Movies Like The Iron Profligates

If you liked The Iron Profligates (1974), a movie directed by Chan Lit-ban and Wu Min-Hsiung, 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
Casino (1995)
★ 8/10
In Las Vegas, two best friends-a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
2
Bugsy (1991)
★ 6.3/10
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies…
3
Hard Eight (1997)
★ 6.8/10
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
4
Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
★ 6.7/10
Danny Ocean's team of criminals are back and composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank doublecrosses Reuben Tishkoff, causing a heart attack, Danny Ocean vows that he and his team…
5
Ballad of a Small Player (2025)
★ 5.8/10
Amid the glittering casinos of Macau, a gambler running from his past—and his debts—becomes fascinated by an enigmatic woman at the baccarat table.
6
Ma (2019)
★ 5.8/10
Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting…
7
Atlantic City (1980)
★ 6.8/10
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.
8
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
★ 7.5/10
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las…
9
Ava (2020)
★ 5.8/10
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
10
Sleepless (2017)
★ 5.9/10
Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs, who has a lot of enemies, is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal…
11
Killing Them Softly (2012)
★ 6/10
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
12
High Rollers (2025)
★ 6.5/10
A master thief must pull off a dangerous casino heist when his nemesis kidnaps his lover. Caught between rival criminals and FBI pursuit, he risks all to save her and score big.
13
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
★ 5.9/10
It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all the money for himself and shot all his partners, including…
14
Leprechaun 3 (1995)
★ 5.8/10
It was a normal night in Las Vegas, Nevada, all the lights were flashing brightly, until a man with one hand, one eye, and one leg walks into a pawn shop with a statue of a hideous looking Leprechaun. The owner claims…
15
Croupier (1998)
★ 6.7/10
Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked…
16
Assassin Club (2023)
★ 6/10
In this world of contract killers, Morgan Gaines is the best of the best. When Morgan is hired to kill six people around the world, he soon discovers all the targets are also assassins unknowingly hired to kill each…
17
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
★ 6.8/10
Somewhere in Los Angeles, the city of broken dreams, a stripper is murdered. Now, the private detective she had hired and her ex-footballer boyfriend are going to find her murderer... if they don't kill each other…
18
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
★ 6.3/10
A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.
19
State of Play (2009)
★ 6.8/10
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
20
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
★ 6.4/10
Charley Partanna is a hitman who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime families in the US. When he sees Irene Walker, it's love at first sight. But he soon finds that she, too, is a killer for hire. Charley…