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Movies that feel like Bob le Flambeur (1956)

If you loved Bob le Flambeur, the closest films we have are Heat (1995), Le Cercle Rouge (1970) and Iron Monkey (1993). All three share Bob le Flambeur's contemplative and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on YouTube TV, HBO Max Amazon Channel and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 97% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Jean-Pierre Melvillecontemplativekineticgrittyplayful

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Heat
1995 Β· dir. Michael Mann
πŸ… 84%β˜… 8.3crime Β· drama Β· action

Both built around robbery

The difference: A 1990s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.

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Le Cercle Rouge
1970 Β· dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.9crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Jean-Pierre Melville working the same nerve twice

The difference: Not nearly as kinetic as Bob le Flambeur

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 policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.

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Iron Monkey
1993 Β· dir. Yuen Woo-ping
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.5action Β· crime Β· drama

Contemplative where it counts, kinetic underneath

The difference: Missing the play of Bob le Flambeur

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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Training Day
2001 Β· dir. Antoine Fuqua
πŸ… 74%β˜… 7.8action Β· crime Β· drama

Gritty drama in both cases

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.

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Lady Snowblood
1973 Β· dir. Toshiya Fujita
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.6action Β· crime Β· drama

Both trade on stillness more than on being action

A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.

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Logan Lucky
2017 Β· dir. Steven Soderbergh
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7comedy Β· crime Β· action

Crime built on play, twice over

The difference: Plays it as comedy more than Bob le Flambeur does

Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.

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Dead Presidents
1995 Β· dir. Albert Hughes
πŸ… 47%β˜… 6.9crime Β· drama Β· action

Kinetic drama, and it commits to that

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself drawn into a life of crime. With the aid of his fellow vets he plans the ultimate heist -- a daring robbery of an armored car filled with unmarked U.S. currency!

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A Better Tomorrow
1986 Β· dir. John Woo
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.4action Β· crime Β· drama

Action with a pulse of grit, in both cases

A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

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Catch Me If You Can
2002 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 96%β˜… 8.1drama Β· crime

Crime built on play, twice over

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.

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American Hustle
2013 Β· dir. David O. Russell
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.2drama Β· crime

Contemplative drama in both cases

A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.

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The Asphalt Jungle
1950 Β· dir. John Huston
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.8crime Β· drama

Both trade on grit more than on being crime

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.

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The Killing
1956 Β· dir. Stanley Kubrick
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.9crime Β· thriller Β· drama

Horse race sits at the heart of each

Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.

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