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Plot Summary:
A cat burglar (George Hamilton) replaces his mentor (Joseph Cotten) and joins a woman (Marie Laforêt) and her stepfather on a necklace caper in Paris.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Diamonds (1975)
Plot Summary:
Richard Roundtree (SHAFT), Robert Shaw (JAWS) and $100 Million of the Hottest Rocks in the World!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland, UK, Israel, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 79%
Lady Ice (1973)
Plot Summary:
An insurance investigator romances a wealthy young beauty when he suspects she may be involved in fencing stolen jewels.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 602
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Shot Pattern (1982)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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Three Blondes in His Life (1961)
Plot Summary:
An insurance investigator goes to Los Angeles to investigate the disappearance of a colleague.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film, noir, mind bending, serious, futuristic, realistic, suspenseful
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Murph the Surf (1975)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story, details the daring 1964 theft of the J.P. Morgan jewel collection from New York's American Museum of Natural History. Called the "Greatest Jewel Heist of the 20th Century," the robbers took 22 precious gems, including the Star of India, the 100.32-carat de Long Ruby and the 16.25-carat Eagle Diamond, stones so famous they would be impossible to sell.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Stateline Motel (1973)
Plot Summary:
After robbing a jewellery shop in Canada, two Americans arrange a meeting near the US borders in order to split the loot. One of them has an accident with his car on his way there and gets stuck in an isolated motel until his car is fixed. The owner of the motel, a sexy woman in her thirties, falls in love with him, but her suspicions about him begin to multiply, as the police arrive at the motel.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 353
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Traitor's Gate (1964)
Plot Summary:
A businessman organises a caper to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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Rififi in Tokyo (1963)
Plot Summary:
Van Hekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up in order to get a very valuable diamond.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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Cairo (1963)
Plot Summary:
MGM remake of Asphalt Jungle set in Egypt.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Egypt, UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: noir, british noir
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The Thief of Paris (1967)
Plot Summary:
In Paris around 1900, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a rich neighbour. As an act of revenge, Georges steals the fiance's family jewels, and enjoys the experience so much that he embarks upon a life-time of burglary.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: neo noir, crime drama, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, stylized, semi serious
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Snow Job (1972)
Plot Summary:
A famous skier (Jean-Claude Killy), his mistress (Danièle Gaubert) and a ski instructor (Cliff Potts) rob a bank in the Alps and hide the loot in a crevasse.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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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
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Thief (1971)
Plot Summary:
A professional thief tries to break with his past but has to pull off one last job to pay off a gambling debt.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: crime thriller, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Family Business (1989)
Plot Summary:
Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal activity. They both have great hope for Adam, Vito's son and Jessie's grandson, who is bright, good-looking, and without a criminal past.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: funny, serious, realistic, tense, light, clever, touching, emotional, suspense, entertaining
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Grand Slam (1967)
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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Cool Breeze (1972)
Plot Summary:
A paroled crook masterminds a $3 million jewelry theft to fund a bank for businessmen.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 404
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, black cinema
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Robbery (1967)
Plot Summary:
A dramatization of the Great Train Robbery. While not a 'how to', it is very detail dependent, showing the care and planning that took place to pull it off.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: noir, action thriller, independent film, british noir, cult film
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Stealing Raden Saleh (2022)
Plot Summary:
To save his father, a master forger sets out to steal an invaluable painting with the help of a motley crew of specialists.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Indonesia, Malaysia
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags:
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Brass (1985)
Plot Summary:
The Chief of Detectives of the New York Police Department, is a tough cop who has worked his way up the ladder from being on a beat.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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The Padre (2018)
Plot Summary:
American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-old girl intent on reuniting with her sister in the United States.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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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
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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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Canvas (1992)
Plot Summary:
Ozzie Decker is an art dealer and a thief. He steals paintings for customers. Frank reluctantly begins to work with Ozzie because Frank's brother owes a lot of money to the mob. On his first art heist, Frank works directly with long-time henchman Nick. Nick and Frank barely survive the Klee heist, and the painting is damaged in process. Unhappy about the Klee canvas, Ozzie puts the pair of thieves onto another target: a Cezanne painting. To secure the continued obedience of his newest colleague, Ozzie kidnaps Frank's girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: action thriller, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Cool Money (2005)
Plot Summary:
Charismatic thief Bobby Comfort escapes from prison, clears himself of all charges, and returns to a home life he finds unsatisfying. Though he is devoted to his wife and daughter, his old life comes calling, both figuratively and literally, in the form of idea man Sammy Nalo. With the help of Comfort's old partner, they begin robbing posh New York City hotels, while second cousin and bumbling cop Phil Parris thinks he can turn Comfort to the straight and narrow.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 634
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Big Heist (2001)
Plot Summary:
Based on the 1986 book "The Heist: How a Gang Stole $8,000,000 at Kennedy Airport and Lived to Regret It", by Ernest Volkman and John Cummings, this TV movie tells the story about the 1978 Lufthansa Heist at JFK Airport in New York - the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil. The heist was also the subject of the much better-known 1990 film "Goodfella"s, directed by Martin Scorsese. It was also the subject of another made-for-television film: "The 10 Million Dollar Getaway" from 1991.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark, dark comedy