Movies like Wise Guys

“Wise Guys (1986) is a 1980s American crime-comedy that frames mobland misfortune through two mismatched errand boys. Its core conflict — a lost $250,000 and a set-up that forces the men into lethal suspicion — is staged with deadpan timing and episodic set pieces against high-contrast visual moments. The film uses comic rapport to undercut gangster mythology and thereby exposes the small-time moral compromises at the heart of survival.”