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:
exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, storage unit, betrayal, rivalry, law enforcement, disorder, farce, crime gone awry, dishonesty, criminal heroes, bank robbery, lawyer, attorney, female nudity, girlfriend, robbery, the underworld, bank vault, microchip, crooked lawyer, bank, female full frontal nudity, exploding car, car falling off a cliff, crime ...
Time:
80s
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Most similar movies to Down the Drain
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and suspenseful films with plots about dishonesty, disorder, heist, criminal heroes, cons and scams, crime gone awry and rivalry mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Down the Drain: Fast Getaway (1991), Lewis & Clark & George (1997), In Security (2013), The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968), The Big Swindle (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
exciting, semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
chase, robbery, escapades, criminal heroes, disorder, rivalry, partners, youth, family relations, law enforcement, young heroes, parents and children ...
Time:
90s
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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:
neo noir, semi serious, realistic, exciting, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, escape, lovers on the run, gold, betrayal, jealousy, prostitute, murder, woman with a gun, teenage dreams, convict, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
latin america, usa, mexico
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100%
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:
exciting, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, disorder, police detective, beach, bank, dishonesty, special agents, criminal heroes, partners, unlikely criminals, best friends, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The owners of a failing security company start robbing houses to boost business.
Style:
exciting, humorous, semi serious, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, cons and scams, disorder, dishonesty, couples, robbery, danger, profanity
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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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, humorous, stylized
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, heist, kidnapping, train robbery, exploitation, mafia, disorder, gang, goofy hero, criminal's revenge, rivalry, betrayal ...
Time:
60s
Place:
italy, europe, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
After being convicted for fraud, one month has passed since CHOI Chang-Hyuk's release from jail. But this time around he's got and elaborate plan cooked up. It's the biggest bank heist in history that'll make any thief have a wet ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime gone awry, heist, law enforcement, disorder, dishonesty, betrayal, cons and scams, asian prostitute, bank robbery, rivalry, twists and turns, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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:
humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
hollywood, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals, elderly, dishonesty, gangsters, criminal heroes, disorder, heist, cons and scams, filmmaking ...
Place:
usa, las vegas, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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:
exciting, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
fbi, ransom, kidnapping, beach, space travel, cons and scams, college, down on your luck, missing person, unlikely criminals, law enforcement, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, exciting, semi serious, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disorder, cons and scams, heist, crime gone awry, dishonesty, goofy hero, partners, track down, chase, gangsters, money, bully ...
Time:
60s
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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, semi serious, realistic, offbeat
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, prison, bank robbery, prison escape, female journalist, safecracker, journalism, nothing goes right, dishonesty, partners, criminal heroes, master criminal ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1890s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Movies similar to The Art of the Steal
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:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, safecracker, suspense, disorder, cons and scams, dishonesty, gang, rivalry, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, betrayal ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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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:
realistic, semi serious, exciting, humorous
Plot:
frame up, performer's life, graphic violence, disorder, partners, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, forgery, criminal's revenge, rivalry, unlikely partners, cons and scams ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, lovers on the run, minimal dialogue, bank, hostage, disorder, law enforcement, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, on the run, drug dealing, criminal heroes ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, germany, hamburg germany, copenhagen, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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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:
realistic, semi serious, cynical, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
hitman, psychopath, disorder, dishonesty, partners, criminal heroes, nothing goes right, on the run, cons and scams, down on your luck, horse, criminal ...
Time:
80s
Place:
latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A bunch of misfits and gangsters embarks on a journey to find a lost and stolen diamond.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, exciting, humorous, suspenseful
Plot:
heist, gang, cons and scams, disorder, criminal heroes, rivalry, dishonesty, goofy hero, gangsters, diamond theft, bookies, diamond ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Films like 3000 Miles to Graceland
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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:
semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, humorous
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, disorder, car chase, cons and scams, unlikely criminals, betrayal, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, dishonesty, rivalry, chase, partners ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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:
realistic, semi serious, cynical, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, humour, judiciary, robbery, gang, unlikely criminals, chase, dishonesty, criminal heroes, disorder, showbiz ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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:
semi serious, suspenseful, realistic, humorous, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, on the run, unlikely criminals, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, partners, criminal heroes, law enforcement, chase, nothing goes right, betrayal, master criminal ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Paper Soldiers follows an overeager burglar named Shawn (Kevin Hart) through the ups and downs of his short, stressful career.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, exciting, realistic
Plot:
gangsters, african american, dishonesty, drug dealing, partners, nothing goes right, disorder, unlikely criminals, ambition, criminal heroes, hip hop, gang ...
Place:
usa, memphis
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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:
gangsters, crime gone awry, dishonesty, drug dealer, warehouse, rivalry, stolen money, murder, woman killed, murder of a woman, best friends, clergy ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A gangster's former mistress hooks up with a troupe of circus midgets who, as a sideline, rob banks and casinos.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
gangsters, on the run, disorder, dishonesty, gang, criminal's revenge, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, love and romance, rivalry, love affair ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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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, captivating, tense, light, exciting ...
Plot:
heist, bank, crime gone awry, stalking, on the run, caper, underground, friendship, destiny, righting the wronged, disorder, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
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, gang, law enforcement, heist, friendship, partners, dishonesty, gangsters, crime gone awry, confined, kidnapping, missing person ...
Time:
80s
Place:
miami, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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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:
suspenseful, realistic, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, master criminal, dishonesty, gang, cons and scams, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, rivalry, partners, forgery, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 50s, 1930s
Place:
boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Four rogues, who were best friends as kids, have one big problem: they're sitting on both sides of the law. Martin is a policeman, while Nikolai, Ralf, and Timo can't distinguish between personal possessions and the possessions of others! ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, realistic ...
Plot:
heist, friendship, buddies, partners, cons and scams, unfulfillment, undercover, nothing goes right, disorder, police officer, escapades, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
neo noir, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
bank robbery, vietnam war, on the run, heist, caper, disorder, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, gangsters, criminal heroes, chase, crime gone awry ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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:
semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
heist, kidnapping, stash, cave, graphic violence, disorder, dishonesty, obsession, obsessive quest, contests and competitions, unlikely criminals, crime gone awry ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Sickan has a new plan. This time, the gang are going to steal a small computer micro chip which contains...
Style:
not serious, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, humorous
Plot:
heist, disorder, cons and scams, farce, gang, criminal heroes, dishonesty, partners, master criminal, silly humor, gold bar, swedish police ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden, sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Four best friends, about to graduate from high school, must find a way to raise money to help a family member in need. When one of them discovers her banker father having an affair, the foursome plots to rob his bank during graduation ceremonies. ...
Style:
humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
graduation, bank robbery, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, friendship, financial problem, unlikely criminals, partners, buddies, youth, cons and scams, teenage life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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, light, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
bank robbery, clubbing, cons and scams, nightclub, disorder, rivalry, nothing goes right, partners, buddies, vengeance, heist, friends ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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