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Movies Like The Great Van Robbery

If you liked The Great Van Robbery (1959), a crime movie directed by Max Varnel, 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

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

  2. 2The Italian Job

    The Italian Job (1969)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

    Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a high-risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie…

  3. 3They Live by Night

    They Live by Night (1949)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime

    An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.

  4. 4The League of Gentlemen

    The League of Gentlemen (1960)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field…

  5. 5Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

  6. 6Kansas City Confidential

    Kansas City Confidential (1952)

    ★ 7/10Also crime

    An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.

  7. 7Welcome to Collinwood

    Welcome to Collinwood (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime

    Five hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck.

  8. 8Nightfall

    Nightfall (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

    An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

  9. 9Little Caesar

    Little Caesar (1931)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

    A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

  10. 10Murder in Three Acts

    Murder in Three Acts (1986)

    ★ 6/10Also crime

    In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.

  11. 11Pickup on South Street

    Pickup on South Street (1953)

    ★ 7.4/10Also crime

    In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified…

  12. 12Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime

    After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty…

  13. 13Two-Way Stretch

    Two-Way Stretch (1960)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime

    Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail afterwards. First however they must…

  14. 14Song of the Thin Man

    Song of the Thin Man (1947)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime

    While attending a glamorous jazz cruise on New York’s East River, Nick and Nora Charles witness the fatal shooting of a wealthy patron. When suspicion falls on a young bandleader and his musicians, the couple steps in…

  15. 15Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime

    Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

  16. 16The Rise

    The Rise (2012)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    After being released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, Harvey Miller has revenge on his mind. He recruits his three best friends to help him rob the local drug kingpin whose betrayal put him away in the first…

  17. 17The Naked City

    The Naked City (1948)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime

    After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

  18. 185 Against the House

    5 Against the House (1955)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime

    Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

  19. 19Wrong Cops

    Wrong Cops (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime

    A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.

  20. 20The Thomas Crown Affair

    The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime

    A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes that he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist--until he must match wits with an insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.

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