Movies like Kansas
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Kansas (1988)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A drifter becomes both a bank robber and a hero in this crime thriller. Andrew McCarthy stars as Wade Corey, who hitches a ride on a freight train already occupied by Doyle Kennedy (Matt Dillon), a charming ex-con who convinces Wade to accompany him to his hometown. Once there, Wade realizes too late that Doyle is intent on robbing the local bank. After they are separated following the crime, Wade hides the money. Happening upon a drowning in progress, he saves a young girl who just happens to be the daughter of the state governor, and he becomes an unlikely hero. Finding work at a nearby farm, the meandering Wade becomes a hired hand, falls for the beautiful daughter (Leslie Hope) of his boss, and dreads the return of Doyle, who is sure to come looking for his money.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, f word
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
brat pack, teenager, bank, on the run, bank robber, drifter, heist, psychopath, wedding, gang, hostage, murder, rescue, master criminal, fugitives, chase, journalism, chases and races, teenage life, rivalry, redemption, countryside, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes ...
Time:
80s
Place:
kansas, usa
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Most similar movies to Kansas
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about rivalry, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, heist, criminal's revenge, murder and deadly mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Kansas: Love and a .45 (1994), Fall Time (1995), Ready 2 Die (2014), Banshee (2006), Spanish Judges (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Small-time criminal Watty Watts attempts to rob a convenience store with his drug-addict buddy, Billy Mack Black. The robbery, however, leads to murder, and soon Watty leaves Billy behind and goes on the run with his beloved girlfriend, Starlene. ...
Style:
road movie, fast, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lovers on the run, chase, young couple, white trash, crime gone awry, on the run, young lovers, fugitives, brutality, road trip, violence, marriage proposal ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
texas, mexico, austin texas, seattle, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Three young men decide to plan a mock kidnapping, but everything goes wrong because a real bank robbery was already planned by two other guys.
Style:
homoerotic, rough, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, gay couple, disorder, unlikely criminals, mind game, chases and races, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, small town, partner, father son relationship, mistaken identity ...
Time:
50s, 1950s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After a violent bank robbery, the trio of hoods make their way across East L.A. carrying a blood-soaked bag of money. When word gets out, they must fend off gangs and crooked cops alike as they strive to keep the loot and stay alive.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
profanity, gang, chase, murder, dishonesty, heist, gangster, disorder, crime gone awry, on the run, criminal heroes, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, south america, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
49%
754
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A kick-ass professional car thief, Sage, (Taryn Manning), steals a classic '66 Charger on a challenge. It turns out the car belongs to a serial killer (is there another kind?), who proceeds to slice and dice her friends because he wants his car ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal's revenge, master criminal, heist, danger, race against time, psychopath, car chase, car thief, serial killer, chases and races, woman in danger, chase ...
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A con-artist hires two low-lifes to cover him during a deal, ending with three criminals, two dueling pistols, and one night they'll never forget
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Plot:
mentally challenged, psychopath, criminal heroes, mind game, unlikely criminals, rivalry, dishonesty, betrayal, criminal's revenge, crime gone awry, heist, murder ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Unable to find work after a past felony, graduate John Wisdom and his girlfriend embark on a cross-country bank-robbing spree in order to aid American farmers.
Style:
political, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
bank, robbery, chase, bank robbery, bank robber, lovers on the run, destiny, gang, police, fbi, murder, cannon ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, future
Place:
usa, california, san francisco
Similarity:
42%
756
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman is released from prison and heads home to help outwit a local mob boss and pull off the scam of a lifetime.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, action packed, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
femme fatale, cons and scams, odd couple, crime gone awry, on the run, danger, desert, heist, store, disorder, criminal's revenge, on the road ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Raymond Lembecke (Vincent Gallo) is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago (Rod Steiger). (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap for Vago.) Lembecke thinks Vago owes him big time so, when his former ...
Style:
intense, talky, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, robbery, gangster, on the road, crime gone awry, hitman, on the run, prison, organized crime, ex convict, police corruption, chase ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
las vegas, new mexico, usa, nevada, utah ...
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Michael Mann's (HEAT, MIAMI VICE) gutsy telefilm tells the tale of two skilled professionals--one a cop, the other a criminal--who aren't as different as they think.Vincent Hanna (Scott Plank) is an intense cop on the trail of ruthless ...
Style:
exciting, tense, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, criminal, shootout, robbery, police, bank robber, police shootout, cybersecurity, violent content, police detective, urban, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenaged boy goes for a ride with his brother and the brother's friends, who proceed to rob a store and murder the clerk. They are caught and, despite the young boy's protestations, he is convicted of murder and sent to prison. A female ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
prison, escape, on the run, murder, kids in trouble, youth, chases and races, drug dealing, love and romance, law enforcement, lovers on the run, society ...
Time:
80s
Place:
tennessee, usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An American (Robert Stack) talks a retired French crook (Jean Gabin) into robbing a bank, but kidnappers demand the loot as ransom.
Style:
cynical, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, restaurant, bank, kidnapping, criminal heroes, dishonesty, confined, rivalry, adventurer, drug dealing, clergy, criminal's revenge ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
france
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Along the way, they meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas of her own.
Style:
neo noir, hood, cult classic, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, art theft, murder, forgery, urban, highway, on the road, cons and scams, criminal heroes, dishonesty, misfit partners, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former drug-dealer photojournalist (Michael Paré) returns to Los Angeles and helps friends terrorized by his ex-partner (Dennis Hopper).
Style:
erotic, neo noir, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
motorcycle, female nudity, skinny dipping, beach, hitman, photojournalism, drug overdose, stolen money, rivalry, dishonesty, criminal heroes, on the run ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A Los Angeles taxi driver helps a distraught young woman on the run from gangsters after they murder her husband and young son.
