Movies like Thick as Thieves
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Thick as Thieves (2009)
36K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A master thief recruits a notorious thief to help him steal two famous Faberge eggs from an impenetrable vault in an effort to pull off one final job and repay his debt to the Russian mob.
Style:
exciting, clever, absurd, tricky, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, con men, betrayal, chase, creativity, police investigation, one last job, organized crime, cons and scams, master criminal, kgb, danger, law enforcement, against the odds, government agency, dishonesty, criminal heroes, gangster, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, conspiracy, robbery, russian mafia, train robbery, bank robbery ...
Time:
year 2009, future, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, coney island brooklyn new york city
Keyword:
gangsters
Most similar movies to Thick as Thieves
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and exciting films with plots about heist, criminal heroes, dishonesty, robbery, gangster, master criminal and bank robbery mostly in Crime, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Thick as Thieves: The Score (2001), Heist (2001), The Hot Rock (1972), Entrapment (1999), Ocean's Twelve (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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134K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
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:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, clever, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, safecracker, betrayal, caper, thief, bank robbery, heist, race against time, group of criminals, perfect crime, criminal's revenge, cons and scams ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
quebec, north america, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
39K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, clever, tricky, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, robbery, twists and turns, blackmail, gunfight, surveillance, gold, bank robber, stolen gold, bank robbery, organized crime, violence ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, talky, suspense, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
heist, robbery, bank robbery, storytelling, revenge, organized crime, police corruption, crime gone awry, museum, jewel thief, criminal heroes, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, year 1972, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
123K
Genre: Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
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:
suspense, sexy, exciting, clever, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
heist, burglar, robbery, perfect crime, art thief, caper, art theft, older man younger woman relationship, blackmail, career criminal, working undercover, master criminal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, y2k
Place:
usa, malaysia, manhattan new york city, china, scotland ...
⇓ 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, intellectual ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, robbery, con artists, perfect crime, thief, caper, master thief, planning, con men, art thief, money, criminal's revenge ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, rome italy, europe, iran, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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:
suspenseful, realistic, stylized, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, bank, parachuting, bank robbery, reluctant partners, car chase, partner, chase, police investigation, master criminal, femme fatale, law enforcement ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
19K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The charismatic criminal Dobermann, who got his first gun when he was christened, leads a gang of brutal robbers. After a complex and brutal bank robbery, they are being hunted by the Paris police. The hunt is led by the sadistic cop Christini, who ...
Style:
cult classic, brutal, stylized, neo noir, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, gangster, robbery, organized crime, gunfight, anti hero, bank, chase, police corruption, police officer, violence, bank robbery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
heist, robbery, twists and turns, thief, caper, swat team, mind game, conspiracy, investigation, nypd, perfect crime, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Italy, UK, Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, ...
Style:
suspense, clever, exciting, action packed, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, date night, family friendly
Plot:
heist, caper, robbery, car chase, vengeance, mentor, bank robbery, chase, perfect crime, gold, revenge, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 2003, 90s, 21st century
Place:
italy, venice, philadelphia, los angeles, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
867
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An art expert assists an investigation into a stolen painting in Barcelona; as more paintings are being stolen, she learns she is being framed for the crimes. She must solve the crimes and clear her name with the assistance of her estranged New York ...
Style:
stylized, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, frame up, police investigation, master criminal, crime gone awry, tough law enforcer, danger, chase, estrangement, museum, cons and scams, couple relations ...
Place:
barcelona, new york, spain, europe, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
Style:
tense, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, hostage, caper, heist, hijacking, terrorism, kidnapping, chase, passenger, brutality, police investigation, fbi ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Crunch Calhoun, a third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief, teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in the world. But it's not just about the book for Crunch — he's keen to rewrite some ...
Style:
clever, entertaining, witty, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, art, robbery, con men, conspiracy, caper, revenge, motorcycle, police investigation, twists and turns, gang, cons and scams ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada, poland, detroit, warsaw poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
820
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:
murder, heist, burned alive, undercover, crime gone awry, cons and scams, frame up, dishonesty, race against time, danger, rivalry, law enforcement ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
491
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 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, serious, realistic, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police shootout, debt, unlikely criminals, going straight, rivalry, criminal heroes, gang, dishonesty, master criminal, betrayal, brother brother relationship, safecracker ...
