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10 Best Movies Like Le Samouraï

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

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#1
Le Cercle Rouge

Le Cercle Rouge

1970★ 7.6

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

When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped mur...

#2
Army of Shadows

Army of Shadows

1969★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Le Samouraï for fans of Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, an...

#3
Purple Noon

Purple Noon

1960★ 7.6

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

Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess....

#4
Rififi

Rififi

1955★ 7.8

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

Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of l...

#5
Bob le Flambeur

Bob le Flambeur

1956★ 7.3

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

In Paris, Bob Montagne is practically synonymous with gambling -- and winning. He is kind, classy and well-liked by virtually everyone in town, including police inspector Ledru. Ho...

#6
The Sicilian Clan

The Sicilian Clan

1969★ 7.6

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

An ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter-in-law of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them....