Movies Like The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
If you liked The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964), a crime and comedy movie directed by Roman Polanski and Ugo Gregoretti, 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 Gentleman from Epsom (1962)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and crimeThe story takes place in the racecourses around Paris. A so-called major sells his tips to naive characters.
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Guardian Angels (1995)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and crimeA sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a friend murdered by the Chinese mob.
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Hold-up (1985)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and crimeDressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a…
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Wrong Cops (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and comedyA group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.
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There Once Was a Cop (1972)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and comedyCampana, a commissar at the drugs bureau of Paris police gets an undercover job in Nice to catch an Italian-French mafia boss. As he slips into the identity of a gangster's brother, who was already killed, he has to…
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Let's Not Get Angry (1966)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and comedyOne-time gangster Antoine is enjoying retirement on the coast, now managing a boating club. He receives a visit from a former accomplice who asks for a loan. The money will be repaid by a crook who is now in hiding…
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Umbrella Coup (1980)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and crimeGrégoire Lecomte, the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake. He takes their don for a producer, and they mistake him for a hitman…
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Buffet Froid (1979)
★ 7/10Also comedy and crimeAlphonse Tram is unwittingly involved in several murders despite having no memory of committing the crimes. His confusion lead him to confess to his neighbour, Inspector Morvandieu. Alphonse and Morvandieu become the…
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Cloportes (1965)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and crimeThree little criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they lack the starting funds to buy the required welding torch. So they persuade their successful colleague Alphonse to join…
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Johnny Dangerously (1984)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and crimeAn honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
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Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and crimeHarlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York City police officers Gravedigger…
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68 Kill (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and crimeChip's problem is that he can't say no to beautiful women. This weakness gets him into a world of trouble when he agrees to help his girlfriend steal $68,000.
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Cop or Hood (1979)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and crimeWhen the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz is sent to investigate the situation. Posing as the prostitute's long-lost brother "Antonio Cerruti,"…
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Incorrigible (1975)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and crimeVictor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a sentence that isn't embellished…
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Ca$h (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and comedyA stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a…
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Deadly Circuit (1983)
★ 6.1/10Also crimeA P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.
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Henry's Crime (2010)
★ 5.8/10Also crime and comedyAn aimless man is sent to prison for a crime he did not commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing.
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One Night at McCool's (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and crimeOn an ordinary night, in an ordinary part of town, a beautiful young woman walks into a bar. Her name is Jewel, and before long she is chatting to bartender Randy. The pair leave together, but he ends up getting into a…
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Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and crimeWhen an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
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Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and crimeFive hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck.