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10 Best Movies Like Bicycle Thieves

If you loved Bicycle Thieves, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Umberto D.

Umberto D.

1952★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bicycle Thieves for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by th...

#2
Sansho the Bailiff

Sansho the Bailiff

1954★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bicycle Thieves for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier....

#3
Rome, Open City

Rome, Open City

1945★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bicycle Thieves for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a means of escape....

#4
Shoeshine

Shoeshine

1946★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bicycle Thieves for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll...

#5
The 400 Blows

The 400 Blows

1959★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bicycle Thieves for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days ...

#6
Obsession

Obsession

1944★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bicycle Thieves for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna as they plan to get rid of her older husband....