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Movies that feel likeI, Tonya (2017)

Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

If you loved I, Tonya, the closest films we have are Cruella (2021), American Made (2017) and War Dogs (2016). All three share I, Tonya's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Going in Style (2017).

πŸ… 90% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Craig Gillespiecontemplativewittyplayfulgritty
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Cruella
2021 Β· dir. Craig Gillespie
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7.3comedy Β· crimeDisney+

Craig Gillespie directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Trades the stillness of I, Tonya for an angle of its own

In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.

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American Made
2017 Β· dir. Doug Liman
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· crime Β· dramaMax

Both are built on the same subject: a true story

The difference: Leans harder into crime than I, Tonya does

The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.

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War Dogs
2016 Β· dir. Todd Phillips
πŸ… 62%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· crime Β· drama

Contemplative and witty in the same breath

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

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Hustlers
2019 Β· dir. Lorene Scafaria
πŸ… 88%β˜… 6.3drama Β· comedy Β· crimeHulu

The same preoccupation in both: a true story

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

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Logan Lucky
2017 Β· dir. Steven Soderbergh
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7comedy Β· crime

Both land play and grit at once

Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.

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Going in Style
2017 Β· dir. Zach Braff
πŸ… 82%β˜… 6.6crime Β· comedy Β· drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

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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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018 Β· dir. Joel Coen
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.2western Β· comedy Β· dramaNetflix

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.

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The Hustle
2019 Β· dir. Chris Addison
πŸ… 13%β˜… 5.5comedy Β· crimeParamount+

One thread runs through both: competition

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

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Seven Psychopaths
2012 Β· dir. Martin McDonagh
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· crime

Playful comedy in both cases

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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Happy New Year
2014 Β· dir. Farah Khan
πŸ… 40%β˜… 5.1crime Β· comedyNetflix

Common ground: competition

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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The Longest Yard
2005 Β· dir. Peter Segal
πŸ… 31%β˜… 6.4drama Β· comedy Β· crimeParamount+Starz

Both keep coming back to the same thing: sports

Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe lands in a Texas federal penitentiary, where manipulative Warden Hazen recruits him to advise the institution's football team of prison guards. Crewe suggests a tune-up game which lands him quarterbacking a crew of inmates in a game against the guards. Aided by incarcerated ex-NFL coach and player Nate Scarborough, Crewe and his team must overcome not only the bloodthirstiness of the opposition, but also the corrupt warden trying to fix the game against them.

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Get Hard
2015 Β· dir. Etan Cohen
πŸ… 28%β˜… 6comedy Β· crimeParamount+

Drama built on grit, twice over

When millionaire hedge fund manager James is convicted of fraud and sentenced to a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him one month to get his affairs in order. Knowing that he won't survive more than a few minutes in prison on his own, James desperately turns to Darnell-- a black businessman who's never even had a parking ticket -- for help. As Darnell puts James through the wringer, both learn that they were wrong about many things, including each other.

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