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Movies that feel likeThe Hustle (2019)

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."

If you loved The Hustle, the closest films we have are Logan Lucky (2017), Seven Psychopaths (2012) and Hustlers (2019). All three share The Hustle'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).

🍅 13% Rotten Tomatoes★ 5.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Chris Addisonwittyplayfulgritty
9 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Hulu · Paramount Plus Premium

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Logan Lucky
2017 · dir. Steven Soderbergh
🍅 92%★ 7comedy · crime

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The difference: Reviewed even better

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

Comedy built on grit, 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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Hustlers
2019 · dir. Lorene Scafaria
🍅 88%★ 6.3drama · comedy · crimeHulu

Crime with a pulse of wit, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Hustle does

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

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

Both are built on the same subject: satirical

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than The Hustle does

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

Playful comedy, 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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Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994 · dir. Peter Segal
🍅 66%★ 6.5comedy · crimeParamount+

Gritty crime in both cases

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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Happy New Year
2014 · dir. Farah Khan
🍅 40%★ 5.1crime · comedyNetflix

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

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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Get Hard
2015 · dir. Etan Cohen
🍅 28%★ 6comedy · crimeParamount+

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

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

Both lean on play 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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Fun with Dick and Jane
2005 · dir. Dean Parisot
🍅 30%★ 6.2comedy · crime

A streak of grit through both

After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty good at robbing people and even enjoy it – but they have second thoughts when they're reminded that crime can hurt innocent people. When the couple hears that Globodyne boss Jack McCallister actually swindled the company, they plot revenge.

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

Cut from the same comedy cloth

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

Crime of the same temperament

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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