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10 Best Movies Like Cool Hand Luke

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

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#1
A Shock to the System

A Shock to the System

1990★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cool Hand Luke for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When experienced advertising executive Graham Marshall loses out on a promotion to a young man, he goes down in a path of vengeance....

#2
Ghost

Ghost

1990★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cool Hand Luke for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Haunting light and haunted spaces, otherworldly movement and abstracted time. A ghost visits an apartment complex....

#3
Somebody Up There Likes Me

Somebody Up There Likes Me

1956★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cool Hand Luke for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ....

#4
The Hustler

The Hustler

1961★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cool Hand Luke for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stak...

#5
Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde

1967★ 7.5

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

In the 1930s, bored European-American waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with a European-American ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through ...

#6
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1958★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cool Hand Luke for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous acc...