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10 Best Movies Like The Big Ugly

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

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#1
Take Point

Take Point

2018★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Ugly for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

On the day of the U.S. presidential election in 2024, a team of elite mercenaries embark on a secret CIA mission to abduct North Korea's politician in an underground bunker below t...

#2
Jeff Dunham's Completely Unrehearsed Last-Minute Pandemic Holiday Special

Jeff Dunham's Completely Unrehearsed Last-Minute Pandemic Holiday Special

2020★ 7.6

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

Filmed in Malibu, California in front of a small, socially-distanced audience, Jeff Dunham returns in his 10th special made up of almost 100% brand new, untried or tested material....

#3
Dog Pound

Dog Pound

2010★ 7.2

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

Three juvenile delinquents arrive at a correctional center and are put under the care of an experienced guard....

#4
Dead Calm

Dead Calm

1989★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Ugly for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

An Australian couple takes a sailing trip in the Pacific to get over the recent loss of their son. While on the open sea, they come across a sinking ship with one survivor who is n...

#5
Macbeth

Macbeth

2015★ 6.4

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

Feature film adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious wife urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power of the throne over the sittin...

#6
Layer Cake

Layer Cake

2004★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Ugly for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save...