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Movies that feel likeBob le Flambeur (1956)

In Paris, Bob Montagne is practically synonymous with gambling -- and winning. He is kind, classy and well-liked by virtually everyone in town, including police inspector Ledru. However, when Bob's luck turns sour, he begins to lose friends and makes the most desperate gamble of his life: to rob the Deauville casino during Grand Prix weekend, when the vaults are full. Unfortunately, Bob soon learns that the game is rigged and the cops are on to him.

If you loved Bob le Flambeur, the closest films we have are Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973), Iron Monkey (1993) and Enforcement (2020). All three share Bob le Flambeur's kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Branded to Kill (1967).

🍅 97% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Jean-Pierre Melvillecontemplativekineticgritty
9 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Criterion Channel

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973 · dir. Kinji Fukasaku
★ 7.4crime · action · drama

The same mix in both: stillness, then momentum

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.

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Iron Monkey
1993 · dir. Yuen Woo-ping
🍅 91%★ 7.5action · crime · drama

Gritty drama, and it commits to that

The difference: 37 years apart, and the 1990s show

In this Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood, corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit.

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Enforcement
2020 · dir. Frederik Louis Hviid
🍅 82%★ 6.5action · crimeRent or buy

Both lean on momentum more than on action

The difference: Easier on the stillness than Bob le Flambeur

The exact details of what took place while Talib Ben Hassi was in police custody remain unclear. Police officers Jens and Mike are on routine patrol in Svalegården's ghetto when news of Talib's death comes in over the radio, igniting uncontrollable, pent-up rage in the ghetto's youth, who lust for revenge. Suddenly, the two officers find themselves fair game and must fight tooth and claw to find a way out.

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The Way of the Dragon
1972 · dir. Bruce Lee
🍅 88%★ 7.1action · crime

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

After a Chinese restaurant in Rome is threatened by the mafia, who will stop at nothing to acquire the property, the owner recruits a family friend in Hong Kong, kung fu expert Tang Lung, to help them defend their business.

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Law of Tehran
2019 · dir. Saeed Roustaee
🍅 95%★ 7.7action · crime · dramaRent or buy

Contemplative drama in both cases

Samad is nobody’s fool. The narcotics officer has seen his share of a drug dealer’s lies and games, and his patience has come to run thin. While searching for the infamous drug baron Nasser Khakzad, he and his colleague Hamid scour the streets of Tehran, turning an overcrowded prison on its head. With his rough and dubious approach, Samad finally manages to find the criminal’s whereabouts – but things do not quite go according to plan...

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Branded to Kill
1967 · dir. Seijun Suzuki
🍅 100%★ 7.2thriller · crime · action

Action built on momentum, twice over

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Bob le Flambeur does

After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.

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Django
1966 · dir. Sergio Corbucci
🍅 94%★ 7.2action · western

Crime built on grit, twice over

A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a Klan of Southern racists and a band of Mexican Revolutionaries.

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Brother 2
2000 · dir. Aleksei Balabanov
★ 7.6action · crime · drama

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

Arriving in Moscow, Chechen War veteran Danila meets Konstantin, an old friend who tells him that his twin brother has been forced into signing a crooked contract with a US ice hockey team. Soon after this meeting, Danila discovers Konstantin dead and he sets out to avenge his death; a journey that leads him to Chicago and a whole new experience.

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Magnum Force
1973 · dir. Ted Post
🍅 69%★ 7.2drama · crime · action

The action is handled with the same confidence

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.

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Furioza
2021 · dir. Cyprian T. Olencki
★ 6.3action · crime · dramaNetflix

Cut from the same crime cloth

A policewoman makes her ex-boyfriend an offer he can't refuse: either he infiltrates and informs on a gang of hooligans, or his brother goes to jail.

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Infernal Affairs III
2003 · dir. Alan Mak Siu-Fai
★ 6.8crime · drama · actionMax

Drama approached the same way

Triad gangster turned corrupt cop Lau Kin-ming goes to dangerous lengths to avoid detection.

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Chocolate
2008 · dir. Prachya Pinkaew
🍅 71%★ 6.9action · crime

The same action instincts

Zen, an autistic teenage girl with powerful martial arts skills, gets money to pay for her sick mother Zin's treatment by seeking out all the people who owe Zin money and making them pay.

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