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Movies that feel likeThe Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

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.

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).

🍅 100% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Charles Crichtonwittyplayfulgritty
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A Fish Called Wanda
1988 · dir. Charles Crichton
🍅 96%★ 7.5comedy · crime

Both are Charles Crichton's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.

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

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

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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Mafioso
1962 · dir. Alberto Lattuada
🍅 96%★ 7.6crime · drama · comedy

Gritty comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into drama than The Lavender Hill Mob does

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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Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 · dir. Frank Capra
🍅 86%★ 7.9comedy · crime

Both lean on wit more than on crime

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!

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

Comedy built on play, twice over

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

Gritty crime in both cases

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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Hera Pheri
2000 · dir. Priyadarshan
★ 8.2comedy · crime

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Two tenants and a landlord, in desperate need of money, chance upon a ransom call via a cross connection. They hatch a plan to claim the ransom for themselves.

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In for a Murder
2021 · dir. Piotr Mularuk
★ 5.5crime · comedyNetflix

Crime with a pulse of play, in both cases

A stay-at-home mom and avid reader of crime stories discovers the deepest secrets of a small town's residents while investigating a woman's murder.

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Trouble in Paradise
1932 · dir. Ernst Lubitsch
🍅 90%★ 7.9comedy · crime · romance

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

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.

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Happy New Year
2014 · dir. Farah Khan
🍅 40%★ 5.1crime · comedyNetflix

A streak of grit through both

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Six would-be thieves enter a prestigious dance competition as a cover for their larger goal of pulling off a major heist.

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The Italian Job
1969 · dir. Peter Collinson
🍅 82%★ 7.2crime · comedy · thriller

One thread runs through both: gold

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 Man in the White Suit
1951 · dir. Alexander Mackendrick
🍅 100%★ 7.2comedy · science fiction

Both are built on the same subject: ealing

The difference: Takes it somewhere less gritty than The Lavender Hill Mob does

The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...

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