Movies like Hold-Up

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Hold-Up (1985)
 6.5
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Hold-Up (1985)
Original name: Hold-up
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied companion arouses trouble...
Style: realistic, witty, humorous, semi serious, action thriller, hilarious, independent film, clever, cynical, fast
Plot: bank robbery, crime gone awry, misfit partners, chase, on the run, nothing goes right, partner, disorder, criminal heroes, ex convict, bank robber, bank, car chase, robbery, machine gun, heist, chases and races, nudity, police, friendship, clown, female nudity, hostage, hostage situation, helicopter ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: canada, rome italy, montreal, montreal quebec canada
Keyword: partners

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Most similar movies to Hold-Up

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and feel good films with plots about disorder, heist, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, nothing goes right, chases and races and partner mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Hold-Up: The Hollywood Sign (2001), Scorched (2003), Special Delivery (1976), Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006), Stealing Rembrandt (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Hollywood Sign (2001)
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, nothing goes right, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, gangster, elderly, criminal heroes, dishonesty, disorder, cons and scams, heist, filmmaking ...
Place: las vegas, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 7K
Scorched (2003)
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Special Delivery (1976)
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, grindhouse, independent film, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: vietnam war, bank robbery, on the run, heist, caper, gangster, unlikely criminals, chase, chases and races, dishonesty, criminal heroes, crime gone awry ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Set in a separate storyline not related to the "Trailer Park Boys" Television show, but with the same lovable characters. The boys get arrested for robbing an ATM machine and spend 18 months in jail. When the get out, they decide to pull ...
Style: mockumentary, stylized, semi serious, humorous, witty ...
Plot: buddies, dark humor, trailer park, misfit, life is a bitch, criminal heroes, social misfits, society, disorder, robbery, marijuana, drug dealing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, nova scotia, nova scotia, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Stealing Rembrandt (2002)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Two bumbling scrap metal thieves - father and son - steal the wrong painting during a museum heist. The painting turns out to be the only original Rembrandt painting in Denmark, and all hell breaks loose. What do you do when you've got ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, realistic, black comedy ...
Plot: museum, painting, heist, on the run, nothing goes right, crime gone awry, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, disorder, art theft, chases and races, small time ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: europe, denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 4K
Vinci (2004)
Genre: Crime, Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The sophisticated thief of art Robert "Cuma" Cuminski is released on probation from the local prison by the corrupt Doctor Wiaderny to organize the theft of the famous Leonardo Da Vinci painting "Lady with Ermine" for the dealer ...
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, captivating, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: forgery, art theft, cons and scams, stolen painting, criminal heroes, caper, law enforcement, partner, nothing goes right, once in a lifetime opportunity, chases and races, heist ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 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 ⇓
50%
 6.4
 123
Cache Cash (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Antoine, 11, is on holiday with his grandfather. One night he catches thieves hiding their booty in a pond. Antoine seizes the 40 million. But Liza, his new friend, is the daughter of one of the criminals. Both children soon face threats.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, suspense
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: heist, best friend, boy, animal life, disorder, family relations, friends, resort, bank, criminal heroes, chases and races, crime gone awry ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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 7.1
 31K
Ruby & Quentin (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, Ruby, a brooding outlaw encounters Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant who befriends him. After Quentin botches a solo escape attempt, they make a break together. Unable to shake the clumsy ...
Style: humorous, funny, entertaining, inspirational, tricky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison escape, buddies, prison, unlikely partners, buddy, partner, runaway, odd couple, criminal heroes, bank robbery, friendship, police investigation ...
Time: 2000s, year 2003
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 6.2
 718
Flic Story (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Campana, a commissar at the drugs bureau of Paris police gets an undercover job in Nice to catch an Italian-French mafia boss. As he slips into the identity of a gangster's brother, who was already killed, he has to play the role of a loving ...
Style: cynical, realistic, not serious, witty, humorous
Plot: cop, human trafficking, nudity, gangster, murder of a nude woman, disorder, fish out of water, working undercover, nothing goes right, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, drug dealing ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: france, french riviera
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.1
 318
On the Run (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Portugal, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Albert is an introverted travel agent living a lonely life in New York. When Louie, his best friend from childhood, appears having just escaped from prison, Albert's quiet existence is permanently disrupted. what ensues is one long, crazy night ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, biting, cynical ...
Plot: escape, vampire, friendship, on the run, fugitives, chases and races, nothing goes right, city life, prison, urban, dark humor, friends ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.0
 1K
Silver Bears (1977)
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: semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, independent film
Plot: finance, bank, hidden identity, criminal heroes, femme fatale, nothing goes right, dishonesty, crime gone awry, betrayal, forgery, unlikely criminals, prodigy ...
Time: 70s
Place: switzerland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Secret Life of Archie's Wife (1990)
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: realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching ...
Plot: couples, disorder, on the run, opposites attract, couple relations, love and romance, heist, kidnapping, bank, neglected wife, car crash, fugitive ...
Time: 80s
Place: colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Three Fugitives (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decided to hold up the local bank to raise money so that he can keep his daughter, Meg, and get her ...
