Movies like Down the Drain
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Down the Drain (1990)
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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 information.
Style:
humorous, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank, storage unit, crimes, heist, betrayal, crime, farce, dishonesty, law enforcement, criminal heroes, disorder, rivalry, crime gone awry, lawyer, female nudity, girlfriend, robbery, the underworld, attorney, microchip
Time:
80s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and suspenseful films with plots about crimes, disorder, crime, dishonesty, heist, criminal heroes and cons and scams mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Down the Drain: The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968), The Hollywood Sign (2001), Loot (1970), In Security (2013), Madigan's Millions (1968). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A cop and his expensive fiancée, a bank teller, plan the perfect bank robbery. All goes well until the FBI suspects, almost immediately, an inside job. Their plans to move the money out of the country, then just to cover their tracks, make them ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, suspenseful, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chases and races, reluctant partners, crime, criminal heroes, law enforcement, best friends, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, heist, bank, storage unit, special agents ...
Time:
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Place:
china
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95%
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:
exciting, realistic, semi serious, humorous, stylized
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, gangsters, heist, train robbery, chases and races, confined, goofy hero, gang, criminal heroes, master criminal, rescue, crime ...
Time:
60s
Place:
italy, europe, naples italy
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73%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
hollywood, unlikely criminals, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, dishonesty, criminal heroes, gangsters, crimes, disorder, heist, cons and scams, crime ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
nevada, usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
447
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on the play by 'Joe Orton' this film follows the adventures of two pals who have pulled off a bank robbery and have to hide the loot. Fortunately (?) one of them works in a funeral parlour and they have a coffin to spare.
Style:
offbeat, witty, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
heist, hotel, farce, caper, coffin, nothing goes right, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, disorder, cons and scams, bank, dishonesty ...
Time:
60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The owners of a failing security company start robbing houses to boost business.
Style:
humorous, exciting, semi serious, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, crimes, cons and scams, disorder, dishonesty, robbery, couples, danger, profanity
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Films like Snatch
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, exciting, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disorder, heist, cons and scams, crime gone awry, chase, track down, goofy hero, crime, partners, dishonesty, crimes, money ...
Time:
60s
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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:
humorous, offbeat, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, safecracker, bank robbery, nothing goes right, journalism, master criminal, crime, crimes, misfit partners, odd couple, dishonesty, crime gone awry ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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, realistic, humorous, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, on the run, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, betrayal, chase, partners, criminal heroes, master criminal, nothing goes right, law enforcement, bank ...
Time:
contemporary
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
rough, humorous, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
kidnapping, fbi, ransom, tattoo, space travel, gangsters, rescue, espionage, dishonesty, crime gone awry, law enforcement, cons and scams ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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:
offbeat, clever, suspenseful, humorous, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, prostitute, drug smuggling, crimes, partners, unlikely criminals, lovers on the run, dishonesty, drug dealing, fugitives, crime gone awry, rivalry ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, hamburg germany, copenhagen denmark, copenhagen
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Movies similar to The Art of the Steal
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:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
bank robbery, nightclub, heist, bank, cons and scams, criminal heroes, crimes, nothing goes right, rivalry, disorder, buddies, vengeance ...
Time:
contemporary
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
752
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:
realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, criminal heroes, crime, dishonesty, rivalry, partners, unlikely criminals, adventure, chase, crimes, crime gone awry, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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; ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, offbeat, humorous
Plot:
bank, tunnel, heist, cons and scams, nagging and grouching, storage unit, dishonesty, dancer's life, love and romance, unlikely criminals, crime, crime gone awry ...
Time:
60s
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
103
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Set in present day Burbank, California and the surrounding San Fernando Valley area, . BENNY BIG-TIME (The BBT) learns his brother has been arrested on suspicion of a few recent bank robberies. With every bit of the life savings he's socked ...
