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Movies that feel like The Outfit (1973)

If you loved The Outfit, the closest films we have are Catch Me If You Can (2002), American Hustle (2013) and The Grifters (1990). All three share The Outfit's gritty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential and Paramount+ Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.

πŸ… 86% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. John Flynngrittycontemplativerelentlessplayful

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If The Outfit hit the spot, these will too

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Catch Me If You Can
2002 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 96%β˜… 8.1drama Β· crime

The same mix in both: grit, then stillness

The difference: Not nearly as relentless as The Outfit

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.

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American Hustle
2013 Β· dir. David O. Russell
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.2drama Β· crime

Playful crime in both cases

The difference: A 2010s film, from a different era of filmmaking

A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.

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The Grifters
1990 Β· dir. Stephen Frears
πŸ… 92%β˜… 6.9crime Β· drama

Gritty drama, and it commits to that

A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.

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Rolling Thunder
1977 Β· dir. John Flynn
πŸ… 82%β˜… 6.9drama Β· thriller Β· action

The same hand behind both of them: John Flynn

The difference: Plays it as thriller more than The Outfit does

A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. He has a hard time adjusting, and things go badly. A movie about the walking dead, before that meant just flesh-eating zombies.

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The Asphalt Jungle
1950 Β· dir. John Huston
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.8crime Β· drama

Crime with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

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The Godfather
1972 Β· dir. Francis Ford Coppola
πŸ… 97%β˜… 9.2drama Β· crime

Both built around mafia

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

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The Godfather Part II
1974 Β· dir. Francis Ford Coppola
πŸ… 96%β˜… 9drama Β· crime

Both trade on grit more than on being drama

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

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Lady Snowblood
1973 Β· dir. Toshiya Fujita
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.6action Β· crime Β· drama

Both keep circling back to revenge

The difference: Leans action where The Outfit does not

A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.

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Straight Time
1978 Β· dir. Ulu Grosbard
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.4crime Β· drama

Crime built on stillness, twice over

After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.

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Blue Collar
1978 Β· dir. Paul Schrader
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.5drama Β· crime

Cut from the same crime cloth

Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.

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Point Blank
1967 Β· dir. John Boorman
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.3crime Β· thriller Β· drama

Parker sits at the heart of each

After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.

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Pickpocket
1959 Β· dir. Robert Bresson
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.5crime Β· drama

Both are drama through and through

Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is hard to resist.

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