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Movies that feel likeWar Dogs (2016)

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.

If you loved War Dogs, the closest films we have are Logan Lucky (2017), American Made (2017) and Seven Psychopaths (2012). All three share War Dogs' 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).

🍅 62% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Todd Phillipswittyplayfulgrittycontemplative
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Logan Lucky
2017 · dir. Steven Soderbergh
🍅 92%★ 7comedy · crime

Both land wit and play at once

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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American Made
2017 · dir. Doug Liman
🍅 85%★ 7.2comedy · crime · dramaMax

The same mix in both: grit, then stillness

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

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

Comedy built on wit, twice over

The difference: Easier on the stillness than War Dogs

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

Playful crime, 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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Starsky & Hutch
2004 · dir. Todd Phillips
🍅 63%★ 6.1comedy · crime

The same hand behind both of them: Todd Phillips

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than War Dogs does

Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.

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

Both lean on grit more than on drama

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

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The Longest Yard
2005 · dir. Peter Segal
🍅 31%★ 6.4drama · comedy · crimeParamount+Starz

Both are built on the same subject: corruption

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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Due Date
2010 · dir. Todd Phillips
🍅 39%★ 6.5comedy · drama

Both are Todd Phillips's work, and they rhyme

Peter Highman must scramble across the US in five days to be present for the birth of his first child. He gets off to a bad start when his wallet and luggage are stolen, and put on the 'no-fly' list. Peter embarks on a terrifying journey when he accepts a ride from an actor.

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

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

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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Horrible Bosses
2011 · dir. Seth Gordon
🍅 69%★ 6.9comedy · crimeParamount+

Playful crime in both cases

For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers... permanently.

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

Gritty drama, and it commits to that

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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The Hustle
2019 · dir. Chris Addison
🍅 13%★ 5.5comedy · crimeParamount+

Cut from the same comedy cloth

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."

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