Style:
hood, neo noir, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, taxi, auto mechanic, taxi driver, teenager, woman with a gun, gang, big city, ghetto, driver, vengeance, danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a stunt man dies in Miami, his uncle, a New York mob boss, sends a hit man to tail the stunt coordinator, whom the boss wants dead. The hit man, Eric O'Bryne, gets close to his mark's daughter, and through her he asks her dad to teach ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, undercover, witnessing a crime, gangster, introspection, working undercover, rivalry, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, dishonesty, danger, assassin ...
Place:
usa, cuba, florida, new york, miami
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Three petty thieves who the police believe to be major criminals are chased into a basement bar where they take five hostages including all the bar employees. The rest of the movie deals with the cops lurking outside the bar while the trio try to ...
Style:
tense, neo noir, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, heist, chase, crime gone awry, police investigation, inadvertently, robbery, basement, worship, confined space, night, nypd ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
louisiana, usa, new orleans
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Joseph Gainer is a high priced attorney, notorious for getting guilty criminals off the hook. But Gainer is forced to take another look at the price you pay for defending the guilty when he takes on a case of three young men accused of a heinous ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, disturbing, rough ...
Plot:
gang rape, courtroom, gang, power relations, life is a bitch, law enforcement, legal action, rivalry, legal, dedicated lawyer, dishonesty, teenage life ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, perverse, hood, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, betrayal, revenge, gangster, gang, robbery, murder, kidnapping, existentialism, money, chase, violence ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, florida, palm springs california
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Denis Hopkins, a pilot, lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When a gang of criminals led by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks into his home, he offers whatever the criminals want to protect his wife and unborn child, ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, tough heroes, manhunt, violence spree, gang, criminal heroes, haunted by the past, murder, heroes, revenge, fugitives, prison escape ...
Similarity:
27%
964
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Violent crime is routine. Organized drug trade runs rampant in the face of powerless authority. And a vicious street gang holds dominion with a savage reign of terror. Welcome to Lincoln High! Here the cobras rule the school and everyone in it. ...
Style:
fast, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
teenager, youth gang, high school gang, club, youth, juvenile delinquency, criminal's revenge, redemption, rivalry, starting over, vengeance, drug dealing ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
"Chop Chop" Frankie Carbone has made a career out of stealing cars for the mob in Chicago. An attempted assassination by a mob boss goes badly and Frankie retaliates, only to wind up in the hands of the Feds. Frankie agrees to testify ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, touching, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, gangster, rivalry, hidden identity, dishonesty, social decay, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, master criminal, assassination attempt, betrayal, disorder ...
Place:
usa, chicago, arkansas
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Two young boys and a girl commit a diamond robbery on Halloween. During escape the girl is fatally shot. One of the boys knows a doctor (Jeremy London) who has a private clinic in his house. They decide to go to his house instead of the hospital ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
on the run, crime gone awry, confined, dishonesty, rivalry, fugitives, chase, gang, doctor, halloween, home invasion, master criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring.
Style:
rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, hitman, investigation, police, police investigation, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, rivalry, snitch, danger, swamp, informant ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 21st century
Place:
southern usa, usa, louisiana
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated Karen was the bank robber of her time, but now she wishes for nothing more than to settle down and start a new life. Unfortunately between a ...
Style:
entertaining, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
bank robbery, chase, bank, destiny, kidnapping, hostage, robbery, female protagonist, vengeance, betrayal, brutality, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
atlanta georgia, usa, new jersey, london
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Daryl gets out of jail after 5 years. His mother has died, his girlfriend is married, and he can't find a job. His new girlfriend Vanessa, whom he meets when a gunman opens fire on them, gets him a job as a car driver. Hitmen are still after ...
Style:
hood, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, betrayal, urban, chase, vengeance, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, crime gone awry, life is a bitch, femme fatale, rivalry, criminal heroes ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four desperate bank robbers are forced to abandon their lucrative heist plans and become the reluctant heroes when two of their hostages turn out to be psychotic killers who won't stop until everyone in the bank has been ruthlessly slaughtered. ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, bleak, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
anal rape, kidnapping, hitman, tough heroes, crime gone awry, disorder, unlikely criminals, master criminal, danger, law enforcement, criminal heroes, on the run ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A group of crooks plan a heist to steal twenty million dollars from a Security Firm counting house.
Style:
neo noir, independent film, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
armored car, armored car robbery, shootout, lie detector, street crime, trucker, bank, armed robbery, disorder, chase, criminal's revenge, on the run ...
Time:
70s
Place:
australia, south australia, adelaide south australia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In this darkly karmic vision of Arizona, a man who breathes nothing but ill will begins a noxious domino effect as quickly as an uncontrollable virus kills. As he exits Arizona State Penn after twenty-one long years, Wilson has only one thing on the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, vengeance, frame up, cons and scams, criminal's revenge, going straight, false accusation, brutality, life is a bitch, hooligan, escape, disorder ...
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
It is 1985, and a small, tranquil Florida town is being rocked by a wave of vicious serial murders and bank robberies. Particularly sickening to the authorities is the gratuitous use of violence by two “Rambo” like killers who dress themselves ...
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious
Plot:
fbi agent, cop, epic battle, police, criminal, police detective, fighting crime, law enforcement, chases and races, investigation, rivalry, on the run ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, year 1986
Place:
usa, florida, miami
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two separate teams of jewel thieves, one low-rent and one upscale, both desperate, converge on the same score at the exact same time, and a simple job turns out very complicated and very bloody.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
unlikely criminals, gang, criminal's revenge, master criminal, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, gangster, stock broker, gambling, compulsive gambler, ex wife, robbery ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
24%
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