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Films like Snatch (2000)

Published: Mar 16, 2026

A подборка of crime comedies in the style of Snatch, centered on tangled schemes, gang rivalries, and the pursuit of big money and valuables in the setting of criminal London. The selected films share Guy Ritchie's signature style: a fast pace, action, English black humor, a large cast of characters each chasing their own goals, and multiple parallel storylines that eventually converge into one story. The list includes such cult films as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Pulp Fiction, In Bruges, and The Gentlemen.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

1. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Comedy Crime
8.1

1998 · 1h 45min

United States, United Kingdom

Director: Guy Ritchie

Four friends scrape together 100,000 pounds to take part in a high-stakes card game run by local gangster Harry, hoping to hit a big jackpot. But Eddie loses all the money and, on top of that, ends up owing another 500,000. Now the boys have one week to come up with the cash, or they will have to deal with Harry’s gang.

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Darkness, Tension, Pacing, Tone, Themes

Shared keywords

Violent, Dark comedy, Heist, Mistrust, Betrayal, Parallel threads converge, Deadly game

Style

Pacing
78%
Humor
72%
Tension
70%

RocknRolla

2. RocknRolla

Action Crime Thriller
7.2

2008 · 1h 54min

United States, France

Director: Guy Ritchie

A Russian gangster pulls off a shady real-estate scam, and suddenly millions of dollars are within easy reach—supposedly up for grabs by anyone. It drags practically the entire London underworld into a criminal race for the money.

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Pacing, Complexity, Humor, Conflict, Tone

Shared keywords

Violent, Mistrust, Betrayal, Corruption, Cynical

Style

Pacing
78%
Humor
70%
Complexity
68%

The Gentlemen

3. The Gentlemen

Comedy Crime
7.8

2020 · 1h 53min

United States, United Kingdom

Director: Guy Ritchie

Mickey Pearson rose from nothing and built a drug empire that includes several hidden marijuana-growing labs and an extensive network of clients. Trying to leave his dark past behind, he decides to sell his entire business and step away for good. But just as Mickey meets with one of the potential buyers, one of his secret labs is attacked by unknown assailants.

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Darkness, Tension, Violence, Tone, Tropes

Shared keywords

Dark comedy, Mistrust, Parallel threads converge, Deadly game

Style

Pacing
75%
Tension
70%
Humor
65%

Layer Cake

4. Layer Cake

Drama Thriller Crime
7.2

2004 · 1h 45min

United Kingdom

Director: Matthew Vaughn

Having made enough money, a successful drug dealer decides to leave the business behind and enjoy life on his own terms. Before walking away, he must complete one last job for his boss — find the missing daughter of a powerful gangster. What seems like a simple task for a few days soon turns into a dangerous and tangled criminal game.

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Complexity, Violence, Pacing, Tropes, Themes

Notable differences: Bleakness (+25%), Darkness (+15%), Humor (-37%)

Shared keywords

Violent, Mistrust, Betrayal, Cynical

Style

Tension
78%
Darkness
75%
Pacing
72%

Pulp Fiction

5. Pulp Fiction

Thriller Crime Comedy
8.8

1994 · 2h 34min

United States

Director: Quentin Tarantino

The film tells three nonlinearly intertwined stories: about two gangsters, Vincent and Jules, who collect debts for their boss Marsellus; about boxer Butch, who is supposed to lose a fight as arranged with Marsellus; and about Vincent’s date with Marsellus’s wife, which turns into a catastrophe.

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Tension, Complexity, Darkness, Tone, Themes

Notable differences: Violence (+13%)

Shared keywords

Violent, Dark comedy, Parallel threads converge

Style

Violence
75%
Tension
72%
Complexity
72%

Bullet Train

6. Bullet Train

Action Comedy Thriller
7.3

2022 · 2h 6min

United States

Director: David Leitch

A hitman plagued by a streak of bad luck is assigned to retrieve a suitcase aboard a Japanese high-speed train. However, the job becomes far more complicated when he discovers that five other assassins on the train are connected to the same mission.

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Tension, Pacing, Darkness, Tropes, Themes

Notable differences: Action (+25%)

Shared keywords

Violent, Mistrust, Betrayal, Parallel threads converge, Deadly game

Style

Action
80%
Pacing
78%
Tension
70%

Seven Psychopaths

7. Seven Psychopaths

Comedy Crime
7.1

2012 · 1h 50min

United States, United Kingdom

Director: Martin McDonagh

Writer Marty is struggling with a lack of ideas for the screenplay of his new film. His friends make money by kidnapping dogs and returning them to their owners for a reward. But one day they steal the dog of a local gangster, and all of them end up drawn into an absurd and very dangerous adventure.

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Humor, Tension, Violence, Tone, Conflict

Notable differences: Pacing (-16%)

Shared keywords

Violent, Dark comedy

Style

Humor
75%
Darkness
70%
Violence
68%

Caught Stealing

8. Caught Stealing

Crime Thriller Comedy
7.0

2025 · 1h 47min

United States

Director: Darren Aronofsky

Former baseball player Hank Thompson lives a quiet, ordinary life and works as a bartender. One day his punk neighbor asks him to watch his cat for a few days because he has to leave town. From then on, Hank’s life takes a hard turn, and without meaning to, he ends up at the center of a criminal mess.

