
Movies that feel likeThe Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
If you loved The Wolf of Wall Street, the closest films we have are War Dogs (2016), Cruella (2021) and Hustlers (2019). All three share The Wolf of Wall Street's gritty and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Logan Lucky (2017).
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If The Wolf of Wall Street hit the spot, these will too

Two hustlers ride an absurd true story of easy money straight into the wall
The difference: Smaller scale, and the hangover hits much sooner

A charismatic schemer narrates their own gleeful rise through style and fraud
The difference: A stylish revenge fable, not a cautionary binge

Scammers milking Wall Street money with swagger, drawn from a true story
The difference: The grifters are the exploited ones here β sympathy replaces excess

Unreliable narrators spinning a tabloid-true American rise and faceplant
The difference: Working-class desperation, not Wall Street appetite

Another grinning American opportunist flying high on money he shouldn't have
The difference: Cruise's charm keeps it breezier than Belfort's debauchery

Scorsese seduces you with the lifestyle before showing the bill
The difference: Real violence underneath the fun β the danger is bodily

The same mix in both: grit, then wit
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Both lean on play more than on crime
The difference: Easier on the stillness than The Wolf of Wall Street

One thread runs through both: money

Comedy with a pulse of grit, in both cases

Both are built on the same subject: con artist

A cheerfully amoral scheme executed by people who can't quite believe it's working
The difference: Blue-collar heist charm instead of penthouse decadence
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