Movies Like Thin Ice (2012)

Thin Ice is a 2012 comedy, crime, drama film from Jill Sprecher with a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Secret of the Wings and The Legend of Sarila.

Comedy Crime Drama

Secret of the Wings

2012

Tinkerbell wanders into the forbidden Winter woods and meets Periwinkle. Together they learn the secret of their wings and try to unite the warm fairies and the winter fairies to help Pixie Hollow.

7.2

MagicScore

The Legend of Sarila

2013

Three young Inuits set off in search of a promised land to save their clan from starvation.

4.6

MagicScore

Scott of the Antarctic

1948

The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him

7.2

MagicScore

Snowpiercer

2013

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.

6.9

MagicScore

Osmosis Jones

2001

A white blood cell policeman, with the help of a cold pill, must stop a deadly virus from destroying the human they live in, Frank.

6.5

MagicScore

Wind Chill

2007

Two college students share a ride home for the holidays. When they break down on a deserted stretch of road, they're preyed upon by the ghosts of people who have died there.

5.8

MagicScore

Cold Sweat

1970

During the Korean War, Joe Moran, is convicted for striking a colonel. Imprisoned in Germany he encounters his former company commander Captain Ross, jailed for black marketeering. Together with Ross' cohorts Joe agrees to escape with them, but things go wrong and a policeman is killed. An appalled Joe escapes by himself, abandoning the others, who are recaptured. Years later Joe has a boat rental business where he is found by Ross. Now a wanted drug smuggler he wants the use of Joe's boats and to ensure his cooperation, they kidnap his wife and daughter.

5.7

MagicScore

Serie Noire

1979

In the shadowy outskirts of Paris, a desperate door-to-door salesman crosses paths with a mysterious young woman trapped in a grim world. As his obsession deepens, his grip on reality begins to slip—and the line between escape and destruction starts to blur.

7.5

MagicScore

The Last Stop in Yuma County

2024

While awaiting the next fuel truck at a middle-of-nowhere Arizona rest stop, a traveling young knife salesman is thrust into a high-stakes hostage situation by the arrival of two similarly stranded bank robbers with no qualms about using cruelty—or cold, hard steel—to protect their bloodstained, ill-gotten fortune.

7.0

MagicScore

#10

The Green Man

1956

Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for killing his targets with bombs. After disposing of a dictator and millionaire, Hawkins is assigned to kill a politician who is heading to a remote hotel, The Green Man, for a secret tryst with his secretary. There, however, Hawkins' plot is discovered by vacuum salesman William Blake, who determines to stop him.

6.9

MagicScore

#11

The Big Kahuna

1999

Three salesmen working for a firm that makes industrial lubricants are waiting in the company's "hospitality suite" at a manufacturers' convention for a "big kahuna" named Dick Fuller to show up, in hopes they can persuade him to place an order that could salvage the company's flagging sales.

6.7

MagicScore

#12

Cemetery Junction

2010

In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie, the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever.

6.5

MagicScore

#13

Rubin & Ed

1992

Reclusive Rubin Farr teams up with vocal but unsuccessful multi-level salesman Ed Tuttle on a quest to bury Rubin's dead cat in the "perfect spot." Their trip takes them across Utah's desert where they have run-ins with Ed's ex-wife Rula and an elusive Andy Warhol critic.

6.4

MagicScore

#14

Pocket Listing

2016

A satirical thriller about L.A.'s real estate roller coaster. Double crosses, adultery, murder, mistaken identity, and revenge ensues when a mysterious power player and his sultry wife hire a disgraced Los Angeles property broker to discreetly market and sell their Malibu villa.

6.2

MagicScore

#15

All Saints

2017

Michael Spurlock decides to trade in his corporate sales career to become a pastor. Unfortunately, his first assignment is to close a country church and sell the prime piece of land where it sits. He soon has a change of heart when the church starts to welcome refugees from Burma. Spurlock now finds himself working with the refugees to turn the land into a working farm to pay the church's bills.

6.2

MagicScore

#16

Everything Must Go

2011

When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.

6.2

MagicScore

#17

The Man

2005

A case of mistaken identity forces a Federal agent and a dental supply salesman to team up as they speed through the streets of Detroit to pull off a sting operation and solve the murder of the agent's former partner.

5.8

MagicScore

#18

Suckers

1999

A fiercely dishonest car salesman hires a new employee who owes a serious debt to loan sharks.

5.7

MagicScore

#19

All Is Bright

2013

Two ne’er-do-wells from Quebec travel to New York City with a scheme to get rich quick selling Christmas trees.

5.4

MagicScore

#20

The Thing

1982

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

8.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Thin Ice?

The top films similar to Thin Ice by MovieMagicScore are Secret of the Wings (7.2), The Legend of Sarila (4.6), Scott of the Antarctic (7.2). Each shares comedy/crime/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Thin Ice worth watching?

Thin Ice holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10 from 172 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Thin Ice?

Thin Ice (2012) is a comedy, crime, drama film directed by Jill Sprecher, starring Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Billy Crudup.

Where can I find more recommendations like Thin Ice?

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 Thin Ice

This ranked list pairs Thin Ice (2012), a comedy and crime and drama film from Jill Sprecher, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Greg Kinnear 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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