Movies like How to Make a Killing (2026)

Name: How to Make a Killing
Released: 2026

10 films to watch after How to Make a Killing, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way.

1

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Fit 67%

Shares Thriller, Crime and Comedy with How to Make a Killing.

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
2

Ca$h (2010)

Fit 63%

Shares Crime, Thriller and Comedy with How to Make a Killing.

A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a tumultuous adventure through the streets of Chicago, each are pulled deeper and deeper into a desperate spiral of deception and violence – all in the name of money.
3

Family Plot (1976)

Fit 62%

Shares Comedy, Crime and Thriller with How to Make a Killing.

Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
4

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)

Fit 61%

Shares Thriller and Comedy with How to Make a Killing.

When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.
5

Cul-de-sac (1966)

Fit 55%

Shares Thriller, Comedy and Crime with How to Make a Killing.

On the run and in search of help, two wounded gangsters find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.
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Kontroll (2003)

Fit 54%

Shares Comedy, Crime and Thriller with How to Make a Killing.

A subway enforcement officer working in the oppressively gray Budapest metro gets a chance at love — but first he needs to find out why passengers are jumping — or being pushed — to their deaths onto the tracks.
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Sleuth (2007)

Fit 47%

Shares Thriller with How to Make a Killing.

Locked in a high-tech English manor, bound in a deadly duel of wits, Andrew Wyke and Milo Tindle come together as English gentlemen to discuss the matter of Wyke's wife: the woman both are sleeping with.
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The Wrecking Crew (2026)

Fit 46%

Shares Comedy and Crime with How to Make a Killing.

Estranged half-brothers Jonny and James reunite after their father's mysterious death. As they search for the truth, buried secrets reveal a conspiracy threatening to tear their family apart.
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We're No Angels (1989)

Fit 45%

Shares Comedy and Crime with How to Make a Killing.

Two escaped cons' only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.
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Shaft (2000)

Fit 43%

Shares Crime and Thriller with How to Make a Killing.

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.