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The Opportunists (1999)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a bar and offers to loan him the money she's saved for remodeling, but Vic is reluctant to take it. When a long-lost cousin from Ireland shows up on his doorstep, the two team up for one last heist.
Style:
talky, independent film, suspense, humorous, semi serious, realistic, emotional, road movie, noir, thought provoking ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, heist, cons and scams, gangster, character study, robbery, auto mechanic, rock, couples, down on your luck, elderly, hopes, urban ghetto life, urban ghetto, baseball, criminal, past, priest, hospital, cemetery, security guard, debt, male female relationship, retirement home, daughter ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, ireland, new york, europe, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city
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Most similar movies to The Opportunists
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and suspense films with plots about heist, cons and scams, crime gone awry, dishonesty, disorder, criminal heroes and gangster mostly in Crime, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Opportunists: Suicide Kings (1997), Two If by Sea (1996), Out of Sight (1998), High Heels and Low Lifes (2001), Excess Baggage (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Christopher Walken shines in this cult-favorite dark comedy as Charlie, a former mobster who is abducted by five privileged young men (Sean Patrick Flanery, Johnny Galecki, Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto, Henry Thomas) desperate to raise a $2 million ransom ...
Style:
dark comedy, suspenseful, black comedy, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, mafia, dark humor, twists and turns, hostage, crime gone awry, manipulation, gangster, organized crime, mobster, profanity, stupidity ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey, new york
Similarity:
100%
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, light, suspense, road movie, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
heist, happy ending, couples, justice, gangster, painting, betrayal, partner, disorder, cons and scams, couple relations, nothing goes right ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
usa, new england, nova scotia, boston, rhode island
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, entertaining, neo noir, witty ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night
Plot:
heist, prison, bank robbery, hot and sexy, robbery, fbi, runaway, love story, making love, hotel, crime gone awry, opposites attract ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
usa, miami, michigan, florida, detroit
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A nurse eavesdrops with a friend on a cell phone conversation that describes a bank heist. She and the friend then conspire to blackmail the robbers for $2 million.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, stylized, funny, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
farce, heist, bank robbery, blackmail, mind game, friends, disorder, cons and scams, rivalry, partner, robbery, escapades ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A rich brat (Alicia Silverstone) fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.
Style:
sweet, melancholic, clever, entertaining, suspense ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
kidnapping, lone hero, opposites attract, crime gone awry, dishonesty, nothing goes right, fall in love, missing person, comedy of errors, criminal heroes, on the run, unlikely couple ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
usa, washington state, washington d.c.
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: Drama, Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Henry Manning (Paul Newman) has come up with a new way to break out of prison: fake a stroke and get transferred to a nursing home. It's a perfect plan, except for one thing: the woman assigned to take care of him at the nursing home, Carol Ann ...
Style:
clever, light, semi serious, humorous, action thriller ...
Plot:
robbery, escape, bank robbery, chase, retirement home, caper, elderly, aging, cons and scams, dishonesty, criminal heroes, couple relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, oregon, new jersey
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When a robbery goes awry, the bandits all end up in a puddle of blood and only one lives and goes to jail for five years. Upon his release, the girlfriend wants her new boyfriend to kill him. Only trouble is the boyfriend knows that the fault was ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, friendship, haunted by the past, murder, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, life is a bitch, drug dealing, dishonesty, gang, heist, infidelity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
27%
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:
grindhouse, independent film, semi serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot:
gangster, on the run, violent content, disorder, rivalry, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, chases and races, love and romance, gang, dishonesty ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and ...
Style:
sexy, intense, humorous, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, gangster, mafia, police corruption, friendship, safecracker, partner, law enforcement, disorder, gambling, crime boss, crime gone awry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, greenwich village manhattan new york city, new jersey, bronx new york city, usa ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An ex-con finds his plan to go straight foiled by a loan shark who manipulates his target into taking on one last heist.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
starting over, love and romance, cons and scams, fall in love, dishonesty, going straight, robbery, danger, couples, rivalry, valet, hustler ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
25%
708
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Denmark
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A bookkeeper who thinks she killed three mobsters is subsequently promoted by her boss to be a hitman. |
Style:
humorous, realistic, light, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
accidental killing, mafia, mob boss, female protagonist, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, mistaken identity, gangster, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa, seattle
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The owners of a failing security company start robbing houses to boost business.
Style:
humorous, exciting, semi serious, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, robbery, crime gone awry, cons and scams, disorder, dishonesty, danger, couples, home invasion, moral ambiguity, escalation, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
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:
witty, talky, humorous, stylized, melancholic ...
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, love and romance, caper, corruption, robbery, unlikely criminals, bank robber, disorder, overnight success, couple relations, cons and scams ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Comedy
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two British conmen in Chicago are mistaken for hired hitmen by mobsters wanting to rub out a rival gangster. Keen to make a fast buck, they pretend they are the hitmen but soon find they get more than they bargained for when the real ones turn up.
