Movies Like Black Cat, White Cat (1998)

Black Cat, White Cat is a 1998 comedy, crime, romance film from Emir Kusturica with a MovieMagicScore of 7.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Crazy Stranger and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Comedy Crime Romance

The Crazy Stranger

1998

A man is looking for a singer he had heard on cassette. He finds much more.

7.5

MagicScore

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

2005

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

7.0

MagicScore

I Even Met Happy Gypsies

1967

The protagonist, Bora, is a charming but mean-spirited gypsy, while his older wife, Lence, is submissive. Bora is in love with the younger Tisa, who is being offered in marriage by her father. The two get themselves in trouble and eventually have to flee. Tisa rejects her husband and she and Bora get married in the church, and their adventures continue.

7.0

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Eve's Bayou

1997

Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured.

6.4

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Luck

2022

Suddenly finding herself in the never-before-seen Land of Luck, the unluckiest person in the world must unite with the magical creatures there to turn her luck around.

7.7

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Kolya

1996

After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s not long before the communication barrier is broken between the two new family members.

7.3

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Brideshead Revisited

2008

Artist Charles Ryder runs into aristocrat Julia Flyte and recalls his friendship with her eccentric family prior to the outbreak of the Second World War.

6.3

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Time of the Gypsies

1988

In this luminous tale set in the former Yugoslavia, Perhan, an engaging young Romany with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime that threatens to destroy him and those he loves.

7.6

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Stroszek

1977

Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he ekes out a living as a street musician. He befriends Eva, a prostitute down on her luck and they join his neighbor, Scheitz, an elderly eccentric, when he leaves Germany to live in Wisconsin.

7.3

MagicScore

#10

Curse of the Devil

1973

An ancient curse causes the ancestor of a witch hunter to turn into a bloodthirsty werewolf.

5.4

MagicScore

#11

Brides of Blood

1968

Americans investigating the results of nuclear radiation discover a man-eating monster on a remote island.

4.6

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#12

Empties

2007

Czech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realises one day that he no longer understands his pupils, and so he quits… dramatically. What he does not predict is that in doing this he will lose his sense of place in society.

6.7

MagicScore

#13

The Young Girls of Rochefort

1967

Delphine and Solange are two sisters living in Rochefort. Delphine is a dancing teacher and Solange composes and teaches the piano. Maxence is a poet and a painter. He is doing his military service. Simon owns a music shop, he left Paris one month ago to come back where he fell in love 10 years ago. They are looking for love, looking for each other, without being aware that their ideal partner is very close...

7.7

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#14

Caramel

2007

In a beauty salon in Beirut the lives of five women cross paths. The beauty salon is a colorful and sensual microcosm where they share and entrust their hopes, fears and expectations.

6.9

MagicScore

#15

Hi, Are You Alone?

1995

Nina is a 20 years old girl from Valladolid who lives with her divorced father, an autoritarian and conservative man. Trini is of the same age and has lost her mother. For both Valladolid and their families have nothing to offer and therefore they go on a risky voyage to the Costa del Sol at the south of Spain.

5.0

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#16

Silver Linings Playbook

2012

After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he shared his obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when he meets Tiffany Maxwell who offers to help him reconnect with his wife if he will do something very important for her in exchange.

7.1

MagicScore

#17

Chick Fight

2020

When Anna Wyncomb is introduced to an underground, all-female fight club in order to turn the mess of her life around, she discovers she is much more personally connected to the history of the club than she could ever imagine.

5.8

MagicScore

#18

Employee of the Month

2004

"Employee of the Month" is about a guy whose day spirals from bad to worse when he gets fired from his dream job at the bank and is dumped by his fiancée Sara. David's best friend Jack tries to convince him it's for the best, but the opposite occurs when bank robberies and millions of dollars become part of his day from hell.

5.7

MagicScore

#19

Odette Toulemonde

2007

Objectively, Odette Toulemonde has nothing to be happy about, but is. Balthazar Balsan has everything to be happy about, but isn’t. Odette, awkwardly forty, with a delightful hairdresser son and a daughter bogged down in adolescence, spends her days behind the cosmetic’s counter in a department store and her nights sewing feathers on costumes for Parisian variety shows. She dreams of thanking Balthazar Balsan, her favorite author, to whom – she believes – she owes her optimism. The rich and charming Parisian writer then turns up in her life in an unexpected way.

5.6

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#20

Times and Winds

2006

In a small, poor village leaning over high rocky mountains, the villagers are simple and diligent people who struggle to cope with a harsh nature. They earn their living off the earth and a few animals they feed. Fathers always prefer one of their sons. Mothers command their daughters ruthlessly. Ömer, the son of the imam, wishes hopelessly for the death of his father. When he understands that wishful thinking does not have any concrete results, he begins to search for childish ways to kill his father. Yakup is in love with his teacher, and one day after seeing his father spying on the teacher he dreams too, like Ömer, of killing his father. Yıldız studies and tries to manage the household chores imposed by her mother. She learns with irritation about the secrets of the relationship between men and women.

7.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Black Cat, White Cat?

The top films similar to Black Cat, White Cat by MovieMagicScore are The Crazy Stranger (7.5), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (7.0), I Even Met Happy Gypsies (7.0). Each shares comedy/crime/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Black Cat, White Cat worth watching?

Black Cat, White Cat holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.7/10 from 777 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Black Cat, White Cat?

Black Cat, White Cat (1998) is a comedy, crime, romance film directed by Emir Kusturica, starring Bajram Severdžan, Srđan 'Žika' Todorović, Zabit Memedov.

Where can I find more recommendations like Black Cat, White Cat?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Black Cat, White Cat

This ranked list pairs Black Cat, White Cat (1998), a comedy and crime and romance film from Emir Kusturica, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Bajram Severdžan take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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