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Plot Summary:
Car thieves go to work.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967)
Plot Summary:
Peter Churchman stopped robbing banks a long time ago and is now living as a wealthy and respected citizen in Pamplona, Spain. But then his former companion Angela appears and blackmails him to help her robbing the Spanish National Bank of Pamplona. He gives in and develops a brilliant plan... Will this be then end of his comfortable life?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Det perfekte kup (2008)
Plot Summary:
Sonny, Richael, Steen and Patric dream of doing the perfect heist, but all have very different ideas about how it's done right. The tension rises as they have to spend a night in jail - after yet another failed heist. However, as the night progresses they have to come to terms with each other, in order to plan the perfect heist.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Under the Hula Moon (1995)
Plot Summary:
In the desert outside Cactus Gulch, Arizona, Buzzard and Betty Jean Wall live in a trailer decorated in Hawaiian themes. Betty's trying to get pregnant. Buzz wants to market "Cammo," a sun block lotion that looks like camouflage; but financing is tough to find and Betty thinks he should get a real job. Buzz's half-brother Turkey, a murderous psychopath, escapes from jail, comes to the trailer, ties up Buzz, kidnaps Betty, steals $10,000 they've just won from Publisher's Clearing Hut's Lucky Loser drawing, and heads for Mexico. Buzz is untied by Maya, an ex-girlfriend who's now a TV reporter in search of a story. They pick up Turk's trail and set out to rescue Betty.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, neo screwball comedy
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Chained Justice (1984)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by true events, "Dreptate în lanturi" is a rough and poetic film, whose action is placed at the beginning of the last century. The movie sheds light on a Romanian peasant who fights against social injustice.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags:
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The Dissidents (2017)
Plot Summary:
An upbeat comedy about three boys that escape from Soviet Estonia to Sweden via Finland in the 1980s to fulfill their dreams in the free world.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Estonia, Finland, Latvia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, contemplative
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Anche se volesse lavorare, che faccio? (1972)
Plot Summary:
Italian comedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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Super (2005)
Plot Summary:
Sonu, his sister, Sasha, and their friend, Akhil, live a poor lifestyle in India. While Sasha has given her heart to Akhil, he treats her as a close friend and confidant. Times get so tough, that the trio conspire to carry out robberies, and end up doing so - quite successfully, eluding the authorities. When Sashs finds out that Akhil does not love her, she threatens to kill herself and misunderstandings break out between the three. Subsequently, they part ways, and a short time later Sonu is informed that Sasha is dead. Years later, a young woman, Dr. Sri Vidya, enters Sonu's life and he befriends her and her dad, so much so that he even aids them financially.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 757
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags:
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Toy Gun (2018)
Plot Summary:
Ruggero, a meek young man, impulsively robs a bank to prove to his ex-wife that he is courageous and masculine. A police investigation engulfs everyone except our unassuming hero who is completely ignored. Through a set of hilarious coincidences, he gets away with the robbery, while corrupt bank officials take the fall for what looks like an inside job.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, dark comedy
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Bang! Bang! (2020)
Plot Summary:
Teenagers run into some trouble after they rob a bank.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Cingoz Recai (2017)
Plot Summary:
An ex-thief returns for the revange of his father's murder makes an intelligent plan to reach the killer, a godfather named as Ghost. During his robbery operations, he plays with the police chief who is trying to stop him. In his final robbery, he finds something different than what he expects, something bigger.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Turkey
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, surprise ending
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Sideshow (2020)
Plot Summary:
When two inept criminals break into the home of a washed-up psychic in search of hidden loot, they get a lot more than they bargained for.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Intensive Care (2018)
Plot Summary:
Three low-life criminals attempt to rob an elderly dying woman's home, but her live-in nurse turns out to be much more trouble than they bargained for.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 501
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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A Free Bird (2014)
Plot Summary:
All JT wants is his freedom and a cigarette. But these are hard times: the steakhouse just fired him, his car broke down, he's broke. So when his buddies plan to rob the steakhouse - to steal the meat - it sounds like a good idea. What could go wrong?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, independent film
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Fast Getaway (1991)
Plot Summary:
Nelson, played by Corey Haim is a teenager who robs banks with his father in group along with two other friends. Corey Haim Is the right guy, in the right place, at the right time. All he needed was a ...fast getaway.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, realistic, fast, nostalgic, cult film, cult movie cast
