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10 Best Movies Like Hardly a Criminal

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

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#1
Heist 88

Heist 88

2023★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hardly a Criminal 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....

#2
Face

Face

1997★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hardly a Criminal 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...

#3
The Killing

The Killing

1956★ 7.6

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

Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight...

#4
The Sound of Fury

The Sound of Fury

1950★ 6.5

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

A family man – desperate for a job – latches onto a friend who encourages him into being a criminal....

#5
Pitfall

Pitfall

1948★ 6.9

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

An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator....

#6
The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

1950★ 7.0

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

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob....

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