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10 Best Movies Like Once a Thief

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

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#1
The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

1950★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once a Thief 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....

#2
The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

1950★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once a Thief for fans of Crime & Drama. 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
The Grifters

The Grifters

1990★ 6.5

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

A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play....

#4
Cry of the City

Cry of the City

1948★ 6.7

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

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another cri...

#5
The Sound of Fury

The Sound of Fury

1950★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once a Thief 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....

#6
Panic

Panic

2000★ 6.2

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

Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for hi...

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