David Yates, who is most renowned for directing the final four films of the Harry Potter series, has directed the upcoming conspiracy drama ‘Pain Hustlers’. The movie is based on Evan Hughes’ same named 2018 article that was published in New York Times Magazine and his novel that follows it in 2022- ‘The Hard Sell’.
The movie Pain Hustlers casts Emily Blunt in the role of Liza Drake who is a high school dropout and finds herself embroiled in a web of criminal conspiracy after landing a pharmaceutical start-up job in a withered strip mall. Chris Evans, Catherine O’Hara, and Andy García have also been cast in unnamed roles. The movie will arrive on October 27, 2023, on Netflix.
Following is a list of some other films like ‘Pain Hustlers’ which you must watch if you are waiting for the movie to be released.
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5 Must-Watch Films Like ‘Pain Hustlers’:
Hustlers (2019)-
Lorene Scafaria directed this crime comedy fra film that is based on Jessica Pressler’s article ‘The Hustlers at Scores’ that was published in 2015 in New York Magazine.
The plot of the movie revolves around a number of strippers in New York City who steal money from the CEOs and stock traders who visit the club. The crew drug the visitors and run up their credit cards. The storyline finds a journalist Elizabeth working on a story that involves a former stripper Destiny and her mentor and veteran stripper Ramona Vega. Other strippers on the crew are Mercedes, Annabelle, Liz, and Diamond.
Jennifer Lopez has been cast as Ramona Vega in the movie while also serving as a producer. Other important cast members are Constance Wu playing Destiny, Keke Palmer playing Mercedes, Lili Reinhart playing Annabelle, Lizzo playing Liz, Cardi B playing Diamond, and Julia Stiles playing Elizabeth.
The movie premiered on September 7, 2019, at the Toronto International Film Festival and later was released in the United States on 13th September that year.
American Hustle (2013)-
David O. Russell directed this historical black comedy crime movie that is inspired by the FBI Abscam operation that occurred during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The plot revolves around two con artists whom FBI agent Richie DiMaso forces to enact an elaborate and risky sting operation on some corrupt politicians including the mayor of Camden and New Jersey too. The names of these con artists are Irving Rosenfeld and Sydney Prosser aka Lady Edith. The unpredictable Rosalyn Rosenfeld who is the wife of Irving is also a significant character.
English actor Christian Bale played the character of Irving in the movie. Amy Adams and Bradley Cooper portrayed Lady Edith and Richie DiMaso with Jennifer Lawrence starring as Rosalyn.
The movie won a number of accolades including three BAFTA Awards and ten nominations for Academy Awards among which are the categories of Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actor for Bale, Best Actress for Adams, Best Supporting Actor for Cooper, and Best Supporting Actress for Lawrence.
The movie was released on December 13, 2013, in the United States.
Snowden (2016)-
Oliver Stone directed this biographical thriller film adapted from Luke Harding’s 2014 book ‘The Snowden Files and Anatoly Kucherena’s 2015 book ‘Time of the Octopus’.
The plot revolves around the American and naturalized Russian ex-computer intelligence consultant named Edward Snowden who while working as an employee and subcontractor of the Central Intelligence Agency in 2013, leaked highly classified information from the NSA or the National Security Agency.
American actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt portrayed the character of the titular Snowden in the movie. The rest of the ensemble cast includes Shailene Woodley, Nicolas Cage, Melissa Leo, Rhys Ifans, Zachary Quinto, LaKeith Lee Stanfield, Tom Wilkinson, Ben Schnetzer, Scott Eastwood, Timothy Olyphant, Logan Marshall-Green.
The movie premiered at the San Diego Comic-con on July 21, 2016, and later was released on September 16 of that year in the United States.
The Adjustment Bureau (2011)-
George Nolfi directed this American sci-fi romantic thriller film adapted from Philip K. Dick’s 1954 short story ‘Adjustment Team’. The plot revolves around a politician named David for whom winning a seat in the US Senate has almost been confirmed.
But when he falls in love with a ballet dancer named Elise, things get changed for him. A group of mysterious men conspires so that they don’t get united leading him to question if all the things are actually what they look in the naked eye.
Matt Damon portrayed the character of David Norris in the movie along with Emily Blunt starred as Elise. The film was released on March 4, 2011, in the United States.
Enemy of the State (1998)-
Tony Scott directed this political action thriller movie the plot of which revolves around a group of corrupt NSA agents who are conspiring to kill a congressman. But when a tape of the murder reaches an unsuspecting lawyer, a cover-up ensures that incident.
The ensemble cast of the movie includes Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Gabriel Byrne, Lisa Bonet, Dan Butler, Jack Black, Loren Dean, Jake Busey, Regina King, and Barry Pepper. The movie was released on November 20, 1998.
