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Movies that feel likeBig Deal on Madonna Street (1958)

Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a tunnel from a rented apartment to the pawnshop next door, where they can rob the safe. But his plan is far from foolproof, and the fact that no one in the group has any experience digging tunnels proves to be the least of their problems.

If you loved Big Deal on Madonna Street, the closest films we have are The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), The Pink Panther (1963) and Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). All three share Big Deal on Madonna Street's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Mafioso (1962).

🍅 89% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Mario Monicelliwittyplayfulgritty
8 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · Criterion Channel

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The Lavender Hill Mob
1951 · dir. Charles Crichton
🍅 100%★ 7.5comedy · crime

Both land wit and play at once

A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.

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The Pink Panther
1963 · dir. Blake Edwards
🍅 89%★ 7comedy · crime

Both lean on grit more than on comedy

The trademark of The Phantom, a renowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Clouseau, an expert on The Phantom's exploits, feels sure that he knows where The Phantom will strike next and leaves Paris for the Tyrolean Alps, where the famous Lugashi jewel 'The Pink Panther' is going to be. However, he does not know who The Phantom really is, or for that matter who anyone else really is...

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Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 · dir. Frank Capra
🍅 86%★ 7.9comedy · crime

Crime built on wit, twice over

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!

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Mafioso
1962 · dir. Alberto Lattuada
🍅 96%★ 7.6crime · drama · comedy

Comedy with a pulse of play, in both cases

The difference: Leans further into drama

When a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his native Sicily, a decades' old oath forces him to fulfill a nightmarish obligation.

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Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969 · dir. Burt Kennedy
🍅 80%★ 7.4comedy · western

Gritty crime in both cases

In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.

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My Name Is Nobody
1973 · dir. Tonino Valerii
🍅 100%★ 7.3comedy · westernPrime Video

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

Jack Beauregard, an aging gunman of the Old West, only wants to retire in peace and move to Europe, but a young gunfighter known as "Nobody" who idolizes Beauregard wants him to go out in a blaze of glory. So, he arranges for Jack to face the 150-man gang known as The Wild Bunch and earn his place in history.

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Hera Pheri
2000 · dir. Priyadarshan
★ 8.2comedy · crime

Both lean on play more than on crime

The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

Two tenants and a landlord, in desperate need of money, chance upon a ransom call via a cross connection. They hatch a plan to claim the ransom for themselves.

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A Fish Called Wanda
1988 · dir. Charles Crichton
🍅 96%★ 7.5comedy · crime

The same preoccupation in both: heist

While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.

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Fantomas
1964 · dir. André Hunebelle
★ 6.9comedy · crime · adventure

A streak of grit through both

Fantômas is a man of many disguises. He uses maquillage as a weapon. He can impersonate anyone using an array of masks and can create endless confusion by constantly changing his appearance.

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Take the Money and Run
1969 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 91%★ 7.2comedy · crime

Cut from the same comedy cloth

Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.

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Happy New Year
2014 · dir. Farah Khan
🍅 40%★ 5.1crime · comedyNetflix

Common ground: heist

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Six would-be thieves enter a prestigious dance competition as a cover for their larger goal of pulling off a major heist.

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The Italian Job
1969 · dir. Peter Collinson
🍅 82%★ 7.2crime · comedy · thriller

Both are crime through and through

Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a high-risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie takes over the 'job'. Using three Mini Coopers, a couple of Jaguars, and a bus, he hopes to bring Torino to a standstill, steal a fortune in gold and escape in the chaos.

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