Movies Like Rough Cut (1980)

Rough Cut is a 1980 adventure, comedy, crime, mystery, romance film from Don Siegel with a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Killer Fish and Happy New Year.

Adventure Comedy Crime Mystery Romance

Killer Fish

1979

Jewel thieves attempt to recover treasure from piranha infested waters. Mistrust and betrayals happen amongst the gang in the quest for gold.

4.6

MagicScore

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

Romancing the Stone

1984

Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.

6.8

MagicScore

Desire

1936

Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses American engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France. But getting the pearls back from him proves to be difficult without falling in love.

6.9

MagicScore

Bang Bang!

2014

A young bank receptionist gets mixed up with Rajveer Nanda, a man who has a mysterious background.

6.2

MagicScore

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1939

Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime. Does it involve a family curse, the crown jewels of England, or something else…

6.9

MagicScore

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

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983

Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him. However, Clouseau's enemy, Dreyfus, rigs the Surete's computer to select, instead, the world's WORST detective, NYPD Sgt. Clifton Sleigh. Sleigh obtusely bungles his way past assassins and corrupt officials as though he were Clouseau's American cousin.

4.6

MagicScore

The Story of a Cheat

1936

Life story of a charming scoundrel, with little dialogue other than the star/director's witty narration. As a boy, only he survives a family tragedy when he's deprived of supper (poisonous mushrooms!) for stealing...concluding that dishonesty pays. Through years of dabbling in crime and amusing adventures, two women appear and reappear in his life, a dazzling blonde jewel thief and a stunning brunette gambler. Finally, he meets the mysterious Charbonnier who had saved his life in World War I, leading to the surprising next phase in his career...

7.4

MagicScore

#10

The Three Musketeers

1948

In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

6.7

MagicScore

#11

The Hot Rock

1972

Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...

6.5

MagicScore

#12

A Scandal in Paris

1946

A smooth-talking French thief wangles his way into an important position as prefect of police.

6.4

MagicScore

#13

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

MagicScore

#14

Metro

1997

Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.

5.7

MagicScore

#15

The Fourth Wise Man

1985

Artaban is a young Magus (Wise Man) who desires to follow the star to the birthplace of the coming King, against the counsel of his friends and family. Carrying three precious jewels to give to the baby Messiah, Artaban and his reluctant servant Orontes set off to join the caravan of the three other wise men. They miss the caravan, but Artaban continues the search for his King, always one step behind. Artaban spends much of his remaining wealth and all of his energy helping the poor and unfortunate people he meets, until at the end of his life he finally finds Jesus--at His trial! Has Artaban wasted his life in a foolish quest? Will he ever get the chance to present his gifts to the King?

7.0

MagicScore

#16

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

1989

Our favourite police men are called together to deal with a gang who rob banks and jewelers. Using their various talents as well as their extraordinary luck, the crooks stand no chance against our men and women in blue.

5.1

MagicScore

#17

The Ghoul

1933

British Egyptologist, Professor Morlant, seeks immortality through the power of a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death, Morlant returns to earth to seek vengeance upon those who removed the jewel from his grave.

5.5

MagicScore

#18

The Barbarians

1987

Orphaned brothers Kutchek and Gore are adopted by a tribe led by Canary the owner of a powerful jewel. The evil Kadar wants both Canary and the jewel. Attacking the tribe he kidnaps Canary but the stone eludes him. The brothers are taken to be trained as gladiators and years later have grown to be VERY big. They escape and set off on a quest to find the jewel and rescue Canary.

5.4

MagicScore

#19

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

#20

Twelve Plus One

1969

Mario, a young philanderer, receives 13 antique chairs in a bad state by inheritance and decides to sell off them to get some money. Afterwards he gets to know that one of them contains documents worth a lot of money. So he begins an adventurous trip to regain possession of the chair. On the way he meets many strange people who would like to help or to swindle him.

5.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Rough Cut?

The top films similar to Rough Cut by MovieMagicScore are Killer Fish (4.6), Happy New Year (7.2), Romancing the Stone (6.8). Each shares adventure/comedy/crime/mystery/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Rough Cut worth watching?

Rough Cut holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10 from 41 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Rough Cut?

Rough Cut (1980) is a adventure, comedy, crime, mystery, romance film directed by Don Siegel, starring Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down, David Niven.

Where can I find more recommendations like Rough Cut?

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

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About movies like Rough Cut

This ranked list pairs Rough Cut (1980), a adventure and comedy and crime and mystery and romance film from Don Siegel, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Burt Reynolds 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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