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Movies that feel like The Legend of Al, John and Jack (2002)

If you loved The Legend of Al, John and Jack, the closest films we have are American Ultra (2015), Key of Life (2012) and That's Life (1998). All three share The Legend of Al, John and Jack'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, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Hapless Depression-era gangsters Al, John and Jack find out their boss wants to get rid of them and come up with a plan to sell him to the FBI, but Al's short-term memory loss could make it difficult.

6.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Massimo Venierwittyplayfulgrittymelancholycerebral

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American Ultra
2015 · dir. Nima Nourizadeh
🍅 44%6.1action · comedy

Common ground: memory loss

The difference: Without the same grit

Mike is an unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe, is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to haunt him, Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action-hero in order to survive.

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Key of Life
2012 · dir. Kenji Uchida
7.3comedy · crime

Witty and playful in the same breath

The difference: Lighter on melancholy

A failed actor switches identities with a stranger at a bath house thinking it is his way out of his life of misery but only to find himself filling the shoes of an elite assassin.

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That's Life
1998 · dir. Massimo Venier
7comedy

Massimo Venier directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

While on the run from the police, an unlikely companionship blossoms between a funny con man who just broke out of jail, the bumbling cop whose car he seized at gunpoint, and a nitpicking civilian he unwittingly took hostage.

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Horrible Bosses
2011 · dir. Seth Gordon
🍅 69%6.9comedy · crime

The same mix in both: grit, then melancholy

For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers... permanently.

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Hera Pheri
2000 · dir. Priyadarshan
8.2comedy · crime

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

Two tenants and a landlord, in desperate need of money, chance upon a ransom call via a cross connection. They hatch a plan to claim the ransom for themselves.

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The Hangover Part II
2011 · dir. Todd Phillips
🍅 35%6.5comedy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: memory loss

The Hangover crew heads to Thailand for Stu's wedding. After the disaster of a bachelor party in Las Vegas last year, Stu is playing it safe with a mellow pre-wedding brunch. However, nothing goes as planned and Bangkok is the perfect setting for another adventure with the rowdy group.

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Toni Erdmann
2016 · dir. Maren Ade
🍅 93%7.3comedy · drama

Playful crime in both cases

The difference: Played as drama first

Convinced that his daughter has forgotten how to laugh, a father shows up unannounced while she's living abroad and bombards her with outrageous jokes.

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Safety Not Guaranteed
2012 · dir. Colin Trevorrow
🍅 91%6.9comedy · romance · science fiction

Comedy built on ideas, twice over

Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

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Bottle Rocket
1996 · dir. Wes Anderson
🍅 86%6.9comedy · crime · drama

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Dignan has hatched a harebrained scheme for an as-yet-unspecified crime spree that somehow involves his former boss, the (supposedly) legendary Mr. Henry.

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Happy New Year
2014 · dir. Farah Khan
🍅 48%5crime · comedy

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Six would-be thieves enter a prestigious dance competition as a cover for their larger goal of pulling off a major heist.

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Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002 · dir. Jay Roach
🍅 52%6.3comedy · crime

Crime with a pulse of play, in both cases

The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe—'70s kingpin Goldmember. While pursuing the team of villains to stop them from world domination, Austin gets help from his dad and an old girlfriend.

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Elling
2001 · dir. Petter Næss
🍅 85%7.5comedy · drama

Both work the same melancholy

40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.

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