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Movies that feel likeDeath to Smoochy (2002)

Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuchsia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring hit ratings and the affections of a network executive - Randolph makes the unsuspecting rhino the target of his numerous outrageous attempts to exact revenge and reclaim his status as America's sweetheart.

If you loved Death to Smoochy, the closest films we have are Adam's Apples (2005), I Care a Lot (2021) and In China They Eat Dogs (1999). All three share Death to Smoochy's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is OMG: Oh My God! (2012).

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Adam's Apples
2005 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
🍅 70%★ 7.7drama · comedy · crime

The same preoccupation in both: dark comedy

The difference: Reviewed even better

A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.

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I Care a Lot
2021 · dir. J Blakeson
🍅 79%★ 6.4crime · thriller · dramaNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dark comedy

A court-appointed legal guardian defrauds her older clients and traps them under her care. But her latest mark comes with some unexpected baggage.

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In China They Eat Dogs
1999 · dir. Lasse Spang Olsen
★ 7.3action · comedy · crime

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: Trades the stillness of Death to Smoochy for an angle of its own

Arvid is an ordinary bank clerk who lives a rather unassuming life with his dear girlfriend. But his life is turned completely upside down when he bravely manages to avert a robbery against the bank where he works.

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No Other Choice
2025 · dir. Park Chan-wook
🍅 97%★ 7.5comedy · crime · thrillerHulu

Gritty where it counts, tense underneath

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Death to Smoochy does

After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in a desperate bid to reclaim his dignity.

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El Infierno
2010 · dir. Luis Estrada
★ 7.7action · crime · westernRent or buy

Contemplative and darkly funny in the same breath

The difference: Sits closer to action than Death to Smoochy does

After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.

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Election
1999 · dir. Alexander Payne
🍅 92%★ 7.2comedy · dramaParamount+

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

A high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician.

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All My Friends Are Dead
2020 · dir. Jan Belcl
★ 5.9comedy · drama · thrillerNetflix

One thread runs through both: murder

A group of friends at a New Year’s Eve party go through a whirlwind of events that exposes secrets, breaks hearts — and leads to a shocking outcome.

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Men & Chicken
2015 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
★ 6.7comedy · drama

Drama with a pulse of play, in both cases

Men & Chicken is a black comedy about two outcast brothers who, by getting to know their unknown family, discover a horrible truth about themselves and their relatives.

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Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999 · dir. Michael Patrick Jann
🍅 47%★ 6.7comedy

Crime built on dark humor, twice over

In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.

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OMG: Oh My God!
2012 · dir. Umesh Shukla
★ 8.1comedy · drama

Contemplative thriller in both cases

A shopkeeper takes God to court when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake.

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Cop Car
2015 · dir. Jon Watts
🍅 82%★ 6.3crime · thrillerPrime Video

Common ground: murder

Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.

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Withnail & I
1987 · dir. Bruce Robinson
🍅 84%★ 7.5comedy · dramaMax

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.

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