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Movies like You're Free (1972)

The best movies like You're Free (1972) are Finder's Fee (2001), BUtterfield 8 (1960) and Overboard (2018). If You're Free hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Finder's Fee (2001)

    Friends Tepper, Quigley, Fishman, and Bolan get together for a weekly poker night with two simple rules: Everyone contributes a lottery ticket to the pot, and no one checks the numbers until the game ends. But this particular, stormy night is different: Tepper plans to propose to his girlfriend, and just before the weekly game, he finds a wallet outside his apartment with a winning lottery ticket worth $6 million. Tepper calls the wallet's owner, Avery, to come collect what's his, but keeps the winning ticket for himself...only for Avery to show up and ask to play a hand.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. BUtterfield 8 (1960)

    Gloria Wandrous, a promiscuous fashion model, falls in love with Weston Liggett, the hard drinking son of a working class family who has married into money.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Overboard (2018)

    A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Office Space (1999)

    A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. To Leslie (2022)

    A West Texas single mother wins the lottery and squanders it just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. Years later, with her charm running out and nowhere to go, she fights to rebuild her life and find redemption.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. It Could Happen to You (1994)

    Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a winner, in the sum of $4 million. True to his word, Lang proceeds to share the prize money with Biasi, which infuriates his greedy wife, Muriel. Not content with the arrangement, Muriel begins scheming to take all the money.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Hands of Stone (2016)

    The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. Two for the Money (2005)

    A former college athlete joins forces with a sports consultant to handicap football games for high-rolling gamblers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. The Hustle (2019)

    Two female scam artists, one low rent and the other high class, compete to swindle a naïve tech prodigy out of his fortune. A remake of the 1988 comedy "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels."

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. Clerks (1994)

    Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. Road House (1989)

    The Double Deuce is the meanest, loudest and rowdiest bar south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and Dalton has been hired to clean it up. He might not look like much, but the Ph.D.-educated bouncer proves he's more than capable – busting the heads of troublemakers and turning the roadhouse into a jumping hot spot. But Dalton's romance with the gorgeous Dr. Clay puts him on the bad side of cutthroat local big shot Brad Wesley.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game (2023)

    The dramatic comedy is based on the true story of writer and pinball wizard Roger Sharpe, chronicling his journey to overturn New York City’s 35-year ban on pinball.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Creed (2015)

    The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)

    The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  15. Magic Mike XXL (2015)

    Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. Rocky III (1982)

    Following Rocky Balboa's intense battle with his most powerful adversary yet – the ferocious Clubber Lang – Rocky joins forces with former rival Apollo Creed in an effort to get back his fighting spirit.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. Happy Gilmore (1996)

    Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on the green courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin — is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money. Meanwhile, an attractive tour publicist tries to soften Happy's image.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. Greater (2016)

    The incredible true story of the greatest walk-on in the history of college football.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. Overboard (1987)

    Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get even.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. Trailer Park Boys: Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys (2008)

    "Say goodnight to the bad guys" picks up where "A Sh*t river runs through it" left off. it's a year after the events of A.S.R.R.T.I and Ricky, Julian, and bubbles are rich with cash, but Julian sits on the money for a year claiming "movies like casino prove that waving money around right away is a bad idea." and then hides it in his newly purchased Delorean (AKA car from back to the future)

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like You're Free?

The closest matches to You're Free are Finder's Fee (2001), BUtterfield 8 (1960) and Overboard (2018). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after You're Free?

Start with Finder's Fee (2001), the closest match to You're Free.

What is the highest-rated movie like You're Free?

Office Space (1999), rated 7.4/10 by 3,602 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like You're Free?

Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game (2023) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like You're Free?

Yes: Finder's Fee (2001), BUtterfield 8 (1960) and Overboard (2018).

How are movies similar to You're Free chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside You're Free, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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