Movies like Cookie: 20 to watch next
If you loved Cookie (1989) — a comedy and crime film directed by Susan Seidelman — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Cookie most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like gangster, rebel and mafia. 11 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Married to the Mob 1988★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy, Crime
Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo, Angela and her son depart for New York City to make a fresh start. Unfortunately, Tony has set his sights upon Angela -- and so has an undercover FBI agent looking to use her to bust Tony.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Absolution 2024★ 5.9
Shares: Crime
An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and reconnect with his estranged children. He is determined to leave a positive legacy for his grandson, but the criminal underworld isn’t done with him and won’t loosen their grip willingly.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
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Risqué 2025★ 7.5
Shares: Crime
Fired from a strip club, a vengeful dancer masterminds a high-stakes heist with fellow strippers to take down the corrupt boss and the men who underestimate them.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Analyze That 2002★ 5.8
Shares: Comedy, Crime
The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel for help and finds that Sobel needs some serious help himself as he has inherited the family practice, as well as an excess stock of stress.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Foxy Brown 1974★ 6.3
Shares: Crime
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel, Artiflix
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The Protector 1985★ 5.9
Shares: Crime
Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.
Stream in India on Tencent Video
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Mafia Mamma 2023★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy, Crime
A suburban American woman inherits her grandfather’s Mafia empire and, guided by the Firm’s trusted consigliere, defies everyone’s expectations, including her own, as the new head of the family business.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Pope of Greenwich Village 1984★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Crime
Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150,000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Stone Cold Fox 2025★ 6.3
Shares: Crime
In this '80s-set revenge story, the defiant Fox breaks out of an abusive commune in search of her family. But when the queenpin kidnaps her little sister and sends a crooked cop after her, Fox has no choice but to infiltrate the very place she escaped.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Who Is Cletis Tout? 2001★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Crime
With a hitman’s gun aimed at him, Finch tells the story of how he broke out of jail, fell in love, and took the identity of a man wanted by the Mafia.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Cotton Comes to Harlem 1970★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Crime
Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York City police officers Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson look into O'Malley's scam, they learn that the cash is being smuggled inside a bale of cotton. However, the police, O'Malley, and lots of others find themselves scrambling when the money goes missing.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Ca$h 2010★ 5.9
Shares: Crime, Comedy
A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a tumultuous adventure through the streets of Chicago, each are pulled deeper and deeper into a desperate spiral of deception and violence – all in the name of money.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Code 8 Part II 2024★ 6.4
Shares: Crime
In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Black Caesar 1973★ 5.9
Shares: Crime
Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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The Brothers Rico 1957★ 6.2
Shares: Crime
Eddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour when the police start a search for his syndicate-linked brothers who are on the lam after a big hit, forcing Eddie to get involved with the Mafia again.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The System 2022★ 7.3
Shares: Crime
When a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Pulp Fiction 1994★ 8.5
Shares: Crime, Comedy
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day 2009★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Crime
Ricky, Julian and Bubbles are about to get out of jail, and this time, Julian vows to go straight, even open a legit business. Soon the Boys will all be rich. At least that's what they've told the parole board. But when they arrive back at the park, they find it's not the same old Sunnyvale - and it's not the same old Jim Lahey, Trailer Park Supervisor.
Stream in India on Netflix
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68 Kill 2017★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Crime
Chip's problem is that he can't say no to beautiful women. This weakness gets him into a world of trouble when he agrees to help his girlfriend steal $68,000.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Wire Room 2022★ 6.0
Shares: Crime
New recruit Justin Rosa must monitor arms-smuggling cartel member Eddie Flynn — and keep him alive at all costs. When a SWAT team descends on Flynn’s home, Rosa breaks protocol and contacts the gangster directly to save his life. As gunmen break into the Wire Room and chaos erupts, Mueller and Rosa make a final, desperate stand against the corrupt agents and officials who seek to destroy evidence and kill them both.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now