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Plot Summary:
Scotland Yard and the FBI force a thief and his girlfriend to steal Nazi diamonds from a German countess.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: retro, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Once Upon a Time (2008)
Plot Summary:
The film is a heist comedy set in 1940s Korea, and stars Park Yong-woo and Lee Bo-young as a con artist and jazz singer who each plot to steal a valuable diamond from the Japanese authorities.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, detective, slapstick comedy
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The Master Touch (1972)
Plot Summary:
A master thief, just out of prison, concocts a risky final score that would net him over a million dollars.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 685
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: suspense, poliziottesco, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Art Heist (2004)
Plot Summary:
An art expert assists an investigation into a stolen painting in Barcelona; as more paintings are being stolen, she learns she is being framed for the crimes. She must solve the crimes and clear her name with the assistance of her estranged New York cop husband.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 861
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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The Sewers of Paradise (1979)
Plot Summary:
In July of 1976, the Societé Générale of France was robbed of well over $10 million dollars by a group burrowing through the sewers of Paris. This movie is based on a book by the thieves' mastermind, Albert Spaggiari. The famous theft won the nickname, "the great drain robbery," and this romanticized cinematic retelling of the true story stars Francis Huster as Spaggiari.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, poliziottesco
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The Stickup (2002)
Plot Summary:
It's a quiet little town where nothing happens - until the day the bank is hit for half a million dollars of Indian casino money by a thief wearing a clowns mask.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, realistic, stylized, action packed, neo noir, humorous, semi serious, surprise ending
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Tuesday (2008)
Plot Summary:
Four career criminals, two glamorous bank workers and one over-the-hill has-been all happen to be planning a robbery on a London bank on the same day, by sheer coincidence. The two investigating detectives must try and deduce how these seemingly unrelated people came to be in the area and which were responsible for the lifting a priceless emerald.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 620
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: semi serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, non-linear, fast, detective
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The Gang (1977)
Plot Summary:
In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police attempt to stop their crime spree with little success, but how long will their luck last?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 728
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, sincere, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Firetrap (2001)
Plot Summary:
Master burglar Max Hopper is released early after three years and soon gets an exceptional job: stealing an advanced computer-chip from the IQ Industries headquarters. His first attempt fails; when he enters in cop uniform during an emergency board meeting, a fire quickly spreads- he considers it a godsend opportunity and stays, but soon has his hands too full saving other lives and just surviving to concentrate on the chip; only the owner, his wife who just filed for divorce and a few employees remain, but it soon turns out one of them stole company secrets but the arsonist and/or another chip-thieves are among them.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 817
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating, cliffhanger, serious, fast
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Swindle (2002)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, semi serious, independent film
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Beyond the City Limits (2001)
Plot Summary:
Three women outsmart unsavory men who try to cheat them out of their take in an almost-botched casino heist.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 681
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, independent film
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Man of Violence (1970)
Plot Summary:
Moon (Michael Latimer) is a mercenary who joins forces with two crooked cops in an attempt to steal 90 million dollars in gold from an Arab country decimated by political chaos. Sex, violence and mayhem accompany the group of double-crossing heavies who covet the purloined loot. A bevy of females willingly submit to seduction, and a sadistic homosexual murderer trails Moon and his malevolent gang for the gold in this compelling crime drama.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Hand Gun (1994)
Plot Summary:
Jack is in the midst of a major robbery, which leaves him injured and his accomplices dead. Jack manages to hide the $500,000 from the robbery before he makes his way to his death bed.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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St. Ives (1976)
Plot Summary:
A dabbler-in-crime and his assistant hire an ex-police reporter to recover some stolen papers.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: retro, cult classic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, suspense, detective, cult film
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Blood of Redemption (2013)
Plot Summary:
Quinn Forte had it all: power, money, a brother who idolized him, and a woman who loved him. He also had enemies. In the course of one night, he loses everything. Betrayed by someone in his inner circle, Quinn is set up and arrested. His father, the patriarch of the criminal empire is killed and his brother suspects that Quinn is behind it all. When he's released from jail he tries to escape the demons from his past, but that becomes an impossible task. Campbell, the ruthless new leader of "The Company" won't let him leave in peace. So instead of escaping them, Quinn fights back. He joins forces with his former henchman and friend, The Swede, and takes on his enemies head on.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
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Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
Plot Summary:
Insurance investigator Maindrian Pace and his team lead double-lives as unstoppable car thieves. When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one, a 1973 Ford Mustang, are in the bag. As Pace prepares to rip-off the fastback, codenamed "Eleanor", in Long Beach, he is unaware that his boss has tipped off the police after a business dispute.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: road movie, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, intense, grindhouse, cult classic, realistic, stylized, semi serious
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Styx (2001)
Plot Summary:
