Movies like Happy New Year 1987

If you like "Happy New Year" you are looking for remake of french film movies about / with heist, new year, caper, burglar, robbery, new year's eve and jewel theft themes of Comedy, Crime and Romance genre shot in USA.
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Happy New Year (1987)
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Happy New Year (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old men and women they begin the set-up, but then Nick falls for the owner of a neighboring antique store and things get a little complicated.
Style: remake of french film
Plot: heist, new year, caper, burglar, robbery, new year's eve, jewel theft, antique dealer, jewel thief, christmas, prison, dancing, airplane, thief, police officer, police, restaurant, church, wealth, brother, ice cream, new year's eve party, cigarette smoking, waitress, christmas dinner ...
Time: year 1987

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and witty films with plots about heist, robbery, caper, dishonesty, criminal heroes, disorder and cons and scams mostly in Comedy, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like Happy New Year: A Fine Pair (1968), The Pink Panther (1963), Tough Guys (1986), The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973), How to Steal a Million (1966). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Happy New Year (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Gangster (Lino Ventura) with his accomplice (Charles GĂ©rard), prepares to take part in the "first psychological hold-up in the history of crime". Next door to the jewellers of Van Cleef & Arpels, on the Croisette, in Cannes, the ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, stylized, clever ...
Plot: caper, robbery, new year, jewel theft, couples, unlikely couple, love and romance, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes, on the run, dishonesty ...
Time: 70s, 60s, year 1973, year 1968, year 1972 ...
Place: france, europe, paris france, marseille
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 4.9
 527
A Fine Pair (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A detective gets involved with the beautiful daughter of an old friend. The daughter turns out to be a jewel thief, who in turn gets the detective involved in a caper in Austria.
Style: retro, detective
Plot: jewel thief, heist, caper, father daughter relationship, robbery, police, villa, safe, police captain, theft, thief, daughter ...
Place: austria, lebanon, rome italy, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
The Pink Panther (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The trademark of The Phantom, a renowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Clouseau, an expert on The Phantom's exploits, feels sure that he knows where The Phantom will strike next and leaves Paris for ...
Style: slapstick, detective, funny, witty, hilarious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: princess, master criminal, law enforcement, diamond, jewel thief, robbery, winter, farce, pop culture, heist, nothing goes right, goofy hero ...
Time: year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place: europe, switzerland, los angeles, france, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
 6.2
 8K
Tough Guys (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Harry Doyle (Lancaster) and Archie Lang (Douglas) are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving their time, they are released from jail and have to adjust to a new life of ...
Style: entertaining, road movie, funny, light, humorous ...
Plot: prison, aging, gangster, police investigation, partner, unlikely friendships, odd couple, nothing goes right, elderly, dishonesty, stalking, buddies ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, year 1956
Place: bolivia, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves an insurance investigator hounds him. He also meets a woman who becomes his accomplice.
Style: semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous
Plot: chess, caper, robbery, bank robber, existentialism, dialogue, partner, social differences, programmer, disorder, couples, chase ...
Time: 70s
Place: texas, houston texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
How to Steal a Million (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.
Style: romantic, feel good, witty, clever, light ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, teens, kids
Plot: heist, fall in love, art theft, forgery, museum, love story, love and romance, perfect crime, caper, art collector, art, robbery ...
Time: 60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 6.5
 71K
Bandits (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Two bank robbers fall in love with the girl they've kidnapped.
Style: funny, humorous, hilarious, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, friendship, love triangle, on the run, bank robber, stockholm syndrome, bored housewife, thief, caper, prison, hostage, robbery ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, oregon, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A diamond advocate is attempting to steal a collection of diamonds, yet troubles arise when he realizes that he is not the only one after the diamonds.
Style: funny, dark comedy, black comedy, dramatic, light ...
Plot: heist, zoophilia, manipulation, femme fatale, satire, eternal love, robbery, hustler, outlaw, mission, swindle, diamond ...
Time: 80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place: europe, britain, tower bridge london, london, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Cops and Robbers (1973)
Genre: Crime, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Two disillusioned New York policemen plan a $10 million robbery to fuel their low pensions, only to run into one debacle after another in the process.
Style: realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, witty ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cop, law enforcement, organized crime, nypd, mafia, gangster, heist, crime gone awry, chase, partner, police detective, disorder ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Trapped in Paradise (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The Firpo Brothers can get away with anything. They just can't get away!
Style: entertaining, humorous, light, funny, absurd ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: christmas, small town, snow, redemption, holiday, bank robbery, nothing goes right, disorder, partner, chases and races, crime gone awry, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Love Among Thieves (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Caroline DuLac, a baroness and concert pianist, steals three jewel-encrusted Faberge eggs from a San Francisco museum. The eggs were demanded as ransom for her kidnapped fiancé. She boards a plane for the Latin American city of Ladera, as per ...
Plot: fiance fiancee relationship, desert, widow, robbery, ransom, kidnapping, stranger, pianist, museum, classical music, jewel theft, heist ...
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 5.3
 14K
Locked Down (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: During a COVID-19 lockdown, sparring couple Linda and Paxton call a truce to attempt a high-risk jewellery heist at one of the world's most exclusive department stores, Harrods.
Style: captivating, tense, romantic, surreal, feel good
Plot: pandemic, heist, divorced couple, jewel robbery, male female relationship, robbery, convenience store robbery, criminal, love affair, couple relations, romancing partners, couples ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Operation St. Peter's (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Small time crook Napoleone falls into an unlikely gang made up of a gangster, called The Baron, and his two cohorts, Agonia and The Captain, where Napoleone takes them to Rome where they shack up with a shady used car dealer caled Il Cajella to help ...
