Movies Like Used Cars

Though widely known as a crime thriller, Fargo also includes a humorous portrayal of a desperate car salesman caught in an extortion gone wrong. The combination of dark comedy and a salesman protagonist may appeal to those who enjoyed Used Cars.

Based on David Mamet's Pulitzer-winning play, Glengarry Glen Ross offers a potent take on the high-pressure lives of real estate salesmen. While drastically different in tone from Used Cars, it similarly explores the seedy side of the sales industry and the dubious morality of its characters.

Tommy Boy is a road-trip comedy about the heir to an auto parts factory trying to save his late father’s business. The film's humor regarding sales pitches, business saving tactics, and the car industry serves up laughs in a manner that should resonate with fans of Used Cars.

Starring Robin Williams, Cadillac Man features a car salesman whose life is in disarray. Like Used Cars, it combines humor with a narrative on the desperate measures a salesman will resort to in order to keep his job and handle the pressures of his personal life.

Tin Men delves into the shifty world of two rival aluminum siding salesmen in 1963 Baltimore. In a similar vein to Used Cars, this comedy-drama directed by Barry Levinson offers a humorous take on the lengths to which salesmen will go to close a deal, demonstrating the high stakes and competition in the world of selling.

This comedy brings the laughs with the story of a used-car liquidator hired to save a struggling dealership during a patriotic holiday sale. Fans of Used Cars will appreciate the raucous and irreverent take on the car sales business, complete with a cast of eccentric characters.

Middle Men is about the early days of online commerce and the people who capitalized on it. While focusing on a different industry, just like Used Cars, it portrays the lengths people will go for success in the sales industry, combining elements of crime and humor.