
Movies that feel like The Italian Job (1969)
If you loved The Italian Job, the closest films we have are Le Cercle Rouge (1970), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) and Take the Money and Run (1969). All three share The Italian Job's gritty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.
If The Italian Job hit the spot, these will too

Both are working the same pair: prison, thief
The difference: Not nearly as witty as The Italian Job

Both keep coming back to the same thing: gold
The difference: Missing the tension of The Italian Job

The same preoccupation in both: prison

Both land grit and wit at once
The difference: Leans harder into western than The Italian Job does

One thread runs through both: thief

Playful crime, and it commits to that

Comedy with a pulse of grit, in both cases

Thriller built on wit, twice over

Common ground: mafia
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Both lean on tension more than on crime

Playful comedy in both cases

Thriller with a pulse of wit, in both cases
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