Movies Like The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

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Bullitt

1968·1h 53m·★ 7.4·Peter Yates

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The Assassination of Richard Nixon

2004·1h 35m·★ 6.9·Niels Mueller

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Miami Vice

2006·2h 12m·★ 6.1·Michael Mann

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Battlestar Galactica: Razor

2007·1h 28m·★ 7.6·Félix Alcalá

Starring Edward James OlmosDir. Félix AlcaláThriller & TV Movie

A Clockwork Orange

1971·2h 17m·★ 8.2·Stanley Kubrick

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The Night of the Hunter

1955·1h 33m·★ 8.0·Charles Laughton

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Rosemary's Baby

1968·2h 18m·★ 8.0·Roman Polanski

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Pandora's Box

1929·2h 21m·★ 7.7·G.W. Pabst

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The Big Clock

1948·1h 35m·★ 7.6·John Farrow

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The Naked City

1948·1h 36m·★ 7.5·Jules Dassin

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Criss Cross

1949·1h 28m·★ 7.4·Robert Siodmak

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Tsotsi

2005·1h 34m·★ 7.2·Gavin Hood

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House of Strangers

1949·1h 41m·★ 7.3·Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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Odds Against Tomorrow

1959·1h 36m·★ 7.4·Robert Wise

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The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

1998·1h 17m·★ 6.2·Stuart Gordon

Both star Edward James Olmos & Lisa Vidal

Union Station

1950·1h 21m·★ 6.8·Rudolph Maté

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Robbery

1967·1h 50m·★ 6.9·Peter Yates

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Mobsters

1991·1h 44m·★ 5.9·Michael Karbelnikoff

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Palmetto

1998·1h 54m·★ 6.1·Volker Schlöndorff

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How Good Is The Taking of Pelham One Two Three?

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