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10 Best Movies Like Cairo

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

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#1
Grand Slam

Grand Slam

1967★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cairo for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Professor James Anders is a seemingly mild-mannered teacher, an American working in Rio De Janeiro. Anders, bored with years of teaching, decides to put together a team to pull off...

#2
The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

1950★ 7.5

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

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 t...

#3
Parker

Parker

2013★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cairo for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the insi...

#4
Twist

Twist

2021★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cairo for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A Dickens classic brought thrillingly up to date in the teeming heartland of modern London, where a group of street smart young hustlers plan the heist of the century for the ultim...

#5
Crime 101

Crime 101

2026★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cairo for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

When an elusive thief whose high-stakes heists unfold along the iconic 101 freeway in Los Angeles eyes the score of a lifetime, with hopes of this being his final job, his path col...

#6
The Anderson Tapes

The Anderson Tapes

1971★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cairo for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't k...

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