Movies Like Les Baumettes

If you liked Les Baumettes (2014), a action and crime movie directed by Hugo Gélin, 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
Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
★ 7.6/10Also crime
When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former…
2
Le Trou (1960)
★ 8.2/10Also crime
Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer. Over the course of…
3
The Stronghold (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also action and crime
Tired of the small-time grind, three Marseille cops get a chance to bust a major drug network. But lines blur when a key informant makes a big ask.
4
A Prophet (2009)
★ 7.5/10Also crime
Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls…
5
The Escapist (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also action
Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an…
6
Brute Force (1947)
★ 7.3/10Also crime
Timeworn 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…
7
Nowhere to Run (1993)
★ 6.6/10Also action
Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children.
8
Lost Bullet (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also action and crime
A small time delinquent, turned police mechanic for a go fast task force, is forced to defend his innocence when his mentor is killed by dirty cops.
9
Stillwater (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also crime
Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers…
10
The Professional (1981)
★ 7.2/10Also action
Josselin Beaumont, a French secret agent, is tasked with assassinating Njala, the president for life of Malawi in Africa. A shift in French policy means that assassinating Njala is no longer an option. But instead of…
11
The Second Wind (2007)
★ 6/10Also 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…
12
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
★ 7.7/10Also action
Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
13
Escape Plan (2013)
★ 6.7/10Also action
Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to…
14
Pickpocket (1959)
★ 7.3/10Also crime
Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up…
15
The Emperor of Paris (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also crime
Paris, France, early 19th century. The legendary convict François Vidocq lives in disguise trying to escape from a tragic past that torments him. When, after an unfortunate event, he crosses paths with the police…
16
Taxi (1998)
★ 6.7/10Also action and crime
In Marseilles a skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector…
17
The Last Deadly Mission (2008)
★ 6.4/10Also crime
A washed-up Marseilles cop (Auteuil) earns a chance at redemption by protecting a woman from the man who killed her parents as he is about to be released from prison.
18
The Big Risk (1960)
★ 7/10Also crime
Two men pull off a daring daylight payroll heist in Milan, making a fast getaway. One is returning to France after years in hiding, needing money to start fresh with his family.
19
We're No Angels (1955)
★ 7.2/10Also crime
Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store that gives supplies on credit. They initially…
20
The Easy Way (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
Albert Spaggiari is arrested in Nice and brought to a judge's office for interrogation, but he escapes to South America where he meets a journalist who is investigating the event.