Movies Like Jewel Thief (1967)

Jewel Thief is a 1967 crime, drama, thriller film from Vijay Anand with a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Lassiter and Drop the Curtain.

Crime Drama Thriller

Lassiter

1984

A handsome jewel thief is arrested and in order to avoid prison, must break into the heavily guarded German Embassy to steal millions in gems.

5.3

MagicScore

Drop the Curtain

1955

Cantinflas, who owns a cleaning business, cleans the windows of the house of a famous French actress. While carrying out his work he observes how a man steals one of the famous actress necklaces, but he can only see his back.

7.3

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I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

2017

When a depressed woman is burglarized, she finds a new sense of purpose by tracking down the thieves alongside her obnoxious neighbor. But they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals.

6.6

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No Good Deed

2002

While doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery.

5.4

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Le Cercle Rouge

1970

When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.

7.6

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The Ref

1994

A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.

6.5

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Yamakasi

2001

Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes is a 2001 French movie written by Luc Besson. It demonstrates the skills of the Yamakasi, a group of traceurs who battle against injustice in the Paris ghetto. They use parkour to steal from the rich in order to pay off medical bills for a kid injured copying their techniques.

6.0

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Marauders

2016

An untraceable group of elite bank robbers is chased by a suicidal FBI agent who uncovers a deeper purpose behind the robbery-homicides.

5.8

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School for Buglars

1958

The police plan to capture a killer by using a double that looks exactly as one of his victims.

7.6

MagicScore

#10

Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan: The Movie

2013

Conan Edogawa sets out to apprehend Lupin the Third, the suspect of stealing a jewel called Cherry Sapphire.

6.9

MagicScore

#11

Er kanns nicht lassen

1962

Father Brown is only too happy to interfere with the work of the police in solving tricky criminal cases, usually with resounding success. That's why the clergyman is transferred to a sleepy island called Abbott's Rock. At first, nothing happens there, but somehow Father Brown seems to be attracted to crime: Soon a gang of thieves is up to no good on the island. So Brown makes the headlines again, and is punitively transferred once more. This time he finds himself in a quiet Irish millionaire community.

6.7

MagicScore

#12

Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty

1989

Foiled repeatedly by the predictions of Interpol's supercomputer, Lupin has settled down. His partner Jigen asks him to pull one last heist: recover the Super Egg, a massive diamond hidden somewhere inside the Statue of Liberty.

6.5

MagicScore

#13

Lower City

2005

Best friends Deco and Naldinho co-own a cargo boat in Brazil's Salvador da Bahia. They give a ride to a sultry prostitute named Karinna, and soon both men fall prey to her considerable sexual charms, pushing the bounds of their friendship to the limit.

6.4

MagicScore

#14

Identity Thief

2013

When a mild-mannered businessman learns his identity has been stolen, he hits the road in an attempt to foil the thief -- a trip that puts him in the path of a deceptively harmless-looking woman.

5.9

MagicScore

#15

Tees Maar Khan

2010

A con artist poses as a film director in a village with the intention of executing a caper with the unwitting help of the villagers.

3.7

MagicScore

#16

El Barrendero

1982

A cheerful sweeper collects garbage dancing, and the maids of the neighborhood get jealous because he invites another woman out.

7.4

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#17

A Dog's Life

1918

The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.

7.3

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#18

Dirty Pair: Project Eden

1986

Agerna is a planet rich in Vizorium, the one mineral necessary to space travel. When a series of mysterious attacks on mining operations has world leaders pointing fingers and pinning blame, 3WA naturally send in their top agents to investigate. But are the Lovely Angels up to the task of stopping a mad scientist bent on taking a long dormant alien race to its final evolutionary form? Throw in a thief after a bottle of WWII-vintage wine and it's a safe bet that nobody's safe. It's more chaos, more mayhem, and even more destruction than ever before as the Dirty Pair take on their wildest case yet!

7.0

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#19

The Score

2001

An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.

6.7

MagicScore

#20

Happy New Year

1973

Released from prison under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed not only by his daring plan to rob a jewelry store in out-of-season Cannes, but also by a very special someone he met there.

7.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Jewel Thief?

The top films similar to Jewel Thief by MovieMagicScore are Lassiter (5.3), Drop the Curtain (7.3), I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (6.6). Each shares crime/drama/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Jewel Thief worth watching?

Jewel Thief holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10 from 18 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Jewel Thief?

Jewel Thief (1967) is a crime, drama, thriller film directed by Vijay Anand, starring Dev Anand, Vyjayanthimala, Tanuja Samarth.

Where can I find more recommendations like Jewel Thief?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more crime recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Jewel Thief

This ranked list pairs Jewel Thief (1967), a crime and drama and thriller film from Vijay Anand, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Dev Anand take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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