
10 Best Movies Like Up the River
If you loved Up the River, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Up the River for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his p...

Fun with Dick and Jane
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Up the River for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation....

Stir Crazy
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Up the River for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promot...

Bill Burr: Walk Your Way Out
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Up the River for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
No-nonsense comic Bill Burr takes the stage in Nashville and riffs on fast food, overpopulation, dictators and gorilla sign language....

Two-Way Stretch
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Up the River for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail...

Big Stan
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Up the River for fans of Comedy. 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...