Movies like The Thief: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Thief (1955) — a comedy, drama and tv movie film directed by Vincent J. Donehue — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Thief most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like infidelity, based on play or musical and thief. 3 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Plunkett & Macleane 1999★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th-century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement: They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings. With Plunkett's criminal know-how and Macleane's social connections, they team up to be soon known as "The Gentlemen Highwaymen". But when one day these gentlemen hold up Lord Chief Justice Gibson's coach, Macleane instantly falls in love with his beautiful and cunning niece, Lady Rebecca Gibson. Unfortunately, Thief Taker General Chance, who also is quite fond of Rebecca, is getting closer and closer to getting both.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Flintstones Christmas Carol 1994★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, TV Movie
Fred is cast as Ebenezer Scrooge in a stage adaption of the classic Christmas story, but is acting a bit stingy in real life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Lady Windermere's Fan 1925★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Landline 2017★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Ray Donovan: The Movie 2022★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, TV Movie
A showdown decades in the making brings the Donovan family legacy full circle. As the events that made Ray who he is today finally come to light, the Donovans find themselves drawn back to Boston to face the past. Each of them struggles to overcome their violent upbringing, but destiny dies hard, and only their fierce love for each other keeps them in the fight.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Oh, Hello on Broadway 2017★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy, TV Movie
Two delusional geriatrics reveal curious pasts, share a love of tuna and welcome a surprise guest in this filming of the popular Broadway comedy show.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Thick as Thieves 1999★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first, a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jazz records and caring for his ailing dog, Wally. The other is a local gangster with a taste for the finer life, who decides to eliminate the competition. This ignites a war between the two men and their aides. An angry mob boss and a female police officer try to sort the mess before things get too out of hand.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Breaking News in Yuba County 2021★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama
An overlooked pencil-pusher catches her husband in bed with another woman, the shock of which causes him to die of a heart attack. So she buries his body and takes advantage of the growing celebrity status that comes from having a missing husband. But she quickly finds herself in over her head, dodging cops and criminals, all while trying to keep the truth from her sister, a local news anchor who’s desperate for a story.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Small Apartments 2012★ 5.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama
When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother, and a crew of misfit characters force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Bramble House Christmas 2017★ 6.4
Shares: TV Movie, Drama
While settling his father’s estate, Finn Conrad becomes suspicious as to why the man left a nurse $100,000. His dad knew her for less than two months before he died. Just before Christmas, Finn wants what to reclaim what he considers his family’s money, going undercover to investigate the bed and breakfast the nurse has recently taken over. When Finn meets Willa, he discovers she’s not a conniving gold digger at all, but a woman in need who put the money to good use. When she discovers his true identity, will it keep Willa from ever trusting him again?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Plastic 2014★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Sam and Fordy run a credit card fraud scheme, but when they steal from the wrong man, they find themselves threatened by sadistic gangster. They need to raise £5m and pull off a daring diamond heist to clear their debt.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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American Son 2019★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, TV Movie
Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Six Pack 1982★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Stopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home, has just been quickly and expertly stripped. He chases down the miscreants, who turn out to be six orphan children. He has no recourse to the law, for the corrupt local sheriff takes most of the proceeds of their thievery in exchange for not putting them in an orphanage. They are charming rogues who are in turn charmed by him. Disliking their arrangement with the sheriff, they stow away with him, and he finds himself becoming a reluctant stepfather. Thanks to their enthusiasm and incredible mechanical know-how, he begins to make a name for himself on the racing circuit. But the sheriff doesn't take kindly to losing his extra income...
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault 1996★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, TV Movie
A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Playing God 2021★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A brother and sister con-artist duo find themselves scamming a grieving billionaire by convincing him they can introduce him to God, face-to-face.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Waitress: The Musical 2023★ 7.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A waitress and expert pie-maker dreams of a way out of her small town and rocky marriage.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Psych: The Movie 2017★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy, TV Movie
The ambitious friends come together during the holidays after a mystery assailant targets one of their own. A comedic thrill-ride follows, as the wild and unpredictable Psych team pursues the bad guys, justice … and, of course, food!
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy 2011★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, TV Movie
Based on the events surrounding the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. Hayden Panettiere (Heroes) and Marcia Gay Harden (Academy Award winner for Pollock) star in the Lifetime Original Movie Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy based on the international headline-grabbing story of the now infamous American exchange student accused by Italian authorities of brutally killing her roommate. Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy poses the question of whether Knox (Panettiere), the Seattle honors student accused of murdering her college roommate Meredith Kercher (Amanda Fernando Stevens) in 2007 with her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito (Paolo Romio) and acquaintance Rudy Guede (Djirbi Kebe), actually committed the crime or was herself a victim.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Closer to the Moon 2014★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of bank robbers to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Clear History 2013★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, TV Movie
Nathan Flomm, in order to avoid the humiliation of having missed out on a hugely successful business, assumes a new identity on Martha's Vineyard. He plots revenge when his former business partner moves to the same town.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv