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10 Best Movies Like Don't Be a Hero

If you loved Don't Be a Hero, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Face

Face

1997★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Be a Hero for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ray is an aging ex-socialist who has become a bankrobber after seeing the demise of socialism in 1980s Britain. Teaming up with a gang of other has-beenish crims, he commits one ba...

#2
Heat

Heat

1995★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Be a Hero for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each ...

#3
The Great Train Robbery

The Great Train Robbery

1903★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Be a Hero for fans of Crime & Western. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits....

#4
High Sierra

High Sierra

1941★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Be a Hero for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort....

#5
Heist 88

Heist 88

2023★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Be a Hero for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A criminal mastermind recruits a group of young bank employees to steal 80 million dollars in one of the largest bank heist in US history....

#6
The Unholy Three

The Unholy Three

1925★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Be a Hero for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Three sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" - a ventriloquist, midget, and strongman working together to commit a series of robberies....

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