Movies like Foolproof
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Foolproof (2003)
12K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Kevin, Sam and Rob have an unusual hobby: planning foolproof heists, without intending to actually perform them. The game goes wrong when their latest plan is stolen and carried out. Things get even worse when a mysterious man approaches them with an offer: plan a heist for him, or go to jail. As the clock ticks, they find that the risk might be higher than just their freedom.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tech noir, exciting, disturbing, cult classic, action thriller, fast, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, bank robber, master criminal, blackmail, hacking, betrayal, race against time, murder, vengeance, partner, buddies, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, cons and scams, caper, computer, hacker, thief, computer cracker, twists and turns, technology, computer genius, mental illness, computer hacker, code ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
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Most similar movies to Foolproof
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, exciting and fast films with plots about dishonesty, heist, betrayal, chase, robbery, cons and scams and partner mostly in Crime, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Foolproof: The Score (2001), Swordfish (2001), The 51st State (2001), Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000), Swindle (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.
Style:
clever, suspenseful, tense, intense, tricky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, betrayal, safecracker, caper, bank robbery, thief, heist, bank robber, race against time, group of criminals, cons and scams, jewel thief ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
quebec, north america, montreal, canada
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203K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, entertaining, suspense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
computer hacker, hostage, bank robbery, spy, hacker, terrorism, heist, hacking, surveillance, secret agent, computer, hot and sexy ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, malibu california, california, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Elmo McElroy is a streetwise American master chemist who heads to England to sell his special new formula - a powerful, blue concoction guaranteed to take you to 'the 51st state.' McElroy's new product delivers a feeling 51 times more ...
Style:
humorous, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, drug lord, chemist, organized crime, gangster, culture clash, drug, partner, drug dealing, golf, car chase, female killer ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 70s
Place:
england, liverpool, los angeles, northern england, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother Kip's life, former car thief Randall "Memphis" Raines enlists help from a few "boost happy" pals to accomplish a seemingly ...
Style:
intense, entertaining, suspense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
heist, car chase, chase, car, race against time, car theft, organized crime, betrayal, car thief, master criminal, machismo, danger ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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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, fall in love, criminal heroes, dishonesty, gang, master criminal, disorder, money, law enforcement, rivalry, cons and scams, police corruption ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Livingston is trying to merge the Russians, Chinese and Italian gangsters into one group with huge amounts of money and power. FBI agent Susan and DEA agent Max are trying to stop them.
Style:
exciting, humorous, light, entertaining, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, undercover, reluctant partners, chase, espionage, fbi, rivalry, danger, special agent, law enforcement, race against time, woman with a gun ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Drug baron Peter Loomis (Patrick Stewart) has his $400 million dollar drug fortune stolen in South America. Loomis sends Armor O'Malley (Denis Leary), a ruthless killer to find his money. Cole Parker (Mario Van Peebles), a DEA Agent is on a ...
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, female mercenary, female killer, female assassin, chase, criminal's revenge, gangster, partner, working undercover, jungle, criminal heroes, lone wolves ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
latin america, usa, south america, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An out-of-town heist becomes a nightmare for a crew of French burglars when they mistakenly rob the head of the Chicago mafia. Unaccustomed to the ways of the American underworld, it is not long before they have the mafia, the FBI and a couple of ...
Style:
humorous, funny, witty, stylized, semi serious ...
Plot:
heist, gangster, mafia, brutality, crime gone awry, organized crime, robbery, caper, fbi, partner, comedy of errors, gang ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
chicago, usa, france, europe, canada
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
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, dark comedy, witty, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, robbery, heist, casino, cons and scams, child in peril, chase, gang, crime gone awry, dishonesty, profanity, gunfight ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, idaho, seattle, nevada, usa
Similarity:
100%
6K
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:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, stylized, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
parachuting, bank, partner, reluctant partners, bank robbery, heist, car chase, chase, bank robber, police investigation, criminal's revenge, master criminal ...
Similarity:
100%
68K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, entertaining, light, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hacker, conspiracy, computer, spy, mathematics, computer hacker, hacking, cryptography, caper, betrayal, mathematician, twists and turns ...
Time:
20th century, year 1992, 90s, year 1969, 60s
Place:
san francisco, russia, palo alto california, bay area, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to ...
Style:
funny, exciting, humorous, action comedy, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
heist, robbery, african american, law enforcement, farce, criminal, happy ending, impersonating a police officer, bank robbery, safecracker, police station, dumb ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, latin america, mexico ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to ...
