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Plot Summary:
Three washed-up actors must deliver the most convincing performances of their lives as part of a dangerous plot designed to finance their triumphant comeback.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 726
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
Plot Summary:
The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: black and white, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Sitting Ducks (1980)
Plot Summary:
Two small-time thieves come together as a bizarre comic duo in a quest to make their childhood dreams come true. In a limousine stuffed with cash stolen from the mob, they take off for Miami, where they plan to fly to a safe haven in Costa Rica. On the road they pick up a singer/chauffeur plus two unlikely women they meet in a Holiday Inn. Then the fun begins! A zany, hilarious, screwball road comedy about sex, money and vitamins, with an exceptional cast who deliver comic performances of manic perfection!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Teresa's Tattoo (1994)
Plot Summary:
Mathematician Teresa just wanted to study during the College spring break. But her friends, who want her to live a little, drag her out to parties. The next thing she knows, she has been drugged, kidnapped, made a redhead, tattooed, and wearing leather?!? Her captors seem to be the most inept crooks ever. They seem to have a plan, if only she could figure out why it involves her.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 524
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, slapstick, cult film
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Silver Case (2012)
Plot Summary:
In TInseltown, the world of scheming and dreaming reaches a particularly nasty low when a powerful producer known as the 'Senator' hatches a plan to undermine the future success of his shady arch rival, the 'Master' in more ways than one. His plot begins with the simple delivery of a silver briefcase. But nothing is simple in Hollywood. The case goes missing, which sets off a chain of events that are categorically not part of the plan. The Senator engages the best of his team to locate the package, but doesn't count on the tenacity of two thugs who now have the mystery prize in their curious possession.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, suspense, independent film, biting
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I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2014)
Plot Summary:
A university researcher is fired because of the cuts to university. To earn a living he decides to produce drugs recruiting his former colleagues, who despite their skills are living at the margins of society.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, funny, sexy, intercultural, cult classic
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Diamond Zero (2005)
Plot Summary:
A daft doctor concocts an offbeat scheme to make millions after he happens upon a method of turning cremated human remains into diamonds. But when the sawbones hires a pair of hapless thieves to collect the raw material, a string of calamities ensues in their insane efforts to pilfer the ashes of prominent and historic figures. Tippi Hedren, Bronson Pinchot, Richard Moll and Joan Van Ark head the cast in this inky morality yarn.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Sci-Fi, Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic, offbeat, black comedy, dark comedy
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Hold-Up (1985)
Plot Summary:
Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied companion arouses trouble.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: realistic, witty, humorous, semi serious, action thriller, hilarious, independent film, clever, cynical, fast
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Drop Dead Sexy (2005)
Plot Summary:
When their money scam runs aground, a group of would-be thieves turn to kidnapping in an attempt to blackmail their target.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, exciting, tense, dark comedy, offbeat
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100 Mile Rule (2002)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 775
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: realistic, cynical, semi serious, humorous, clever
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Stealing Harvard (2002)
Plot Summary:
John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But the minute they achieve their financial goal, John finds out his niece has been accepted at Harvard, and he's reminded of his promise to pay for her tuition (nearly $30,000). John's friend Duff convinces him to turn to petty crime to make the payment … but Duff's hare-brained schemes spin quickly out of control.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, stylized, realistic, witty, not serious, crying, black comedy, slapstick comedy, dark comedy
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Let's Rob the Bank (1964)
Plot Summary:
Shopkeeper Victor Garnier has naively invested his family's life savings in an African mine, on his banker's recommendation. When the mine is nationalized, rendering the stock worthless, he considers himself shamelessly robbed by the bank; it seems only fair to him to return the 'favor' and rob the bank, teaming up with the whole family as they were all duped. Even for professionals such an enterprise -he decides to dig a tunnel- is quite demanding, but for simple commoners it's daunting, as they also have their personal downsides; thus Victor's wife has a most unwelcome tendency to blurt out the truth, even to the grumpy local copper: a crazy risk when you need to keep a criminal plan secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, spoof, parody, weird
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The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
Plot Summary:
A kidnapped mobster (Vittorio De Sica) persuades his captors to help him rob platinum ingots from a train.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 803
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious
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Hunting Elephants (2013)
Plot Summary:
In this hilarious crime comedy, a gifted 12-year-old boy and three elderly men plan a bank robbery in order to seek revenge on the institution for cheating the youngster after the death of his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good, biting, suspense
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Now or Never (2000)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 579
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, exciting
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Silver Bears (1977)
Plot Summary:
Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher (Michael Caine) is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore (Martin Balsam) to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to more easily launder their profits. When he arrives, Fletcher finds that the bank, acquired by his associate Prince di Siracusa (Louis Jourdan), consists of some shabby offices above a restaurant. To make up for this, the Prince suggests that Fletcher invests in a silver mine owned by Shireen and Agha Firdausi (Stéphane Audran and David Warner). This solves one problem, but the mine also attracts the attention of some of the most powerful people in the silver business. Fletcher must pull out all his wheeler-dealing skills in order to keep hold of everything he's worked for, in the process romancing a banker's discontented wife (Cybill Shepherd).
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, independent film
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Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)
Plot Summary:
Two hoplessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the l9th century. They gain the enmity of the most famous bank Robber in the world and the affection of a crusading newspaperwoman.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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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
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The Cracksman (1963)
Plot Summary:
Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, who feels that the little man would be a valuable asset to his crime kingdom. In order to inveigle him into a series of jobs, he sets up a beautiful hostess as a trap, into which the hapless Ernest inevitably falls..!.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick
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Tough Guys (1986)
Plot Summary:
Harry Doyle (Lancaster) and Archie Lang (Douglas) are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving their time, they are released from jail and have to adjust to a new life of freedom. Harry and Archie realize that they still have the pizzazz when, picking up their prison checks at a bank, they foil a robbery attempt. Archie, who spent his prison time pumping himself up, easily picks up a 20-year-old aerobics instructor. Harry, on the other hand, has to waste away his days in a nursing home. They both have festering resentments -- Archie for having to endure a humiliating job as a busboy; Harry for having to endure patronizing attitudes toward senior citizens. The two old pals finally go back to what they know best. After successfully robbing an armored car, they decide to rob the same train that they robbed thirty years ago.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: entertaining, funny, light, road movie, humorous, touching, semi serious, cult classic, realistic, surprise ending
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The Crew (2000)
Plot Summary:
Four retired mobsters plan one last crime to save their retirement home.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, stylized, witty, clever, black comedy, realistic, semi serious, parody, light
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The Shipment (2001)
Plot Summary:
A mob enforcer is hired to recover a shipment of Viagra gone awry.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, feel good, independent film
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Plan B (2001)
Plot Summary:
A bookkeeper who thinks she killed three mobsters is subsequently promoted by her boss to be a hitman. |.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 674
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Denmark
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, light, captivating, feel good, independent film, semi serious
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Paper Soldiers (2002)
Plot Summary:
Paper Soldiers follows an overeager burglar named Shawn (Kevin Hart) through the ups and downs of his short, stressful career.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, hood, exciting, realistic, black comedy, crime drama, independent film
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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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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
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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
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Madigan's Millions (1968)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 425
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, semi serious, feel good, captivating, realistic, fast, eurospy
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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
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Going in Style (1979)
Plot Summary:
Three senior citizens in their 70s who live together are slowly decaying in endless days with nothing to do but feed the birds. One of them comes up with an idea - rob a bank. They certainly could use the money if they get away with it and if they are caught, what could happen to three old men?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: light, touching, humorous, realistic, entertaining, semi serious, black comedy, clever, tense, sentimental
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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