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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
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Sympatico (1999)
Plot Summary:
As youths in Azusa, Vinnie, Carter, and Rosie pull off a racing scam, substituting winners for plodders and winning big bucks on long odds. When an official uncovers the scam, they set him up for blackmail. Jump ahead twenty years, Carter and Rosie are married, successful racers in Kentucky about to sell their prize stallion, Simpatico. Vinnie is a drunk in Pomona. Vinnie decides to make a play for Rosie, lures Carter to California, steals his wallet and heads for Kentucky with the original blackmail material. Carter begs Vinnie's friend, a grocery clerk named Cecilia, to follow Vinnie and get the stuff back that he has in a box. Will she succeed?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, erotic, independent film, atmospheric, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, thought provoking
Similar in 80%
Tazza: The High Rollers (2006)
Plot Summary:
A guy with a talent for cards makes his way into the dangerous world of underground gambling in this crime thriller from South Korea. Go-ni (Jo Seung-woo) is a small-town guy with a big appetite for gambling. Convinced he's on a hot streak one evening during a card game, Go-ni bets his life savings on a hand of hwatu, only to lose to a crooked cardsharp. Determined to get revenge, Go-ni sets out to find the guy who cheated him and win back his money.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir
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My Secret Cache (1997)
Plot Summary:
Sakiko, a young bank teller, has an unhealthy obsession with money. Thieves hold up the bank, kidnapping Sakiko in the process, but eventually crash their car, resulting in a suitcase stuffed with cash falling into a nearby river. For the remainder of the film, Sakiko begins a desperate quest to retrieve the money.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 499
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick
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The Big Swindle (2004)
Plot Summary:
After being convicted for fraud, one month has passed since CHOI Chang-Hyuk's release from jail. But this time around he's got and elaborate plan cooked up. It's the biggest bank heist in history that'll make any thief have a wet dream. The best five thieves come together to form a team.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 975
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, stylized, rough, serious, suspenseful, twisted, detective
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The Curse of Inferno (1997)
Plot Summary:
A rather dull minded bank robber suddenly suffers from a change of heart and decides to give the money back. However, he then learns that getting the money back into the bank is much more difficult than taking it out.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 542
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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No Blood No Tears (2002)
Plot Summary:
Gyung-sun is a washed-up cab driver who has been trying to go straight after years in trouble with the law after being a big-time safecracker. Soo-jin wants to be a famous singer, but lives the life of a trophy girlfriend to her vicious gangster boyfriend. An unlikely situation cause these two different women to meet where they plan a daring solution to both their problems that will escalate and threaten the wrath of many powerful and corrupt people around them.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, crime drama, exciting, neo noir, realistic
Similar in 83%
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
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Trapped (2009)
Plot Summary:
The suicide was easy, getting away with everything else could be murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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
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Swindled (2004)
Plot Summary:
In a flashback, Ernesto, a young con man, tells us how he got to the edge of a big score: childhood in an orphanage, youthful smash-and-grab burglaries until his partner is caught, then tutelage from Lefty, an aging swindler. After some years of success, they're joined by Federico, the best, a true artist. Things go well until Pilar, a woman from Federico's past, re-enters his life with a proposal to con a golden goose - a swindle that will put them all on easy street. A double-cross may be in the cards. The flashback over, can Ernesto hold his own in the present?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, anamorphic, mind bending, surprise ending
Similar in 77%
Seven Times Lucky (2004)
Plot Summary:
An aging con-man and a beautiful, ambitious student cross paths in a scam that promises to make them both rich.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 496
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, witty, surprise ending
Similar in 82%
Dead Heat (2002)
Plot Summary:
Boston cop Pally is forced into early retirement, putting a strain on his marriage. Pally's stepbrother, Ray, attempts to lift his spirits by tipping him off to a sure-bet racehorse. But their attempts to secure the champion equine are thwarted by a local mob boss, who steals the horse as repayment for a gambling debt. With their investment on the line, Pally and Ray become entangled in a web of underworld crime and murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 87%
Question of Luck (1997)
Plot Summary:
In the Spanish neo-noir film Question of Luck Julio (Eduardo Noriega) is at a turning point in his life. His fish farm business has collapsed, and his attractive fiancee, Concha (Leire Berrocal) is pushing Julio to get married. But Julio seems strangely unenthusiastic about marrying into Concha’s affluent family lottery business. Things get complicated when he finds a fortune in jewels.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 330
