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10 Best Movies Like The Crying Game

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

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#1
Watching the Detectives

Watching the Detectives

2007★ 6.3

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

Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life fem...

#2
How to Murder Your Wife

How to Murder Your Wife

1965★ 6.3

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

Stanley Ford leads an idyllic bachelor life. He is a nationally syndicated cartoonist whose Bash Brannigan series provides him with a luxury townhouse and a full-time valet, Charle...

#3
French Girl

French Girl

2024★ 6.2

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

Sweet Gordon, an affable English teacher in Brooklyn, has beaten the odds; a French Girl has fallen in love with him and he’s fallen even harder back. But their future is thrown in...

#4
¿Quieres ser mi hijo?

¿Quieres ser mi hijo?

2023★ 8.6

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

Lu, a conformist woman in her forties, learns that her 15-year partner has been having extramarital affairs. Starting from scratch, she gets involved in an unexpected relationship ...

#5
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

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

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#6
Dean

Dean

2016★ 5.8

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

A comedy about loss, grief, and the redemptive power of love. Dean is a NY illustrator who falls hard for an LA woman while trying to prevent his father from selling the family hom...

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