Movies Like Bad Boys: A True Story (2003)

Bad Boys: A True Story is a 2003 comedy, crime, drama film from Aleksi Mäkelä with a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Another Child and Apes of Wrath.

Comedy Crime Drama

Another Child

2019

Teenage girls suffer from conflicts from their parents' affairs. A baby from the affair is born, and the two families have to accept reality.

7.5

MagicScore

Apes of Wrath

1959

The drunken stork loses the baby ape for Mr. and Mrs. Elvis Ape, so knocks out Bugs Bunny and delivers him instead.

7.1

MagicScore

Thoroughbreds

2018

Lily and Amanda, two high school students living in suburban Connecticut, rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of drifting apart. Together, they devise a plan to kill Lily's abusive stepfather by hiring a lowlife drug dealer.

6.4

MagicScore

Jerry & Marge Go Large

2022

The 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 small Michigan town.

7.4

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Billionaire

1986

A civil servant in a small town, shunned by his family and his friends due to his lack of ambition, hits the jackpot in the national lottery. Not trusting anybody around him, he gradually starts to lose his mind.

7.3

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Greed

1924

A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.

7.3

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Uptown Saturday Night

1974

Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.

6.1

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Happy 140

2015

A group of friends and family reunite at the fancy new holiday home of a woman who is about to turn 40.

6.0

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Lucky Numbers

2000

Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal the TV station's lotto ball girl to rig the state lottery drawing. The numbers come up right, but everything else goes wrong as the plan starts to unravel and the game turns rough.

5.1

MagicScore

#10

Fox and His Friends

1975

Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. He enters an abusive relationship with wealthy industrialist Eugen in an attempt to climb the social ladder. His desperation for love and affection soon spirals into tragedy.

7.2

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#11

In the Heights

2021

The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.

7.1

MagicScore

#12

Waking Ned

1998

When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.

7.0

MagicScore

#13

To Leslie

2022

A 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 redemption.

7.0

MagicScore

#14

Two Lottery Tickets

2016

3 men from a provincial town who are in an urgent need for money so they decide to buy a lottery ticket. They win the lottery, but very soon, the ticket gets stolen.

6.9

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#15

Águila o sol

1938

At birth, three children are abandoned in a convent. They are Polito Sol and his siblings, Adriana and Carmelo Águila and they grow up to become the "Águila o Sol" trio. Many years later, Don Hipólito, Polito's father becomes rich and decides to search for his son. In the end he finds Polito and the Aguila siblings.

6.5

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#16

Jackpot!

2024

In the near future, a 'Grand Lottery' has been established - the catch: kill the winner before sundown to legally claim their multi-billion dollar jackpot. When Katie Kim mistakenly finds herself with the winning ticket, she reluctantly joins forces with amateur lottery protection agent Noel Cassidy who must get her to sundown in exchange for a piece of her prize.

6.4

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#17

Zigzag of Success

1968

Photo studio "Contemporary" in a provincial town lives with its everyday problems. The director is concerned over the failure to fulfill the planned targets, receptionist Alevtina wants to get married, and photographer Vladimir Oreshnikov dreams of becoming a professional photographer. But suddenly luck smiles on Oreshnikov. He takes 20 rubles form the worker's mutual aid fund, buys a government lottery bond and wins 10,000 rubles. Oreshnikov wants to receive the win himself, but his colleagues object to him, because the money that he spent on the bond were public, hence the win should be divided equally among all workers. It creates a controversial situation, which is successfully resolved on the very eve of the New Year, under the chiming clock...

6.4

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#18

How to Win at Checkers (Every Time)

2015

An 11-year-old boy steals money for bribes to remove his gay older brother from Thai military conscription rolls, unaware of the ramifications.

6.1

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#19

Speaking of the Devil

1991

Bull Webster is a taxi driver with some work problems on his hands: the Spider Corporation, a giant financial holding company, has decided to buy out his taxi co-operative in order to make it go bankrupt and purchase its land at a low cost.

6.1

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#20

Finder's Fee

2001

Friends 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 particular, stormy night is different: Tepper plans to propose to his girlfriend, and just before the weekly game, he finds a wallet outside his apartment with a winning lottery ticket worth $6 million. Tepper calls the wallet's owner, Avery, to come collect what's his, but keeps the winning ticket for himself...only for Avery to show up and ask to play a hand.

6.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Bad Boys: A True Story?

The top films similar to Bad Boys: A True Story by MovieMagicScore are Another Child (7.5), Apes of Wrath (7.1), Thoroughbreds (6.4). Each shares comedy/crime/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Bad Boys: A True Story worth watching?

Bad Boys: A True Story holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10 from 47 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Bad Boys: A True Story?

Bad Boys: A True Story (2003) is a comedy, crime, drama film directed by Aleksi Mäkelä, starring Peter Franzén, Niko Saarela, Lauri Nurkse.

Where can I find more recommendations like Bad Boys: A True Story?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Bad Boys: A True Story

This ranked list pairs Bad Boys: A True Story (2003), a comedy and crime and drama film from Aleksi Mäkelä, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Peter Franzén take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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