Movies like Cairo

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Cairo (1963)
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Cairo (1963)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Egypt, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: MGM remake of Asphalt Jungle set in Egypt.
Style: noir, british noir
Plot: heist, jewel theft, exotic locale, thief, treasure, drug addict, police officer, police, escape, caper, suicide, dancer, gem, museum, airport, recruiting, wound, heist gone wrong, belly dancer, nightclub owner, jewel thief, released from prison, explosives expert, gangster, fence ...
Time: year 1963
Place: egypt, africa, cairo egypt
Keyword: gangsters

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Most similar movies to Cairo

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, neo noir and suspenseful films with plots about heist, police, caper, robbery, gangster, criminal heroes and murder mostly in Crime, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Cairo: Robbery (1967), Payroll (1961), Cool Breeze (1972), One Way Out (1996), Jack Of Diamonds (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Robbery (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A dramatization of the Great Train Robbery. While not a 'how to', it is very detail dependent, showing the care and planning that took place to pull it off.
Style: action thriller, noir, independent film, british noir
Plot: robbery, car chase, railway, train, caper, heist, train robbery, criminal, underworld, chase, true crime, ambulance ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: england, london, new york
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95%
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Payroll (1961)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A vicious gang of crooks plan to steal the wages of a local factory, but their carefully laid plans go wrong, when the factory employs an armoured van to carry the cash. The gang still go ahead with the robbery, but when the driver of the armoured ...
Style: noir, offbeat, independent film, neo noir, poliziottesco ...
Plot: heist, caper, kitchen sink realism, armored car robbery, criminal, armored truck, female nudity, nudity, deception, factory, robbery, ambush ...
Time: year 1961
Place: northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
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Cool Breeze (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A paroled crook masterminds a $3 million jewelry theft to fund a bank for businessmen.
Style: neo noir, detective, black cinema
Plot: blaxploitation, cheerleader, heist, exploitation, robbery, black, martial arts, ex convict, death, chase, diamonds, sex ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: texas, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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One Way Out (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After a man gets out of prison, he decides to go straight and leave his life of crime behind him. However, when he gets home he finds that his brother is in danger and the family farm is in foreclosure. He plans to take revenge on those responsible, ...
Style: independent film
Plot: gangster, revenge, murder, released from prison, ex convict, heist gone wrong, one last job, heist, caper, garage
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Jack Of Diamonds (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A cat burglar (George Hamilton) replaces his mentor (Joseph Cotten) and joins a woman (Marie LaforĂȘt) and her stepfather on a necklace caper in Paris.
Style: independent film
Plot: cat burglar, heist, jewel thief, bare chested male, older man younger woman relationship, insurance company, celebrity, bank, police, wealth, homosexual subtext, older man younger man relationship ...
Time: year 1967
Place: paris france, new york, munich germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Blueprint for Robbery (1961)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A gang of career criminals plots the robbery of an armored car company's headquarters. Although the robbery itself goes off as planned, it's not long before the gang members are fighting among themselves over everybody's share of the ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: heist, armored car robbery, master criminal, armored car, voice over narration, prison sentence, caper, jail, parole, gangster, escape, rehabilitation ...
Time: year 1961, 1950s, 50s
Place: boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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Traitor's Gate (1964)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A businessman organises a caper to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
Plot: heist, prison escape, deception, doppelganger, jewel theft, strip club, jewel thief, criminal gang, tower of london
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
The Sicilian Clan (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Roger Santet is a convicted murderer sprung from prison by the Sicilian clan headed by the aging Vittorio Manalese. They conspire to steal a large cache of jewels from an exhibit in Rome. As they are preparing for the heist, the mobster's ...
Style: neo noir, noir, crime drama, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, caper, mafia, organized crime, sicilian, gangster, robbery, female nudity, prison escape, unfaithful wife, revenge, mobster ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: rome italy, france, venice, italy, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Any Number Can Win (1963)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Charles, a sixty-something career criminal, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cell mate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned ...
