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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.

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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If The Italian Job hit the spot, these will too

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

Both are working the same pair: prison, thief

The difference: Not nearly as witty as The Italian Job

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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The Lavender Hill Mob
1951 Β· dir. Charles Crichton
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· crime

Both keep coming back to the same thing: gold

The difference: Missing the tension of The Italian Job

A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.

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Take the Money and Run
1969 Β· dir. Woody Allen
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· crime

The same preoccupation in both: prison

Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.

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Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969 Β· dir. Burt Kennedy
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.4comedy Β· western

Both land grit and wit at once

The difference: Leans harder into western than The Italian Job does

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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Fantomas
1964 Β· dir. AndrΓ© Hunebelle
β˜… 6.9comedy Β· crime Β· adventure

One thread runs through both: thief

FantΓ΄mas 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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The Pink Panther
1963 Β· dir. Blake Edwards
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7comedy Β· crime

Playful crime, and it commits to that

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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Big Deal on Madonna Street
1958 Β· dir. Mario Monicelli
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.9comedy Β· crime

Comedy with a pulse of grit, 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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My Name Is Nobody
1973 Β· dir. Tonino Valerii
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.3comedy Β· western

Thriller built on wit, twice over

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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Dilwale
2015 Β· dir. Rohit Shetty
πŸ… 19%β˜… 5.1crime Β· action Β· comedy

Common ground: mafia

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Raj is a Mafia member. One day he meet a girl (Meera) while chasing by his rival gang and falls in love with her. Later he finds out that this girl is the daughter of the leader of his rival gang. Yet their love story continues until he was shot by his girlfriend upon a deep misunderstanding. After that incident these two lovers lives separate until their siblings fallen in love. With this new love story their paths intertwines again.

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Yes, Madam!
1985 Β· dir. Corey Yuen
πŸ… 100%β˜… 6.7action Β· comedy Β· crime

Both lean on tension more than on crime

Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport, with a hidden microfilm, wanted by a triad boss. Two ass-kicking women copsβ€”one Chinese, one Britishβ€”are on the case.

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Mafioso
1962 Β· dir. Alberto Lattuada
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.6crime Β· drama Β· comedy

Playful comedy in both cases

When a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his native Sicily, a decades' old oath forces him to fulfill a nightmarish obligation.

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Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
1965 Β· dir. Leonid Gaidai
β˜… 8.4comedy

Thriller with a pulse of wit, in both cases

The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "DΓ©jΓ  vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik, the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly.

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