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10 Best Movies Like Third Time Lucky

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

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#1
Ballad of a Small Player

Ballad of a Small Player

2025★ 5.8

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

Amid the glittering casinos of Macau, a gambler running from his past—and his debts—becomes fascinated by an enigmatic woman at the baccarat table....

#2
Johnny O'Clock

Johnny O'Clock

1947★ 6.3

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

When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. ...

#3
The Set-Up

The Set-Up

1949★ 7.3

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

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter....

#4
Hard Eight

Hard Eight

1997★ 6.8

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

A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular....

#5
Hoodlum

Hoodlum

1997★ 6.4

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

In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bump...

#6
Bugsy

Bugsy

1991★ 6.3

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

New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone cross...

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