Movies Like Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Into the Night

1985·1h 55m·★ 6.4·John Landis

TMDB recommendsThriller & Comedy & Crime

The Usual Suspects

1995·1h 46m·★ 8.5·Bryan Singer

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Dog Day Afternoon

1975·2h 4m·★ 8.0·Sidney Lumet

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Olsen Gang Sees Red

1976·1h 40m·★ 7.7·Erik Balling

TMDB recommendsComedy & Crime

A Fish Called Wanda

1988·1h 49m·★ 7.5·Charles Crichton

TMDB recommendsComedy & Crime

Bullitt

1968·1h 53m·★ 7.4·Peter Yates

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Something Wild

1986·1h 54m·★ 6.9·Jonathan Demme

TMDB recommendsCrime & Comedy

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

2004·1h 35m·★ 6.9·Niels Mueller

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

15 Minutes

2001·2h·★ 6.1·John Herzfeld

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The President's Analyst

1967·1h 43m·★ 6.8·Theodore J. Flicker

Both star James Coburn & Severn DardenComedy & Thriller

Torrente 5: Operation Eurovegas

2014·1h 42m·★ 5.3·Santiago Segura

TMDB recommendsComedy & Crime

LaRoy, Texas

2024·1h 50m·★ 6.5·Shane Atkinson

Fans also likedCrime & Comedy & Thriller

His Kind of Woman

1951·2h·★ 7.0·John Farrow

Fans also likedCrime & Comedy & Thriller

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

1974·1h 33m·★ 6.6·John Hough

Fans also likedCrime & Comedy & Thriller

Catch Me If You Can

2002·2h 21m·★ 8.1·Steven Spielberg

TMDB recommends

The Terminal

2004·2h 8m·★ 7.4·Steven Spielberg

TMDB recommends

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1953·1h 31m·★ 7.1·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommends

American Graffiti

1973·1h 52m·★ 7.4·George Lucas

TMDB recommends

Going in Style

1979·1h 37m·★ 7.1·Martin Brest

Fans also likedCrime & Comedy

Each Dawn I Die

1939·1h 32m·★ 7.2·William Keighley

Fans also likedCrime & Thriller

How Good Is Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.