
Movies that feel like A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
If you loved A Fish Called Wanda, the closest films we have are The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), Bottle Rocket (1996) and Chicago (2002). All three share A Fish Called Wanda's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.
If A Fish Called Wanda hit the spot, these will too

Both are Charles Crichton's work, and they rhyme
The difference: Made in the 1950s, in a different era of the craft

The same two preoccupations: robbery, and heist
The difference: Leans harder into drama than A Fish Called Wanda does

Two things both keep coming back to: infidelity and lawyer

Witty where it counts, playful underneath
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Comedy with a pulse of grit, in both cases

One thread runs through both: heist


Both lean on play more than on comedy




Crime with a pulse of play, in both cases
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