Top 10 awesome movies like Wish You Were Dead that you will enjoy watching

You just finished watching Wish You Were Dead and you can't get over how good this movie was. Now you want to watch more of such masterpieces. We have curated a list of similar movies which are created by the likes of Valerie McCaffrey, Cary Elwes and Elaine Hendrix . Here goes the list -

Very Mean Men
Double Whammy
Formula 51
Guardian Angels
The Jerky Boys
Get Shorty
Middle Men
Excess Baggage
Short Time
Taxman

1. Very Mean Men

   A bartender wants rid of an obnoxious drunk but not until the drunk has left a decent tip. So the bartender tells the story of two mobster families, the Minettis who work out of an Italian restaurant in the East San Fernando Valley, and the Mulroneys who work out of an Irish pub in the West San Fernando Valley. Mob war breaks out when one of the Minetti "boys" stiffs Big Paddy's daughter on her tip. We soon see why these hoods are called very mean men.

   This movie, created by Tony Vitale, Matthew Modine and Martin Landau, scores 5.8 on IMDb.

   Genres - Crime | Comedy

2. Double Whammy

   A world-weary police detective who fails to stop a fast-food restaurant massacre struggles to regain his departmental reputation, public image and self-worth.

   This movie, created by Tom DiCillo, Denis Leary and Elizabeth Hurley, scores 5.7 on IMDb.

   Genres - Comedy | Crime | Drama

   You can watch this on Amazon Prime Video and Tubi Tv.

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3. Formula 51

   An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.

   This movie, created by Ronny Yu, Samuel L. Jackson and Nigel Whitmey, scores 6.3 on IMDb.

   Genres - Action | Comedy | Crime

   You can watch this on Hoopla and Tubi Tv.

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4. Guardian Angels

   Gerard Depardieu plays a sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective who flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a friend murdered by the Chinese mob. He leaves the boy in the hands...

   This movie, created by Jean-Marie Poiré, Gérard Depardieu and Christian Clavier, scores 5.9 on IMDb.

   Genres - Action | Comedy | Crime

   You can watch this on Apple Itunes and Amazon Video.

5. The Jerky Boys

   When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicago mob boss and curry favor with organized crime in New York, the trouble begins. It isn't...

   This movie, created by James Melkonian, John G. Brennan and Kamal Ahmed, scores 4.9 on IMDb.

   Genres - Comedy | Crime

   You can watch this on Hoopla.

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6. Get Shorty

   A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt, and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job.

   This movie, created by Barry Sonnenfeld, John Travolta and Gene Hackman, scores 6.9 on IMDb.

   Genres - Thriller | Comedy | Crime

   You can watch this on Directv, Hbo Now and Hbo Now Amazon Channel.

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7. Middle Men

   Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals, and struggles not to drown in a sea of con men, mobsters, drug addicts, and porn stars.

   This movie, created by George Gallo, Luke Wilson and Giovanni Ribisi, scores 6.8 on IMDb.

   Genres - Comedy | Crime | Drama

   You can watch this on Hoopla, Tubi Tv and Netflix.

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8. Excess Baggage

   A bratty teenager fakes her own kidnapping, but gets mistakenly kidnapped for real instead.

   This movie, created by Marco Brambilla, Alicia Silverstone and Benicio Del Toro, scores 5.4 on IMDb.

   Genres - Action | Comedy | Crime

   You can watch this on Microsoft Store, Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play Movies, Apple Itunes, Fandangonow, Directv and Youtube.

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9. Short Time

   When a police detective thinks he is dying and learns that his life insurance pays out more if he dies in the line of duty, he tries to make that happen.

   This movie, created by Gregg Champion, Dabney Coleman and Matt Frewer, scores 6.4 on IMDb.

   Genres - Comedy | Crime | Drama

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10. Taxman

    A tax investigator chasing a tax evader stumbles over a series of bloody murders and gets involved in an investigation with a rookie cop despite his boss' orders to stay out of the way.

    This movie, created by Avi Nesher, Joe Pantoliano and Wade Dominguez, scores 5.1 on IMDb.

    Genres - Action | Crime | Comedy

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