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Movies that feel likePulp Fiction (1994)

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

If you loved Pulp Fiction, the closest films we have are Inglourious Basterds (2009), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) and Lethal Weapon 3 (1992). All three share Pulp Fiction's darkly funny feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is In China They Eat Dogs (1999).

🍅 92% Rotten Tomatoes★ 8.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Quentin Tarantinostylishdarkly funnygrittytwistykinetic
9 of 12 streaming nowHBO Max · Hulu · Disney Plus

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Inglourious Basterds
2009 · dir. Quentin Tarantino
🍅 89%★ 8.4drama · thriller · warHulu

Quentin Tarantino working the same nerve twice

The difference: Takes it somewhere less gritty than Pulp Fiction does

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

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The Long Kiss Goodnight
1996 · dir. Renny Harlin
🍅 67%★ 6.8crime · action · mystery

One thread runs through both: dark comedy

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her.

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Lethal Weapon 3
1992 · dir. Richard Donner
🍅 63%★ 6.7action · thriller · crime

Cops and crooks trading quips while the bullets fly

The difference: Formula buddy-cop plotting with none of the structural play

Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.

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Kick-Ass
2010 · dir. Matthew Vaughn
🍅 78%★ 7.6action · crime

Common ground: dark comedy

The difference: Easier on the style than Pulp Fiction

Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.

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The Hateful Eight
2015 · dir. Quentin Tarantino
🍅 74%★ 7.8drama · mystery · western

Both are Quentin Tarantino's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Pulp Fiction does

Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.

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

Darkly funny and gritty in the same breath

The difference: Sits closer to action than Pulp Fiction does

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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Sister Act
1992 · dir. Emile Ardolino
🍅 73%★ 6.6music · comedyDisney+

Comedy built on style, twice over

When lively lounge singer Deloris sees her mobster beau commit murder, she is relocated for her protection. Set up in the guise of a nun in a California convent, she proceeds to upend the quiet lives of the resident sisters.

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Oldboy
2003 · dir. Park Chan-wook
🍅 82%★ 8.3thriller · mysteryRent or buy

Both lean on twists more than on thriller

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.

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

Crime as a career path, narrated with a grin and a body count

The difference: The satire is despairing — the cartel war is the real punchline

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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Fargo
1996 · dir. Joel Coen
🍅 95%★ 8.1crime · drama · thrillerHulu

Crime going wrong among people too dim to see it coming

The difference: Chilly and restrained — pity where Pulp Fiction is cool

Jerry Lundegaard is a small-town Minnesota car salesman deeply in debt and willing to do almost anything to get out. Police chief Marge Gunderson discovers a string of violent crimes as Jerry's schemes spiral out of control.

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🍅 79%★ 6.1action · crimeMax

Kinetic crime, and it commits to that

The difference: 26 years apart, and the 2020s show

Harley Quinn joins forces with a singer, an assassin and a police detective to help a young girl who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare diamond from a crime lord.

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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1991 · dir. David Zucker
🍅 77%★ 6.9comedy · crimeParamount+

Crime-world absurdity delivered with a completely straight face

The difference: Pure spoof machine — gags per minute, zero menace

Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.

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