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10 Best Movies Like Mean Machine

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

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#1
The Dark Side of the Sun

The Dark Side of the Sun

1988★ 5.0

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

Traveling in search of a cure for a rare skin disease, a man finds freedom and love along the way....

#2
Joshua Tree

Joshua Tree

1993★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mean Machine for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A Los Angeles police detective tracks a fugitive who heads for the desert with a deputy sheriff as hostage....

#3
Mi fido di te

Mi fido di te

2007★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mean Machine for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two different men living in Milan lose their job at the same time. They will become a funny couple of thieves thanks to the poorest of them that was already a thief....

#4
The Longest Yard

The Longest Yard

1974★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mean Machine for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw the game in return for an ear...

#5
East Is East

East Is East

1999★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mean Machine for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born an...

#6
The Football Factory

The Football Factory

2004★ 6.4

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

The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence, it's about men looking for armies to join, wars to fight and places to belong. A for...