
Movies that feel likeLe Cercle Rouge (1970)
If you loved Le Cercle Rouge, the closest films we have are Rififi (1955), Le Samouraï (1967) and Caliber 9 (1972). All three share Le Cercle Rouge's gritty and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Across 110th Street (1972).
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If Le Cercle Rouge hit the spot, these will too

The same preoccupation in both: heist

Jean-Pierre Melville directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Trades the play of Le Cercle Rouge for an angle of its own

One thread runs through both: police
The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Le Cercle Rouge does

Both keep coming back to the same thing: corruption

Both are Jean-Pierre Melville's work, and they rhyme

Contemplative and tense in the same breath

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

Both lean on grit more than on drama


Both are built on the same subject: criminal
The difference: 23 years apart, and the 1990s show

Thriller with a pulse of stillness, in both cases
The difference: Sits closer to action than Le Cercle Rouge does

Both are working the same pair: prison, thief
The difference: Leans harder into comedy than Le Cercle Rouge does
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