
Movies that feel like Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
If you loved Arsenic and Old Lace, the closest films we have are The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). All three share Arsenic and Old Lace'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 HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.
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If Arsenic and Old Lace hit the spot, these will too

Both land wit and play at once

Gritty comedy in both cases

Both are Frank Capra's work, and they rhyme
The difference: Not nearly as gritty as Arsenic and Old Lace

Both lean on wit more than on crime

Both keep coming back to the same thing: poison

Comedy with a pulse of play, in both cases
The difference: Leans harder into drama than Arsenic and Old Lace does

Crime built on grit, twice over
The difference: 25 years apart, and the 1960s show

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

Frank Capra working the same nerve twice
The difference: None of the grit Arsenic and Old Lace is built on

Both lean on play more than on crime

Common ground in both: marriage and serial killer

Cut from the same comedy cloth
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