Style: noir, neo noir, crime drama, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, caper, casino, thief, crime gone awry, mafia, organized crime, hustler, gambler, robbery, one last job, heist gone wrong ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: cannes, france, cote d'azur, french riviera, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Grand Slam (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Professor James Anders is a seemingly mild-mannered teacher, an American working in Rio De Janeiro. Anders, bored with years of teaching, decides to put together a team to pull off a diamond heist during the Rio Carnival. Four international experts ...
Style: poliziottesco, grindhouse, cult classic, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, caper, robbery, criminal, bank robber, twins, professor, chase, gang, safecracker, diamond theft, diamonds ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: brazil, las vegas, italy, rio de janeiro, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Family Business (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal ...
Style: funny, serious, realistic, eighties
Plot: dysfunctional family, heist, father son relationship, robbery, caper, grandfather grandson relationship, death of father, ex convict, father son estrangement, death of grandfather, three generations, generation gap ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Rififi in Tokyo (1963)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Van Hekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up in order to get a very valuable diamond.
Plot: heist, organized crime, heist gone wrong, jewel theft, jewel thief, planning, bank robbery, hi-tech, gangster, murder, revenge, laughter ...
Place: tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Murph the Surf (1975)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Based on a true story, details the daring 1964 theft of the J.P. Morgan jewel collection from New York's American Museum of Natural History. Called the "Greatest Jewel Heist of the 20th Century," the robbers took 22 precious gems, ...
Style: independent film
Plot: jewel thief, heist, museum, caper, beefcake, jewel theft, surfing, hotel, swimming pool, beach, bare chested male, man in swimsuit ...
Time: year 1975
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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The Padre (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-old girl intent on reuniting with her sister in the United States.
Style: tense, captivating
Plot: girl, embezzler, escapades, criminal, heist, robbery, hidden, adventuress, cover up, thief, teamwork, caper ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Lawbreakers (1961)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: The story of a scheme to double-cross the syndicate and steal its money, and of a police commissioner '​s efforts to investigate homicides that take place as the scheme unfolds while also fighting corruption in the city government and ...
Style: neo noir
Plot: exotic dancer, train station, locker, promotion, blackmail, crooked lawyer, deception, nightclub, lawyer, car accident, airport, murder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
And Hope to Die (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A crook on the run hooks up with a criminal gang to commit a kidnapping. However, things don't go quite as planned.
Style: neo noir, euro western, poliziottesco, french noir
Plot: heist, misfit, death, police officer, criminal, doll, childhood memory, heist gone wrong, gambling, marbles, wristwatch, fire truck ...
Time: year 1972
Place: montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Straight Time (1978)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot: prison, parole officer, robbery, bank robbery, murder, friendship, crime gone awry, going straight, dishonesty, life is a bitch, bank, betrayal ...
Time: 20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place: beverly hills, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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The Red Circle (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Master thief Corey is fresh out of prison. But instead of toeing the line of law-abiding freedom, he finds his steps leading back to the shadowy world of crime, crossing those of a notorious escapee and alcoholic ex-cop. As the unlikely trio plots a ...
Style: neo noir, tense, stylized, suspense, noir ...
Plot: heist, gangster, robbery, caper, organized crime, nightclub, mafia, great ending, thief, prison, gunfight, existentialism ...
Time: year 1970, 60s, 20th century
Place: paris france, europe, marseille, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Cuore cattivo (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After a robbery gone awry, a young man breaks into an apartment and takes a wheelchair bound girl hostage.
Plot: disability, girl, hostage, police, ransom, violence, brutality, escape, television, mother daughter relationship, robbery, neighbor ...
Place: rome italy
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39%
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In the Shadows (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story: "In the Shadows" slithers through underworld Berlin in grand style. En route to a twisty finale, German writer-director Thomas Arslan keeps his audience glued to the increasingly desperate actions of Trojan, a thirtysomething career ...
