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Plot Summary:
A good looking female social welfare worker makes Egon Olsen forget about crimes for some time, but when an American gangster breaks into a local bank and the police think its Egon's work, he has to get back to work to prove he's innocent.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 111 min
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Life with Daddy (1967)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags:
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Wacky Taxi (1972)
Plot Summary:
A man unsatisfied in his job decides to start a taxi service.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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In the Middle of the Night (1984)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: cult classic, cult film
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A Man, a Woman and a Bank (1979)
Plot Summary:
Two novice thieves are plotting to rob a bank in Vancouver. A photographer snaps a shot of one thief as he is carrying the bank building's blueprints. The would-be thief then begins a relationship with the photographer and attempts to retrieve the photos. Meanwhile, the thieves' plot consists of this: one man will enter the bank building after dark, while the other man sits in a van and uses a computer to unlock the building's doors. The final step involves transporting the cash to a freight ship waiting on the docks, for transportation to a money launderer in Macau.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 521
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Martha (1967)
Plot Summary:
The oldest ship in the fleet, Martha, and her jolly crew, must race Harald and win, or it's the scrappers next.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Denmark, Greece
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: cult classic, cult film
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Olsenbanden og Data-Harry sprenger verdensbanken (1978)
Plot Summary:
Egon er atter bak murene. Og atter fødes en ny plan. En korrupt diplomat har på ulovlig vis ervervet seg 10 millioner dollar på salg av subsidiert fjellsmør til utlandet. Disse pengene skal "vaskes rene" i den norske avdelingen av Verdensbanken. Egon regner med å få kloa i dem før de når dit.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 952
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 101 min
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The Olsen Gang in Jutland (1971)
Plot Summary:
The Olsen gang in Jutland. Ones again Egon Olsen has a plan when he gets out of Vridslose State Prison. He has found out that the Germans left a large sum of money (in American dollars and gold bars) in one of their commando bunkers, when they were defeated in 1945; the only problem it's in Jutland. Egon, Benny and Kjeld "appropriate" a car and drives to Jutland along with Kjelds wife and child Yvonne and Borge. They look forward to fooling the the people in Jutland, but of course, things don't go quite as planed. It ends with Benny, Kjeld, Borge and Yvonne sitting in the train back to Copenhagen, were they are overtaken by Egon in his car on the road next to the track. This is the last time the Olsen gang goes to Jutland.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags:
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The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders (1979)
Plot Summary:
Egon plans to exploit knowledge gained during his latest term of incarceration. By stealing the unmanipulated financial records of DanInvest he obtains the majority of the stocks in the department store Magasin du Nord, just in time for their closing sale. The attempt to get the red suitcase that will save the day they rob the main vault at the EEC headquarters in Brussels and end up hijacking a tank.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick
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The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang (1974)
Plot Summary:
The Olsen Gang has finally made it. They are in Mallorca, having fulfilled their dream. Almost, that is. They don't have any money, so Egon has to open a safe at a restaurant to get some. As usual, however, Egon ends up in prision. When they return to Denmark, he has a new plan.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 102 min
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The Olsen Gang Runs Amok (1973)
Plot Summary:
When Egon Olsen gets out of Vridlose State Prision once again, his friends Benny and Kjeld do not want to know about his new ingenious plan: they are actually WORKING in a shop! Thus, he has to think of something else to get his hands on the money of some international gangster.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 100 min
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The Olsen Gang on the Track (1975)
Plot Summary:
Egon and his two cronies managed to sneak a fortune with them to Spain. Here they live a life in a whirl of pleasures, but they are not truly happy. While Egon always has the money chained to him, Bøffen still manages to steal them. Egon ends up in jail once again, and when he comes out, he has a brilliant plan.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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The Olsen Gang Outta Sight (1977)
Plot Summary:
Egon is starting to be a little forgetful; he forgot the zone number, so he fails to open the strongbox. When he gets out of Vridslose State Prison, Kjeld and Benny have become associates of Yvonne's cousin Georg from America. He is not just some old-fashioned strongbox thief that can't remember like Egon, but a young hip IT criminal, that thinks that everyone else is inferior. However, Egon doesn't take lightly to the Georg's patronizing so he sabotages Georg's computer and ruins his cup. This time Egon's ambitions reaches a new high, when he and his gang break in to the World Bank, and they get away with it. Of course, thanks to Yvonne, they aren't rich very long.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 105 min
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The Olsen Gang Sees Red (1976)
Plot Summary:
Egon and the gang are hired to stage a robbery of an antique Chinese vase for an economically challenged baron. Naturally they fooled, which infuriates Egon. The gang tries to get back at the baron by switching the vase with a cheap Hong Kong copy. One attempt is made during the barons hunting party, where Egon ends up being bricked up in the catacombs. In another attempt, the gang has to coordinate breaking through several walls at The Royal Theater in Copenhagen with the "Elverhøj" overture.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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The Treasure of San Gennaro (1966)
Plot Summary:
A pair of Americans want to perform the greatest robbery: the treasure of San Genaro, in Napoli.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 104 min
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The... Copanoi (1987)
Plot Summary:
Leonidas is tricked into thinking he will hit the jackpot by a guy from the underworld, Babis, also well-known on the street as "the teacher". So, he sets up an ad hoc gang with his close friends in order to rob a bank. The operation, however, is crowned by complete failure. Actually, Babis used Leonidas to create a diversion in order to rob a jeweler's shop. Leonidas flies into a rage and swears to take revenge on the "teacher". The scuffle that follows results in all of them ending up in hospital.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 890
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Greece
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, fun
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Relax Freddie (1966)
Plot Summary:
The sequel of the famous "Slå Først, Frede!".
