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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
Bottle Rocket

Bottle Rocket

1996★ 6.7

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

Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Dignan has hatche...

#3
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 ...

#4
Two-Way Stretch

Two-Way Stretch

1960★ 6.7

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

Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail...

#5
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....

#6
They Live by Night

They Live by Night

1949★ 6.9

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.

An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning....

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