Movies like How to Rob a Bank
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How to Rob a Bank (2007)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.
Style:
suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, realistic, fast, surprise ending, dark comedy
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, on the run, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, betrayal, master criminal, chase, law enforcement, nothing goes right, partner, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, cons and scams, robbery, bank robber, false identity, bank robbery, dialogue, hustler, hostage, chases and races, rivalry, confined, disorder, police detective ...
Time:
contemporary
Keyword:
partners
Most similar movies to How to Rob a Bank
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and suspenseful films with plots about heist, dishonesty, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, disorder, cons and scams and rivalry mostly in Crime, Comedy and Thriller genres. Some movies like How to Rob a Bank: Scorched (2003), Mad Money (2008), Lewis & Clark & George (1997), The Box (2007), 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three bank tellers. One goal: knock the place over. The ultimate inside jobs, plotted by three people with nothing to lose.
Style:
funny, melancholic, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot:
heist, bank robber, robbery, small town, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, friends, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, employee, partner, criminal heroes ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
nevada
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Three female employees of the Federal Reserve plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed.
Style:
light, sexy, feel good, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
heist, workplace, cons and scams, bank robbery, storytelling, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, society, money, caper, robbery, crime gone awry ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
missouri, usa, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A sultry woman joins an illiterate killer and a brainy hacker, both escaped convicts, to search for gold.
Style:
black comedy, neo noir, independent film, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lovers on the run, prison, escape, fugitives, gold, betrayal, prostitute, jealousy, murder, teenage dreams, woman with a gun, convict ...
Time:
90s
Place:
latin america, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
506
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A disgraced former LAPD detective leads a home invasion in search of millions in stolen money. The plan goes awry and homicide detectives seeking answers interrogate the only survivors; a thief and a victim.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, criminal heroes, police investigation, mind game, crime gone awry, vengeance, law enforcement, survival, dishonesty, master criminal, rivalry, confined ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all the money for himself and shot all his partners, including recently-freed ex-con Michael Zane. ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, witty, action comedy, dark comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, betrayal, heist, casino, cons and scams, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, chase, gang, dishonesty, twists and turns, gunfight ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, idaho, seattle, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Inside Man similar movies
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An entrepreneurial criminal, Slim (Dorff) is as smart as they come. Cocky and confident, he assembles a team of risk-taking rush-seekers to pull off a series of five bank heists, each time using a different extreme sport to make the getaway. ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, stylized, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, bank, parachuting, bank robbery, reluctant partners, car chase, partner, chase, police investigation, master criminal, femme fatale, law enforcement ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three women outsmart unsavory men who try to cheat them out of their take in an almost-botched casino heist.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, unlikely criminals, femme fatale, partner, cons and scams, crime gone awry, casino, vampire, mugging, friends, police corruption, rivalry ...
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After a long time of bad luck, the little criminal Tony and his gang successfully rob one of Brink's security transport, taking $30,000. Surprisingly their coup doesn't make the press. Curious Tony checks out their headquarters and finds ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, master criminal, crime gone awry, dishonesty, gang, cons and scams, rivalry, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, law enforcement, unlikely criminals, buddies ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1978, 50s, year 1950 ...
Place:
boston, usa, new england, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
gambling, college, bookies, unlikely criminals, friendship, buddies, crime gone awry, betrayal, cons and scams, fish out of water, hustler, casino ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at the Diamond Exchange, located at 11 ...
Style:
parody, not serious, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, caper, robbery, car chase, partner, frame up, cons and scams, mistaken identity, buddies, unlikely criminals, criminal's revenge, on the run ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 70s
Place:
london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A dishonest lawyer devises a scheme to rob a bank by recruiting criminals he has represented to do the job for him. When the robbery is completed, he learns that the "loot" from the vault is in fact a microchip containing top-secret ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, disorder, rivalry, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, dishonesty, law enforcement, betrayal, farce, underworld, crooked lawyer, girlfriend ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, cynical, humorous, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lovers on the run, robbery, caper, minimal dialogue, bank, heist, partner, hostage, disorder, chase, law enforcement, on the run ...
Time:
year 1971, 20th century, 70s
Place:
germany, europe, hamburg germany, copenhagen, san diego california
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34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four desperate bank robbers are forced to abandon their lucrative heist plans and become the reluctant heroes when two of their hostages turn out to be psychotic killers who won't stop until everyone in the bank has been ruthlessly slaughtered. ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, tough heroes, crime gone awry, heist, hitman, disorder, danger, master criminal, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, on the run, law enforcement ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A kidnapped mobster (Vittorio De Sica) persuades his captors to help him rob platinum ingots from a train.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, exciting, stylized, humorous
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, kidnapping, train robbery, exploitation, gangster, mafia, disorder, rescue, unlikely criminals, betrayal, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge ...
