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Movies that feel likeOcean's Eleven (2001)

Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.

If you loved Ocean's Eleven, the closest films we have are Traffic (2000), Inside Man (2006) and The Usual Suspects (1995). All three share Ocean's Eleven's tense and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Red Rock West (1993).

🍅 83% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Steven Soderberghtensegrittyplayful
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Ocean's Twelve (2004) · Ocean's Thirteen (2007)

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Traffic
2000 · dir. Steven Soderbergh
🍅 93%★ 7.5thriller · drama · crime

Soderbergh's precision applied to a sprawling criminal web

The difference: Heavy and hopeless — the drug war offers no clean escape

An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.

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Inside Man
2006 · dir. Spike Lee
🍅 86%★ 7.6crime · drama · thriller

A meticulous plan unfolding while everyone scrambles to read it

The difference: Weightier and more political, thriller tension over caper cool

When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.

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The Usual Suspects
1995 · dir. Bryan Singer
🍅 87%★ 8.5drama · crime · thrillerMax

Criminals, a scheme, and a story that keeps rearranging itself

The difference: Shadowy and menacing — a puzzle to solve, not a night to enjoy

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.

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Ronin
1998 · dir. John Frankenheimer
🍅 70%★ 7.2action · thriller · crime

Professionals executing a plan where trust is the real gamble

The difference: Grim and terse — no banter, no tuxedos, no Vegas shine

A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of recovering the case.

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Fast Five
2011 · dir. Justin Lin
🍅 77%★ 7.3action · thriller · crimeNetflix

A crew assembled one specialist at a time for one exact job

The difference: Loud, muscular action where Ocean's stays quiet and precise

Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom.

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Phone Booth
2003 · dir. Joel Schumacher
🍅 72%★ 7.1thriller · crimePrime Video

A slick operator forced to improvise under constant pressure

The difference: Tight, sweaty and cruel, with none of the breezy fun

A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.

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Now You See Me 2
2016 · dir. Jon M. Chu
🍅 33%★ 6.4crime · thrillerPrime VideoStarz

Theatrical crooks pulling tricks the audience is invited to admire

The difference: Sillier and effects-driven, with logic that does not hold up

One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.

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Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000 · dir. Dominic Sena
🍅 25%★ 6.5action · crime · thriller

A retired pro assembling old hands for one impossible night

The difference: Engine noise and adrenaline in place of wit and elegance

Ex-car thief Randall Raines is forced out of retirement to save his brother Kip after a boost gone wrong. With the help of allies old and new, they race to meet the demands of notorious crime boss Raymond Calitri as the police are in hot pursuit.

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Le Cercle Rouge
1970 · dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
🍅 96%★ 7.9crime · drama · thriller

The same preoccupation in both: heist

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Ocean's Eleven does

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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Den of Thieves
2018 · dir. Christian Gudegast
🍅 42%★ 7crime · thriller · action

Both are built on the same subject: heist

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.

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Red Rock West
1993 · dir. John Dahl
🍅 95%★ 7crime · thriller

The same mix in both: tension, then grit

The difference: Takes it somewhere less playful than Ocean's Eleven does

When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money, and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.

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Reservoir Dogs
1992 · dir. Quentin Tarantino
🍅 90%★ 8.3crime · thrillerPrime Video

A crew of specialists, a plan, and the pleasure of pros talking

The difference: Brutal and claustrophobic — the job goes wrong and stays wrong

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. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.

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