Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Above the Line

If you loved Above the Line, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

1950★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Above the Line for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in t...

#2
Intermission

Intermission

2003★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Above the Line for fans of Comedy & Crime & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconcepti...

#3
Thick as Thieves

Thick as Thieves

1999★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Above the Line for fans of Action & Comedy & Crime & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first, a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jaz...

#4
Freebie and the Bean

Freebie and the Bean

1974★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Above the Line for fans of Action & Comedy & Crime & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two San Francisco detectives want to bring down a local hijacking boss. But they'll have to get to him before a hitman does....

#5
Closer to the Moon

Closer to the Moon

2014★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Above the Line for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of bank robbers to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie....

#6
Things Change

Things Change

1988★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Above the Line for fans of Comedy & Crime & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mi...

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