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10 Best Movies Like The Safecracker

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

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#1
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Safecracker for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain....

#2
No Deposit, No Return

No Deposit, No Return

1976★ 6.2

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

Two rich children devise a way to escape their grandfather and visit their mother. Unfortunately for two hapless safe crackers, they become part of the plan....

#3
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Safecracker for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War....

#4
Battleground

Battleground

1949★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Safecracker for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatri...

#5
House of Bamboo

House of Bamboo

1955★ 6.2

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

Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals....

#6
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

1966★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Safecracker for fans of War. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces...

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