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10 Best Movies Like Unlucky Monkey

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

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#1
Gonin

Gonin

1995★ 6.6

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

Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers....

#2
Closer to the Moon

Closer to the Moon

2014★ 6.5

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

A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of bank robbers to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie....

#3
Things Change

Things Change

1988★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Unlucky Monkey 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...

#4
Going in Style

Going in Style

1979★ 6.9

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

Three kindly old men decide to light up the dimming twilight of their lives with a last blaze of glory – by sticking up a Manhattan bank in broad daylight....

#5
The Yakuza

The Yakuza

1974★ 7.2

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

When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate....

#6
Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor

2002★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Unlucky Monkey for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems....

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