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10 Best Movies Like The Corpse Can't Play

If you loved The Corpse Can't Play, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Things I Like, Things I Don't Like

Things I Like, Things I Don't Like

1990★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Corpse Can't Play for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Dominique Pinon takes the viewer through various examples of what he "likes and dislikes."...

#2
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Corpse Can't Play for fans of Mystery & Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#3
Inside Out

Inside Out

2015★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Corpse Can't Play for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness g...

#4
John Wick

John Wick

2014★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Corpse Can't Play for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him....

#5
Black Mass

Black Mass

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Corpse Can't Play for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Ma...

#6
Airplane!

Airplane!

1980★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Corpse Can't Play for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning....