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10 Best Movies Like Penance

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

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#1
The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

1950★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Penance 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...

#2
Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir Dogs

1992★ 8.1

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

A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. O...

#3
Robbery

Robbery

1967★ 6.6

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

In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying millions in cash....

#4
Play Dirty

Play Dirty

2025★ 6.6

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

Expert thief Parker gets a shot at a major heist, but to pull it off he and his team must outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob, and the world's richest man....

#5
Criss Cross

Criss Cross

1949★ 7.1

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

An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband....

#6
The Criminal

The Criminal

1960★ 6.4

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

When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violen...

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