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10 Best Movies Like The Bastard

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

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#1
The Pickup

The Pickup

2025★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Bastard for fans of Crime & Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A routine cash pickup takes a wild turn when mismatched armored truck drivers Russell and Travis are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by savvy mastermind Zoe....

#2
Criss Cross

Criss Cross

1949★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Bastard 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....

#3
Parker

Parker

2013★ 6.1

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

A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the insi...

#4
The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

1950★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Bastard 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...

#5
The Anderson Tapes

The Anderson Tapes

1971★ 6.1

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

Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't k...

#6
American Sicario

American Sicario

2021★ 5.8

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

The story of the rise and fall of the first American-born drug lord in Mexico, this tale of power, money, greed and betrayal amongst rival members of the drug cartels finds America...

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