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Movies that feel like The Hustle (2019)

If you loved The Hustle, the closest films we have are Happy New Year (2014), No manches, Frida (2016) and Going in Style (2017). All three share The Hustle'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, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

Two female scam artists, one low rent and the other high class, compete to swindle a naïve tech prodigy out of his fortune. A remake of the 1988 comedy "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels."

🍅 13% Rotten Tomatoes5.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Chris Addisonwittyplayfulgritty
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If The Hustle hit the spot, these will too

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Happy New Year
2014 · dir. Farah Khan
🍅 48%5crime · comedy

Two things both keep coming back to: competition and con artist

The difference: Reviewed even better

Six would-be thieves enter a prestigious dance competition as a cover for their larger goal of pulling off a major heist.

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No manches, Frida
2016 · dir. Nacho G. Velilla
🍅 13%5.5comedy

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: Missing the grit of The Hustle

After being released from prison, Zequi, a bank robber, sets out to recover money buried by his accomplice; but is horrified to learn that a high school gymnasium is now over the site where the loot is hidden.

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Going in Style
2017 · dir. Zach Braff
🍅 82%6.6crime · comedy

Comedy built on grit, twice over

Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.

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Identity Thief
2013 · dir. Seth Gordon
🍅 20%5.7comedy · crime

Both lean on wit more than on crime

When a mild-mannered businessman learns his identity has been stolen, he hits the road in an attempt to foil the thief -- a trip that puts him in the path of a deceptively harmless-looking woman.

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A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014 · dir. Seth MacFarlane
🍅 33%6.1comedy · western

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: Sits closer to western than The Hustle does

As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.

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Cocaine Bear
2023 · dir. Elizabeth Banks
🍅 65%5.9thriller · comedy · crime

Both are built on the same subject: satirical

Inspired by a true story, an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.

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Big Momma's House
2000 · dir. Raja Gosnell
🍅 31%5.3crime · comedy

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

When a street-smart FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a beautiful single mother and her son from an escaped convict, he is forced to impersonate a crass Southern granny known as Big Momma in order to remain incognito.

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Hustlers
2019 · dir. Lorene Scafaria
🍅 88%6.3drama · comedy · crime

Witty comedy in both cases

A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.

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Seven Psychopaths
2012 · dir. Martin McDonagh
🍅 82%7.1comedy · crime

Crime built on play, twice over

A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.

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Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002 · dir. Jay Roach
🍅 52%6.3comedy · crime

The shared currency is grit

The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe—'70s kingpin Goldmember. While pursuing the team of villains to stop them from world domination, Austin gets help from his dad and an old girlfriend.

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White Chicks
2004 · dir. Keenen Ivory Wayans
🍅 15%5.9comedy · crime

Both play comedy straight

Two FBI agent brothers, Marcus and Kevin Copeland, accidentally foil a drug bust. To avoid being fired they accept a mission escorting a pair of socialites to the Hamptons--but when the girls are disfigured in a car accident, they refuse to go. Left without options, Marcus and Kevin decide to pose as the sisters, transforming themselves from black men into rich white women.

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Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994 · dir. Peter Segal
🍅 66%6.5comedy · crime

Crime of the same temperament

The difference: 25 years apart, and the 1990s show

Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.

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