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Plot Summary:
Foodland follows a naive grocery clerk, Trevor, as his life spirals out of control when he inadvertently helps his inept manger, Ian, rob the store. When the money is lifted off Trevor and Ian, they enlist the help of Glen, a slimy, incompetent detective, to retrieve the stolen cash. But events soon go awry and Trevor must now determine friend from foe, and get the cash back before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, detective, black comedy
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Operation St. Peter's (1967)
Plot Summary:
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
Plot tags:
Similar in 87%
Point of No Return (1985)
Plot Summary:
A sequel to "Vabank" (1981), introduces the same characters entangled in a duel between a former safecracker and a crooked bank manager.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Similar in 75%
Hit the Bank (1981)
Plot Summary:
October 1934. Poland. Famous bank robber Kwinto decided to quit his dangerous criminal job, but after his friend's death, he changed his mind and organized a burglary of famous and well protected bank which belonged to his former partner in crime, backstabbing and double-crossing Kramer. Kwinto designs a clever plan not to only rob the Kramer's bank but to make it look like Kramer himself did it.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, suspense, serious
Similar in 76%
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
Similar in 82%
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
Similar in 79%
The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
Plot Summary:
A kidnapped mobster (Vittorio De Sica) persuades his captors to help him rob platinum ingots from a train.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 803
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious
Similar in 85%
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
Similar in 80%
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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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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Once a Thief (1991)
Plot Summary:
John Woo directs this action-packed comedy that stars Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung and Cherie Chung as a trio of art thieves who grew up together as orphans under the tutelage of a cruel crime boss named Chow (Kenneth Tsang). Although Red Bean (Chung) wants the trio to leave their life of crime behind, a million-dollar opportunity -- stealing a priceless French painting -- proves too alluring for the men ... but the heist ends in disaster.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, stylized, heroic, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast, funny, light
Similar in 85%
Santiago Violenta (2014)
Plot Summary:
Mauro, Noel and Broco have been an inseparable group of friends since grade school. All grown up, their lives are not what they hoped they would be. Life has become so routine that they do nothing more than wait for the weekends to drink themselves into oblivion. One night, a chance encounter leads the group on a wild and deadly chase from Santiago's most dangerous crime boss... Forced to make increasingly risky decisions, their frantic, adrenaline fueled desperation brings them closer to a violent, life-changing end where the friendship will be changed forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, contemplative, retro, neo noir, black comedy, freeze frame, dark comedy, poliziottesco
Similar in 83%
Reckless (2018)
Plot Summary:
A broke mechanic turns a bank loan denial into an impromptu robbery that puts him on the run with his best friend and a starlet they hold hostage.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
Similar in 89%
Hustle (2000)
Plot Summary:
Maya and Tony are a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde. Maya seduces businessmen while Tony copies their credit cards. It's a smooth con until one of their victims, Pierce, pulls a gun. Instead of killing them, Pierce offers the desperate couple a chance at the biggest score of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, neo noir, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 87%
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
Similar in 82%
Operation Merry Christmas: The Elf Con (2021)
Plot Summary:
The plan of three small-time pickpockets to pull the heist of their lives during Christmas, posing as elves in a Christmas show in one of the most exclusive shopping centers in the city where they will collect private information from some wealthy families, then rob their homes while they enjoy their December vacation.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Mexico
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: funny, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
Similar in 80%
Disorganized Crime (1989)
Plot Summary:
Lou Diamond Phillips and Fred Gwynne team up with a gang of professional criminals who have everything it takes to rob a bank. The only things they do have going for them are a cop and his partner, who are dumber than they are! By the time the gang hits the bank vault, it's a safe bet there's going to be organized insanity and disorganized crime!.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: parody, detective, black comedy, humorous, neo noir, independent film, not serious, funny, light, road movie