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Themes, Tropes

Notable differences: Bleakness (+15%), Darkness (+15%), Tension (+15%), Pacing (+12%), Humor (-32%), Violence (+18%), Action (+15%), Complexity (-28%)

Shared keywords

Violent, Mistrust, Betrayal, Corruption

Style

Pacing
90%
Tension
85%
Violence
80%

Lucky Number Slevin

9. Lucky Number Slevin

Drama Thriller Crime Mystery
7.7

2006 · 1h 50min

United States, Canada

Director: Paul McGuigan

The life of a young man named Slevin falls apart: he loses his job, his house is sealed off, and his girlfriend leaves him. With nowhere else to turn, Slevin heads to New York and stays at his friend’s apartment, but a strange twist of fate pulls him into a criminal conflict between two powerful crime bosses.

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Violence, Tension, Complexity, Tropes, Conflict

Notable differences: Humor (-27%)

Style

Tension
72%
Darkness
70%
Complexity
70%

In Bruges

10. In Bruges

Comedy Drama Crime
7.9

2008 · 1h 48min

United States, United Kingdom

Director: Martin McDonagh

After their latest job, two hitmen, Ray and Ken, are sent by their boss Harry to Bruges to lie low while the noise around their last assignment dies down. While Ken is captivated by the beauty of the medieval city, Ray looks for ways to keep himself occupied, but both begin to suspect that Harry sent them there for a reason.

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Tension, Complexity, Violence, Tropes, Themes

Notable differences: Bleakness (+27%), Darkness (+18%), Pacing (-20%)

Shared keywords

Violent, Dark comedy, Deadly game, Moral compromise

Style

Darkness
78%
Bleakness
72%
Tension
70%

The Guard

11. The Guard

Action Comedy Thriller Crime
7.3

2011 · 1h 36min

United States, Ireland

Director: John Michael McDonagh

An FBI agent is sent to assist provincial Irish policeman Gerry Boyle in investigating the activities of an international drug cartel. What was supposed to be a routine case turns into a series of absurd and dangerous situations, as Gerry, who is used to doing things his own way, handles investigations with highly unconventional methods that include heavy drinking, prostitutes, and racist jokes.

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Humor, Darkness, Violence, Tropes, Tone

Notable differences: Pacing (-16%), Complexity (-23%)

Shared keywords

Violent, Dark comedy, Corruption

Style

Humor
70%
Pacing
62%
Tension
60%

Reservoir Dogs

12. Reservoir Dogs

Crime Thriller
8.3

1992 · 1h 39min

United States

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Crime boss Joe assembles six experienced robbers for a new job — the robbery of a jewelry store. The members of the crew do not know each other, and to avoid revealing their real names, Joe gives each of them a pseudonym. What was supposed to be a perfectly planned crime turns into a bloody shootout with the police, who seem to have been tipped off about the robbery in advance.

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Complexity, Themes, Tropes

Notable differences: Bleakness (+33%), Darkness (+22%), Tension (+18%), Pacing (-12%), Humor (-44%), Violence (+12%)

Shared keywords

Violent, Heist, Mistrust, Betrayal

Style

Tension
88%
Darkness
82%
Bleakness
78%

The Nice Guys

13. The Nice Guys

Comedy Crime Action
7.4

2016 · 1h 56min

United States

Director: Shane Black

An inept private detective, used to investigating small-time cases, is forced to team up with a tough debt collector on a case involving a missing girl, which gradually leads them to a much larger criminal conspiracy.

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Humor, Darkness, Violence, Tropes, Conflict

Shared keywords

Dark comedy, Parallel threads converge, Corruption

Style

Humor
75%
Pacing
70%
Action
65%

Filth

14. Filth

Crime Drama Comedy
7.0

2013 · 1h 37min

United States, Belgium

Director: Jon S. Baird

Cynical and thoroughly corrupt police officer Bruce Robertson, devoid of any moral principles, learns that a prestigious position has opened up in his department and becomes determined to secure the promotion at any cost. Instead of investigating a brutal murder, he plays a dirty game against his colleagues — his rivals for the position — abuses drugs relentlessly, and gradually loses his grip on reality.

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Tension, Complexity, Pacing, Conflict, Tropes

Notable differences: Bleakness (+37%), Darkness (+26%), Humor (-17%), Violence (-14%)

Style

Darkness
86%
Bleakness
82%
Tension
72%

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About the movie Snatch (2000)

Snatch plot: Four-Finger Frankie is supposed to deliver a stolen diamond from the U.S. to England for his boss, but while placing a bet at a bookie, he’s kidnapped by gangsters who want the stone for themselves.

Keywords: Violent, Dark comedy, Heist, Mistrust, Betrayal, Crime thriller, Parallel threads converge, Deadly game, Moral compromise, Corruption

Style characteristics: Pacing, Humor, Tension, Complexity, Violence, Darkness