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Movies that feel likeThe Pink Panther (1963)

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...

If you loved The Pink Panther, the closest films we have are Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958), The Party (1968) and The Lavender Hill Mob (1951). All three share The Pink Panther'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 Mafioso (1962).

🍅 89% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Blake Edwardswittyplayfulgritty
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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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The Party
1968 · dir. Blake Edwards
🍅 83%★ 7.4comedyPrime Video

Both are Blake Edwards's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Easier on the grit than The Pink Panther

Hrundi V. Bakshi, an accident-prone actor from India, is accidentally put on the guest list for an upcoming party at the home of a Hollywood film producer. Unfortunately, from the moment he arrives, one thing after another goes wrong with compounding effect.

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The Lavender Hill Mob
1951 · dir. Charles Crichton
🍅 100%★ 7.5comedy · crime

Gritty comedy in both cases

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

Crime built on wit, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into drama than The Pink Panther 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

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

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

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

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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My Name Is Nobody
1973 · dir. Tonino Valerii
🍅 100%★ 7.3comedy · westernPrime Video

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

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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Fantomas
1964 · dir. André Hunebelle
★ 6.9comedy · crime · adventure

Playful crime in both cases

Fantômas 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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Batman
1966 · dir. Leslie H. Martinson
🍅 80%★ 6.5action · comedy · crime

Both run gritty where it counts

The Dynamic Duo faces four super-villains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.

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

Both are comedy through and through

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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Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994 · dir. Peter Segal
🍅 66%★ 6.5comedy · crimeParamount+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: slapstick comedy

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.

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Police Academy
1984 · dir. Hugh Wilson
🍅 58%★ 6.7comedy · crime

The same crime instincts

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the instructors. Not everyone is there through choice, though. Social misfit Mahoney has been forced to sign up as the only alternative to a jail sentence and it doesn't take long before he falls foul of the boorish Lieutenant Harris. But before long, Mahoney realises that he is enjoying being a police cadet and decides he wants to stay... while Harris decides he wants Mahoney out!

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