Style:
clever, witty, exciting, entertaining, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, caper, casino, thief, cons and scams, outsmarting, deception, perfect crime, twists and turns, scheme, con artists, robbery ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, iran, usa, atlantic city new jersey, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation and trust needed in order to be accepted by the ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, undercover, mafia, fighting crime, martial arts, assassin, revenge, working undercover, gang, special agent, frame up, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Place:
usa, seattle, vancouver
Similarity:
100%
506
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Nelson puts his criminal ways behind him, having spent years as a first-rate safecracker. This resolution lasts until his brother finds himself owing money to organised crime and Nelson needs to do one last big job, with a few other professionals.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime gone awry, debt, police shootout, tough heroes, going straight, unlikely criminals, rivalry, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, gang, betrayal, master criminal ...
Place:
cape town south africa, south africa
Similarity:
100%
135K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, saga, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, robbery, mafia, assassin, betrayal, revenge, kidnapping, hitman, romancing a criminal, car chase, fight scenes, gangster ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
usa, florida, miami, chicago, new orleans ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Danny Ocean's team of criminals are back and composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank doublecrosses Reuben Tishkoff, causing a heart attack, Danny Ocean vows that he and his team will do anything to bring ...
Style:
clever, entertaining, exciting, suspense, witty ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, boys' night, date night, teens
Plot:
heist, casino, revenge, robbery, perfect crime, mentor, caper, conspiracy, vengeance, expert, hotshot, bank robbery ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, iran, usa, north america, mexico ...
Similarity:
100%
129K
Genre: Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA, Malaysia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love.
Style:
sexy, suspense, clever, exciting, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, girls' night
Plot:
heist, burglar, art thief, robbery, perfect crime, art theft, thief, caper, older man younger woman relationship, career criminal, blackmail, surveillance ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, y2k
Place:
usa, malaysia, manhattan new york city, london, scotland ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When an experienced thief accidentally makes off with a Van Gogh, his partner is kidnapped by gangsters in pursuit of the painting, forcing the criminal to hatch a rescue plan.
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, hostage, dishonesty, rivalry, disorder, daring rescue, female warrior, hired killer, gangster, chases and races, death, fight ...
Place:
bucharest, romania
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in carrying out three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.
Style:
entertaining, clever, stylized, exciting, tricky ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, robbery, master thief, caper, perfect crime, con artists, planning, con men, thief, art thief, fraud, jail ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, rome italy, paris france, europe, netherlands ...
Similarity:
100%
30K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
hostage, revenge, chase, violence, police officer, hostage negotiator, bank robber, negotiation, murder, sniper, swat team, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
tahiti, san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An FBI free-lancer stashes a stolen Las Vegas-crime tape in a high-tech car stolen by someone else.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car, chase, revenge, fbi, twists and turns, law enforcement, vengeance, assassin, murder, on the run, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
67K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A man is released from prison to help American and Chinese authorities pursue a mysterious cyber criminal. The dangerous search leads them from Chicago to Hong Kong.
Style:
perverse, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
hacker, terrorist, computer, cybercrime, terrorism, hacking, computer hacker, conspiracy, terrorist plot, geek, espionage, fbi ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, malaysia, chicago, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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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, f word
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partner, betrayal, femme fatale, unlikely criminals, cons and scams, crime gone awry, casino, vampire, mugging, friends, police corruption, dishonesty ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
14K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-known cardsharp, in a rigged game. However, they first need ...
Style:
surprise ending, tense, intense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, poker, betrayal, vengeance, brutality, cons and scams, gangster, dishonesty, organized crime, casino, caper, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
852
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Master burglar Max Hopper is released early after three years and soon gets an exceptional job: stealing an advanced computer-chip from the IQ Industries headquarters. His first attempt fails; when he enters in cop uniform during an emergency board ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, murder, heist, burned alive, crime gone awry, frame up, cons and scams, race against time, rivalry, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, law enforcement ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting Lionel Dolby with the help of his crew. It becomes clear that Lionel wasn't just any ...
Style:
clever, tense, suspense, contemplative, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cons and scams, con artists, mastermind, con men, caper, hustler, organized crime, justice, heroin, crime gone awry, police corruption, deception ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, canada
Similarity:
100%
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, absurd, light, cult classic ...
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, crime gone awry, robbery, nothing goes right, buddies, bank robber, hostage, friendship, partner, disorder, friends ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An elaborate heist unites 8 strangers in a simultaneous assault on targets all over the city- and explodes in a hailstorm of gunfire and high-speed chases in this powerful action-thriller. Recruited by a Mafia nightclub owner (Eric Roberts), 4 ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
reluctant partners, heist, gangster, dishonesty, crime gone awry, disorder, mind game, criminal heroes, rivalry, odd couple, cons and scams, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Hong Kong, USA, Japan, Switzerland
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heavily-guarded casino safe in Macau. As the cops close in, old betrayals — and misunderstandings — resurface.
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, exciting, semi serious, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
safecracker, heist, caper, master thief, perfect crime, criminal gang, art theft, criminal heroes, dishonesty, gem, gold, master criminal ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
korea, hong kong, south korea, east asia, macau ...
Similarity:
100%
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