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, captivating, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nothing goes right, hidden identity, fall in love, mistaken identity, heist, criminal's revenge, crime gone awry, dishonesty, cons and scams, rivalry, criminal heroes, hitman ...
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After spending 12 years in prison for keeping his mouth shut, notorious safe-cracker Dom Hemingway is back on the streets of London looking to collect what he's owed.
Style:
talky, stylized, satirical, witty, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dark humor, redemption, safecracker, crime gone awry, sex scene, dysfunctional family, gangster, bank robbery, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, temperamental, hopes ...
Time:
year 2013, y2k, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, france, french riviera, london
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...
Style:
humorous, suspense, talky, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
heist, diamond theft, robbery, bank robbery, museum, storytelling, lone hero, organized crime, police corruption, revenge, crime gone awry, perfect crime ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1972
Place:
new york, long island, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
23%
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, semi serious, realistic, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
hollywood, heist, nothing goes right, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, gangster, criminal heroes, elderly, dishonesty, disorder, cons and scams, filmmaking ...
Place:
los angeles, california, nevada, usa, las vegas
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Redmond is a young guy who can't find what to do with his life. When his uncle Sam gives him the bag to deliver to some uptown connection he fails to do so and it gets them in trouble with Jack, low-key criminal. After that tough guy Stretch ...
Style:
independent film, humorous, semi serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot:
stewardess, gangster, marijuana, self discovery, disorder, friends, buddies, going straight, rescue, vengeance, unlikely criminals, rise and fall ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, california
Similarity:
23%
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:
unlikely criminal, planning, robbery, partners in crime, cons and scams, friends, criminal heroes, fall in love, false accusation, bank robbery, ex convict, caper ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Jimmy needs $900 to clear a gambling debt but a series of lies leads to Ray trying to raise the cash from friend's who owe him money.
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, talky, clever ...
Plot:
christmas, debt, bookies, pregnancy, money, money raising, lifestyle, life is a bitch, dishonesty, love and romance, treasure hunt, crime gone awry ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
23%
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:
touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
graduation, financial problem, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, friendship, unlikely criminals, youth, buddies, high school, cons and scams, high school life, teenage life ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Four college friends become small-time bookies, only to find their world spinning dangerously out of control when their greed attracts the attention of organized crime.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
gambling, bookies, college, unlikely criminals, friendship, crime gone awry, betrayal, buddies, fish out of water, cons and scams, gambling addiction, card playing ...
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Johnny Walker is a cowboy and a boxer. He is very shy and a bit of a fool. He is in love with Ruby, but he cannot tell her. He is also a bit old to keep on boxing, but its the only thing he does well.
Style:
captivating, realistic, thought provoking, suspense, semi serious
Plot:
boxing, boxer, athlete's life, ambition, fall in love, hopes, rivalry, brain injury, criminal, boxing match, drifter, martial arts ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, exciting, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disorder, cons and scams, heist, crime gone awry, chase, dishonesty, goofy hero, partner, money, gangster, police, hooligan ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
Similarity:
23%
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, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime gone awry, perfect crime, master criminal, gang, dishonesty, cons and scams, unlikely criminals, law enforcement, rivalry, forgery, buddies, criminal heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1978, 50s, 1950s ...
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, new england
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
6 gun wielding people are trapped in a NY loft with $4 million in stolen diamonds.
Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, rivalry, disorder, criminal's revenge, betrayal, law enforcement, dishonesty, alcohol abuse, brother brother relationship, thief, diamond, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Jonny dreams of leaving his dead-end job as a courier. Through his childhood best friend, nephew of the notorious crime lord Ray Kreed, he wins his way into the toughest gang in North London. Hungry for action, Jonny sparks a feud between Ray's ...
Style:
brutal, semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, organized crime, gangster, police investigation, heist, crime gone awry, twists and turns, gang war, friendship, rivalry, criminal's revenge, ambition ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Fresh out of a long stretch in prison, Virgil Bliss (Clint Jordan) vows to go straight in this gritty, character-driven drama. But finding a job, a wife and a sense of purpose doesn't come easy when you're living in a halfway house ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, independent film
Plot:
prostitute, going straight, prison, starting over, downfall, redemption, haunted by the past, society, rehabilitation, unlikely criminals, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city, florida ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a misguided attempt to protect his family and pay back gambling debts to the local Mobster, Jimbo robs a fish market, which is coincidentally owned by the same Mobster. On the run, Jimbo is cornered in a local curio shop, where he takes hostage ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, disorder, unlikely criminals, self discovery, parents and children, comedy of errors, failed attempt, gambling debt, gambler, hustler, hostage, gangster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
21%
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