
Movies that feel like Cocaine Bear (2023)
If you loved Cocaine Bear, the closest films we have are Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021), The Hustle (2019) and One Battle After Another (2025). All three share Cocaine Bear's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.
If Cocaine Bear hit the spot, these will too

Tense and witty in the same breath
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

The same preoccupation in both: satirical
The difference: Missing the tension of Cocaine Bear

Both land play and grit at once

Tense thriller, and it commits to that
The difference: Sits closer to drama than Cocaine Bear does


Crime with a pulse of play, in both cases


Elizabeth Banks working the same nerve twice
The difference: Leans harder into action than Cocaine Bear does

Both are built on the same subject: a true story


Both lean on play more than on thriller

One thread runs through both: a true story
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