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Plot Summary:
Garvey is a San Francisco pawnshop operator. His unemployed and criminal friends Dillard, Turtle, and Weslake, team up with Boardwalk, a local pimp, to burgle Garvey's shop while the owner is out of town. During the elaborate planning process, Dillard falls for a Hispanic woman, the sister of a friend. Also, Boardwalk is assigned to case a local apartment, where he meets and falls for the maid. Amidst all these romantic hijinks, Weslake puts together a burglary plan, which is executed by the makeshift gang.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious, political, offbeat
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The J. Gang Meets Dynamite Harry (1982)
Plot Summary:
Sickan, Vanheden and Rocky try to rob the Berns nightclub one night, but Vanheden has made the mistake to invite his constantly drunk cousin, the old dynamiter Dynamite-Harry and he ruins the plan. Sickan is arrested, and has to spend 10 months in a small, locked room. When he is released, he has a new plan, but Rocky and Vanheden have decided to go straight. Together with Dynamite-Harry, Sickan plans to rob a cold store, managed by their arch-enemy, Wall-Enberg.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, not serious, semi serious
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Breaking In (1989)
Plot Summary:
Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has "larceny in his heart", it will take him a long time to get as good as Ernie.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, witty, independent film, realistic, semi serious, light, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, entertaining
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Hot Tamale (2006)
Plot Summary:
A road trip to Los Angeles inadvertently leads a young man from Wyoming into a wild maze of psychotic hit-men, racy women, jewel thieves and a salsa band.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexy, captivating, sex comedy, erotic, independent film, road movie, hot
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Palookaville (1995)
Plot Summary:
Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence as criminals, a fateful event (and an old black-and-white film) convinces them that they can pull off an armored-truck robbery. While they are busy plotting their caper, their dysfunctional families spin out of control, all around them.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, crime thriller, offbeat, realistic, semi serious, independent film, funny, sexy, clever, touching
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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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Let's Rob the Bank (1964)
Plot Summary:
Shopkeeper Victor Garnier has naively invested his family's life savings in an African mine, on his banker's recommendation. When the mine is nationalized, rendering the stock worthless, he considers himself shamelessly robbed by the bank; it seems only fair to him to return the 'favor' and rob the bank, teaming up with the whole family as they were all duped. Even for professionals such an enterprise -he decides to dig a tunnel- is quite demanding, but for simple commoners it's daunting, as they also have their personal downsides; thus Victor's wife has a most unwelcome tendency to blurt out the truth, even to the grumpy local copper: a crazy risk when you need to keep a criminal plan secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, spoof, parody, weird
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Now or Never (2000)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 579
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, exciting
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11 Harrowhouse (1974)
Plot Summary:
A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at the Diamond Exchange, located at 11 Harrowhouse.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: parody, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, spoof
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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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Gettin' Square (2003)
Plot Summary:
Gettin' Square is about starting over, keeping clean and going straight. Barry Wirth is fresh out of prison and determined to stay on the straight and narrow. But like his mate Johnny 'Spit' Spiteri and reformed gangster turned restaurateur Dabba, he finds out the hard way that there are old scores and a few new ones that'll make getting square a lot harder than he thought.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, action comedy, clever, feel good, surprise ending, independent film
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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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Topkapi (1964)
Plot Summary:
Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emerald-encrusted dagger of the Mehmed II from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: clever, suspenseful, suspense, neo noir, offbeat, feel good, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious
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The Marquis (2011)
Plot Summary:
Thomas Gardesse, a traveling alarm systems salesman, is arrested for a minor offense and sentenced to six months imprisonment. To win the respect of his fellow inmates, he claims he is "The Marquis," a brilliant robber whose identity has remained a mystery. Two weeks before his release, an armed robber named Quentin Tasseau helps him escape and takes him to Manila so he can take part in a robbery whose mastermind requires the talents of the Marquis.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 842
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, 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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A Piece of the Action (1977)
Plot Summary:
How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follow the straight and narrow? Con them into helping juvenile delinquents turn over a new leaf. But how? Burke has never been able to nail the duo, but he uses what he knows of their seedy past to blackmail them into volunteering.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: detective, black comedy, action comedy, independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, black cinema
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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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We're No Angels (1989)
Plot Summary:
Two escaped cons only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, clever, exciting, light, captivating, entertaining, sexy, cult classic, realistic
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In Security (2013)
Plot Summary:
The owners of a failing security company start robbing houses to boost business.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 896
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, realistic
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Screwed (2000)
Plot Summary:
A chauffeur kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's the chauffeur who's been kidnapped.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, intense, feel good, witty, not serious, offbeat, slapstick, hilarious, realistic
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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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Soodhu Kavvum (2013)
Plot Summary:
Dass specialises in small time kidnapping and has his own set of rules. The primary and most important among them is not to get involved with influential people. Three jobless youngsters meet Dass and the four take up an assignment for a hefty sum that throws away this primary rule and end up being chased by a dreaded policeman.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, semi serious, tense, captivating, exciting, epic, realistic, suspenseful, entertaining
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Madigan's Millions (1968)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
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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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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Going in Style (1979)
Plot Summary:
Three senior citizens in their 70s who live together are slowly decaying in endless days with nothing to do but feed the birds. One of them comes up with an idea - rob a bank. They certainly could use the money if they get away with it and if they are caught, what could happen to three old men?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: light, touching, humorous, realistic, entertaining, semi serious, black comedy, clever, tense, sentimental
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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 Ladykillers (2004)
Plot Summary:
An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, absurd, bad ending, hilarious, clever, light
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Small Time Crooks (2000)
Plot Summary:
A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, talky, melancholic, stylized, feel good, realistic, semi serious, hilarious, clever, dark comedy
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Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
Plot Summary:
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, intense, light, semi serious, funny, clever, realistic, witty, cynical
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The Art of the Steal (2013)
Plot Summary:
Crunch Calhoun, a third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief, teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in the world. But it's not just about the book for Crunch — he's keen to rewrite some chapters of his own past as well.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: clever, tricky, entertaining, witty, exciting, humorous, realistic, visually appealing, hilarious, twisted