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Movies that feel likeMiracle Mile (1989)

After 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los Angeles in less than an hour!

If you loved Miracle Mile, the closest films we have are A New Leaf (1971), Last Night (1998) and Lost in America (1985). All three share Miracle Mile'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 The Ruling Class (1972).

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A New Leaf
1971 Β· dir. Elaine May
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.3comedy Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: dark comedy

The difference: Easier on the ideas than Miracle Mile

After running out of funds, Henry Graham, a carefree playboy, plots to marry and murder wealthy botanist Henrietta Lowell.

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Last Night
1998 Β· dir. Don McKellar
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· romance Β· drama

One thread runs through both: chaos

The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than Miracle Mile does

Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.

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Lost in America
1985 Β· dir. Albert Brooks
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7comedy

Witty and playful in the same breath

David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.

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The Bed Sitting Room
1969 Β· dir. Richard Lester
πŸ… 64%β˜… 6.1comedy Β· science fictionPrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dark comedy

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.

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Ninotchka
1939 Β· dir. Ernst Lubitsch
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.8comedy Β· romance

Romantic where it counts, darkly funny underneath

The difference: 50 years apart, and the 1930s show

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

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The Ruling Class
1972 Β· dir. Peter Medak
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· dramaMax

Witty comedy in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Miracle Mile does

When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.

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Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999 Β· dir. Michael Patrick Jann
πŸ… 47%β˜… 6.7comedy

Common ground: gun

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

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

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

Science fiction built on play, twice over

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

Both lean on tension more than on romance

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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Withnail & I
1987 Β· dir. Bruce Robinson
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· dramaMax

Darkly funny 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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Idiocracy
2006 Β· dir. Mike Judge
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.5comedy Β· science fiction Β· adventurePrime Video

Cerebral science fiction in both cases

To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.

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