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10 Best Movies Like The Sand Pebbles

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

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#1
Property Is No Longer a Theft

Property Is No Longer a Theft

1973★ 7.2

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

A young bank teller, literally allergic to paper money, becomes the worst nightmare of his best customer, a wealthy butcher who manages his business unscrupulously....

#2
The Hoax

The Hoax

2006★ 6.2

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

In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s....

#3
Fata Morgana

Fata Morgana

1972★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sand Pebbles for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Shot under extreme conditions and inspired by Mayan creation theory, the film contemplates the illusion of reality and the possibility of capturing for the camera something which i...

#4
Atlantic Wall

Atlantic Wall

1970★ 6.2

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

1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly joins the Résistance when a British pilot is shot d...

#5
Sands of Iwo Jima

Sands of Iwo Jima

1950★ 6.4

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

Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to under...

#6
The Bank Shot

The Bank Shot

1974★ 5.4

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

A bank temporarily housed in a mobile home while a new building is built, looks like an easy target to break into. On the other hand, why not steal the whole bank, and rob it in a ...