Movies Like Tough Luck and Tin Lizzies

If you liked Tough Luck and Tin Lizzies (1917), a movie directed by Larry Semon, 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.

1
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
★ 6.4/10
Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags…
2
The Mongoose (2026)
★ 5.8/10
A falsely accused war hero with nothing to lose leads police on an epic televised cross-country car chase, helped by members of his former Special Forces Army battalion and closely monitored by a fascinated public…
3
Excess Baggage (1997)
★ 6.1/10
A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.
4
Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
★ 6.3/10
Insurance investigator Maindrian Pace and his team lead double-lives as unstoppable car thieves. When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one, a 1973 Ford Mustang, are in the bag. As…
5
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
★ 6.9/10
Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
6
No Man's Land (1987)
★ 6/10
A rookie cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of car thieves led by smooth and charming Ted. The rookie becomes too involved and starts to enjoy the thrill and lifestyle of the game, and becomes romanticly involved…
7
The Rookie (1990)
★ 5.9/10
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help…
8
LaRoy, Texas (2024)
★ 6.8/10
Broke and depressed, Ray is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip, he must escape the actual hitman to make it out of LaRoy alive.
9
Held Up (1999)
★ 5.9/10
What should have been a romantic getaway turns into one hilarious debacle after another when Michael's woman dumps him in the desert where he gets carjacked by a teenager and he is taken hostage in a stickup at the…
10
Father Hood (1993)
★ 5.8/10
Deadbeat dad kidnaps his kids from the bus to an abusive foster home and they go on a run. The cops are after them, they bicker constantly and his idea of a way out is grim, yet this dangerous ride might just turn them…
11
Family Plot (1976)
★ 6.8/10
Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
12
The Pickup (2025)
★ 6.4/10
A routine cash pickup takes a wild turn when mismatched armored truck drivers Russell and Travis are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by savvy mastermind Zoe.
13
Silver Streak (1976)
★ 6.7/10
A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his…
14
High Sierra (1941)
★ 7.1/10
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
15
Crime 101 (2026)
★ 7/10
When an elusive thief whose high-stakes heists unfold along the iconic 101 freeway in Los Angeles eyes the score of a lifetime, with hopes of this being his final job, his path collides with a disillusioned insurance…
16
Joshua Tree (1993)
★ 6.2/10
A Los Angeles police detective tracks a fugitive who heads for the desert with a deputy sheriff as hostage.
17
11:14 (2004)
★ 6.8/10
Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of events of five different characters and five different storylines…
18
The Wrong Man (1956)
★ 7.1/10
In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
19
The Pink Panther (1963)
★ 6.9/10
The trademark of The Phantom, a renowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Clouseau, an expert on The Phantom's exploits, feels sure that he knows where The Phantom will strike next and…
20
Big Trouble (2002)
★ 6.1/10
The story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street thugs, two love struck teens, two FBI men and a psychedelic toad…