Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Thief

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

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#1
Bummer 2

Bummer 2

2006★ 5.9

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

The film takes place a few years after the events shown in Bummer. Kostyan "Kot", who lost all his friends, the woman he loved and was nearly killed in the first installment of the...

#2
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

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

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The onl...

#3
Òlòtūré

Òlòtūré

2019★ 6.3

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

In Lagos, Nigeria, young, naive Nigerian journalist Òlòtūré goes undercover to expose the shady underworld of human trafficking. Unused to this brutal environment, crawling with ru...

#4
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.0

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

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now empl...

#5
Bimmer

Bimmer

2003★ 6.2

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

A black BMW, a symbol of luxury, is racing along the night streets of Moscow in the 90s. Bad luck turns four friends into criminals and they have no way back. Only the black “bimme...

#6
Sisters

Sisters

2001★ 6.7

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

A movie about two sisters - thirteen year old Sveta, poor and abandoned by her father, who longs to go off and be a sniper in the army, and spoilt eight-year old Dina, doted on by ...

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