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10 Best Movies Like The Dancer and the Thief

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

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#1
The Layover

The Layover

2017★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Dancer and the Thief for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When their plane is rerouted due to a hurricane warning, two single female best friends find themselves competing for the same guy during an extended layover in St. Louis....

#2
Echo Boomers

Echo Boomers

2020★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Dancer and the Thief for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Five post grads figure the best way to get back at the unfair economy and live the life they've always wanted is to steal from the rich and give to themselves....

#3
Attenberg

Attenberg

2010★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Dancer and the Thief for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Marina, 23, is growing up with her architect father in a prototype factory town by the sea. Finding the human species strange and repellent, she keeps her distance...that is until ...

#4
An Egg Rescue

An Egg Rescue

2021★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Dancer and the Thief for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Toto and his friends must rescue his egg children after they're taken away for a gourmet food event in Africa....

#5
My Tender Matador

My Tender Matador

2020★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Dancer and the Thief for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Among gunshots and boleros, a passionate relationship flourishes between a lonely transvestite and a young guerrilla during the Pinochet dictatorship....

#6
Love Letter of a Murderer

Love Letter of a Murderer

1972★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Dancer and the Thief for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A man (José Luis López Vázquez) walks into a bar and shoots four people dead. Next day everybody is talking about the murders. The police know who the killer is and have his photo,...