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10 Best Movies Like Pain & Gain

If you loved Pain & Gain, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Cotton Comes to Harlem

Cotton Comes to Harlem

1970★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pain & Gain for fans of Comedy & Crime & Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York...

#2
Big Stan

Big Stan

2007★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pain & Gain for fans of Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A weak con man panics when he learns he's going to prison for fraud. He hires a mysterious martial arts guru who helps transform him into a martial arts expert who can fight off in...

#3
Keanu

Keanu

2016★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pain & Gain for fans of Comedy & Crime & Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Friends hatch a plot to retrieve a stolen cat by posing as drug dealers for a street gang....

#4
Baywatch

Baywatch

2017★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pain & Gain for fans of Comedy & Crime & Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit. Together, they uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the future of the Bay....

#5
2 Guns

2 Guns

2013★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pain & Gain for fans of Comedy & Crime & Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two ...

#6
Criminal

Criminal

2004★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pain & Gain for fans of Comedy & Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Needing a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with a perfect poker face. The two plan a big-time scam: selling a fake Silver Certificat...

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