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Plot Summary:
Roman TV technicians Fabio and Enzo have been unable to find decent jobs. They decide to crack a safe at a jewelry in Milan. To get the layout of the store, they enlist a beautiful but unsophisticated young woman, Deborah. To find underground access to the store, they get help from a sewage worker. An obese trapeze artist is called for disarm the store alarms. The clever Mrs. Motta, old hotelier, is also involved. Will they succeed?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 563
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
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Duffy (1968)
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Duffy is a cunning aristocrat of criminals who is hired by Stefane, a young playboy, to hijack a boat carrying several million dollars of his father's fortune. The plot succeeds, with a little help from Segolene, Stefane's girlfriend - but also with an unexpected, sudden turn of events.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 569
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: eurospy
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No Panic With A Hint of Hysteria (2016)
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A timid accountant tries to earn his living as a rather unsuccessful hitman, until one stormy night he pulls a trigger for the first time and becomes a target for the vengeful mafia boss, murderous gangsters, trigger-happy cops and a gorgeous blonde from hell – and if he’s not careful his own wife might catch wind of his double life too.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 484
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 94 min
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Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (1982)
Plot Summary:
Two back-to-back stories that deals with two "taboo" themes, the celibacy of the clergy in the episode of Renato Pozzetto and the homosexuality in the one with Nino Manfredi.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min
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High Risk (1976)
Plot Summary:
A troupe of former circus performers plot to steel a valuable artifact from an embassy in Washington, DC.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
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The James Gang (1997)
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After an audacious jewellery robbery the whole James family heads for home on the run with the obsessive detective Julia Armstrong in hot pursuit.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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Rotten to the Core (1965)
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Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl Sara gives them the news Duke is dead and the money gone on nursing care. They soon discover that Duke is actually running Hope Springs Nature Clinic with the help of most of the local villains. Very strange - and the nearby army camp and Sara's encouragement of Lieutenant Vine would seem to be no coincidence either. Written by Jeremy Perkins.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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Crooks and Coronets (1969)
Plot Summary:
Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min
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The Jokers (1967)
Plot Summary:
Oliver Reed and Michael Crawford play two brothers who are always trying to find some way to succeed with cleverness rather than simple drudgery. Crawford is constantly living in his brother's shadow as the one who gets caught. After Crawford is forced to resign from the army after an episode of unappreciated cleverness, the two decide their careers would go better if there was a large amount of publicity, so they decide to steal the crown jewels from the tower of London.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 903
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: retro, offbeat, poliziottesco
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The Joensson Gang & the Black Diamond (1992)
Plot Summary:
Den här gången är Jönssonligan verkligen illa ute. Charles-Ingvar Jönsson, "Sickan" kallad, har dragit sig tillbaka. Vanheden och Dynamit-Harry är lämnade åt sig själva. Polisen jublar förstås, men Jönssonligan avskriver man inte så lätt! De är tillbaka... Fräckare!... Roligare!... tidigare! Denna gång anförda av den genialiske doktor M.A. Busé - och målet är Romanoffs diamant som nu ställs ut på Nationalmuseum i Stockholm.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min
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Perfect Gentlemen (1978)
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Four women whose husbands are in prison come together; at first, for emotional support; but later they devise a scheme to rob a bank. This takes up a large part of the film and it is particularly inspired and funny. The actual heist involves our four likable heroines dressing in men's tuxedos (hence, in part, the title of the film).
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: crime thriller
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The Parole Officer (2001)
Plot Summary:
A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law abiding lives they are now living to recover the evidence that will save him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, talky, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy
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Beware of the Jönsson Gang (1981)
Plot Summary:
The movie begins with the Jönsson gang making a minor burglary. It goes wrong and the gang leader, Sickan, gets caught. After he has spent 10 months in jail, Vanheden and Rocky come to welcome him when he's released. But he doesn't take notice of them, and he's picked up by the mysterious banker Wall-Enberg Jr. instead. He wants Sickan to perform a burglary in Switzerland, in order to retrieve the famous Bedford Diamonds. Sickan does this but is fooled by Wall-Enberg and nearly gets caught. When he returns to Sweden and re-unites with his old gang members, he's set on revenge, both physically and psychologically.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious
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Carnapping - Ordered, Stolen and Sold (1980)
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When designer Robert Meering returns from vacation, he discovers the company he worked for unexpectedly went bankrupt so he decides to visit his old boss. His former employer Banninger liquidated the company and claims that all designs of Robert are his. When Robert's Porsche gets stolen by two thieves, he manages to track them down. When they tell him about 40 Porsche's in a dealer shop garage owned by Banninger things change and suddenly get very interesting.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: West Germany
Duration: 89 min
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A Fine Pair (1968)
Plot Summary:
A detective gets involved with the beautiful daughter of an old friend. The daughter turns out to be a jewel thief, who in turn gets the detective involved in a caper in Austria.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: retro, detective
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Il prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste convenzionata con le mutue (1969)
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Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his young years.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 857
