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Movies that feel likeWild Tales (2014)

Injustice and the demands of the world can cause stress for many people. Some of them, however, explode. This includes a waitress serving a grouchy loan shark, an altercation between two motorists, an ill-fated wedding reception, and a wealthy businessman who tries to buy his family out of trouble.

If you loved Wild Tales, the closest films we have are Riders of Justice (2020), OMG: Oh My God! (2012) and Carnage (2011). All three share Wild Tales' contemplative and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Cold in July (2014).

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Riders of Justice
2020 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
🍅 96%★ 7.5action · comedy · drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: revenge

The difference: Trades the dark humor of Wild Tales for an angle of its own

Markus returns home to care for his daughter when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. However, when a survivor of the wreck surfaces and claims foul play, Markus suspects his wife was murdered and embarks on a mission to find those responsible.

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OMG: Oh My God!
2012 · dir. Umesh Shukla
★ 8.1comedy · drama

Contemplative where it counts, witty underneath

The difference: Takes it somewhere less tense than Wild Tales does

A shopkeeper takes God to court when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake.

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Carnage
2011 · dir. Roman Polanski
🍅 71%★ 7.1comedy · drama

Common ground: dark comedy

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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Triangle of Sadness
2022 · dir. Ruben Östlund
🍅 71%★ 7.2comedy · dramaNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: dark comedy

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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I Care a Lot
2021 · dir. J Blakeson
🍅 79%★ 6.4crime · thriller · dramaNetflix

Tense and playful in the same breath

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Wild Tales does

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

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The Killer
2023 · dir. David Fincher
🍅 85%★ 6.7crime · thrillerNetflix

One thread runs through both: revenge

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

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Men & Chicken
2015 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
★ 6.7comedy · drama

Drama built on dark humor, 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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All My Friends Are Dead
2020 · dir. Jan Belcl
★ 5.9comedy · drama · thrillerNetflix

Both lean on stillness more than on thriller

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

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Look Who's Back
2015 · dir. David Wnendt
★ 7comedyRent or buy

Witty comedy in both cases

When Adolf Hitler reawakens at the site of his former bunker in present-day Berlin, he is mistaken for a comedian and quickly becomes a media phenomenon.

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Election
1999 · dir. Alexander Payne
🍅 92%★ 7.2comedy · dramaParamount+

Playful drama, and it commits to that

A high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician.

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Death to Smoochy
2002 · dir. Danny DeVito
🍅 42%★ 6.3comedy · crime · drama

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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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Cold in July
2014 · dir. Jim Mickle
🍅 84%★ 6.7drama · thriller

Relentless comedy in both cases

While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.

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