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Plot Summary:
Professor James Anders is a seemingly mild-mannered teacher, an American working in Rio De Janeiro. Anders, bored with years of teaching, decides to put together a team to pull off a diamond heist during the Rio Carnival. Four international experts are brought together to carry out the robbery: a safe cracking expert, a master thief, a mechanical genius, and a playboy.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, grindhouse, cult classic, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, stylized, eurospy
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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
Similar in 76%
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
Similar in 77%
The Brink's Job (1978)
Plot Summary:
After a long time of bad luck, the little criminal Tony and his gang successfully rob one of Brink's security transport, taking $30,000. Surprisingly their coup doesn't make the press. Curious Tony checks out their headquarters and finds out that their security standard is low beyond belief. Now a really big coup is prepared... Written by Tom Zoerner.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, humorous, semi serious, neo noir, action thriller
Similar in 85%
Action Man (1967)
Plot Summary:
An American (Robert Stack) talks a retired French crook (Jean Gabin) into robbing a bank, but kidnappers demand the loot as ransom.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 724
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, nostalgic
Similar in 88%
Second Breath (1966)
Plot Summary:
With his customary restraint and ruthless attention to detail, director Jean-Pierre Melville follows the parallel tracks of French underworld criminal Gu (the inimitable Lino Ventura), escaped from prison and roped into one last robbery, and the suave inspector, Blot (Paul Meurisse), relentlessly seeking him. The implosive Le deuxième souffle captures the pathos, loneliness, and excitement of a life in the shadows with methodical suspense and harrowing authenticity, and contains one of the most thrilling heist sequences Melville ever shot.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: neo noir, noir, black and white, crime drama, exciting, atmospheric, clever, bleak, serious, realistic
Similar in 78%
The Upper Hand (1966)
Plot Summary:
In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. And an undercover US Treasury Department agent is trying to infiltrate the smuggle business.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 663
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: neo noir, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, poliziottesco, eurospy
Similar in 82%
The Sicilian Clan (1969)
Plot Summary:
Roger Santet is a convicted murderer sprung from prison by the Sicilian clan headed by the aging Vittorio Manalese. They conspire to steal a large cache of jewels from an exhibit in Rome. As they are preparing for the heist, the mobster's American friend Tony Nicosia suggests that a better way to get the rocks would be to hijack the transport plane while it is en route to New York. The dogged inspector Le Goff is using all the available resources to thwart their plans. Though the heist itself is successful, Santet finds himself trapped by the mob because of his fling with Manalese's daughter-in-law.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: noir, neo noir, crime drama, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, poliziottesco, french noir
Similar in 82%
The Violent Four (1968)
Plot Summary:
A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, detective, neo noir, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, non-linear
Similar in 81%
Blueprint for Robbery (1961)
Plot Summary:
A gang of career criminals plots the robbery of an armored car company's headquarters. Although the robbery itself goes off as planned, it's not long before the gang members are fighting among themselves over everybody's share of the loot and trying to avoid capture by the police, who are pouring all their resources into capturing the robbers. Based on a real-life 1950 Brinks Armored Car Co. robbery in Boston.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Squeeze (1978)
Plot Summary:
A retired safe cracker is recruited by a young conman to return to the "business" for a million dollar heist.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 436
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, poliziottesco, cult film
Similar in 86%
The Last Tunnel (2004)
Plot Summary:
A recently released prisoner reunites his criminal colleagues to pull off one last heist.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 752
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, humorous, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir
Similar in 81%
Charley Varrick (1973)
Plot Summary:
Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends. Instead of obtaining a small amount of money they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police but the mob as well.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: neo noir, clever, suspenseful, cynical, grindhouse, esoteric, cult classic, action thriller, crime thriller, exciting
Similar in 89%
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
Similar in 82%
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
Similar in 90%
Money Movers (1978)
Plot Summary:
