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Movies that feel like I Care a Lot (2021)

If you loved I Care a Lot, the closest films we have are No Other Choice (2025), All My Friends Are Dead (2020) and Men & Chicken (2015). All three share I Care a Lot's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

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

πŸ… 79% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. J Blakesongrittytensecontemplativewittyplayfuldarkly funny
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No Other Choice
2025 Β· dir. Park Chan-wook
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· crime Β· thriller

Two things both keep coming back to: dark comedy and social criticism

The difference: Not nearly as contemplative as I Care a Lot

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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All My Friends Are Dead
2020 Β· dir. Jan Belcl
β˜… 5.9comedy Β· drama Β· thriller

Both are built on the same subject: dark comedy

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

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Men & Chicken
2015 Β· dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
β˜… 6.7comedy Β· drama

Contemplative and witty in the same breath

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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Death to Smoochy
2002 Β· dir. Danny DeVito
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.3comedy Β· crime Β· drama

Gritty where it counts, tense underneath

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

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.

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Adam's Apples
2005 Β· dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
πŸ… 70%β˜… 7.7drama Β· comedy Β· crime

The same mix in both: play, then dark humor

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

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About Endlessness
2019 Β· dir. Roy Andersson
πŸ… 95%β˜… 6.8drama Β· fantasy Β· comedy

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than I Care a Lot does

A reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality, guided by a Scheherazade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments have the same significance as historical events. Simultaneously an ode and a lament, presents a kaleidoscope of all that is eternally human, an infinite story of the vulnerability of existence.

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Triangle of Sadness
2022 Β· dir. Ruben Γ–stlund
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· drama

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy.

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Uncut Gems
2019 Β· dir. Benny Safdie
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.4drama Β· thriller Β· crime

Crime built on grit, twice over

A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

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El Infierno
2010 Β· dir. Luis Estrada
β˜… 7.6action Β· crime Β· western

Playful thriller in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into action than I Care a Lot 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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The Last Viking
2025 Β· dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
β˜… 7.2comedy Β· crime Β· drama

Darkly funny crime, and it commits to that

After serving fourteen years for robbery, Anker is released from prison and reunites with his mentally ill brother Manfred, who alone knows where the stolen money is hidden but has forgotten its location, sending them on a journey to recover the loot and confront who they are.

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The Killer
2023 Β· dir. David Fincher
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.7crime Β· thriller

The same preoccupation in both: sociopath

After a fateful miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.

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Carnage
2011 Β· dir. Roman Polanski
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.

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