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Films like The Gentlemen (2020)

Published: Mar 15, 2026

This collection features movies similar to «The Gentlemen» (2020) — stylish crime comedies, mysteries, and thrillers filled with dark humor, charismatic characters, and high-stakes money games. As in «The Gentlemen», the events here unfold in parallel, intertwine with one another, and ultimately come together in one explosive criminal story. These films stand out for their distinctive British style, sharp dialogue, and a large cast of vivid characters. The list includes such masterpieces as «Snatch», «Pulp Fiction», «In Bruges», and «Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels».

Snatch

1. Snatch

Crime Comedy
8.2

2000 · 1h 43min

United Kingdom

Director: Guy Ritchie

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.

Similarity

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

Shared keywords

Dark comedy, Mistrust, Parallel threads converge, Deadly game

Style

Pacing
78%
Humor
72%
Tension
70%

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

2. 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, Violence, Tone, Tropes

Shared keywords

Dark comedy, Mistrust, Parallel threads converge, Deadly game

Style

Pacing
78%
Humor
72%
Tension
70%

RocknRolla

3. 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: Violence, Pacing, Complexity, Tone, Tropes

Shared keywords

Mistrust, Unreliable narrator

Style

Pacing
78%
Humor
70%
Complexity
68%

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: Violence, Pacing, Complexity, Themes, Tropes

Notable differences: Bleakness (+25%), Darkness (+15%), Humor (-30%)

Shared keywords

Mistrust, Moral ambiguity, Drugs

Style

Tension
78%
Darkness
75%
Pacing
72%

Lucky Number Slevin

5. 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: Tension, Violence, Complexity, Tone, Tropes

Notable differences: Humor (-20%)

Style

Tension
72%
Darkness
70%
Complexity
70%

In Bruges

6. 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, Humor, Complexity, Tone, Tropes

Notable differences: Bleakness (+27%), Darkness (+18%), Pacing (-17%)

Shared keywords

Dark comedy, Deadly game, Moral ambiguity

Style

Darkness
78%
Bleakness
72%
Tension
70%

The Nice Guys

7. 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: Darkness, Pacing, Violence, Tone, Tropes

Shared keywords

Dark comedy, Parallel threads converge

Style

Humor
75%
Pacing
70%
Action
65%

Pulp Fiction

8. 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, Humor, Pacing, Tropes, Tone

Notable differences: Violence (+15%)

Shared keywords

Dark comedy, Parallel threads converge, Nonlinear experience

Style

Violence
75%
Tension
72%
Complexity
72%

Seven Psychopaths

9. 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: Tension, Complexity, Violence, Tropes, Tone

Notable differences: Pacing (-13%)

Style

Humor
75%
Darkness
70%
Violence
68%

Bullet Train

10. 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, Humor, Pacing, Tropes, Tone

Notable differences: Action (+25%)

Shared keywords

Mistrust, Parallel threads converge, Deadly game

Style

Action
80%
Pacing
78%
Tension
70%

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About the movie The Gentlemen (2020)

The Gentlemen plot: American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.

Keywords: Dark comedy, Mistrust, Crime thriller, Parallel threads converge, Deadly game, Moral ambiguity, Unreliable narrator, Drugs, Nonlinear experience

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