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The Big Swindle (2004)
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Original name: 범죄의 재구성
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
After being convicted for fraud, one month has passed since CHOI Chang-Hyuk's release from jail. But this time around he's got and elaborate plan cooked up. It's the biggest bank heist in history that'll make any thief have a wet dream. The best five thieves come together to form a team.
Style:
exciting, twists and turns, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime gone awry, crimes, heist, betrayal, crime, chases and races, dishonesty, law enforcement, disorder, rivalry, cons and scams, mistress, card game, car chase, bank, fireball, interrogation, police investigation, criminal gang, scheme, flashback, police, exploding car, planning, release from prison ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
asia, korea
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and exciting films with plots about crimes, crime, rivalry, dishonesty, criminal heroes, chases and races and heist mostly in Crime, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Big Swindle: Open City (2008), The Thieves (2012), The Divine Move (2014), Cold Eyes (2013), Cash (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Jo Dae-yeong is a police officer investigating a pickpocket ring with ties to the Yakuza. One day he rescues Baek Jang-mi from danger, only to discover that she is the boss of the gang he has been tracking.
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Audience:
boys' night
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criminal heroes, hopes, disorder, heroes, master criminal, law enforcement, dishonesty, going straight, rivalry, family relations, power relations, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
korea, asia
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heavily-guarded casino safe in Macau. As the cops close in, old betrayals — and misunderstandings — resurface.
Style:
semi serious, twists and turns, exciting, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, safecracker, criminal heroes, dishonesty, cons and scams, partners, betrayal, diamond theft, criminal gang, gem, grudge, perfect crime ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
korea, macau, asia, hong kong
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88%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Professional baduk (go) player Tae-seok loses a high-stakes game to infamous underground gambler Sal-soo, and ends up framed for the murder of his own brother and locked up in prison. He vows revenge and trains ferociously. After serving his ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, deadly, dishonesty, crimes, gangsters, crime, vengeance, rivalry, board game, knife, murder, violence ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
asia, korea
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69%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
HA Yoon-ju becomes the newest member to a unit within the Korean Police Forces Special Crime Department that specializes in surveillance activities on high profile criminals. She teams up with HWANG Sang-Jun, the veteran leader of the unit, and ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
law enforcement, track down, fighting crime, gang, map, partners, rookie, partners against crime, crimes, chases and races, crime, heist ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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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 ...
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serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
Plot:
heist, crimes, contests and competitions, crime, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, master criminal, disorder, forgery, battles, cons and scams, criminal heroes ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
south africa, india, asia, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
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:
exciting, realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious
Audience:
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Plot:
heist, danger, gangsters, dishonesty, crimes, criminal heroes, chases and races, crime gone awry, betrayal, crime, prisoner, partners ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A gang of highly efficient and cold hearted robbers strike against a number of banks in Stockholm. The investigation ends up with the criminal detective Klara and the SWAT commander Greger Krona, who together lead the hunt for the robbers. Their ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
sweden
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59%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
Learning of a fortune in gold being secretly shipped to Romania, master thieves Charlie and Riya assemble a crack team to steal it.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, remake of american film ...
Plot:
heist, criminal heroes, cons and scams, crimes, crime, safecracker, vengeance, bollywood, chases and races, dishonesty, gang, car chase ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: China
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A cop and his team of comrades go undercover in one of China's most ruthless underworld organizations to stop a gang leader, only to put themselves in great danger after being exposed one by one.
Style:
realistic, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, police investigation, law enforcement, undercover, crimes, crime, tough law enforcer, working undercover, law enforcer killer, gang, rivalry, violence ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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:
realistic, serious, twists and turns, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, disorder, gangsters, stock broker, dishonesty, master criminal, heist, crime, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, down on your luck, cons and scams ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain, Argentina
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
La historia comienza con un robo que se realiza en la Ciudad de México. La banda formada por Carlos, Leonardo, Mónica y Leserio habían pactado viajar a Argentina para lavar el dinero. Al llegar a Buenos Aires se encuentran en una guerra de mafias ...
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serious, realistic, rough, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, dishonesty, crime, criminal heroes, disorder, bank robbery, violence, escape, crimes, chief of police, blood on camera lens ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
argentina, mexico, latin america, buenos aires argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After unknowingly robbing a money laundering operation the heist crew must avoid mobsters.
Style:
rough, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal heroes, danger, disorder, crimes, chases and races, heist, gangsters, crime gone awry, bank, good versus evil, law enforcement, deadly ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Former Yakuza underling Kiryu Kazuma, who has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration, and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his Yakuza past. Unfortunately Kiryu's problems slowly escalate ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
asia, japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
WKBA kickboxing champion and hard-action star Gary Daniels (The Expendables) takes to the screen in a border-crossing, barrier smashing all-action explosion that pits his will to live against the merciless murder machine of a Mexican drug cartel. ...
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exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot:
law enforcement, journalism, hitman, rivalry, danger, heroes, kidnapping, chases and races, couple relations, crime, crimes, confined ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In July of 1976, the Societé Générale of France was robbed of well over $10 million dollars by a group burrowing through the sewers of Paris. This movie is based on a book by the thieves' mastermind, Albert Spaggiari. The famous theft won ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, bank, dishonesty, chases and races, crime, criminal heroes, crimes, rivalry, bank robbery, tunnel, master criminal, shop owner ...
Time:
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Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
JW is serving hard time in prison and struggling to get back on an honest path. There are glimmers of hope in his life - some venture capitalists are interested in a new piece of trading software he's developed, and while behind bars he's ...
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tense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
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boys' night
Plot:
cons and scams, on the run, disorder, criminal's revenge, master criminal, dishonesty, crime gone awry, rivalry, chases and races, gangsters, crimes, drugs/alcohol ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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 ...
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boys' night
Plot:
going straight, law enforcement, track down, betrayal, rivalry, vengeance, love triangle, on the run, heist, drug dealing, criminal's revenge, master criminal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, canada, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Plot:
tough heroes, gang, collision, dishonesty, partners, law enforcement, deadly, gory, criminal's revenge, undercover, vengeance, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Gyung-sun is a washed-up cab driver who has been trying to go straight after years in trouble with the law after being a big-time safecracker. Soo-jin wants to be a famous singer, but lives the life of a trophy girlfriend to her vicious gangster ...
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, criminal heroes, gangsters, chases and races, unfulfillment, uninhibited rivalry, crimes, dangerous animal, taxi, neo noir, vengeance, crime gone awry ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a group of friends decide to pull a bank heist to get out from underneath their money troubles. They quickly discover that things can unravel in a hurry! A compromised LAPD Detective (Corey Haim) on the take with a crime syndicate figure want ...
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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heist, gang, master criminal, law enforcement, dishonesty, disorder, crimes, criminal heroes, manipulations, riddles and clues, crime, cons and scams ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, dishonesty, going straight, criminal heroes, crime, life turned upside down, crimes, chases and races, heist, on the run, rivalry
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
contemporary, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When an ambulatory TV news unit live broadcasts the embarrassing defeat of a police battalion by five bank robbers in a ballistic showdown, the credibility of the police force drops to a nadir. While on a separate investigation in a run-down ...
Style:
rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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 ...
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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