Style: neo noir
Plot: heist, surveillance, career criminal, chase, caper, released from prison, weapons, mistrust, car, parking lot
Place: berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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The Heist (1961)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Four young criminals are planning a heist against a racecourse and in order to obtain a seed capital they rob a gambling den. They celebrate the successful heist by throwing a party but it turns out to be a lot of disagreement within the group.
Plot: heist, caper, escape, robbery, cat, alcoholic, fight, ambulance, ferry, swindle, prison escape, illegal gambling ...
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Choice of Arms (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Two men break out of prison; a rival gang ambushes them. One is mortally wounded and tells the other, Mickey, to take him to the estate of a retired robber, Noel, who lives in comfort with his lovely and beloved wife, Nicole. The man dies, and ...
Style: neo noir, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, gangster, on the run, basement, chase, escape, heist gone wrong, prison escape, violent behavior, prison break, murder, haunted by the past ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: france, paris france, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Once a Thief (1965)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A young ex-con trying to go straight gets caught up in another criminal scheme.
Style: neo noir, retro, noir, realistic, serious ...
Plot: heist, jazz, robbery, woman with a gun, music and dance, explosions, family relations, bare chested male, homosexual subtext, siblings relations, false arrest, gang ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: california, san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Last Tunnel (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A recently released prisoner reunites his criminal colleagues to pull off one last heist.
Style: exciting, serious, rough, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: betrayal, gang, retiring, dishonesty, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, friends, robbery, one last job, released from prison, heist, caper ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, montreal, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Second Breath (1966)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 150 min.
Story: With his customary restraint and ruthless attention to detail, director Jean-Pierre Melville follows the parallel tracks of French underworld criminal Gu (the inimitable Lino Ventura), escaped from prison and roped into one last robbery, and the ...
Style: neo noir, black and white, noir, crime drama, exciting ...
Audience: manly
Plot: robbery, criminal, caper, fugitive, jazz, post war, dream, escape, manipulation, organized crime, mafia, planning ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: france, paris france, europe, south of france, marseille
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Dictator's Guns (1965)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Jacques Cournot, a freelance skipper, is hired by Mr Hendrix in Santo Domingo, first of all to advise him regarding the acquisition of a sailing boat. After a thorough inspection of a prospective vessel, the "Dragoon", Cournot reports his ...
Plot: boat, yacht, police officer, police, murder, ex husband, wound, diving, sailor, captain, sailboat, arms smuggling ...
Place: france, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Girls Of The White Orchid (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In Los Angeles, naive and lonely waitress and aspirant singer Carol finds an advertisement for a job opportunity in Tokyo. Traveling to Japan to work at the White Orchid nightclub, she discovers the scheme of prostitution in the club that belongs to ...
Plot: prostitution, nudity, female nudity, voyeur, voyeurism, sex trafficking, forced prostitution, bondage, woman with a gun, passport, woman in peril, woman in jeopardy ...
Place: japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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The Gang (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police attempt to stop their crime spree with little success, ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, sincere, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, gangster, heist, chases and races, dishonesty, police investigation, chase, law enforcement, gang, criminal heroes, marriage, siege ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Three Blondes in His Life (1961)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An insurance investigator goes to Los Angeles to investigate the disappearance of a colleague.
Style: independent film, mind bending, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: private detective, tough heroes, intrigue, womanizer, betrayal, criminal heroes, terrorism, dishonesty, city life, love affair, murder, urban ...
Time: year 1961, 60s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, denmark, india, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Trans (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Ryan Kazinski, 16, is in juvenile detention in Fort Myers, Florida. He gets away one day, and the world is all before him: where should he go, what should he do? Should he try to find his mom? Should he head for Colorado, where he's daydreamed ...
Style: independent film, experimental, serious, realistic, atmospheric
Plot: escape, on the run, woods, urban ghetto life, bus, teenage life, prison life, prison, on the road, urban ghetto, kids in trouble, society ...
Time: 90s
Place: florida, colorado, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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