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10 Best Movies Like When Fortune Smiles

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

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#1
Rob N Roll

Rob N Roll

2024★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Fortune Smiles for fans of Action & Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A fierce robber has plotted a major heist. But unfortunately, his plan was unintentionally foiled by two dispirited middle-aged best friends, and the stolen cash disappears....

#2
Cotton Comes to Harlem

Cotton Comes to Harlem

1970★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Fortune Smiles for fans of Action & Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York...

#3
Phantom Halo

Phantom Halo

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Fortune Smiles for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two brothers barely scrape by as their father continues to gamble and drink away the money they do bring home. They hatch a plan for a robbery but at what price?...

#4
Trap House

Trap House

2025★ 6.5

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

An undercover DEA agent and his partner embark on a game of cat and mouse with an audacious, and surprising group of thieves – their own rebellious teenagers, who have begun robbin...

#5
The Honey Pot

The Honey Pot

1967★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Fortune Smiles for fans of Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In Venice, a millionaire hires an actor to help him prank three greedy exes into thinking he's dying and leaving his fortune to one of them....

#6
The Pope of Greenwich Village

The Pope of Greenwich Village

1984★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Fortune Smiles for fans of Action & Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery get...

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