A group of crooks plan a heist to steal twenty million dollars from a Security Firm counting house.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 933
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, suspense, poliziottesco
Similar in 78%
The Rise (2012)
Plot Summary:
A young man recently released from prison recruits his three best friends to rob the local drug kingpin who is responsible for his incarceration.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, bleak, realistic
Similar in 77%
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
Similar in 86%
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
Similar in 81%
Dollars (1971)
Plot Summary:
A bank security expert plots with a call girl to rob the safety deposit boxes of three very different criminals from a high-tech bank in Hamburg.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, semi serious, buddy comedy
Similar in 81%
Setup (2011)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends plan out a detailed heist that turns deadly when one betrays the other by taking off with the goods. Taking matters into his own hands, Sonny seeks out his revenge teaming up with the most dangerous mob boss in town to get back what is rightfully his. When he finally comes face to face with his longtime friend he will be forced to make a life changing choice.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film, fast, neo noir, hood
Similar in 83%
Machine Gun McCain (1969)
Plot Summary:
After serving 12 years behind bars for armed robbery, tough guy Hank McCain finds himself the pawn of a ruthless mob runt's rebellion against a high level don. When McCain discovers that he's been betrayed and abandoned by his new employer, he retaliates with a high stakes Las Vegas casino heist that erupts into all-out war on the streets of Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. Not blood, nor lust, nor wedding vows can come between McCain and his money...or his machine gun.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir, poliziottesco, crime thriller
Similar in 86%
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
Similar in 75%
The Postcard Bandit (2003)
Plot Summary:
The story of notorious Australian bank robber Brendan Abbott, who according to the myth, sent postcards to authorities hot on his trail while on the run across the country.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, psychological, tense, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 81%
Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary) (2003)
Plot Summary:
"Ni Pour, Ni Contre" tracks the fall of a young TV camerawoman, Caty, after she becomes involved with a group of petty criminals and their enigmatic leader, Jean. The gang lives hand-to-mouth until the day Jean plans a daring bank robbery. Although other gang members feel out of their league, Jean persuades them to take part and Caty finds herself in a hellish world of betrayal, violence and murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, neo noir, realistic
Similar in 76%
Daylight Robbery (2008)
Plot Summary:
Alex masterminds an ambitious plan to steal millions of untraceable cash that is stacked in the underground vaults of The London Exchange Bank, waiting for its last journey, Incineration. Lucky, Matty, Terry, Chubby, Norman and Jay make up his unlikely gang of robbers. Setting up their alibi, the gang check in for a flight and join in with thousands of England supporters that are part of a mass exodus to The World Cup Tournament in Germany.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, surprise ending
Similar in 82%
Wisdom (1986)
Plot Summary:
Unable to find work after a past felony, graduate John Wisdom and his girlfriend embark on a cross-country bank-robbing spree in order to aid American farmers.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: political, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, road movie, thought provoking, feel good
Similar in 87%
Flawless (2007)
Plot Summary:
A female executive (Demi Moore) and a night janitor (Michael Caine) conspire to commit a daring diamond heist from their mutual employer, The London Diamond Corporation.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Luxembourg
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, clever, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, dramatic, stylized, cult classic, suspense thriller, serious
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Straight Time (1978)
Plot Summary:
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: neo noir, serious, realistic, psychological, thought provoking, cynical, crime drama, contemplative, independent film, tension
Similar in 84%
Deadfall (1993)
Plot Summary:
After he accidentally kills his father, Mike, during a sting, Joe tries to carry out Mike's dying wish by recovering valuables that Mike's twin brother Lou stole from him years earlier. But Uncle Lou is also a confidence artist, and Joe is soon drawn into his increasingly dangerous schemes.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: stylized, suspenseful, serious, realistic, neo noir, independent film
Similar in 89%
This Thing of Ours (2002)
Plot Summary:
Using the Internet and global satellites, a group of gangsters pull off the biggest bank heist in the Mafia's history.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 817
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, independent film