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10 Best Movies Like Ruthless People

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

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#1
Cecil B. Demented

Cecil B. Demented

2000★ 6.4

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

A young lunatic director and his devoted cult of cinema terrorists kidnap a Hollywood movie goddess and force her to star in their radical underground movie....

#2
Swimming with Sharks

Swimming with Sharks

1994★ 6.6

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

Guy is a young film executive who's willing to do whatever it takes to make it in Hollywood. He begins working for famed producer Buddy Ackerman, a domineering, manipulative, coldh...

#3
Fun with Dick and Jane

Fun with Dick and Jane

2005★ 6.2

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

After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent peo...

#4
The Mexican

The Mexican

2001★ 6.0

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

Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"...

#5
Seven Psychopaths

Seven Psychopaths

2012★ 6.8

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

A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu....

#6
Gringo

Gringo

2018★ 5.9

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

An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico....

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