Movies Like Lucky Thirteen
If you liked Lucky Thirteen (1938), a movie directed by Marian Czauski, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Jerry & Marge Go Large (2022)
★ 7.4/10The remarkable true story of how retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery and, with the help of his wife, Marge, wins $27 million dollars and uses the money to revive their…
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Finder's Fee (2001)
★ 6.2/10Friends Tepper, Quigley, Fishman, and Bolan get together for a weekly poker night with two simple rules: Everyone contributes a lottery ticket to the pot, and no one checks the numbers until the game ends. But this…
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To Leslie (2022)
★ 7/10A West Texas single mother wins the lottery and squanders it just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. Years later, with her charm running out and nowhere to go, she fights to rebuild her life and find…
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It Could Happen to You (1994)
★ 6.7/10Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a…
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Elvis (2022)
★ 7.4/10The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
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Next (2007)
★ 6.2/10Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical…
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Let It Ride (1989)
★ 6.3/10An average kind of guy who has a slight problem with gambling goes to the track, and mystically, it seems as though he can't lose, no matter how he bets; and he has an incredible day.
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The Greatest Showman (2017)
★ 7.9/10The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
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Fatima (2020)
★ 7.2/10In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World…
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Paycheck (2003)
★ 6.2/10Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the…
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Greed (1924)
★ 7.3/10When housewife Trina wins the lottery, her comfortable life with her dentist husband John slowly deteriorates, in part by her own increasing paranoia and partly by the machinations of villainous acquaintance Marcus.
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Ace in the Hole (1951)
★ 7.8/10An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
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The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025)
★ 7.3/10An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favourite musicians to perform at his home.
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Richard Jewell (2019)
★ 7.4/10Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime…
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The Life of Chuck (2025)
★ 7.3/10In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.
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Great Expectations (2012)
★ 6.4/10Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but…
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Capote (2005)
★ 7/10A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".
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Moneyball (2011)
★ 7.3/10The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
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Queen of Katwe (2016)
★ 7.2/10A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
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Caught (1949)
★ 6.6/10Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is loveless. Even worse, Ohlrig seems to have manic, violent tendencies. Eventually, young Leonora escapes her unhappy life…