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10 Best Movies Like The Hard Word

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

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#1
Heat

Heat

1995★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Hard Word for fans of Action & Crime. 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 ...

#2
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

2007★ 7.1

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

When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards ...

#3
Suicide Kings

Suicide Kings

1997★ 6.6

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

Carlo, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save the sister of a friend. As Carlo plays mind games, however, his cap...

#4
The Doberman Gang

The Doberman Gang

1972★ 6.6

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

After a failed bank robbery, an ex-con, an ex-waitress and a few of their friends train a pack of doberman dogs to rob a bank for them....

#5
Face

Face

1997★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Hard Word for fans of Crime. 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...

#6
The Art of the Steal

The Art of the Steal

2013★ 6.2

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

Crunch Calhoun, a third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief, teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in the world. But it's not just a...

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