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10 Best Movies Like Hard Times

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

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#1
Hard Target

Hard Target

1993★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hard Times for fans of Action & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeles...

#2
Out of the Furnace

Out of the Furnace

2013★ 6.6

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

Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the...

#3
Beautiful Disaster

Beautiful Disaster

2023★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hard Times for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

College freshman Abby tries to distance herself from her dark past while resisting her attraction to bad boy Travis....

#4
Mandingo

Mandingo

1975★ 6.6

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

Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, ...

#5
The Quest

The Quest

1996★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hard Times for fans of Drama & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Ghang-gheng, the ancient winner-take-all competition in which the deadliest fighters from around the world employ the most spectacular feats of martial arts skills ever displayed i...

#6
Far and Away

Far and Away

1992★ 6.8

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

A young free-spirited Irish woman from an affluent Protestant family spontaneously befriends a street-smart commoner cheated by her family’s hostile land takeovers. They escape to ...

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