after wild animals -- they're after him.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:43

      A couple of angels, O'Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next supervised love-connection succeeds. They follow Celine, a spoiled rich girl who has just accidentally shot a suitor and, due to a misunderstanding, is kidnapped by janitor Robert. Although Celine quickly frees herself, she stays with Robert for thrills. O'Reilly and Jackson pursue, hoping to unite the prospective lovers.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration01:22

      Described as "90210 on acid", the film tells the story of a day in the lives of a group of high school kids in Los Angeles and the strange lives they lead.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrethriller, comedy, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:25

      Ed Lover and Doctor Dre are two inept barbers. Deciding that maybe they ought to find another line of work, they join the police. A big mistake, as far as their duty sergeant, Sgt Cooper is concerned, who proceeds to harass them at every turn. Despite this, they discover a major crime, and proceed to solve it in their own unusual fashion.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrethriller, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold night in the desert with shovels when the stripper goes all the way into a body bag after dying in their bathroom. And that's just the first of the bodies to pile up before Kyle can walk down the aisle...

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, western
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:24

      A group of unscrupulous characters seek buried treasure in the old west.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

      A dimwitted thug encounters a strung-out, suicidal young woman and an unlikely relationship develops as they work together to make a break for new horizons.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA, Japan
      Duration01:57

      In the coastal town of Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers and send young agent Johnny Utah undercover at the beach to mix with the surfers and gather information.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrethriller, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:41

      In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that puts the mundane lives of a dozen residents on a collision course. This clever tale tells the story of two hit men, a mistress, a nurse, a vindictive ex-wife, a wealthy art dealer and his lovelorn assistant, a suicidal writer and his dog, and a bitter cop and his partner.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genreaction, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:52

      After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don't have to just crack the case - they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrecomedy, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      Motivational Speaker Jack Corcoran is determined to get his career off the ground, but the biggest gigs he can get are the ones nobody wants. Then one day, he receives a telegram that his circus clown father has passed away, and has left a "huge" inheritance. When he gets there, he finds that his inheritance has come in the form of an elephant that was his father's pride and joy in circus acts. His main intention is to sell the pachyderm off. Jack must choose between loud and rude zookeeper Mo or attractive animal show owner Terry. As the two treks through the country Jack and the elephant develop a bond, and it changes his approach on life for the better.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, western
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the US from a young age. She becomes a model in advertising and her NY agent 'the Countess' sends her to his ranch in CA to shoot a commercial, set against the background of mating whooping cranes. There, she befriends Bonanza Jellybean, one of the cowgirls at the beauty- ranch.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrecomedy, adventure, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      Two fishing fanatics get in trouble when their fishing boat gets stolen while on a trip.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:49

      When the notorious Diaper Mafia take hostage the Tromaville School for the Very Special, only the Toxic Avenger and his morbidly obese sidekick Lardass can save Tromaville.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

      When Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans), who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genremelodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:41

      A young man, Pat, visits the clan of gypsy-like grifters (Irish Travellers) in rural North Carolina from whom he is descended. He is at first rejected, but cousin Bokky takes him on as an apprentice. Pat learns the game while Bokky falls in love and desires a different life. Written by Jeff Hole

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA

      Set in the underworld of debt-collecting, homegrown hustler Peg Dahl will do anything to escape Buffalo, NY.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:06

      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 Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryAustralia
      Duration01:36

      In Sydney, the newly married Midori is honeymooning with her husband, Yukio. She does not love him and fakes her own kidnapping to escape the marriage. Her lover is supposed to meet her, but fails to appear. She goes to a bank to get some cash, only to become a hostage in an unfolding robbery, until the getaway driver, Colin, saves her from his fellow robbers. They hit the road together, with the cops, her husband and the robbers in pursuit.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:37

      Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, adventure, western
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:07

      Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. He needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a Winner Take All poker game that begins in a few days. He tries to win some, tries to collect a few debts, and recover a little loot for the reward. He joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvelous southern accent as the two both try and enter the game.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, drama, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:58

      Billy Hoyle and Sidney Deane are an unlikely pair of basketball hustlers. They team up to con their way across the courts of Los Angeles, playing a game that's fast dangerous - and funny.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrethriller, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:32

      Three friends discover their new flatmate dead but loaded with cash.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:22

      A Los Angeles detective and his Japanese partner woo an artist while solving a stripper's murder.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrecomedy, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:31

      The National Basketball Association play-offs are taking place, and the Boston Celtics are facing the Utah Jazz in a crucial series. This is also the last year that any games will be played in the Boston Garden, which is going to be torn down after the end of the season. Mike and Jimmy, two die-hard sports fans who will risk anything for the Celtics to win, are really getting into the games...

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryHong Kong
      Duration02:08

      A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrethriller, comedy, crime
      CountryNorway
      Duration01:25

      Terrified and bloody, Oscar Svendsen awakes clinched to a shotgun in a strippers joint. Around him 8 dead men, and police aiming at him. To Oscar it's clear that he is innocent. It all started when four chaps won 1,7 million on the pools.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrethriller, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA, Australia
      Duration01:32

      A long lucky streak makes a nice guy the target of opportunists like his brother, his girlfriend, and some guys from New Jersey.




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