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10 Best Movies Like The Monkey Hustle

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

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#1
Things Change

Things Change

1988★ 6.1

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

Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mi...

#2
No Retreat, No Surrender

No Retreat, No Surrender

1986★ 6.3

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

The mob is trying to strongarm local martial arts schools, forcing young Jason Stillwell and his family to move after his father is injured defending their dojo. With his father n...

#3
F.I.S.T.

F.I.S.T.

1978★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Monkey Hustle for fans of Action & Crime & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthle...

#4
The Dream Team

The Dream Team

1989★ 6.1

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

Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, befo...

#5
How to Rob a Bank

How to Rob a Bank

2007★ 5.8

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

Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation....

#6
The Seven-Ups

The Seven-Ups

1973★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Monkey Hustle for fans of Action & Crime & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money....

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