Movies Like Uptown Saturday Night

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Let's Do It Again

1975·1h 53m·★ 6.7·Sidney Poitier

4 shared cast incl. Sidney Poitier & Bill CosbyDir. Sidney PoitierComedy & Crime

Buck and the Preacher

1972·1h 42m·★ 6.6·Sidney Poitier

Both star Sidney Poitier & Harry BelafonteDir. Sidney PoitierAction & Comedy

A Piece of the Action

1977·2h 15m·★ 6.5·Sidney Poitier

Both star Sidney Poitier & Bill CosbyDir. Sidney PoitierComedy & Crime

Cotton Comes to Harlem

1970·1h 37m·★ 6.5·Ossie Davis

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Torrente 5: Operation Eurovegas

2014·1h 42m·★ 5.3·Santiago Segura

TMDB recommendsAction & Comedy & Crime

Snatch

2000·1h 43m·★ 8.2·Guy Ritchie

Themes: gambling, robberyCrime & Comedy

The Olsen Gang Sees Red

1976·1h 40m·★ 7.7·Erik Balling

TMDB recommendsComedy & Crime

A Fish Called Wanda

1988·1h 49m·★ 7.5·Charles Crichton

TMDB recommendsComedy & Crime

Dead Presidents

1995·1h 59m·★ 6.9·Albert Hughes

TMDB recommendsCrime & Action

Something Wild

1986·1h 54m·★ 6.9·Jonathan Demme

TMDB recommendsCrime & Comedy

Bangkok Dangerous

2000·1h 45m·★ 6.5·Oxide Pang Chun

TMDB recommendsAction & Crime

Nothing to Lose

1997·1h 37m·★ 6.7·Steve Oedekerk

Fans also likedComedy & Crime & Action

Stir Crazy

1980·1h 51m·★ 6.7·Sidney Poitier

Starring Richard PryorDir. Sidney PoitierComedy & Crime

The Pickup

2025·1h 34m·★ 5.5·Tim Story

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Gringo

2018·1h 51m·★ 6.1·Nash Edgerton

Fans also likedComedy & Action & Crime

How to Rob a Bank

2007·1h 21m·★ 5.9·Andrews Jenkins

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The Usual Suspects

1995·1h 46m·★ 8.5·Bryan Singer

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Fate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn-

2023·56m·★ 7.6·Takahito Sakazume

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969·1h 51m·★ 8.0·George Roy Hill

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The Odd Couple

1968·1h 46m·★ 7.6·Gene Saks

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How Good Is Uptown Saturday Night?

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