20 best movies like Very Bad Things (1998)

List of the best movies like Very Bad Things (1998): Pain & Gain, Gridlock'd, Secret in Their Eyes, Homegrown, V.I. Warshawski, Beautiful Creatures, The Hard Way, The Vagrant, Lowlife, 2 Days in the Valley.

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Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:09

    Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices. After several failed attempts, they abduct rich businessman Victor Kershaw and convince him to sign over all his assets to them. But when Kershaw makes it out alive, authorities are reluctant to believe his story.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Spain, South Korea
    Duration02:32

    A tight-knit team of FBI investigators, along with their District Attorney supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    Three laborers on a Northern California marijuana plantation become increasingly paranoid when they learn that their boss has been murdered. They know enough to run, taking with them enough of the crop to pay them for services rendered. Hooking up with go-between Lucy in the next town, they plot their next move.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genreaction, comedy, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:25

    Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective type, she makes the murder her next case. In doing so she befriends the victim's daughter, Kat, and together they set out to crack the case.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    When Petula and Dorothy cover up the accidental murder of one jerk boyfriend, they hatch a hilarious scheme to collect a huge ransom.

    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
    Genrehorror, thriller, comedy
    CountryFrance, USA
    Duration01:31

    A business man buys a house, but he has a hard time trying to get rid of its previous tenant, a dirty bum.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:59

    The sordid lives of an addict, an ex-con, and a luchador collide when an organ harvesting caper goes very, very wrong.

    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: 4.9
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    Mac, the two-fisted, savvy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burnout, to work with him on a new and difficult case. The new partner is Ellis, an amazing detective, one who puts Sherlock Holmes to shame with his lightning-fast deductions. But he keeps assuming the personalities of entire casts of Television shows. This can be a problem when people begin shooting at them.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrethriller, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:27

    3 of Reagan High School's most popular girls pretend to kidnap their friend by shoving a jawbreaker into the victim's mouth to keep her from screaming. Their plan goes awry when the girl swallows the jawbreaker, choking to death. Now the leader of the pack will do anything to keep the accident a secret.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    When a bag filled with money goes missing from a casino, the Hitman (Chris O'Donnell) must retrieve it. While he tracks the stash down, the bag changes hands numerous times, finding its way to the Drifter (Jeremy Davies) and the Waitress (Rachael Leigh Cook), among others. As the bag's journey continues, more characters, including the Cop (Michael Rapaport) and the Sheriff (Keith David), get drawn into the winding crime tale, and the search becomes increasingly desperate.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    A short Arizona motorcycle cop gets his wish and is promoted to Homicide following the mysterious murder of a hermit. He is forced to confront his illusions about himself and those around him in order to solve the case, eventually returning to solitude in the desert.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountrySpain, France, Sweden, Argentina
    Duration01:38

    Hoping to earn his mother's respect, a young hustler-turned-businessman tries to open a brothel with his two useless buddies.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, adventure, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:05

    Director Billy Wilder adds a new and intriguing twist to the personality of intrepid detective Sherlock Holmes. One thing hasn't changed however: Holmes' crime-solving talents. Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments. Can the sleuths make sense of all this and solve the mystery

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    Miss Meadows is a school teacher with impeccable manners and grace. However, underneath the candy-sweet exterior hides a ruthless gun-toting vigilante who takes it upon herself to right the wrongs in the world by whatever means necessary. For Miss Meadows, bad behavior is simply unforgivable.

    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: 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: 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.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:30

    A family man who turns out to be a retired mob enforcer must travel across the country to find his daughter who has gone missing.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

    After crashing his car, a cop who's recovering from eye surgery recruits an Uber driver to help him catch a heroin dealer. The mismatched pair soon find themselves in for a wild day of stakeouts and shootouts as they encounter the city's seedy side.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration03:11

      Two full-length feature horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez put together as a two-film feature. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrethriller, comedy, crime
      CountryAustralia
      Duration01:43

      A 19 year old finds himself in debt to a local gangster when some gang loot disappears and sets him on the run from thugs. Meanwhile two street kids start a shopping spree when they find the missing money.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:52

      Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrethriller, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:33

      Mike Kendall, a disgraced ex-cop, is fighting a losing battle with the bottle. When he finds a woman left for dead at the side of a road, Kendall turns private eye to track down her killers, taking one last shot at redemption.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrethriller, comedy, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:37

      After making a 3-hour fiasco about New York City's water supply, a two-man film crew decides to take it up a notch by documenting life in the private investigator offices of "Boone and Murphy". Cheating husbands and missing dogs fail to bring in the big bucks however, and after sleeping with the wife of one of their clients Murphy leaves. To stop Boone from having to close down the business the two film-makers must resort to a hands-on approach in the investigations to ensure the completion of their movie.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA

      Jake is a driver for a seedy escort service operating out of 'The Naked Eye strip club', he's a street thug type who falls for a witty high-class escort named Sandy. Except one night Sandy is found murdered, the only clues left behind are cell phone calls made the night she died. To avenge Sandy's death Jake must risk everything and walk a bloody path to find her killer.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrethriller, comedy, crime, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:31

      Two 19th-century opportunists (Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis) become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist (Tom Wilkinson).

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration01:44

      Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife, Amanda. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow when she presses him to continue with their sexual affairs. Clay inadvertently befriends a serial killer named Lester Long, who murders the widow in an attempt to "help" his "fishing buddy."

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
      CountryLithuania, United Kingdom
      Duration01:39

      Four friends become stranded in Eastern Europe and have to become hit men, prostitutes, corrupt cops, smugglers and more to make it home.

      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: 5.2
      Genrethriller, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:22

      A sultry woman joins an illiterate killer and a brainy hacker, both escaped convicts, to search for gold.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
      CountryGermany, USA
      Duration01:33

      Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as a LAPD detective

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrethriller, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

      Gabriella, a Columbian immigrant, is obsessed with understanding violent crime. The current string of murders by "The Blue Blood Killer" of affluent Miami socialites provides her with fodder for her scrapbook of death. She lands a job with a post-murder cleaning service and during a Blue-Blood clean-up job, discovers evidence that police have overlooked.

      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: 6.8
      Genrethriller, comedy, crime
      CountryIsrael
      Duration01:50

      A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings - a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrethriller, comedy, crime
      CountryAustralia, USA
      Duration01:30

      While on a seemingly routine job, a jaded hit man discovers that he's not the only one with his target in the crosshairs.

      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.

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