Movies like Middle Men (2009)
The best movies like Middle Men (2009) are The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), War Dogs (2016) and Suckers (1999). If Middle Men hooked you with its drama and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Wolf of Wall Street (2013)8.0/10 from 26,910 votes
- NewestBillionaire Boys Club (2018)Released 2018
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisWar Dogs (2016)
Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSuckers (1999)
A fiercely dishonest car salesman hires a new employee who owes a serious debt to loan sharks.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & crime
Get Shorty (1995)
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBuffalo Soldiers (2002)
A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCasino (1995)
In Las Vegas, two best friends-a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisWonderland (2003)
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal murders - both involving legendary porn actor John Holmes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Alibi (2006)
Con man Ray Elliot decides to leave crime behind to start a company that sells fake alibis to clients who have been unfaithful to their significant others. It seems that the streetwise Ray has found his calling, until he unexpectedly becomes a murder suspect in a case involving one of his most influential customers. Now, as the police and an assassin called "The Mormon" track Ray, he and his attractive assistant, Lola, must clear their own names.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Big Bounce (2004)
A small-time con artist and a Hawaiian real estate developer's mischievous, enterprising mistress team up for a potential $200,000 score.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisSyrup (2013)
A slacker hatches a million-dollar idea. But, in order to see it through, he has to learn to trust his attractive corporate counterpart. Based on Max Barry's novel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisCasino Jack (2010)
Based on a true story, a hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisCrossing Over (2009)
Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCon Man (2018)
The story of Barry Minkow, a young and charismatic figure in business who reaches CEO status by lying and scheming his way to the top.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Thin Ice (2012)
A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMade (2001)
Two aspiring boxers and lifelong friends get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisBillionaire Boys Club (2018)
A group of wealthy boys in Los Angeles during the early 1980s establishes a get rich quick scam that turns deadly.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisKnockaround Guys (2001)
Four sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Informant! (2009)
A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPaper Man (2009)
A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his long-suffering wife and his imaginary Superhero friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ice Harvest (2005)
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisPain & Gain (2013)
Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices. After several failed attempts, they abduct rich businessman Victor Kershaw and convince him to sign over all his assets to them. But when Kershaw makes it out alive, authorities are reluctant to believe his story.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Cooler (2003)
Bernie works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow, is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie finds unexpected happiness when he begins dating attractive waitress Natalie Belisario.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAmerican Made (2017)
The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTwo 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: Fans watch both · both comedy & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCadillac Man (1990)
Joe's a car salesman with a problem—he has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would be a difficult task at the best of times but Joe has to contend with his girlfriends (he's two-timing), a missing teenage daughter and an ex-wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like this21 (2008)
Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 tuition as he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor to a small but secretive club of five students, Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Fisher, who are being trained by Professor Rosa to count cards at blackjack.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPoolhall Junkies (2002)
A retired pool hustler is forced to pick up the stick again when his brother starts a game he can't finish.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Pool Boys (2009)
A pool boy and a gardener turn an empty mansion into a home for women who belong to the world's oldest profession.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisMan About Town (2006)
A top Hollywood talent agent finds his cushy existence threatened when he discovers that his wife is cheating on him and that his journal has been swiped by a reporter out to bring him down.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisHarvard Man (2001)
College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard Man" plays out against a background of love, sex, basketball, crime and experimentation. Action and philosophy in young people's quest to discover their true identity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Middle Men?
The closest matches to Middle Men are The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), War Dogs (2016) and Suckers (1999). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Middle Men?
People who watched Middle Men most often go on to The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), War Dogs (2016) and Suckers (1999).
What is the highest-rated movie like Middle Men?
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), rated 8.0/10 by 26,910 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Middle Men?
Billionaire Boys Club (2018) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Middle Men?
Yes: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), War Dogs (2016) and Suckers (1999).
How are movies similar to Middle Men chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Middle Men, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.