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Movies Like The Easy Way

If you liked The Easy Way (2008), a crime and drama movie directed by Jean-Paul Rouve, 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. 1Plunder Road

    Plunder Road (1957)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime and drama

    A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

  2. 2The Second Wind

    The Second Wind (2007)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and crime

    Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche, the woman he loves, Gu needs a final job to get some money. The job works, but a police's…

  3. 3Flic Story

    Flic Story (1975)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime and drama

    The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy…

  4. 436th Precinct

    36th Precinct (2004)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime and drama

    In Paris, two cops are competing for the vacant job of chief of police, in the middle of the search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years…

  5. 5Parker

    Parker (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime

    A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of…

  6. 6The Asphalt Jungle

    The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

    ★ 7.5/10Also crime and drama

    Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

  7. 7The Getaway

    The Getaway (1972)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama

    A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.

  8. 8Strangers on a Train

    Strangers on a Train (1951)

    ★ 7.7/10Also crime and drama

    A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.

  9. 9Mesrine: Killer Instinct

    Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and crime

    Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents…

  10. 10Razzia

    Razzia (1955)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and drama

    Henri, the Man from Nantes, comes back to his country after a successful stay in the United States, where he was working for Liski, the drug dealer. With the fame of being a tough guy preceding him, he sets himself to…

  11. 11The Night Caller

    The Night Caller (1975)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime

    A serial-killer frightens Paris by phoning young ladies at night, telling them insults about their lives. Minos, as he calls himself, wants to prevent the world from free women and he targets at first these ones…

  12. 12High Sierra

    High Sierra (1941)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime and drama

    Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.

  13. 13Inspector Lavardin

    Inspector Lavardin (1986)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime and drama

    Inspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that one of his ex-lovers is the victim’s widow.

  14. 14Pasha

    Pasha (1968)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and crime

    Six months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through…

  15. 15Mesrine: Public Enemy #1

    Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama

    After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats, making him France's most notorious criminal while simultaneously feeding his desire for media attention and public adoration, Mesrine becomes increasingly paranoid…

  16. 16A Gang Story

    A Gang Story (2011)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime and drama

    After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins. Most of all, he has remained friends with Serge Suttel, with whom he first…

  17. 17Heat

    Heat (1995)

    ★ 7.9/10Also crime and drama

    Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the…

  18. 18Deadly Circuit

    Deadly Circuit (1983)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime

    A P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.

  19. 19Borgo

    Borgo (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and crime

    Melissa is an experienced, exemplary prison guard. But a dangerous spiral is set into motion when she transfers to a Corsican jail, where she accepts help and protection from inmate Saveriu to get her bearings. Upon…

  20. 20Assassin(s)

    Assassin(s) (1997)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and crime

    Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows as long as he is already dying, and he chooses Max, young and passionless thief to be his successor.

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