
Movies that feel likeThe Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
If you loved The Lavender Hill Mob, the closest films we have are A Fish Called Wanda (1988), Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) and Mafioso (1962). All three share The Lavender Hill Mob's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969).
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If The Lavender Hill Mob hit the spot, these will too

Both are Charles Crichton's work, and they rhyme
The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

Gritty comedy, and it commits to that
The difference: Leans harder into drama than The Lavender Hill Mob does

Both lean on wit more than on crime

Comedy built on play, twice over



Crime with a pulse of play, in both cases

Both keep coming back to the same thing: black and white

A streak of grit through both
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

One thread runs through both: gold

Both are built on the same subject: ealing
The difference: Takes it somewhere less gritty than The Lavender Hill Mob does
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