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10 Best Movies Like The Harder They Come

If you loved The Harder They Come, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
I ♥ Huckabees

I ♥ Huckabees

2004★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Harder They Come for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wo...

#2
A Samurai in Time

A Samurai in Time

2024★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Harder They Come for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A samurai who gets hit by lightning wakes up to find himself on a film set in the present day and starts to work as an extra on samurai films....

#3
Scrapper

Scrapper

2023★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Harder They Come for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A resourceful 12-year-old, who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working-class suburb of London, makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali and keeps the social worker...

#4
Streetwise

Streetwise

1984★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Harder They Come for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

This documentary about teenagers living on the streets in Seattle began as a magazine article. The film follows nine teenagers who discuss how they live by panhandling, prostitutio...

#5
The Groove Tube

The Groove Tube

1974★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Harder They Come for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Television programming takes it on the chin in this ribald spoof of the networks....

#6
The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry

The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry

2008★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Harder They Come for fans of Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The Upsetter tells the fascinating story of Lee Scratch Perry a visionary musician and artist from poor rural Jamaica who journeyed to the big city of Kingston in the late 1950’s w...