6 Best Barbershop Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 22, 2026

The neighbourhood barbershop is a natural stage for gossip, argument and community. Barbershop, Barbershop 2 and Barbershop: The Next Cut take that straight to the South Side of Chicago, with the latest film banding the shop together against rising violence. The Man Who Wasn’t There and The Barber slip in some noir, and Sweeney Todd is where the razor gets a lot bloodier.

Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016)

TMDB ★ 6.2

The barbershop community comes together to fight rising violence in their South Side Chicago neighbourhood.

Directed by Malcolm D. Lee · 1h 51m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

IMDb ★ 7.3 RT 86% Metacritic 83

A wrongly imprisoned barber returns to London for a revenge plot involving a meat-pie shop.

Directed by Tim Burton · 1h 56m · Rated R

Won 1 Oscar34 wins & 77 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Barber (2015)

TMDB ★ 5.3

A small-town barber with a dark past gets entangled in a detective's obsessive hunt for a serial killer.

Directed by Basel Owies · 1h 35m

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The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)

IMDb ★ 7.5 RT 81% Metacritic 73

A quiet barber's blackmail scheme spirals into murder in a Coen brothers noir pastiche.

Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen · 1h 56m · Rated R

Nominated for 1 Oscar25 wins & 43 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)

TMDB ★ 5.8

The barbershop crew fights to save their block from being bought out by a corporate chain.

Directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan · 1h 46m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Barbershop (2002)

TMDB ★ 6.3

A struggling barbershop owner considers selling to a loan shark before realising what the shop means to his community.

Directed by Tim Story · 1h 42m · Rated PG-13

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Barbershop Movies

Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

The Barber (2015)

The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)

Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)

Barbershop (2002)

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