
Movies that feel likeThe Nice Guys (2016)
If you loved The Nice Guys, the closest films we have are Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), Hot Fuzz (2007) and Starsky & Hutch (2004). All three share The Nice Guys' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is SPL: Kill Zone (2005).
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If The Nice Guys hit the spot, these will too

Same director's wisecracking banter wrapped around a genuinely twisty case
The difference: Rougher, lower-budget riff on the formula before it was fully dialed in

Buddy-cop chemistry cracking wise while a real conspiracy unravels
The difference: Small-village satire in England, not sleazy 1970s LA noir

Same period buddy-cop swagger, undercover work and era-perfect kitsch
The difference: Broader slapstick parody, less interested in an actual mystery

A stacked whodunit that plays its murder mystery for real laughs
The difference: Drawing-room mansion mystery, not two boozy detectives loose in LA

Undercover detectives bumbling into a case that spirals out of control
The difference: South Korean fried-chicken caper, sweeter and sillier than LA noir

Two mismatched cops trading quips while stumbling onto something real
The difference: Broader, louder slapstick than the Nice Guys' shaggier period charm

An investigation played for laughs by someone badly out of their depth
The difference: Fish-out-of-water pageant plot, no noir grime to speak of

Common ground: neo-noir
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Same gritty, morally murky underworld simmering beneath the plot
The difference: Border cartel war played dead serious, no comic relief in sight

Both land wit and play at once
The difference: Easier on the paranoia than The Nice Guys

Same neo-noir grime of cops and criminals circling in the dark
The difference: A straight-faced Hong Kong martial-arts thriller, no jokes at all

Gritty where it counts, kinetic underneath
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