
Movies that feel like Chicago (2002)
If you loved Chicago, the closest films we have are The Longest Yard (2005), Bad Santa (2003) and Bottle Rocket (1996). All three share Chicago'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 Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.
If Chicago hit the spot, these will too

Common ground: prison
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Witty and playful in the same breath

The same mix in both: grit, then stillness

One thread runs through both: chicago, illinois
The difference: 29 years apart, and the 1970s show

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

Playful crime in both cases
The difference: None of the stillness Chicago is built on

Drama built on grit, twice over

Comedy with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Witty crime, and it commits to that

Both lean on play more than on drama

Both are built on the same subject: prison
The difference: Leans harder into mystery than Chicago does

Comedy with a pulse of grit, in both cases
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