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Movies Like The Pickpocket

If you liked The Pickpocket (1970), a crime and drama movie directed by Helmy Rafla, 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. 1Pickup 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…

  2. 2Sexy Beast

    Sexy Beast (2001)

    ★ 7/10Also crime and drama

    Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading…

  3. 3The Getaway

    The Getaway (1972)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama

    A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.

  4. 4Blood Work

    Blood Work (2002)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.

  5. 5Parker

    Parker (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime

    A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of…

  6. 6The Wrong Man

    The Wrong Man (1956)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime and drama

    In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.

  7. 7The Town

    The Town (2010)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama

    A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold the manager hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with her.

  8. 8Plunder Road

    Plunder Road (1957)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime and drama

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

  9. 9Fargo

    Fargo (1996)

    ★ 7.8/10Also crime and drama

    Jerry Lundegaard is a small-town Minnesota car salesman deeply in debt and willing to do almost anything to get out. Police chief Marge Gunderson discovers a string of violent crimes as Jerry's schemes spiral out of…

  10. 10Marlowe

    Marlowe (1969)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly of the city, turning up leads who are…

  11. 11The Usual Suspects

    The Usual Suspects (1995)

    ★ 8.2/10Also drama and crime

    The lone survivor of an explosive heist gone wrong recounts for interrogators the events that began with five disparate criminals assembled for a police lineup - with alleged criminal mastermind Keyser Soze at the…

  12. 12The Protector

    The Protector (1985)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime

    Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is…

  13. 13Play Dirty

    Play Dirty (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    Expert thief Parker gets a shot at a major heist, but to pull it off he and his team must outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob, and the world's richest man.

  14. 14Gone Baby Gone

    Gone Baby Gone (2007)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama

    When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The…

  15. 15A Man Apart

    A Man Apart (2003)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and crime

    When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier…

  16. 16Payback

    Payback (1999)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and crime

    With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless…

  17. 17The Locksmith

    The Locksmith (2023)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and drama

    A thief fresh out of prison, tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and ex-fiancé. Determined, he is forced to use the skills he has as a gifted locksmith. Things take a tumultuous turn after an…

  18. 18True Believer

    True Believer (1989)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet…

  19. 19A Walk Among the Tombstones

    A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

  20. 20Death Sentence

    Death Sentence (2007)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime and drama

    Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no…

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