Place:
cape town south africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
66K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings (Idris Elba), John Rahway (Paul Walker), A.J. (Hayden Christensen), and brothers Jake (Michael Ealy) and Jesse Attica (Chris Brown) successfully complete their latest heist and lead a life ...
Style:
suspense, intense, realistic, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, heist, armored car robbery, chase, robbery, one last job, gangster, caper, investigation, bank robber, undercover cop, fbi ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
'Cash' is a high octane heist thriller set in Cape Town, South Africa.The film revolves around an ace con artist,(Ajay Devgan) who hires a set of top notch robbers (Esha Deol, Zayed Khan, Dia Mirza and Riteish Deshmukh) to steal a set of ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
heist, rivalry, cons and scams, betrayal, forgery, dishonesty, caper, gang, escapades, deception, danger, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, south africa, africa, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
129K
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:
serious, exciting, rough, realistic, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, robbery, thief, tough heroes, fight scenes, betrayal, mafia, revenge, assassin, romancing a criminal, car chase, happy ending ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
florida, miami, usa, ohio, new orleans ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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:
girls' night, manly, date night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
heist, casino, thief, revenge, robbery, perfect crime, caper, mentor, conspiracy, vengeance, con artists, greed ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, iran, usa, north america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
196K
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:
suspense, surprise ending, exciting, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
heist, computer hacker, hacker, hostage, bank robbery, spy, terrorism, computer, surveillance, father daughter relationship, hot and sexy, ex convict ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, monte carlo, usa, malibu california, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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:
robbery, gangster, on the road, crime gone awry, hitman, on the run, prison, hostage, organized crime, police corruption, chase, ex convict ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
new mexico, las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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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:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, tough heroes, crime gone awry, heist, hitman, disorder, danger, master criminal, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, on the run, law enforcement ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After unknowingly robbing a money laundering operation the heist crew must avoid mobsters.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, criminal heroes, disorder, danger, chases and races, gangster, shootout, crime gone awry, rivalry, law enforcement, good versus evil, bank ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, caper, casino, thief, cons and scams, perfect crime, outsmarting, con artists, twists and turns, deception, scheme, organized crime ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, iran, atlantic city, usa, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada, India
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
Style:
tense, exciting, stylized, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
master criminal, organized crime, investigation, police corruption, anti hero, criminal, moral ambiguity, justice, betrayal, police detective, law enforcement, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of friends plan out a detailed heist that turns deadly when one betrays the other by taking off with the goods. Taking matters into his own hands, Sonny seeks out his revenge teaming up with the most dangerous mob boss in town to get back ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, chases and races, crime gone awry, dishonesty, heist, gangster, partner, prisoner, criminal, disorder, revenge, bank robber ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Set in Hong Kong and Vancouver, the story follows Mac Ramsey and Li Ann Tsei, lovers and professional thieves who are separated while fleeing the powerful Hong Kong underworld crime lord who raised and trained them. After being imprisoned in Hong ...
Style:
suspense, rough, suspenseful, realistic, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
woman with a gun, gangster, renegade, rivalry, manhunt, haunted by the past, vengeance, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, master criminal, going straight, love triangle ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, canada, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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, criminal heroes, disorder, gang, dishonesty, fall in love, master criminal, money, rivalry, law enforcement, police corruption, cons and scams ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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:
exciting, intense, entertaining, stylized, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night
Plot:
heist, car chase, chase, car, race against time, car thief, car theft, caper, master criminal, danger, racing, theft ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The head of an elite Hong Kong surveillance unit (Simon Yam) keeps one eye on his rookie apprentice (Kate Tsui) and the other on a notorious criminal (Tony Leung Ka Fai) he suspects of masterminding a recent jewel heist in this tense thriller from ...
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
master criminal, undercover, fighting crime, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, heist, rivalry, working undercover, agent, murder, found footage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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