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Movies Like A Burglar for One Night

If you liked A Burglar for One Night (1911), a movie directed by Bert Haldane, 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. 1Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)

    ★ 6.2/10

    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…

  2. 2The Asphalt Jungle

    The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Recently 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.

  3. 3A Dog's Life

    A Dog's Life (1918)

    ★ 7.3/10

    The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.

  4. 4Reservoir Dogs

    Reservoir Dogs (1992)

    ★ 8.1/10

    A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr…

  5. 5Sorry We Missed You

    Sorry We Missed You (2019)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Hoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of modern-day labour exploitation.

  6. 6The Shipment

    The Shipment (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10

    A former U.S. Navy Seal is forced to become the international criminal he once fought against when a powerful and violent drug cartel kidnaps his wife and daughter.

  7. 7Night and the City

    Night and the City (1950)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.

  8. 8Plunder Road

    Plunder Road (1957)

    ★ 6.9/10

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

  9. 9Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men (1992)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams.

  10. 10Sympathy for the Devil

    Sympathy for the Devil (2023)

    ★ 5.9/10

    After being forced to drive a mysterious passenger at gunpoint, a man finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse where it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems.

  11. 11Snatch

    Snatch (2000)

    ★ 7.8/10

    Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookies, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewellers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.

  12. 12Welcome to Collinwood

    Welcome to Collinwood (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10

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

  13. 13Glengarry Glen Ross

    Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

    ★ 7.3/10

    An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office. Unscrupulous salesmen try to hawk dubious real estate to suckers.

  14. 14Bandits

    Bandits (2001)

    ★ 6.3/10

    After escaping from prison, Joe and Terry go on a crime spree, robbing banks through Oregon and California in order to finance their scheme for a new life south of the border. Unfortunately, things get more complicated…

  15. 15Dogville

    Dogville (2003)

    ★ 7.7/10

    A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.

  16. 16The Gentlemen

    The Gentlemen (2020)

    ★ 7.7/10

    American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an…

  17. 17Following

    Following (1999)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Bill, an idle, unemployed aspiring writer, walks the crowded streets of London following randomly chosen strangers, a seemingly innocent entertainment that becomes dangerous when he crosses paths with a mysterious…

  18. 18Riot in Cell Block 11

    Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)

    ★ 7.1/10

    A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.

  19. 19They Live by Night

    They Live by Night (1949)

    ★ 6.8/10

    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.

  20. 20Castello Cavalcanti

    Castello Cavalcanti (2013)

    ★ 7/10

    In 1955 in Italy, race car driver Jed Cavalcanti suffers a mishap during the Molte Miglia rally and finds himself in a small town with a few familial surprises.

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