Best movies like Cops and Robbers
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Plot Summary:
Two disillusioned New York policemen plan a $10 million robbery to fuel their low pensions, only to run into one debacle after another in the process.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Crime, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, semi serious, crying
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The World is Ours (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Culebra and Cabesa, a pair of criminals, decide to take a bank at gunpoint, dressed as penitents. The plan is simple: Get in, get the money, take off all the loot quickly and catch the first flight to Brazil. But things get complicated when a man on his fifties, victim of the economic crisis goes into the bank loaded with explosives, threatening suicide. What would be the easiest shot in history, becomes a nightmare carnival.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, tense, light, social, realistic, not serious, crying, detective
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A Slight Case of Murder (1999)
Plot Summary:
In the midst of a spat, film critic Terry Thorpe (William H. Macy) accidentally kills his lover. Though Thorpe covers his tracks, he raises the suspicions of a private investigator (James Cromwell), who then tries to blackmail him. Thorpe also falls under the watchful eye of Detective Fred Stapelli (Adam Arkin), a cop who is intent on becoming a screenwriter. Before long, Thorpe's girlfriend, Kit (Felicity Huffman), and Stapelli's wife, Patricia (Julia Campbell), are roped into the case.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: detective, crime thriller, neo noir, clever, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, semi serious, biting
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Jonny's Sweet Revenge (2015)
Plot Summary:
Rick and Reni came to California in search of a new lease on life. Unfortunately, all they found was each other... In a last ditch effort to save their struggling relationship, the duo twist their couples' counseling therapy into a plot that would see them turning back into their Texas low-life roots as petty criminals. As has been the case throughout the history of Rick and Reni's calamity plagued relationship, their haphazard scheme to hold up a dive bar goes horribly wrong. When a diverse cast of bar patrons gets caught up in their failed plot, Rick and Reni begin to not only wonder if they'll survive the day, but if they can survive one another.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, crying, dark comedy
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Trinity: Good Guys and Bad Guys (1985)
Plot Summary:
In 1978, $20 million was stolen from a Detroit bank. One of the robbers was caught, one was found dead, and the third disappeared. The money was never found. Seven years later, the robber who was caught was released from jail. He immediately went to Miami, only to be found dead the next day. Now FBI agents Doug Bennet and Steve Forest have been called in to investigate the case while posing as Miami police officers. Somewhere in Miami the third robber is hiding with his $20 million, and he has a seven-year head start on the authorities.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, cult classic, buddy comedy
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Poor White Trash (2000)
Plot Summary:
Mike and Lenny are two buddies who dream of getting out of the trailer park. Out of desperation they resort to burglary as a means of financing Mike's college education. Their dream is jeopardized one summer day when their ploy to shoplift Near Beer begins a crime spree and a series of mishaps during which they are threatened with jail.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, entertaining, dark comedy, independent film, hot
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Get Charlie Tully (1972)
Plot Summary:
Charlie Tully and womanising Reggie Peek con two rich Italians out of £500,000 but during their flight out Charlie is arrested for coning an American and a dog. Reggie stores the money in a Swiss Bank and after Charlie is released is about to tell him which Bank when he is killed by Sid Sabbath's gang whose girlfriend Reggie had an affair with. The only lead is four tattoos that is on the girls Reggie had affairs with while Charlie was in jail. But Sabbath is on Charlie's trail to kill him and the Italians contract the mob - to find the money and then kill him.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying
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The Hard Way (1991)
Plot Summary:
Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. John Moss and learn how to act like a real cop. But when Nick drives John crazy with questions and imitating him, he gets in the way of John's pursuit of a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: detective, talky, suspenseful, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, suspense, action comedy, anamorphic
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Another Stakeout (1993)
Plot Summary:
Chris and Bill are called upon for their excellent surveillance record to stakeout a lakeside home where a Mafia trial witness is believed to be heading or already hiding. Unlike their earlier _Stakeout_, this time they are accompanied by Gina Garret from the DA's office and her pet rottweiler 'Archie'; their cover, husband and wife with son Bill.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, funny, light, melancholic, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, action comedy
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The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
Plot Summary:
Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: intense, exciting, humorous, captivating, light, feel good, neo noir, entertaining, dark, grim
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How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980)
Plot Summary:
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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Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)
Plot Summary:
Two hoplessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the l9th century. They gain the enmity of the most famous bank Robber in the world and the affection of a crusading newspaperwoman.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Bank Shot (1974)
Plot Summary:
A bank temporarily housed in a mobile home while a new building is built, looks like an easy target to break into. On the other hand, why not steal the whole bank, and rob it in a safer location.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious
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Enid Is Sleeping (1990)
Plot Summary:
Enid only looks like she's sleeping. In fact, she's dead. Shortly after Enid caught her husband Harry in bed with her sister June, a row ensued, whereupon June accidently killed Enid. June's problem now is to hide the truth from the authorities, including her police-officer husband Floyd. Then she decides to reveal Enid's demise, albeit rearranging the damning evidence to make the whole thing look like the accident it really was.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 528
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, independent film, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, surprise ending, twist ending
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Terminal Exposure (1987)
Plot Summary:
Two beach combing-shutterbugs accidentally capture a murder on film. Now detectives, the boys set out to capture a murderess shot only from behind, with a rose tattoo on her behind. Fun in the sun turns dangerous when they end up shooting bullets instead of film.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: detective, cult classic, neo noir, independent film, dark comedy, cult film
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Loot (1970)
Plot Summary:
Based on the play by 'Joe Orton' this film follows the adventures of two pals who have pulled off a bank robbery and have to hide the loot. Fortunately (?) one of them works in a funeral parlour and they have a coffin to spare.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 605
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: lgbt cinema, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, crying, independent film, detective
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Who Killed Bambi? (2013)
Plot Summary:
It tells the story of two young friends who must find a way for the president of the company in which they work (and father of one of them) safe return home, and that is enclosed strange circumstances naked in the trunk of his car.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, dark comedy, exciting, realistic, semi serious, crying, freeze frame
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The Actors (2003)
Plot Summary:
During the run of a particularly awful interpretation of Richard III, the star, Anthony O'Malley, begins to frequent a rough pub to develop his character. He meets Barreller who he discovers owes someone he's never met a considerable sum of money. Seeing an opportunity to make some fast money, O'Malley convinces hapless extra, Tom, to meet Barreller as the debt collector.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Ireland, UK, Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, offbeat
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Tough Guys (1986)
Plot Summary:
Harry Doyle (Lancaster) and Archie Lang (Douglas) are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving their time, they are released from jail and have to adjust to a new life of freedom. Harry and Archie realize that they still have the pizzazz when, picking up their prison checks at a bank, they foil a robbery attempt. Archie, who spent his prison time pumping himself up, easily picks up a 20-year-old aerobics instructor. Harry, on the other hand, has to waste away his days in a nursing home. They both have festering resentments -- Archie for having to endure a humiliating job as a busboy; Harry for having to endure patronizing attitudes toward senior citizens. The two old pals finally go back to what they know best. After successfully robbing an armored car, they decide to rob the same train that they robbed thirty years ago.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: entertaining, funny, light, road movie, humorous, touching, semi serious, cult classic, realistic, surprise ending
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My New Partner (1984)
Plot Summary:
My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue. At the start of the film, his partner is busted for corruption and he narrowly escapes. He is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt his new partner and, after a slow start, succeeds spectacularly.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, witty, neo noir, anthology, action comedy, cult classic, black comedy, clever, humorous
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The Freshman (1990)
Plot Summary:
Clark Kellogg is a young man starting his first year at film school in New York City. After a small time crook steals all his belongings, Clark meets Carmine "Jimmy the Toucan" Sabatini, an "importer" bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. When Sabatini makes Clark an offer he can't refuse, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, humorous, witty, mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, spoof, black comedy, realistic
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Quick Change (1990)
Plot Summary:
With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, absurd, cult classic, witty, sweet, buddy comedy, fast, realistic
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The Hot Rock (1972)
Plot Summary:
Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspense, talky, semi serious, realistic, clever, suspenseful, neo noir, grim, fast
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Half Baked (1998)
Plot Summary:
Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: funny, hilarious, cult classic, offbeat, humorous, hood, slapstick comedy, mysterious, black comedy, independent film
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Starsky & Hutch (2004)
Plot Summary:
Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 153000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, humorous, entertaining, satirical, hilarious, not serious, exciting, realistic, action packed
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Special Delivery (1976)
Plot Summary:
A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and only one of the robbers, Murdock, makes a clean getaway. Unfortunately, in order to do so, he is forced to dump the stolen cash into a mailbox, which he then finds is locked until midnight, forcing him to wait until the mailman makes his late night pickup. As he waits, he discovers that his hiding place has been observed by several other people, all of whom want a share of the loot.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 450
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, grindhouse, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Madigan's Millions (1968)
Plot Summary:
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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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The Hollywood Sign (2001)
Plot Summary:
Three washed-up actors must deliver the most convincing performances of their lives as part of a dangerous plot designed to finance their triumphant comeback.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 726
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Happy New Year (1973)
Plot Summary:
Gangster (Lino Ventura) with his accomplice (Charles Gérard), prepares to take part in the "first psychological hold-up in the history of crime". Next door to the jewellers of Van Cleef & Arpels, on the Croisette, in Cannes, the find the shop of a beautiful antiques dealer (Françoise Fabian) who befriends the group. The driver and the antiques dealer fall in love. He is friendly but unrefined, she is cultivated and independent, but discovers that talking with Simon shows up her vanity, and she desires a simple and clean love. The hold-up which had been planned for a long time by the driver is shown to be more sophisticated than his methods of seduction.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, non-linear, detective, freeze frame, poliziottesco
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Seven Psychopaths (2012)
Plot Summary:
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 271000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: neo noir, dark comedy, talky, humorous, surreal, black comedy, funny, witty, clever, cult classic
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The Sting (1973)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1930s this intricate caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on a vicious crime lord who murdered one of their gang.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 275000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: entertaining, atmospheric, witty, humorous, captivating, clever, suspense, twisted, surprise ending, twist ending