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10 Best Movies Like The Sleeping Lion

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

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#1
What a Mess!

What a Mess!

1995★ 6.5

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

A Russian criminal steals a giant diamond from the Mafia, hides it, and suddenly runs into his unknown brothers; unexpected, absurd events with participation of the mob, doctors, m...

#2
Closer to the Moon

Closer to the Moon

2014★ 6.6

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

A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of bank robbers to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie....

#3
A Bad Idea Gone Wrong

A Bad Idea Gone Wrong

2017★ 6.4

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

Two would-be thieves forge a surprising relationship with an unexpected housesitter when they accidentally trap themselves in a house they just broke into....

#4
Things Change

Things Change

1988★ 6.1

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

Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mi...

#5
Small Apartments

Small Apartments

2012★ 5.8

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

When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved br...

#6
Old Men: Robbers

Old Men: Robbers

1972★ 7.2

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

An old detective does not want to retire. The only way out is to prove to his boss that he still can catch criminals. The problem is that there were no crimes recently to work on. ...

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