
Movies that feel likeThe 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 The Pink Panther (1963). All three share The Italian Job's gritty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Mafioso (1962).
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If The Italian Job hit the spot, these will too

Both are working the same pair: prison, thief
The difference: Takes it somewhere less witty than The Italian Job does

Both keep coming back to the same thing: gold
The difference: Easier on the tension than The Italian Job



Playful comedy, and it commits to that

Thriller with a pulse of grit, in both cases
The difference: Leans harder into western than The Italian Job does

Comedy built on wit, twice over

Both lean on play more than on crime

One thread runs through both: thief

Thriller built on grit, twice over

Tense crime, and it commits to that
The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

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