Time:
60s
Place:
italy, europe, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
offbeat, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, bank robbery, prison escape, robbery, caper, female journalist, safecracker, odd couple, nothing goes right, dishonesty, misfit partners, crime gone awry ...
Time:
victorian era, year 1976, 19th century, 1890s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Movies similar to Ocean's Thirteen
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, absurd, cult classic ...
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, robbery, buddies, friendship, partner, friends, disorder, cons and scams, runaway, love and romance, bank robber ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
622
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Four career criminals, two glamorous bank workers and one over-the-hill has-been all happen to be planning a robbery on a London bank on the same day, by sheer coincidence. The two investigating detectives must try and deduce how these seemingly ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, rough, fast, non-linear ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
master criminal, disorder, gang, crime gone awry, police investigation, riddles and clues, twists and turns, manipulation, law enforcement, criminal heroes, dishonesty, planning ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Five strangers, each with his own special talents, are recruited by the mysterious 'X'. They do not know why they are brought together, but nonetheless agree to a series of potentially lucrative schemes. A planned bank robbery goes awry ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, crime gone awry, suspicion, master criminal, undercover, dishonesty, law enforcement, race against time, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes, danger, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, criminal heroes, disorder, gang, dishonesty, fall in love, master criminal, money, rivalry, law enforcement, police corruption, cons and scams ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
It's a quiet little town where nothing happens - until the day the bank is hit for half a million dollars of Indian casino money by a thief wearing a clowns mask.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, stylized, action packed, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, small town, on the run, criminal heroes, chase, police investigation, law enforcement, murder, femme fatale, suspicion, robbery, cop ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Movies similar to Mad Money
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, exciting, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, cons and scams, disorder, partner, dishonesty, chase, crime gone awry, goofy hero, money, gangster, police, hooligan ...
Time:
60s
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the life-ending business. So, when he and his fellow assassins kidnap the daughter of an electronics mogul, it's naturally Melvin who takes the fall when ...
Style:
humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic, hilarious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, hitman, assassin, video store, gunfight, twists and turns, cons and scams, danger, hostage, violence, woman in danger, violent ...
Time:
90s
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33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Aruba, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Released from prison, an infamous thief and his new crew pull of a brilliant robbery but then become embroiled with a corrupt FBI agent when they discover the money is marked.
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, realistic, action packed, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, police corruption, prison, criminal heroes, cons and scams, partner, special agent, law enforcement, chases and races, crime gone awry, danger, criminal's revenge ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
884
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A professional car thief pulls off the heist of a lifetime when he steals a prototype supercar.
Style:
independent film, fast, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, partner, car chase, cons and scams, disorder, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, chase, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, rivalry, crime gone awry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A crook quietly plots his revenge against the boss who murdered his brother while working for him.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
bank robbery, nightclub, clubbing, cons and scams, disorder, nothing goes right, rivalry, buddies, vengeance, partner, heist, friends ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Movies similar to Takers
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist against their own company. Armed with a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making off with a fortune with harm to none. But when ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, armored car robbery, bank robbery, robbery, gangster, fbi, corruption, brutality, twists and turns, rivalry, danger, confined ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A master thief recruits a notorious thief to help him steal two famous Faberge eggs from an impenetrable vault in an effort to pull off one final job and repay his debt to the Russian mob.
Style:
exciting, tricky, clever, absurd, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, con men, betrayal, police investigation, chase, creativity, one last job, organized crime, cons and scams, master criminal, gangster, government agency ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Lou Diamond Phillips and Fred Gwynne team up with a gang of professional criminals who have everything it takes to rob a bank. The only things they do have going for them are a cop and his partner, who are dumber than they are! By the time the gang ...
Style:
parody, black comedy, detective, humorous, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, heist, robbery, on the run, bank, caper, river, sabotage, career criminal, sheriff, crime gone awry, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
montana, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jimmy 'The Tulip' Tudeski now spends his days compulsively cleaning his house and perfecting his culinary skills with his wife, Jill, a purported assassin who has yet to pull off a clean hit. Suddenly, an uninvited and unwelcome connection ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, witty, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, organized crime, kidnapping, gangster, hitman, vengeance, happy ending, betrayal, dentist, danger, criminal heroes, assassin ...
Place:
latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, exciting
Plot:
retirement home life, friendship, down on your luck, unlikely criminals, elderly, disorder, retirement, cons and scams, mistaken identity, criminal heroes, vengeance, aging ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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