Movies Like Quite Like Paradise (2024)

Quite Like Paradise is a 2024 comedy, crime, drama film from Edgar San Juan with a MovieMagicScore of 7.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Sarkar and City Hall.

Comedy Crime Drama

Sarkar

2005

Subhash Nagre runs a parallel government in the city where he has a cult following. When his enemies plot to murder him, his son takes charge and stands up against them.

6.7

MagicScore

City Hall

1996

The accidental shooting of a boy in New York City leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.

5.9

MagicScore

Operation Carwash: A Worldwide Corruption Scandal Made in Brazil

2017

2013. During Operation Bidone, the Federal Police seized a truck loaded with palm heart, which contained 697 kg of cocaine. The investigation falls on the team assembled by Ivan Romano, based in Curitiba and composed by Beatriz, Júlio and Ítalo. The traffic connections lead them to the dower Alberto Youssef and later to the former Petrobras director Paulo Roberto Costa, who reveals an immense structure involving builders and the government, in order to divert public money. As the investigation progresses, the group led by Ivan is increasingly approaching some of the country's most influential politicians.

7.0

MagicScore

Maaveeran

2023

After a head injury, cowardly newspaper cartoonist Sathya hears a voice in his mind, foretells events and puts him in precarious situations and forces him to take on a corrupt politician.

7.0

MagicScore

Malik

2021

A past ridden with crime, death and pain is recounted to Freddy, a juvenile criminal, who has been assigned to eliminate his estranged uncle Sulaiman, an aging patriarch, while behind bars.

7.2

MagicScore

Cenizas del paraíso

1997

A judge falls from the roof of the Federal Courthouse. A woman is murdered. Between them and the three sons of the judge there is a connection that will be investigated by a woman judge who is determined to discover the truth.

6.8

MagicScore

The Lives of Others

2006

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.

8.0

MagicScore

Inside Job

2010

A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.

7.7

MagicScore

The Panama Papers

2018

A documentary feature film about the biggest global corruption scandal in history, and the hundreds of journalists who risked their lives to break the story.

6.7

MagicScore

#10

The Racket

1951

The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.

6.3

MagicScore

#11

Marie: A True Story

1985

In 1978 Tennessee, a single mother and political appointee risks her career and her life to blow the whistle on rampant corruption in the penal system.

5.6

MagicScore

#12

Dhurandhar: The Revenge

2026

As rival gangs, corrupt officials and a ruthless Major Iqbal close in, Hamza's mission for his country spirals into a bloody personal war where the line between patriot and monster disappears in the streets of Lyari.

7.3

MagicScore

#13

Dhurandhar

2025

A mysterious traveler slips into the heart of Karachi's underbelly and rises through its ranks with lethal precision, only to tear the notorious ISI-Underworld nexus apart from within.

7.3

MagicScore

#14

Loro 1

2018

"Loro", in two parts, is a period movie that chronicles, as a fiction story, events likely happened in Italy (or even made up) between 2006 and 2010. "Loro" wants to suggest in portraits and glimps, through a composite constellation of characters, a moment in history, now definitively ended, which can be described in a very summary picture of the events as amoral, decadent but extraordinarily alive. Additionally, "Loro" wishes to tell the story of some Italians, fresh and ancient people at the same time: souls from a modern imaginary Purgatory who, moved by heterogeneous intents like ambition, admiration, affection, curiosity, personal interests, establish to try and orbit around the walking Paradise that is the man named Silvio Berlusconi.

6.8

MagicScore

#15

Middle Men

2009

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 conmen, mobsters, drug addicts, and pornstars.

6.5

MagicScore

#16

The Generation of Evil

2022

On the verge of retirement, Commissioner Gintas must undertake the investigation of a series of heinous murders, a dangerous task that could expose the many dirty secrets of several prominent members of the social elite of a small Lithuanian town.

6.5

MagicScore

#17

Indian 2: Zero Tolerance

2024

As corruption becomes rampant in the country, a group of idealistic youngsters attract attention of freedom fighter-turned-vigilante Senapathy through social media, who returns to his homeland to finish what he started.

3.3

MagicScore

#18

Kiss of the Spider Woman

2025

Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna.

6.1

MagicScore

#19

Power

1986

Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the man destined to succeed him, unknown and mysterious businessman Jerome Cade...

5.9

MagicScore

#20

The Campaign

2012

Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.

5.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Quite Like Paradise?

The top films similar to Quite Like Paradise by MovieMagicScore are Sarkar (6.7), City Hall (5.9), Operation Carwash: A Worldwide Corruption Scandal Made in Brazil (7.0). Each shares comedy/crime/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Quite Like Paradise worth watching?

Quite Like Paradise holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.5/10 from 34 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Quite Like Paradise?

Quite Like Paradise (2024) is a comedy, crime, drama film directed by Edgar San Juan, starring Andrea Arcangeli, Esmeralda Pimentel, Karol Sevilla.

Where can I find more recommendations like Quite Like Paradise?

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About movies like Quite Like Paradise

This ranked list pairs Quite Like Paradise (2024), a comedy and crime and drama film from Edgar San Juan, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Andrea Arcangeli 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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