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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
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Slither (1973)
Plot Summary:
While searching for a small fortune of embezzled money, an ex-con, a small-time bandleader, his doting wife and a kooky drifter find themselves being followed. Their chase takes them to trailer camps, bingo halls, laundromats and ultimately, a showdown with a group of unconventional bad guys.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: road movie, dark comedy, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, horror comedy
Similar in 85%
How to Rob a Bank (2007)
Plot Summary:
Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, realistic, fast, surprise ending, dark comedy
Similar in 79%
Bank Robber (1993)
Plot Summary:
After robbing a bank, the robber hides out from the police in a seedy hotel where he is forced to bribe various tennants for protection as well as their silence which becomes more difficult as greed takes over and the people demand more exuberant bribes from the bank robber to shelter and hide him.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 498
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, entertaining, sexy, independent film, offbeat, realistic
Similar in 90%
Chongqing Hot Pot (2016)
Plot Summary:
When three friends open a hot pot restaurant in a former bomb shelter, they discover it’s linked by a single wall to the bank vault next door. While deciding to take the easy money or go to the police, they find out one of the bank’s employees is a former classmate and look to enlist her in deciding their future.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, neo screwball comedy
Similar in 80%
Now or Never (2000)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 579
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, exciting
Similar in 89%
Like a Fish Out of Water (1999)
Plot Summary:
A seductive femme fatale (Monica Bellucci) and two con men -- one cool as ice, and one who just likes to "ice" his victims -- enlist a mild-mannered, unsuspecting man in their mission to steal a rare and valuable fish. They plan to sell it back to its grieving owner at an enormous profit (talk about "sleeping with the fishes!"). Tcheky Karyo, Michel Muller and Dominique Pinon co-star.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 578
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, biting, suspense
Similar in 77%
Gettin' Square (2003)
Plot Summary:
Gettin' Square is about starting over, keeping clean and going straight. Barry Wirth is fresh out of prison and determined to stay on the straight and narrow. But like his mate Johnny 'Spit' Spiteri and reformed gangster turned restaurateur Dabba, he finds out the hard way that there are old scores and a few new ones that'll make getting square a lot harder than he thought.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, action comedy, clever, feel good, surprise ending, independent film
Similar in 76%
Bank Shot (1974)
Plot Summary:
A bank temporarily housed in a mobile home while a new building is built, looks like an easy target to break into. On the other hand, why not steal the whole bank, and rob it in a safer location.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious
Similar in 84%
Quick Change (1990)
Plot Summary:
With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, absurd, cult classic, witty, sweet, buddy comedy, fast, realistic
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After the Sunset (2004)
Plot Summary:
Two master thieves (Brosnan and Hayek) are finally retiring after one last succesful mission. Residing in their own tropical paradise, their old nemesis, FBI Agent Stan P. Lloyd shows up to make sure they really are retired. Docked in the port is an ocean liner called the "Diamond Cruise" and Stan is convinced that they're not really retired at all, and that this is the next set up.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, sexy, feel good, exciting, light, entertaining, tricky, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful
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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
Similar in 78%
King's Ransom (2005)
Plot Summary:
Hoping to foil his own gold-digging wife's plan, a loathsome businessman arranges his own kidnapping, only to realize that there are plenty of other people interested in his wealth as well.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: witty, humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, realistic, fast
Similar in 78%
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 80%
Duplicity (2009)
Plot Summary:
Two romantically-engaged corporate spies team up to manipulate a corporate race to corner the market on a medical innovation that will reap huge profits and enable them to lead an extravagant lifestyle together.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: clever, sexy, romantic, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, humorous, stylized, semi serious, witty
Similar in 88%
Set It Off (1996)
Plot Summary:
Four black women, all of whom have suffered for lack of money and at the hands of the majority, undertake to rob banks. While initially successful, a policeman who was involved in shooting one of the women's brothers is on their trail. As the women add to the loot, their tastes and interests begin to change and their suspicions of each other increase on the way to a climactic robbery.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: hood, touching, neo noir, uplifting, social, sad, tear jerker, crime drama, cult classic, exciting
Similar in 90%
Special Delivery (1976)
Plot Summary:
A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and only one of the robbers, Murdock, makes a clean getaway. Unfortunately, in order to do so, he is forced to dump the stolen cash into a mailbox, which he then finds is locked until midnight, forcing him to wait until the mailman makes his late night pickup. As he waits, he discovers that his hiding place has been observed by several other people, all of whom want a share of the loot.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 450
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, grindhouse, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 79%
Safe Men (1998)
Plot Summary:
Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the local hoodlums and quickly find themselves in conflict with their professional colleagues. Romantic interest is added by the daughter of the underworld leader who won't date the men she knows are gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, melancholic, absurd, buddy comedy, feel good, not serious, witty, independent film, dark comedy
Similar in 90%
Going in Style (2017)
Plot Summary:
Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, entertaining, touching, humorous, sad, black comedy, anamorphic, comedy drama, relaxing
Similar in 80%
Blue Streak (1999)
Plot Summary:
Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as a LAPD detective.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, exciting, detective, humorous, action comedy, entertaining, feel good, hilarious, parody, light
Similar in 83%
Out of Sight (1998)
Plot Summary:
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law. Variety hails Out of Sight as "a sly, sexy, vastly entertaining film.".
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 98000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: sexy, neo noir, romantic, entertaining, light, talky, stylized, erotic, offbeat, feel good
Similar in 78%
Get Shorty (1995)
Plot Summary:
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, clever, intense, light, suspense, entertaining, witty, talky, dark comedy
Similar in 84%
Small Time Crooks (2000)
Plot Summary:
A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, talky, melancholic, stylized, feel good, realistic, semi serious, hilarious, clever, dark comedy
Similar in 75%
Matchstick Men (2003)
Plot Summary:
A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 137000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, feel good, entertaining, psychological thriller, light, talky, tricky, emotional, humorous
Similar in 80%
The Italian Job (1969)
Plot Summary:
Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one his of friends has attempted a high risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie takes over the 'job'. Using three Mini Coopers, a couple of Jaguars and a bus, he hopes to bring Torino to a standstill, steal a fortune in gold and escape in the chaos.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Italy
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: cliffhanger, exciting, humorous, stylized, entertaining, witty, ambiguous ending, road movie, retro, crime drama
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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
Similar in 87%
Foolproof (2003)
Plot Summary:
Kevin, Sam and Rob have an unusual hobby: planning foolproof heists, without intending to actually perform them. The game goes wrong when their latest plan is stolen and carried out. Things get even worse when a mysterious man approaches them with an offer: plan a heist for him, or go to jail. As the clock ticks, they find that the risk might be higher than just their freedom.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, disturbing, tech noir, cult classic, action thriller, fast, surprise ending
Similar in 75%
Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Plot Summary:
Danny Ocean's team of criminals are back and composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank doublecrosses Reuben Tishkoff, causing a heart attack, Danny Ocean vows that he and his team will do anything to bring down Willy Bank along with everything he's got. Even if it means asking for help from an enemy.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 363000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: clever, entertaining, exciting, suspense, witty, funny, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious
Similar in 81%
Ocean's Twelve (2004)
Plot Summary:
Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in carrying out three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 408000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: entertaining, clever, suspense, stylized, exciting, intellectual, tricky, realistic, suspenseful, non-linear
Similar in 78%
Heartbreakers (2001)
Plot Summary:
Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: romantic, funny, light, hilarious, humorous, sweet, cute, clever, witty, sexy
Similar in 83%
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Plot Summary:
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 607000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: clever, witty, exciting, entertaining, suspense, tense, funny, light, feel good, tricky