Plot: heist, prison, robbery, prison escape, church, theft, jail, gangster, betrayal, chase, cardinal the priest, car salesman ...
Time: year 1967
Place: rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 4.7
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Lunch Wagon (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Three women start a lunch wagon business but run into stiff resistance from a competitor.
Style: sex comedy, spoof, sexy, independent film, hot
Plot: food, hot dog, business, restaurant, sabotage, jewel thief, summer vacation, bare chested male, van, sex scene, male female relationship, profanity ...
Time: year 1981
Place: california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 5.0
 157
The James Gang (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After an audacious jewellery robbery the whole James family heads for home on the run with the obsessive detective Julia Armstrong in hot pursuit.
Style: independent film, detective
Plot: cop, fugitive, family relations, aftermath, ex husband, police officer, jewel theft, jewelry, heist, unlikely criminal, children, mother ...
Place: london, edinburgh scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Home Sweet Home Alone (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After being left at home by himself for the holidays, 10-year-old Max Mercer must work to defend his home from a married couple who tries to steal back a valuable heirloom.
Style: funny, semi serious, entertaining, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: christmas, children, home alone, child, misunderstanding, trap, house, child protagonist, lie, dysfunctional family, home invasion, toys ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: chicago, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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 2K
Cookie (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Cookie Voltecki (Emily Lloyd) is the illegitimate daughter of mobster Dino Capisco (Peter Falk), who has just finished thirteen years in prison. Since being released from jail, all that Dino wants is to settle some old scores, and make up for lost ...
Style: humorous, independent film, semi serious, realistic, weeping ...
Plot: gangster, illegitimate daughter, teen angst, mother daughter relationship, mistress, husband wife relationship, car bomb, chauffeur, prison visit, mob hit, dog, flashback ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: new jersey, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Small Time Crooks (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.
Style: talky, humorous, melancholic, stylized, realistic ...
Plot: heist, love and romance, caper, corruption, robbery, unlikely criminals, disorder, couple relations, overnight success, cons and scams, bank robbery, art ...
Time: 20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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My Mom's New Boyfriend (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Henry Durand is a young federal agent who is given a difficult assignment: spy on his mother and her boyfriend who is suspected of leading a gang of art thieves.
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, rom com, entertaining ...
Plot: odd couple, reluctant partners, danger, parents and children, mother son relationship, hidden identity, secret agent, partner, undercover, investigation, law enforcement, femme fatale ...
Time: year 2008
Place: paris france, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
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 ⇓
36%
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Henry's Crime (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: An aimless man is sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.
Style: humorous, entertaining, cynical, romantic, cult classic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: heist, robbery, partners in crime, cons and scams, unlikely criminal, friends, fall in love, criminal heroes, false accusation, bank robbery, ex convict, hustler ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Five hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck.
Style: humorous, entertaining, absurd, hilarious, cult classic ...
Plot: heist, prison, greed, robbery, safecracker, caper, cons and scams, criminal heroes, dishonesty, crime gone awry, released from prison, disguise ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: ohio, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 4.4
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Bank Robber (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After robbing a bank, the robber hides out from the police in a seedy hotel where he is forced to bribe various tennants for protection as well as their silence which becomes more difficult as greed takes over and the people demand more exuberant ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, light, entertaining, sexy ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: hotel, disorder, nothing goes right, dishonesty, heist, bank robber, blackmail, money, friendship, police, motel, bank robbery ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Shooting Fish (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Two con artists (Dan Futterman, Stuart Townsend) hire an unwitting medical-school student (Kate Beckinsale) as a secretary for their latest scam.
Style: romantic, clever, witty, smart, black comedy ...
Plot: con men, business, chase, dishonesty, cons and scams, computer, gambling, fraud, sex doll, doll, wedding, money ...
Time: year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place: london, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 5.0
 1K
Off Beat (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, light, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: law enforcement, impersonating a police officer, love and romance, switching roles, friendship, disorder, mistaken identity, police officer, misfit, contests and competitions, fish out of water, partner ...
Time: year 1986, 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Brink's Job (1978)
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 ⇓
32%
 6.8
 22K
Quick Change (1990)
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 ⇓
32%
 6.2
 58K
Heartbreakers (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city ...
Style: romantic, funny, light, hilarious, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: women, con artists, love story, female criminal, manipulation, cons and scams, mother daughter relationship, wedding, farce, marriage, one last job, divorce ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: florida, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Two If by Sea (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Frank O'Brien, a petty thief, and his 7-year-long girlfriend Roz want to put an end to their unsteady lifestyle and just do that last job, which involves stealing a valuable painting. Frank takes Roz to an island on the coast of New England, ...
Style: humorous, suspense, romantic, road movie, light ...
Audience: date night
Plot: heist, justice, gangster, painting, happy ending, betrayal, couples, partner, cons and scams, disorder, criminal heroes, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: usa, nova scotia, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.1
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Murph the Surf (1975)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Based on a true story, details the daring 1964 theft of the J.P. Morgan jewel collection from New York's American Museum of Natural History. Called the "Greatest Jewel Heist of the 20th Century," the robbers took 22 precious gems, ...
Style: independent film
Plot: jewel thief, heist, museum, caper, beefcake, jewel theft, surfing, hotel, swimming pool, beach, bare chested male, man in swimsuit ...
Time: year 1975
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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