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 589
Genere: Comedy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: eurospy
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The Jonsson Gang's Greatest Robbery (1995)
Plot Summary:
When Vanheden and Dynamit-Harry tries to break doctor Busé out of jail, they get Herman Melvin instead.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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Beware of the Jönsson Gang (1981)
Plot Summary:
The movie begins with the Jönsson gang making a minor burglary. It goes wrong and the gang leader, Sickan, gets caught. After he has spent 10 months in jail, Vanheden and Rocky come to welcome him when he's released. But he doesn't take notice of them, and he's picked up by the mysterious banker Wall-Enberg Jr. instead. He wants Sickan to perform a burglary in Switzerland, in order to retrieve the famous Bedford Diamonds. Sickan does this but is fooled by Wall-Enberg and nearly gets caught. When he returns to Sweden and re-unites with his old gang members, he's set on revenge, both physically and psychologically.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious
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All for Two (2013)
Plot Summary:
This sequel to the box office hit All for One finds the previously tight-knit trio dispersed: Nikolai is on parole, while brothers Ralf and Timo are planning a heist involving the unlikely combination of unsalted butter, a strict diet and a helicopter. When their seemingly impossible heist succeeds, Nikolai asks to borrow some money to start over. The brothers reject him, but when all three of them are tricked by a fish-loving banking executive, they are forced to team up again.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: dark comedy
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The Olsen Gang's Big Score (1972)
Plot Summary:
After his usual stay behind bars, Egon has another cunning plan involving millions. They rob over 4 million from a money transport. The gang keeps a low profile and hide the money. But it's stolen by "Kongen" and "Knægten", who immediately start living it up - in the penthouse suite at the Sheraton. The suitcase with the money changes hands several times, before Kongen's daughter takes of with all the money.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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Strike First Freddy (1965)
Plot Summary:
Frede Hansen, a game salesman, is mistaken for a secret service agent on a ferry and kidnapped by enemy agents. He escapes and now the secret service want to use him as bait to track the enemy. They assign their best agent, Smith to be his partner and supervisor. Their main task is to eliminate the head of the enemy conspiracy, the mysterious 'Dr. Pax' who's real identity is unknown. Freddy accompanies Smith to Stockholm where they are to meet Sonja, an agent for Dr. Pax, who is also on Smith's liquidation list. Thanks to his bag of game tricks, Freddy manages to avoid being done in by Kolick, a killer for Dr. Pax. Freddy falls for Sonja, and he, she and Smith are taken as prisoners to Dr. Pax's hideout, a remote island fortress from which a major power is to be attacked by missiles guided by trained pigeons. Freddy manages to teach Dr. Pax a lasting lesson in the difference between trained pigeons and homing pigeons.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 832
Genere: Comedy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: surreal, eurospy
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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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Perfect Friday (1970)
Plot Summary:
The deputy manager of a London bank has worked out a way to rob the branch of £200,000. When he becomes involved with the attractive Lady Dorset he decides to go ahead with his plan. He needs her help and that of her philandering spendthrift husband. It all comes down to a matter of trust.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, poliziottesco
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The R.M. (2003)
Plot Summary:
Jared Phelps (Kirby Heyborne) has completed two years of full-time missionary service for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His mission president has promised him that he will be blessed for his service, and he thinks he has it all worked out. His girlfriend has waited for him. His boss promised that he could have his old job back, and he has already sent his application to BYU. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong. His girlfriend dumps him. His loses his job, and he isn't accepted to BYU. Then, it gets even worse, and he has to decide if choosing the right is worth all the trouble.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 861
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sincere, captivating, intense, independent film
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The Jönsson Gang Gets Gold Fever (1984)
Plot Summary:
Sickan has a new plan. This time, the gang are going to steal a small computer micro chip which contains.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, not serious, 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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Two Thumbs Up (2015)
Plot Summary:
A criminal fresh out of prison who seeks out his former partners in crime for another heist. And they make a very elaborate plan to carry out the criminal intent, but things turn awry when another gang of criminals hit the same target.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, crime drama
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Never a Dull Moment (1968)
Plot Summary:
When practicing for a role, actor Jack is mistaken for the killer Ace. He doesn't realize this until it's too late and is carried off to gangster boss Leo Smooth, who wants Ace to do a job for him. Fearing for his life, Jack plays his role, but always searching for a way out of the well-guarded house. - By: Tom Zoerner.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 781
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: hilarious, humorous, realistic, semi serious, cult film
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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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Getting Even with Dad (1994)
Plot Summary:
Ray, an ex-con and widower, is planning a coin heist with two accomplices to help him to buy his own bakery. However, he doesn't expect his son Timmy, who was living with Ray's sister, to show up at the house right in the middle of planning. Timmy is ignored and Ray and his buddies pull off the heist. Timmy gets his father's attention by stealing the coins and hiding them. To get them back, his father must take him to a number of different places and treat him like he enjoys his presence. They grow fond of each other but Timmy won't stay with his dad unless he gives up the coins.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, melancholic, satirical, semi serious, realistic, exciting, funny, romantic, sexy, feel good