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, sexy, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, hot
Similar in 81%
Man of Violence (1970)
Plot Summary:
Moon (Michael Latimer) is a mercenary who joins forces with two crooked cops in an attempt to steal 90 million dollars in gold from an Arab country decimated by political chaos. Sex, violence and mayhem accompany the group of double-crossing heavies who covet the purloined loot. A bevy of females willingly submit to seduction, and a sadistic homosexual murderer trails Moon and his malevolent gang for the gold in this compelling crime drama.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Similar in 87%
Trouble Bound (1993)
Plot Summary:
Upon getting out of prison, a man who took the rap for some thief buddies gets together with them again, and tells them he's not interested in doing things with them any more. They stick a dead body in his trunk, unbeknownst to him, and he roars off to find his future. Unfortunately, they forgot to get the key they need off the body, so they're chasing him. Meanwhile, a mafia kingpin's daughter is trying to kill the hitman that killed her father, but her grandmother is trying to make peace with the family that hired the hitman, so she and her thugs are trying to stop the daughter. The guy and the daughter get together and experience mayhem on the run from two directions.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 989
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, humorous, serious, cynical, road movie, neo noir, independent film, rough, fast
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Three Way (2004)
Plot Summary:
Lew is a small time loser with a troubled past and a very big secret. Overhearing a couple plan a kidnapping, Lew is tempted to come up with a scheme of his own. He decides to get to the victim first and then blackmail the real criminals. His plan soon spins out of control.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, neo noir, surprise ending
Similar in 90%
Hollywood Flies (2005)
Plot Summary:
Life is the buzz.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 553
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, rough, realistic, road movie
Similar in 77%
The Silent Partner (1978)
Plot Summary:
Miles Cullen is a bored teller at a bank in a Toronto mall who accidentally learns that his place of business is about to be robbed. Instead of informing his bosses or contacting the police, Miles cleverly devises a way of keeping the cash.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: neo noir, offbeat, christmas horror, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, weird
Similar in 82%
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 79%
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
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The Last Seduction II (1999)
Plot Summary:
Femme fatal/con artist Bridget Gregory travels to Barcelona and targets another businessman to scam him of his money while a relentless private investigator tries to track her down.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 543
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, neo noir, independent film, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual
Similar in 80%
Bad Company (1995)
Plot Summary:
Nelson Crowe is a CIA operative under the thumb of the Company for a disputed delivery of $50,000 in gold. They blackmail him into working for the Grimes Organization, which is set up as a private company for hire, to blackmail prominent individuals. Crowe, working with Margaret Wells (another former Covert Operations operative), blackmails and bribes a State Supreme Court judge, but the deal sours. One of Crowe's co-workers, Tod Stapp, discovers Crowe's current CIA involvement in a plot to overthrow Grimes, and blackmails him to be cut in on the deal. More blackmail occurs as Wells manipulates Crowe to kill Grimes, then the CIA uses that discovery to blackmail Wells into killing Crowe. Who can you trust???.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, clever, psychological, neo noir, stylized, suspense, anamorphic, rough, serious
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Spanish Judges (2000)
Plot Summary:
A con-artist hires two low-lifes to cover him during a deal, ending with three criminals, two dueling pistols, and one night they'll never forget.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 607
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, neo noir
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Swerve (2011)
Plot Summary:
Driving cross-country to a job interview, Colin takes a short cut and comes across a fatal road accident. One of the drivers, Jina, is shaken but unhurt; the other has been killed instantly. Beside the dead body is a briefcase full of money, which Colin turns in to the local police. But getting out of town proves a nightmare, as Colin's good deed causes a series of bizarre events to unfold.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, rough, serious, neo noir, realistic, road movie, suspense, black comedy
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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 81%
Bookies (2003)
Plot Summary:
Four college friends become small-time bookies, only to find their world spinning dangerously out of control when their greed attracts the attention of organized crime.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, realistic
Similar in 77%
Little Cigars (1973)
Plot Summary:
A gangster's former mistress hooks up with a troupe of circus midgets who, as a sideline, rob banks and casinos.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 264
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, rough, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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The Grifters (1990)
Plot Summary:
A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, tense, atmospheric, suspense, intense, serious, bleak, suspenseful, stylized
Similar in 87%
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 86%
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