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Plot Summary:
Three women, Bridget, Liz and Jackie, embark on a plan to steal thousands of pounds of banknotes that were due to be destroyed at the Bank of England's incinerating plant in Essex. Fictionalised account of a real-life case.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags:
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Bandit (2022)
Plot Summary:
After escaping a Michigan prison, a charming career criminal assumes a new identity in Canada and goes on to rob a record 59 banks and jewellery stores while being hunted by a rogue task force. Based on the story of The Flying Bandit.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: suspense, crime drama, detective
Similar in 79%
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery (1979)
Plot Summary:
Also known as 'Dirty Money' as well as 'Sewers of Gold'. A group of fervent nationalists plan to finance a government coup and smash communists by pulling off a daring bank robbery.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 87%
Stray Dolls (2019)
Plot Summary:
Riz is a recent South Asian immigrant who takes a job at a seedy motel in a bid to start over in America. But the motel’s other employees and guests pull her back into a life she preferred to leave behind.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, bleak, serious, suspense, dark, social, suspenseful
Similar in 90%
The Informers (1963)
Plot Summary:
When the detective in charge of investigating a series of bank robberies starts to get too close to the culprits, they set up a blackmail scheme to warn him off. But when the crooks begin to fall out with each other, the police learn the truth.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: noir, detective, independent film, vintage
Similar in 87%
Deadly Relations (1993)
Plot Summary:
Leonard Fagot has four daughters and loves them so much, that he usurps his control over them. He lets them know how he feels about the men they date. And if he disapproves of them, he probably will have them killed to get them out of his daughters' life.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 425
Genere: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 86%
Breaking (2022)
Plot Summary:
Desperate for money and running out of options, Marine veteran Brian Brown-Easley holds several people hostage inside a bank, setting the stage for a tense confrontation with police.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
Similar in 89%
Loophole (1981)
Plot Summary:
When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's biggest bank vaults.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 925
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film
Similar in 75%
The Alpha Caper (1973)
Plot Summary:
A parole officer forced into retirement gets together three ex-convicts to pull off a $30-million armored car robbery.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags:
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In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders (1988)
Plot Summary:
It is 1985, and a small, tranquil Florida town is being rocked by a wave of vicious serial murders and bank robberies. Particularly sickening to the authorities is the gratuitous use of violence by two “Rambo” like killers who dress themselves in military garb. Based on actual events taken from FBI files, the movie depicts the Bureau’s efforts to track down these renegades.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 77%
Federal Bank Heist (2011)
Plot Summary:
"The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1 million dollars to take part in this job. Based on true events, in 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 80,000,000 US dollars) were stolen from a Brazilian Central Bank (Federal Reserve), making it the biggest peace-time robbery in history. It was perhaps the most audacious bank heist ever.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, captivating
Similar in 78%
The Black Panther (1977)
Plot Summary:
A gung-ho ex-military man pursues a secret life of crime, culminating in the kidnapping of a teenage heiress.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 788
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: offbeat, crying, independent film, poliziottesco, cult film
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Bloody Friday (1972)
Plot Summary:
Womansing thug Klett is sprung from the courthouse by two accomplices, then sets about planning the big heist of a local bank, equipped with a cache of high-powered weapons he's acquired from an American army outpost. Together with his faithful protégé, who reluctantly on-boards his young girlfriend and her AWOL brother, the quartet bumble their way through the supposedly full-proof plan that aims to deliver them a cool million in cash and a new life in Australia. Predictably, things deteriorate quickly at every turn. (from IMDB).
