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10 Best Movies Like High Anxiety

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

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#1
Silent Movie

Silent Movie

1976★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to High Anxiety for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they atte...

#2
History of the World: Part I

History of the World: Part I

1981★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to High Anxiety for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition....

#3
Gone in 60 Seconds

Gone in 60 Seconds

1974★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to High Anxiety for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Insurance investigator Maindrian Pace and his team lead double-lives as unstoppable car thieves. When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one, a ...

#4
The Twelve Chairs

The Twelve Chairs

1970★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to High Anxiety for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In 1920s Soviet Russia, a fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs, lost during the revolution....

#5
Capture Kill Release

Capture Kill Release

2016★ 4.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to High Anxiety for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A couple plots to murder a random stranger just for the thrill of it, but things turn ugly when one of them decides not to go through with it....

#6
Punk: Attitude

Punk: Attitude

2005★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to High Anxiety for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

From London's 1970 mod scene to Sonic Youth, punk music has always been about attitude and anarchy. This comprehensive rockumentary traces the roots of punk, from The Velvet Underg...