Movies like Shoot the Piano Player

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   Le Samouraï

   Similar atmosphere

   1967 · 105 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.

   Why it connects

   • strong shared themes: french noir and jazz club
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • similar audience response

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   Le Doulos

   Similar atmosphere

   1962 · 108 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   Enigmatic gangster Silien may or may not be responsible for informing on Faugel, who was just released from prison and is already involved in what should be a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisting, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust?

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared themes: french noir and jazz singer or musician
   • a closely matched era

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   The Bride Wore Black

   Same director

   1968 · 107 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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   Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves home with the intent to track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal? What is her purpose?

   Why it connects

   • the same director
   • substantial genre overlap

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   Symphony for a Massacre

   Strong story similarity

   1963 · 115 min · Crime · Drama

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   A band of gangsters devise a plan to steal a game contested between two drug gangs of drug traffickers: the five fraudsters will face bigger problems than them.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared theme: french noir

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   Elevator to the Gallows

   Similar atmosphere

   1958 · 92 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared themes: black and white and french noir
   • a closely matched era

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   Rififi

   Similar atmosphere

   1955 · 118 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre Grutter during Tony's absence. Expanding a minor smash-and-grab into a full-scale jewel heist, Tony and his crew appear to get away clean, but their actions after the job is completed threaten the lives of everyone involved.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • similar audience response

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   Speaking of Murder

   Strong story similarity

   1957 · 85 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   Louis Bertain is the owner of a Paris garage which is the front for a robbery gang. He and his accomplices are careful to keep up a civic veneer by day, indulging in criminal activities only when "the red light is on" at night. This status quo is upset when one of the gang members becomes convinced that Louis' younger brother is a police informer.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Pickpocket

   Similar atmosphere

   1959 · 75 min · Crime · Drama

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   Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is hard to resist.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Casque d'Or

   Strong story similarity

   1952 · 99 min · Crime · Drama · Romance

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   At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap

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    Razzia

    Shared cast

    1955 · 101 min · Crime · Drama

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    Henri, the Man from Nantes, comes back to his country after a successful stay in the United States, where he was working for Liski, the drug dealer. With the fame of being a tough guy preceding him, he sets himself to the task of knowing why the French operations were not so profitable - and soon he is master of all links of the organization. He can now get it honed to perfection - or destroy it. Only... the Police are following his every step.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a principal cast member

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