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Movies that feel like The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)

If you loved The Castle of Cagliostro, the closest films we have are Fantomas (1964), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) and Manitou's Shoe (2001). All three share The Castle of Cagliostro's epic and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Criterion Channel and MGM Plus and others, checked against today's data.

After a successful robbery leaves famed thief Lupin the Third and his partner Jigen with nothing but a large amount of expertly crafted counterfeit bills, he decides to track down the forgers responsible—and steal any other treasures he may find in the Castle of Cagliostro, including the 'damsel in distress' he finds imprisoned there.

🍅 95% Rotten Tomatoes7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Hayao Miyazakiepicwittyplayfulgritty

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: thief

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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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974 · dir. Michael Cimino
🍅 89%7comedy · adventure · crime

Both land scale and wit at once

With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.

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Manitou's Shoe
2001 · dir. Michael Herbig
6.7western · comedy · adventure

The same mix in both: play, then grit

The difference: Sits closer to western than The Castle of Cagliostro does

Abahachi, Chief of the Apache Indians, and his blood brother Ranger maintain peace and justice in the Wild West. One day, Abahachi needs to take up a credit from the Shoshone Indians to finance his tribe's new saloon. Unfortunately Santa Maria, who sold the saloon, betrays Abahachi, takes the money and leaves. Soon, the Shoshones are on the warpath to get their money back, and Abahachi is forced to organize it quickly.

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The Diamond Arm
1969 · dir. Leonid Gaidai
8.3adventure · comedy · crime

Epic adventure in both cases

A diamond smuggling operation goes wrong when an ordinary Soviet citizen becomes unwittingly involved, and the criminals are forced to court him to retrieve their diamonds.

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My Name Is Nobody
1973 · dir. Tonino Valerii
🍅 100%7.3comedy · western

Comedy built on wit, twice over

The difference: None of the scale The Castle of Cagliostro is built on

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

Animation with a pulse of play, 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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The Italian Job
1969 · dir. Peter Collinson
🍅 82%7.2crime · comedy · thriller

One thread runs through both: thief

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

Both lean on grit more than on crime

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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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000 · dir. Joel Coen
🍅 78%7.7adventure · comedy · crime

Epic adventure, and it commits to that

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 2000s show

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

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Big Deal on Madonna Street
1958 · dir. Mario Monicelli
🍅 89%7.9comedy · crime

Witty comedy in both cases

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.

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Roger & Me
1989 · dir. Michael Moore
🍅 100%7.5documentary · history · comedy

A 1980s answer to the same itch

A documentary about the closure of General Motors' plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an interview with GM CEO Roger Smith.

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Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1995 · dir. Steve Oedekerk
🍅 23%6.4crime · comedy · adventure

From the 1990s, and it lands the same way

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. He must accomplish this before the wedding of the Wachati's Princess to the prince of the warrior Wachootoos. If Ace fails, the result will be a vicious tribal war.

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