Similar in 75%
Love, Honor and Obey (2000)
Plot Summary:
Jonny dreams of leaving his dead-end job as a courier. Through his childhood best friend, nephew of the notorious crime lord Ray Kreed, he wins his way into the toughest gang in North London. Hungry for action, Jonny sparks a feud between Ray's gang and a rival firm in South London headed by drug kingpin Sean and his lieutenant Matthew.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: brutal, semi serious, humorous, realistic, offbeat, independent film, funny, sexy, clever, enigmatic
Similar in 87%
Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
Plot Summary:
After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty good at robbing people and even enjoy it -- but they have second thoughts when they're reminded that crime can hurt innocent people. When the couple hears that Globodyne boss Jack McCallister actually swindled the company, they plot revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 152000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, feel good, satirical, entertaining, hilarious, predictable, captivating, dark comedy
Similar in 84%
High Life (2009)
Plot Summary:
It's 1983, and hopeless junkie Dick gets an unwelcome visit from the past - his seriously sleazy former cellmate, Bug, to be precise. Bug requires a crash course in the 80s: different music, different drugs, and machines in walls that dispense money. The latter development gives Dick an idea.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, funny, entertaining, exciting, realistic, witty, cynical
Similar in 84%
Bank Roll (2012)
Plot Summary:
Set in present day Burbank, California and the surrounding San Fernando Valley area, . BENNY BIG-TIME (The BBT) learns his brother has been arrested on suspicion of a few recent bank robberies. With every bit of the life savings he's socked away over the years, The BBT hatches a plan to help out this older brother escape the repercussions of his fate by complicating his own with the assistance of five close friends -- ERIK, DEREK, JAMIE, K.C. and KYLE. The gang have only four days to create a 'red herring' that will throw off the officials and clear The BBT's brother's name by actually robbing a small bank. If all goes to plan, this is enough 'reasonable doubt' in the brother's case to clear his name. The BBT figures to exactly recreate his brother's crime and arm himself with only a few folders of photographs which contain the bank tellers' friends, families, pets, places of residence and ... Written by Doug Maguire.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, tense, light, captivating, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Similar in 84%
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
Similar in 77%
Going in Style (2017)
Plot Summary:
Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, entertaining, touching, humorous, sad, black comedy, anamorphic, comedy drama, relaxing
Similar in 84%
Where the Money Is (2000)
Plot Summary:
Henry Manning (Paul Newman) has come up with a new way to break out of prison: fake a stroke and get transferred to a nursing home. It's a perfect plan, except for one thing: the woman assigned to take care of him at the nursing home, Carol Ann McKay (Linda Fiorentino), has a plan of her own.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: clever, light, humorous, semi serious, action thriller, offbeat, realistic, exciting, funny, sexy
Similar in 90%
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
Similar in 82%
Chain of Fools (2000)
Plot Summary:
An avid detective is assigned to investigate the heist of a batch of precious coins that end up in the hands of a suicidal barber.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, clever, witty, funny, light, absurd, dark comedy, cynical, stylized, realistic
Similar in 77%
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Plot Summary:
A diamond advocate is attempting to steal a collection of diamonds, yet troubles arise when he realizes that he is not the only one after the diamonds.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 151000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: funny, dark comedy, black comedy, cult classic, humorous, light, satirical, dramatic, hilarious, feel good
Similar in 79%
One Night at McCool's (2001)
Plot Summary:
Every man has a different recollection of the beautiful young woman who wreaked havoc on their lives during one heated night.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, hilarious, stylized, witty, not serious, erotic, entertaining
Similar in 81%
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
Similar in 77%
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
Similar in 90%
Snatch (2000)
Plot Summary:
The second film from British director Guy Ritchie. Snatch tells an obscure story similar to his first fast-paced crazy character-colliding filled film “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.” There are two overlapping stories here – one is the search for a stolen diamond, and the other about a boxing promoter who’s having trouble with a psychotic gangster.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 894000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: entertaining, funny, witty, clever, dark comedy, humorous, neo noir, non-linear, black comedy, cynical