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The Pharmacist

Movies Like The Pharmacist (1997)

The Pharmacist is a 1997 comedy, drama film from Rainer Kaufmann with a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Tension and Downfall.

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Tension

1949

Warren Quimby manages a drugstore while trying to keep his volatile wife, Claire, happy. However, when Claire leaves him for a liquor store salesman, Warren can no longer bear it. He decides to assume a new identity in order to murder his wife's lover without leaving a trace. Along the way, his plans are complicated by an attractive neighbor, as well as a shocking discovery that opens up a new world of doubts and accusations.

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Downfall

2004

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.

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The Infernal Trio

1974

Marseilles, 1919. Georges Sarret is a distinguished and respected lawyer, recently honoured for his services in the First World War. He takes as his lover Philomène Schmidt, a young German woman, who has just lost her job and home. To enable Philomène to remain in France, Georges finds her a husband – who dies conveniently of natural causes a month after the wedding. Georges repeats the trick with Philomène's sister, Catherine – marrying her off to an old man who dies suddenly so that the scheming trio can profit from his life insurance. When an accomplice in the scheme, Marcel Chambon, threatens to blackmail them, Georges and his two lovers have no option but to kill him and his mistress...

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Homicidal

1961

A woman named Emily checks into a hotel and offers the bellboy $2000 to temporarily marry her. We soon find out Emily is the caretaker of a wheelchair-bound mute named Helga, who was the childhood guardian of a pair of siblings: Miriam Webster and her half-brother, Warren, who is about to inherit the estate of their late father. Who is the mysterious Emily and what are her intentions?

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The Young Poisoner's Handbook

1995

Graham Young is a teenage misfit living in suburban London in the 1960s. He hates his stepmother but loves chemistry, and the two impulses unite in a wicked plot to slowly poison her. After she dies, he's found guilty and sent to a psychiatric hospital, where an idealistic doctor thinks he can be cured.

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The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

1928

A young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg.

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The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales

1960

A taxidermist decides to murder his wife after having to put up with her after twenty years of hellish marriage.

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Arsenic and Old Lace

1944

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!

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The Match Factory Girl

1990

Iris is a shy and dowdy young woman stuck in a dead-end job at a match factory, who dreams of finding love at the local dancehall. Finding herself pregnant after a one-night stand and abandoned by the father, Iris finally decides the time has come to get even and she begins to plot her revenge.

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The Damned

1969

In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime.

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The Snorkel

1958

On the Italian coast, writer Paul Decker has grown unhappy in his marriage and executes what appears to be a perfect murder of his wife. While Paul is believed to be writing a book in France, his stepdaughter, Candy, suspects him of murdering her mother, as well as her father years before. With the police unwilling to investigate any further, Candy sets out to confirm her suspicions and take Paul down herself.

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Bone Tomahawk

2015

During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.

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Shrew's Nest

2014

Spain, 1950s. Montse's agoraphobia keeps her locked in a sinister apartment in Madrid and her only link to reality is the little sister she lost her youth raising. But one day, a reckless young neighbor, Carlos, falls down the stairwell and drags himself to their door. Someone has entered the shrew's nest... perhaps he'll never leave.

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Madeleine

1950

The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her long-standing affair with a Frenchman.

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Ivy

1947

When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what to do with her husband, Jervis, or her lover, Dr. Roger. She then hatches a plan to get rid of them both.

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The Premature Burial

1962

An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational fear of premature burial consumes him.

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Daughter of the Dragon

1931

At her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard detective.

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Woman of Straw

1964

Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.

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Murder at the Gallop

1963

Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself.

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The Sensuous Nurse

1975

Greedy relatives hire a sensual caregiver to hasten the demise of a wealthy count suffering from a heart condition.

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Pharmacist?

The top films similar to The Pharmacist by MovieMagicScore are Tension (6.8), Downfall (7.9), The Infernal Trio (5.2). Each shares comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Pharmacist worth watching?

The Pharmacist holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10 from 21 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Pharmacist?

The Pharmacist (1997) is a comedy, drama film directed by Rainer Kaufmann, starring Katja Riemann, Jürgen Vogel, Richy Müller.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Pharmacist?

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 The Pharmacist

This ranked list pairs The Pharmacist (1997), a comedy and drama film from Rainer Kaufmann, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Katja Riemann 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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