Nelson puts his criminal ways behind him, having spent years as a first-rate safecracker. This resolution lasts until his brother finds himself owing money to organised crime and Nelson needs to do one last big job, with a few other professionals.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, ambiguous ending
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Thick as Thieves (2009)
Plot Summary:
A master thief recruits a notorious thief to help him steal two famous Faberge eggs from an impenetrable vault in an effort to pull off one final job and repay his debt to the Russian mob.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, clever, absurd, tricky, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, entertaining, humorous
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Harold Robbins' Body Parts (2001)
Plot Summary:
Ty's pal J.J. frames him in a murder and cocaine theft in Hong Kong in 1992. Ty's wife Rachel may be in on the con, so, when Ty gets early release from prison as a gesture of good will from the city's new Mainland government, he doesn't bother to look her up. But she finds him in Southern California to warn him that J.J. wants him dead. Whack J.J. first, she tells Ty, so he heads for Manila where J.J. runs a lucrative business under the cover of exporting tropical fish. But what is that business and who's pulling the strings? With the help of Inez, a young Filipina prostitute, Ty gets to the heart of the matter even after Inez no longer has the stomach to pursue the guilty ones.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
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Tell (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ethan Tell is a small time crook who makes a big-time score when he steals 1 million dollars. Ironically, his life radically changes for the worst when he discovers that stealing the money was the easy part and he now must keep his partner, his wife, his parole officer, and two corrupt detectives from stealing it from him.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, independent film
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Ready 2 Die (2014)
Plot Summary:
After a violent bank robbery, the trio of hoods make their way across East L.A. carrying a blood-soaked bag of money. When word gets out, they must fend off gangs and crooked cops alike as they strive to keep the loot and stay alive.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, crime drama, independent film
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The Real McCoy (1993)
Plot Summary:
Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated Karen was the bank robber of her time, but now she wishes for nothing more than to settle down and start a new life. Unfortunately between a dirty parole officer, old business partners, and an idiot ex-husband she will have to do the unthinkable in order to save her son.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, exciting, retro, realistic, stylized, semi serious, romantic, sexy
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Black Moon Rising (1986)
Plot Summary:
An FBI free-lancer stashes a stolen Las Vegas-crime tape in a high-tech car stolen by someone else.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, cult classic, retro, harsh, atmospheric, independent film, realistic
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Money Train (1995)
Plot Summary:
A vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares; his foster brother, a fellow cop, tries to protect him.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: melancholic, suspense, intense, exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, realistic, action comedy, hood
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Circus (2000)
Plot Summary:
Bruno, a sadistic criminal, wants clever con man Leo out of the way. Leo and his equally clever wife, Lily, are up to something. So too is Julius: he hires Leo to kill Gloria, Julius's wife. Leo does it, but then Julius shows up with the murder on tape, saying Gloria isn't his wife - it's blackmail. Leo's bookie, Troy, is also closing in, wanting to be paid. Bruno and Lily as well as Bruno and Julius have their own scams running, and Leo is their target. Maybe Leo can get Troy off his back, avoid Moose (Bruno's huge enforcer), send Gloria's corpse out of England, turn the tables on Bruno's murderous brother Caspar, and outfox Lily. Or is Lily his fox? It's a three-ring circus.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: stylized, neo noir, suspense, suspenseful, realistic, clever, dark comedy, serious, psychological, noir
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Electric Slide (2014)
Plot Summary:
A heightened homage to the City of Angels, Electric Slide riffs on the real-life story of Eddie Dodson, the notorious "Gentleman Bank Robber." With a debonair sophistication and a serious talent for flirt, Dodson managed to lure money from mesmerized female tellers at over 60 banks during an epic spree in the 1980s.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious
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Dhoom:3 (2013)
Plot Summary:
To avenge his father's death, a circus entertainer trained in magic and acrobatics turns thief to take down a corrupt bank in Chicago. Two cops from Mumbai are assigned to the case.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, USA
Duration: 172 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, stylized, retro, action thriller, exciting, suspenseful, fast
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An Innocent Man (1989)
Plot Summary:
Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is convicted of drug dealing, based on the perjured evidence of a police informant. Thrown into a seedy jail, fighting to prove his innocence is diffucult when he has to deal with the realities of prison life, where everyone claims they were framed.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, suspense, intense, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, serious, realistic, scary
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City of Industry (1997)
Plot Summary:
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, hood, perverse, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic
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City on Fire (1987)
Plot Summary:
Ko Chow is an undercover cop who is under pressure from all sides. His boss, Inspector Lau, wants him to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewel thieves; in order to do this he must obtain some handguns; his girlfriend wants him to commit to marriage or she will leave Hong Kong with another lover; and he is being pursued by other cops who are unaware that he is a colleague.What is more Chow would rather quit the force. He feels guilty about having to betray people who have become his friends, even if they do happen to be killers, drug dealers, loan sharks and protection racketeers: "I do my job, but I betray my friends."To add to his problems, he begins to bond with Fu, a member of the gang.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, heroic, cult classic, bloody, crime drama, action thriller, tense, rough, serious, captivating
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The Crew (2008)
Plot Summary:
Hoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan sends his brother Ratter and a crew to pull a daring final heist. But when Ratter kills a drug kingpin during the job, Brennan must turn to rival crook Franner to avert an all-out gangland war.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, crime drama