
10 Best Movies Like Schadenfreude
If you loved Schadenfreude, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Zero Effect
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Schadenfreude for fans of Comedy & Crime & Mystery. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Daryl Zero is a private investigator and—along with his assistant, Steve Arlo—he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Although Daryl's a master investigator, he doesn't know what ...

Fun with Dick and Jane
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Schadenfreude for fans of Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation....

The Cheap Detective
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Schadenfreude for fans of Comedy & Crime & Mystery. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wi...

Another Thin Man
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Schadenfreude for fans of Comedy & Crime & Mystery. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate....

Mr. Right
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Schadenfreude for fans of Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him....

Song of the Thin Man
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Schadenfreude for fans of Comedy & Crime & Mystery. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club....