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
heist, bank, crimes, crime gone awry, on the run, stalking, caper, underground, danger, friendship, righting the wronged, disorder ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A retired safe cracker is recruited by a young conman to return to the "business" for a million dollar heist.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
safecracker, heist, law enforcement, intrigue, betrayal, crime, crimes, master and servant, gang, nudity (full frontal - brief), graphic violence, vengeance ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Movies like Flypaper
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Three down-on-their-luck, twenty-something female roommates are living paycheck to paycheck in a rundown apartment, when one night they stumble across $3 million dollars in a suitcase amidst the bloody aftermath of a drug shootout. Despite wanting ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, humorous, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
crimes, gangsters, crime gone awry, dishonesty, drug dealer, warehouse, danger, rivalry, murder, stolen money, crime, clergy ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
384
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A painter is accused of art-forging. He thinks his girlfriend betrayed him, so it's time for revenge.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, exciting
Plot:
frame up, crimes, dishonesty, profanity, disorder, graphic violence, performer's life, cons and scams, heist, forgery, rivalry, criminal's revenge ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1978, $20 million was stolen from a Detroit bank. One of the robbers was caught, one was found dead, and the third disappeared. The money was never found. Seven years later, the robber who was caught was released from jail. He immediately went to ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, buddy comedy
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disorder, law enforcement, gang, friendship, heist, crime, crime gone awry, partners, confined, crimes, dishonesty, gangsters ...
Time:
80s
Place:
miami, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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357
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The leader of a group of misfits, his girlfriend and an assassin have devised a bizarre plan to smuggle stolen jewelry over the US/Mexican border. They implant the jewelry in a racing horse.
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
partners, crime, crimes, deadly, criminal heroes, dishonesty, nothing goes right, on the run, disorder, psychopath, down on your luck, cons and scams ...
Time:
80s
Place:
mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Sakiko, a young bank teller, has an unhealthy obsession with money. Thieves hold up the bank, kidnapping Sakiko in the process, but eventually crash their car, resulting in a suitcase stuffed with cash falling into a nearby river. For the remainder ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
heist, kidnapping, contests and competitions, obsessive quest, stash, gambling, cons and scams, destiny, farce, obsession, bank, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Movies like Next Day Air
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After a failed bank robbery, an ex-con, an ex-waitress and a few of their friends train a pack of doberman dogs to rob a bank for them.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, humorous, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
doberman, bank, heist, bank robbery, dog, crime, investigation, disorder, animal life, graphic violence, crimes, criminal heroes ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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:
twists and turns, exciting, suspenseful, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, heist, crimes, crime, cons and scams, robbery, trial, disguise, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, gang, brat ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, master criminal, gang, crimes, dishonesty, cons and scams, criminal's revenge, rivalry, partners, buddies, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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939
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
offbeat, witty, humorous, cynical, semi serious ...
Plot:
heist, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes, dishonesty, crimes, disorder, chase, gang, crime, showbiz, bank, cons and scams ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A sequel to "Vabank" (1981), introduces the same characters entangled in a duel between a former safecracker and a crooked bank manager.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, hitman, gangsters, criminal heroes, betrayal, criminal's revenge, crime, hostage, uninhibited rivalry, wrongfully committed, cons and scams, vengeance ...
Time:
1930s, 30s, pre world war two
Place:
europe, poland, warsaw poland, zurich switzerland, switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Films like Setup
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Nelson, played by Corey Haim is a teenager who robs banks with his father in group along with two other friends. Corey Haim Is the right guy, in the right place, at the right time. All he needed was a ...fast getaway
Style:
humorous, feel good, exciting, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
adventure, chase, robbery, disorder, escapades, criminal heroes, partners, rivalry, crimes, youth, family relations, young heroes ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
witty, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
bank, crimes, betrayal, prodigy, criminal heroes, crime, hidden identity, gangsters, dishonesty, crime gone awry, femme fatale, nothing goes right ...
Time:
70s
Place:
switzerland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Bunny, an unhappily married Denver housewife, frustrated and stressed out over her uncommunicative businessman husband Archie as well as planing their daughter's coming wedding, has her life turned upside down one day when she's taken ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, touching, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot:
golden years, crime, crimes, on the run, disorder, couples, heist, kidnapping, couple relations, bank, opposites attract, romance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Bannen Way is a slick, sexy, action-packed show about Neal Bannen, a charming con-man with a police chief for a father, a mob boss for an uncle and a weakness for beautiful women, who wants to turn his life around and leave the criminal ...
Style:
rough, humorous, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disorder, law enforcement, crimes, danger, criminal heroes, dishonesty, hopes, deadly, gangsters, romancing a criminal, criminal, going straight ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A comedy about a hitman who sees everything in terms of the movies and how mistaken identity is getting in the way of recovering a stash of diamonds that was stolen and subsequently hidden more than 20 years earlier.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, entertaining, clever, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
heist, mistaken identity, criminal heroes, partners, cons and scams, crimes, crime, hidden identity, dishonesty, goofy hero, disorder, diamond ...
Time:
contemporary
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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