Movies Like Thieves Like Us
If you liked Thieves Like Us (1974), a crime and drama movie directed by Robert Altman, 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.
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The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and dramaRecently 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.
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The Night of the Hunter (1955)
★ 7.9/10Also crime and dramaIn Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
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The Newton Boys (1998)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and dramaThe story of the Newton gang, the most successful bank robbers in history, owing to their good planning and minimal violence.
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Little Caesar (1931)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crimeA small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
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The Parts You Lose (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and crimeAn unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.
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The Wild One (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and crimeThe Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes a liking to Kathie, the daughter of the local lawman, as another…
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Robbery (1967)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and dramaIn this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying millions in cash.
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Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and dramaAn old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.
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The Defiant Ones (1958)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and dramaTwo convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
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The Outsiders (1983)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and dramaIn 1960s Tulsa, class divisions ignite a violent rivalry between the working-class Greasers and the privileged Socs. When a deadly encounter forces two Greasers, Ponyboy and Johnny, to flee, their struggle for survival…
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House of Strangers (1949)
★ 7/10Also drama and crimeRuthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business…
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The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and crimeBored billionaire executive Thomas Crown decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover as he’s fallen in love.
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The Wrong Man (1956)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and dramaIn 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
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White Heat (1949)
★ 7.7/10Also crime and dramaA psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
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Winter's Tale (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romanceA burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
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Brute Force (1947)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and dramaTimeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's…
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Pushover (1954)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and dramaA police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
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Heist (2001)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and dramaJoe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman, reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young…
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Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015)
★ 6/10Also drama and crimeThe true story of the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, the grandson of the founder of the Heineken brewery, and his driver. They were released after a ransom of 35 million Dutch guilders was paid.
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Under Capricorn (1949)
★ 6/10Also drama and romanceA British ex-convict in colonial Australia and his fragile wife, haunted by the past crime that binds them, struggle to rebuild their lives when a young newcomer stirs long-buried passions and secrets.