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 666
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, action thriller, poliziottesco, cult film
Similar in 77%
No Good Deed (2002)
Plot Summary:
While doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, neo noir, suspense, talky, stylized, realistic, suspenseful, serious, psychological, intense
Similar in 77%
To Steal from a Thief (2016)
Plot Summary:
On a rainy morning six armed men in disguise rob a bank in Valencia .But what seemed like an easy heist quickly goes wrong with nothing unfolding as planned, and mistrust quickly builds between the two leaders of the gang.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina, France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, clever, action thriller, surprise ending
Similar in 85%
Mad Money (2008)
Plot Summary:
Three female employees of the Federal Reserve plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: light, sexy, feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous, semi serious, sweet, teen, offbeat
Similar in 88%
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 83%
Murder or Memory: A Moment of Truth Movie (1994)
Plot Summary:
A mother fights to prove her 14-year-old son is innocent of a murder he confessed to under hypnosis.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: factual
Similar in 81%
Murder on the Cape (2017)
Plot Summary:
An out-of-work fisherman has an affair with a fashion writer wintering on the Cape. She returns two years later with his child, and when she is murdered, the fisherman is the prime suspect.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 862
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: crime drama
Similar in 87%
The Hatton Garden Job (2017)
Plot Summary:
In April 2015, the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company, an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area, was burgled by 4 elderly men. With the stolen property having a value of up to £200 million, the incident has been called the "largest burglary in English history".
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 88%
Stand Off (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of elite female bank robbers are thrown into a Mexican stand off when they discover that someone on their team might be a snitch for the cops.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 88%
In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory (1997)
Plot Summary:
Former marine and cop Jeff Erickson starts a new life after meeting his dream girl, Jill, running a bookshop, until they decide to become the modern Bonnie and Clyde. Learning on the job the hard way, Jeff becomes famous through media-coverage, despite his power-trip tendency to bully his victims which becomes worse when Jill is hospitalized. FBI agent Tom LaSalle, has a hard time eliminating suspects and following the trail through.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 500
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 78%
Finding Steve McQueen (2019)
Plot Summary:
In 1972, a gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio attempt to steal $30 million in illegal contributions. Based on the true story of the biggest bank heist in US history.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, atmospheric, suspense
Similar in 79%
Public Enemies (1996)
Plot Summary:
Ma Barker (Theresa Russell) and her sons rob banks, shoot people and wind up at the top of the FBI's "most wanted" list in the 1930s.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, tense, suspense, independent film
Similar in 79%
The Stockholm Syndrome (2003)
Plot Summary:
This is the true story of the failed bank robbery-cum-hostage taking in a bank at the square Norrmalmstorg in Stockholm, in September 1973. The Stockholm Syndrome is named after this incident.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 553
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspenseful, tense, disturbing
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
Similar in 79%
Special 26 (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the early 1980s in India, a group of con artists rob well-known businessmen and politicians by posing as officers of the Central Bureau of Intelligence or income tax officials. The gang stages fake raids during which they steal great amounts of money from their targets.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, twist ending, exciting, tense, humorous, disturbing, entertaining
Similar in 89%
One-Line (2017)
Plot Summary:
A group of professional con artists scam poor, unsuspecting citizens with fraudulent bank loans. The scams go well for a while, but then they begin to distrust each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
Similar in 76%
The Bank Job (2008)
Plot Summary:
Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family. Martine is a beautiful model from Terry's old neighbourhood who knows that Terry is no angel. When Martine proposes a foolproof plan to rob a bank, Terry recognises the danger but realises this may be the opportunity of a lifetime. As the resourceful band of thieves burrows its way into a safe-deposit vault at a Lloyds Bank, they quickly realise that, besides millions in riches, the boxes also contain secrets that implicate everyone from London's most notorious underworld gangsters to powerful government figures, and even the Royal Family. Although the heist makes headlines throughout Britain for several days, a government gag order eventually brings all reporting of the case to an immediate halt.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 188000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, clever, talky, intense, rough, suspenseful, serious, action packed
Similar in 78%
The Town (2010)
Plot Summary:
Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 410000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, captivating, serious, crime thriller, clever, neo noir, rough, stylized, action packed
Similar in 89%
Unabomber: The True Story (1996)
Plot Summary:
The real story behind the hunt for Theodore J. Kaczynski, later known as the Unabomber, a terrorist who sent several bombs through the mail, alarming authorities and society. The movie follows a postal inspector who tracks down the suspect; a obstinate detective; and Kaczynski's brother, who suspected of Ted after the publishing of his manifesto explaining the reasons for the bombings.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 495
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
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