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A Bad Idea Gone Wrong (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two would-be thieves forge a surprising relationship with an unexpected housesitter when they accidentally trap themselves in a house they just broke into.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, interesting
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Queen of Amsterdam (2013)
Plot Summary:
Chez Nous is a feel good comedy and the name of a cafe in the heart of Amsterdam that is on the brink of being closed.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 832
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, queer cinema
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Golden Years (2016)
Plot Summary:
Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived to force law abiding, retired couple, Arthur and Martha Goode into a life of crime.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy
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Supercon (2018)
Plot Summary:
A ragtag group of former TV stars and comic book artists who make their living working at conventions decide to steal the loot from a crooked promoter and an overbearing former TV icon.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: action comedy, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Walter (2019)
Plot Summary:
For Goran and his team of amateur shooters, the plan was almost perfect: to enter a hypermarket at night to rob a jeweler. But these "broken arms" had not anticipated the arrival of a vigil like no other: Walter, a former African warlord who will send them to hell.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Thieves (2015)
Plot Summary:
Alejandro Toledo comes out of his retirement from crime to help a community reclaim land stolen from them by a beautiful but ruthless businesswoman and her clan.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 330
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA, Dominican Republic
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Don't Get Caught (2018)
Plot Summary:
Dre & Icy, two friends who, while on their annual road trip, make a wrong turn and discover a marijuana farm run by an old ruthless hillbilly. Thinking they've hit the jackpot, the two clear out the farm and head back to the city to sell their score. Little do they realize, the hillbilly is determined to get his crop back and has put a $100,000 bounty on their heads! It's a race against time for Dre & Icy, with one main goal. DON'T GET CAUGHT!.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, hood
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The Hyperions (2022)
Plot Summary:
In 1960, Professor Ruckus Mandulbaum invented the Titan badge - a device that enables humans to have a particular super power. He took in three down-on-their-luck youths, creating an unusual family of superheroes and they quickly rose to fame and prestige. Over time, however, the commercial family fractured and the Professor replaced the team with a new set of super hero teens. Cut to 1979, when two of the original superheroes are all grown up and wanting their Titan badges back, even if it means robbing the Professor's museum and taking a few hostages accidentally.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, feel good, surreal
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Cop Secret (2021)
Plot Summary:
When Bússi, Iceland's toughest cop, is forced to work with a new partner to solve a series of bank robberies, the pressure to close the case as soon as possible proves too much for him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Iceland
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: art house, exciting, tense, captivating, satirical, disturbing, gay cinema
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Going by the Book (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jeong Do-man is a low-ranking traffic cop whose tendency to do things "by the book" sometimes gets him in trouble, such as when he pulls over his new boss, newly instated police chief Lee Seung-man, and issues him with a traffic ticket. Though surprised and annoyed by the unexpected fine, the police chief has bigger problems; the town of Sampo has been hit by a string of bank robberies, and to reassure the public he decides to carry out a realistic drill which will demonstrate the police force's capability. Do-man is chosen to act out the part of the bank robber, but with his usual fastidious attention to detail he sets out to commit the perfect crime.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, interesting
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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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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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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
Plot Summary:
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, action thriller, exciting, light, captivating, spiritual, crime drama, buddy comedy, black comedy
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Venus & Vegas (2010)
Plot Summary:
When three Vegas buddies attempt the score of a lifetime, they have to walk a fine line between their girlfriends who want their heads, and the mobsters who want them dead.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 653
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, captivating, tense, light, realistic, independent film
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Tower Heist (2011)
Plot Summary:
A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire gets away with the perfect crime, the unlikely crew of amateur thieves enlists the help of petty crook Slide to steal the $20 million they’re sure is hidden in the penthouse.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 150000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: entertaining, funny, feel good, humorous, sexy, absurd, tricky, hilarious, exciting, semi serious
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Ocean's Eight (2018)
Plot Summary:
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of seven other female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 237000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, clever, suspense, saga, tense, funny, light, feel good, entertaining, detective