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min
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Hot Potato (1979)
Plot Summary:
A factory worker known for his tough attitude and for fighting for workers' rights starts losing credibility when friends and co-workers see him helping a young gay man.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 680
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: erotic, gay cinema
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All for Two (2013)
Plot Summary:
This sequel to the box office hit All for One finds the previously tight-knit trio dispersed: Nikolai is on parole, while brothers Ralf and Timo are planning a heist involving the unlikely combination of unsalted butter, a strict diet and a helicopter. When their seemingly impossible heist succeeds, Nikolai asks to borrow some money to start over. The brothers reject him, but when all three of them are tricked by a fish-loving banking executive, they are forced to team up again.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: dark comedy
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The Jönsson Gang in Mallorca (1989)
Plot Summary:
Vanheden and Dynamit-Harry, together with Harry's fiancée Doris, are in Mallorca while Sickan is still in Stockholm.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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After the Fox (1966)
Plot Summary:
Criminal mastermind 'The Fox' sets up a phony film production and masquerades as it's director as part of a plan to smuggle a stolen gold shipment into Italy.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, funny, spoof, offbeat, feel good, realistic, semi serious, parody, sexy
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Operation St. Peter's (1967)
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Small time crook Napoleone falls into an unlikely gang made up of a gangster, called The Baron, and his two cohorts, Agonia and The Captain, where Napoleone takes them to Rome where they shack up with a shady used car dealer caled Il Cajella to help finance their new life of crime by planing to rob a statue from the Vatican. But a big-time American gangster, named Joe Ventura, hears about the heist and wants the priceless statue for himself by having his mistress, Samantha, come onto and betray the woman-hungry Cajella to give the statue away to her.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 100 min
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Plan C (2012)
Plot Summary:
Ronald Plasmeyer (Ruben Van Der Meer) is a small-time Amsterdam detective, struggling with financial problems because of his gambling habit. When the Chinese crime boss Hao threatens Ronald's ex-wife and son to get his money back, Ronald comes up with a plan that will solve all his problems. Ronald enlists two petty criminals (Ton Kas and René Van 't Hof) to rob an illegal poker tournament he's taking part in, providing him with a perfect alibi. Quick, simple and non-violent; the plan is foolproof... until people start getting killed. Soon, Ronald's partners take off with the money, leaving him empty handed. To make matters worse Ronald's colleagues in the police force begin to suspect him of the robbery, setting the stage for a nerve-racking game of cat and mouse. Ronald is all-in... holding the worst hand of his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, captivating, disturbing, contemplative, dark comedy, black comedy
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Perfect Friday (1970)
Plot Summary:
The deputy manager of a London bank has worked out a way to rob the branch of £200,000. When he becomes involved with the attractive Lady Dorset he decides to go ahead with his plan. He needs her help and that of her philandering spendthrift husband. It all comes down to a matter of trust.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, poliziottesco
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How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980)
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Oregon, 1980: Jane, Elaine and Louise are all feeling the effects of inflation and cannot afford, as the title states, the high cost of living. Jane cannot afford a babysitter or get married and if she wants privacy with her boyfriend, she has to sleep in the car. Even worse, her war veteran father comes to live with her to turn her life upside down. Louise lives a happy life with her veterinarian husband, Albert. She runs an antique shop on the side, but since it doesn't take in any profit, the IRS considers it a hobby. She needs to come up with the money to keep it going, or she will be trouble with the IRS. Elaine's husband has left her for another woman and without any money. She is in a constant struggle with banks, power companies, and gas stations. She needs money to get by and also catches the eye of police officer Jack. The local mall is having a contest that features a giant money ball that states it will help fight the inflation.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scenic, grindhouse, independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Vinci (2004)
Plot Summary:
The sophisticated thief of art Robert "Cuma" Cuminski is released on probation from the local prison by the corrupt Doctor Wiaderny to organize the theft of the famous Leonardo Da Vinci painting "Lady with Ermine" for the dealer Gruby. Three years ago, Cuma was accidentally arrested by the snoopy detective Wilk after a successful heist in the house of the collector Lehman, but he has not ratted his comrade Julian.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, captivating, realistic
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Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
Plot Summary:
Five hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, absurd, cult classic, hilarious, clever, slapstick, satirical, offbeat, realistic
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Madigan's Millions (1968)
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IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 425
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, semi serious, feel good, captivating, realistic, fast, eurospy
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Safe Men (1998)
Plot Summary:
Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the local hoodlums and quickly find themselves in conflict with their professional colleagues. Romantic interest is added by the daughter of the underworld leader who won't date the men she knows are gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, melancholic, absurd, buddy comedy, feel good, not serious, witty, independent film, dark comedy
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Scorched (2003)
Plot Summary:
Three bank tellers. One goal: knock the place over. The ultimate inside jobs, plotted by three people with nothing to lose.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, melancholic, humorous, feel good, semi serious, clever, entertaining, light, captivating, dark comedy
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The Maiden Heist (2009)
Plot Summary:
A comedy centered on three museum security guards who devise a plan to steal back the artworks to which they have become attached after they are transferred to another museum.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, light, semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, sweet, hilarious, sexy, clever
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Gambit (2012)
Plot Summary:
An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, sexy, entertaining, absurd, tense, suspense, not serious, witty, exciting