Movies like My Wife is a Gangster 3 (2006)
The best movies like My Wife is a Gangster 3 (2006) are My Wife is a Gangster 2 (2003), My Wife is a Gangster (2001) and Marrying the Mafia 2 (2005). If My Wife is a Gangster 3 hooked you with its comedy and action, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedPolice Story (1985)7.6/10 from 1,130 votes
- NewestPolite Society (2023)Released 2023
- In KoreanMy Wife is a Gangster 2 (2003)Also in Korean
- Same seriesMy Wife is a Gangster 2 (2003)My Wife is a Gangster
My Wife is a Gangster 2 (2003)
Former Scissor Gang leader Eun-jin, who now suffers from amnesia, nevertheless defends Jae-cheol, a restaurateur who employs her, from a gangster who wants his business.
Why it matches: Same series: My Wife is a Gangster · both action & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisMy Wife is a Gangster (2001)
Eun-jin who is a living legend among the gangsters dominates the male-centered underworld wielding only a pair of her trademark blades. One day, Eun-jin finds her sister from whom she was separated at an orphanage during childhood, and her sister tells Eun-jin that her last dying wish is to see that Eun-jin gets married.
Why it matches: Same series: My Wife is a Gangster · both action & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisMarrying the Mafia 2 (2005)
A powerful crime matriarch wants her eldest son to marry well and tasks his brothers with finding the perfect match. When he falls for a beautiful woman, he discovers her career could threaten his entire family's empire.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & action
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRough Cut (2008)
Gang-pae is #2 gangster in his organization who longs to become an actor. Su-ta is a superstar actor who takes on the role of a gangster in an action movie called Rough Cut. When another actor leaves the set due to Su-tas violent ways, the production is on the verge of shutting down. Su-ta asks Gang-pae, whom he met by chance, to play alongside him in the movie in order to save the production.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Lucky Stars (1985)
Two Hong Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets his old Orphanage gang, dubbed the "Five Lucky Stars," to help him. They don't like this much, but they do it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDragons Forever (1988)
A hot-shot lawyer is hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting ways. But when he falls for a beautiful woman out to stop the plant, he is torn in a conflict of interest and asks his trusty friends Samo and Biao to help out at least until they discover the true purpose of the plant.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Street Fighter (1974)
Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPolice Story (1985)
Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a slum. Now, he must protect the boss' secretary, Selina, who will testify against the gangster in court.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFor the Emperor (2014)
A former professional baseball player becomes entangled in loan-sharking and mob connections after a fixing scandal ejects him from his sport. When his girlfriend vanishes he is forced to confront his mentor and enter a deadly battle.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisBadges of Fury (2013)
When a series of eerie murders erupts across Hong Kong, grizzled veteran Huang and his reckless younger partner Wang, are assigned to track down the killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisNew Police Story (2004)
Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of his own, to climb out of the bottle and track down the gang and its ruthless leader.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFriend (2001)
Despite their different family backgrounds, four friends grew up together in the wearisome years of the 70s. But as time goes by, each of them takes a different life path.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Legend of Drunken Master (1994)
Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-hung is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country. Fei-hung must fight against the foreigners using his Drunken Boxing style, and overcome his father's antagonism as well.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMr. Nice Guy (1997)
A Chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the video tape.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOng-Bak (2003)
When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMarrying the Mafia (2002)
An up-and-coming lawyer wakes up next to a beautiful woman with mafia connections, but neither remembers how they got there. That's a problem.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & action
The Dragon from Russia (1990)
A former member of a band of criminals known as the 'Eight-Hundred Dragons' is living in fear in Manchuria as the clan does not allow people to leave alive. However, he is eventually tracked down, and kidnapped along with a young Manchurian, Yao - whose memory is erased so that he can be trained in martial arts. Yao's work as an assassin becomes more complicated, however, when he sees his old lover again and his real memories come flooding back.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Drunken Master (1978)
After getting into trouble, a mischievous young man is sent to train under a brutal, but slovenly old beggar, who teaches him the secret of the Drunken Fist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlack Rain (1989)
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Way of the Dragon (1972)
After a Chinese restaurant in Rome is threatened by the mafia, who will stop at nothing to acquire the property, the owner recruits a family friend in Hong Kong, kung fu expert Tang Lung, to help them defend their business.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSPL: Kill Zone (2005)
Chan, an articulate senior detective nearing the end of his career, is taking care of the daughter of a witness killed by ruthless crime lord Po. Martial arts expert Ma is set to take over as head of the crime unit, replacing Chan who wants an early retirement.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRighting Wrongs (1986)
Jason Chan, a Hong Kong lawyer, is angry at the way the law protects criminals and decides to take the law into his own hands, dishing out vigilante justice when a key witness and his entire family are murdered. But hotshot cop Cindy Si is soon on Chan's case, and the situation unravels into a fight that only a few will survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSkinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon (1990)
Fatty and Baldy, a pair of undercover detectives, infiltrate a Triad drug syndicate but are put on a leave of absence after apprehending the kingpin, Tak, in the middle of the police commander's wedding. They return to find that Tak has been bailed out and has hired a team of assassins to exact revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Game of Death (1978)
A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAttack the Gas Station! (1999)
A quartet of disaffected Korean youths have robbed a Seoul gas station. After taking the gas station over, their wacky antics ensue; forcing the manager to sing, kidnapping customers that complain about the service, and staging fist-fights between street gang members and gas station employees; all of these reflect their own gripes against society.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPolite Society (2023)
Martial artist-in-training Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHero at Large (1980)
An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger, a superhero character of a film he is hired to promote. He decides to dabble at being a superhero only to find that it is more difficult and dangerous than he ever imagined.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Show Must Go On (2007)
A middle-aged gangster's lifetime of mistakes catch up with him as his personal and professional life is destroyed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like My Wife is a Gangster 3?
The closest matches to My Wife is a Gangster 3 are My Wife is a Gangster 2 (2003), My Wife is a Gangster (2001) and Marrying the Mafia 2 (2005). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after My Wife is a Gangster 3?
People who watched My Wife is a Gangster 3 most often go on to Marrying the Mafia 2 (2005), Kung Fu Hustle (2004) and Rough Cut (2008).
What is the highest-rated movie like My Wife is a Gangster 3?
Police Story (1985), rated 7.6/10 by 1,130 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like My Wife is a Gangster 3?
Polite Society (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Is My Wife is a Gangster 3 part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to My Wife is a Gangster, which includes My Wife is a Gangster 2 (2003) and My Wife is a Gangster (2001).
Are there Korean movies like My Wife is a Gangster 3?
Yes: My Wife is a Gangster 2 (2003), My Wife is a Gangster (2001) and Marrying the Mafia 2 (2005).
How are movies similar to My Wife is a Gangster 3 chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside My Wife is a Gangster 3, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.