Style: road movie, light, humorous, sentimental, detective ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: hostage, chase, bank robbery, reluctant partners, on the run, ex convict, police, heist, outlaw, odd couple, fugitives, released from prison ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 4.3
 1K
The Dope (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Alphonse Brown, who firmly believes he is the bastard son of James Brown, meets up with his best friend Scotch after Brown gets out of jail. On their way to Paris to begin careers as recording artists, the pair stumbles across a potent type of ...
Style: humorous, realistic, not serious, feel good, light ...
Plot: drug dealing, friends, partner, misfit partners, buddies, nothing goes right, chase, chases and races, drug abuse, disorder, silly humor, marijuana ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Ricky, Julian and Bubbles are about to get out of jail, and this time, Julian vows to go straight, even open a legit business. Soon the Boys will all be rich. At least that's what they've told the parole board. But when they arrive back at ...
Style: stylized, semi serious, humorous, mockumentary, light ...
Plot: heist, marijuana, buddies, drinking, police investigation, friends, disorder, criminal heroes, misfit, society, nothing goes right, trailer park boys ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, nova scotia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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 ⇓
49%
My New Partner II (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is experiencing the same. But, honesty is not always the best policy. After being suspended for their actions, they return to face their far more ...
Style: action comedy, exciting, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, buddy cop, bad guy, guy, prostitute, planting evidence, cop, false accusation, bank, trap, partner, misfit partners ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: paris france, normandy, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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King's Ransom (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Hoping to foil his own gold-digging wife's plan, a loathsome businessman arranges his own kidnapping, only to realize that there are plenty of other people interested in his wealth as well.
Style: witty, semi serious, humorous, feel good, light ...
Plot: kidnapping, dishonesty, nothing goes right, breakup, disorder, couples, couple relations, crumbling marriage, unlikely criminals, love and romance, crime gone awry, cons and scams ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
My Secret Cache (1997)
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: slapstick, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: kidnapping, violent content, stash, cave, chases and races, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, obsessive quest, contests and competitions, obsession, rivalry, crime gone awry ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Palookaville (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence as criminals, a fateful event (and ...
Style: humorous, crime thriller, semi serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: robbery, heist, dysfunctional family, caper, dark humor, crime gone awry, interracial, armored truck, best friend, sexual harassment, infidelity, female nudity ...
Time: 90s
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995)
Genre: Crime, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Johnny Destiny burns into Las Vegas in his hot Plymouth RoadRunner, stopping only to pick up a stranger stranded in the desert. But then, things aren't always as they seem. Anything can happen in that town of many possibilities...especially ...
Style: road movie, talky, stylized, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: crime gone awry, heist, multiple storylines, expectant father, brutality, desert, partner, disorder, criminal heroes, gang, on the run, bank ...
Place: las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 5.3
 2K
Fast Getaway (1991)
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, humorous, feel good, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: chase, robbery, escapades, disorder, rivalry, youth, family relations, partner, law enforcement, danger, young heroes, parents and children ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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 5.6
 31K
Taxi 4 (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Before being extradited to Africa to stand trial, a notorious Belgian criminal is entrusted to the Marseilles police department for less than 24 hours. But the wily crook convinces bumbling policeman Emilien he's a lowly Belgian embassy ...
Style: feel good, realistic, not serious, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens
Plot: taxi, car chase, chase, goofy hero, disorder, friends, prisoners exchange, escapades, danger, master criminal, nothing goes right, partners against crime ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: marseille, europe, france, provence, monaco
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.4
 2K
Graduation (2007)
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, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, friendship, financial problem, unlikely criminals, partner, youth, buddies, teenage life, high school, high school life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 3.8
 239
Down the Drain (1990)
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 ⇓
48%
 4.4
 517
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 ⇓
48%
 4.5
 2K
Bullseye! (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Michael Caine, Roger Moore and Sally Kirkland star as three of the most unlikely rogues to ever score a heist. Hidden away in a vault is a fortune in diamonds, payment for a secret formula two government scientists have unscrupulously sold to the ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, independent film, captivating, light ...
Plot: scientist, disorder, undercover, cons and scams, nothing goes right, chases and races, goofy hero, intrigue, dishonesty, experiment, disguise, con artists ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 5.6
 9K
Screwed (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A chauffeur kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's the chauffeur who's been kidnapped.
Style: funny, humorous, intense, feel good, witty ...
Plot: mistaken identity, crime gone awry, fish out of water, comedy of errors, friendship, nothing goes right, partner, hostage, cons and scams, disorder, goofy hero, misfit ...
Time: 90s
Place: pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 5.7
 571
Sinful Davey (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Davey Haggart is quite certain of his paternity (even if nobody else is) and determined to emulate his father, a notorious rogue and highwayman. This includes breaking a man out of Stirling jail, holding up the stagecoach, and robbing the Duke of ...
Style: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, light ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, on the run, chase, redemption, starting over, disorder, love, father, friendship, partner, bare breasts, murder ...
Time: 19th century, year 1969, regency period
Place: scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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