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The Hold-Up (2001)
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Original name: El palo
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Lola's a single mom, broke, working as a janitor and maid. Silvia is pregnant, and her lover (her boss) won't leave his wife. Maite, newly a widow, discovers she's penniless but wants to maintain appearances and give her daughter a fancy wedding, and Pecholata, a punk kid living in a youth center, will soon be turned out on the streets. Lola, who cleans a bank every morning, decides to rob it, convincing the others to join her: they'll use replica guns, dress as men, take Silvia hostage, and all will be smooth. But things go awry, including the fact that Lola's ex, Gustavo, is a cop. Desperation may be the mother of invention - and a corrupt bank manager its father.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, sexy, sexual
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, bank, comedy of errors, unlikely criminals, hostage, society, single parent, working class, dishonesty, criminal heroes, cons and scams, pregnancy, feminism, bank robbery, nothing goes right, wedding, family relations, parents and children, best friends, couples, babies and infants, down on your luck, inventions and discoveries, femme fatale ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
spain
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and offbeat films with plots about disorder, dishonesty, heist, unlikely criminals, cons and scams, criminal heroes and crime gone awry mostly in Comedy, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Hold-Up: Girl from Rio (2001), Robbery at 3 O'clock (1962), 100 Mile Rule (2002), Who's Minding the Mint? (1967), The Hollywood Sign (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Discovering your wife is sleeping with your boss can make a man do strange things. For a Samba-obsessed London clerk, robbing a bank and boarding the first flight to Rio are just the beginning.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
comedy of errors, samba, bank robber, obsessive quest, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals, dangerous attraction, cons and scams, couples, disorder, obsession, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, london, brazil, england, latin america ...
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100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Galindo works in a bank. One day he convinces the other employees in the bank to plan a hold-up in the bank they are working. They prepare everything carefully. However, real robbers come just before the fake ones.
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
heist, robbery, bank clerk, bank robbery, gang, bank, disorder, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, workplace, vengeance ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
realistic, cynical, semi serious, humorous, clever
Plot:
infidelity, moral dilemma, introspection, femme fatale, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, nothing goes right, couple relations, cons and scams, dishonesty, manipulation, sexual relations ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A bumbling government employee accidentally destroys a small fortune and decides to break into the US Mint to replace it, but before long everyone wants a slice of the action - and the money.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, retro
Plot:
heist, deaf, business, safecracker, unlikely criminals, misfit, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, forgery, dishonesty, buddies, criminal heroes ...
Time:
60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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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, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
hollywood, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals, elderly, dishonesty, gangsters, criminal heroes, disorder, heist, cons and scams, filmmaking ...
Place:
usa, las vegas, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A cop and his expensive fiancée, a bank teller, plan the perfect bank robbery. All goes well until the FBI suspects, almost immediately, an inside job. Their plans to move the money out of the country, then just to cover their tracks, make them ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, disorder, police detective, beach, bank, dishonesty, special agents, criminal heroes, partners, unlikely criminals, best friends, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lucas Santos, named El Santo is petty thief going continuously in and out of jail. Tired of small thefts, he aims to strike a blow that makes him famous and become the star of all media. His wife Lucia, a comprehensive and sweet woman, while ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting
Plot:
heist, art theft, unlikely criminals, ambition, comedy of errors, museum, disorder, partners, nothing goes right, desire for fame, misfit partners, robbery ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
spain, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Bette Davis handles the title role in this highly offbeat crime comedy about two aging hippies who elect to rob a bank to restore Bunny O'Hare's financial affairs after she's been unjustly evicted and rendered homeless. When that ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
aging, widow, bank robbery, hostage, child as adult, heist, bank, eviction, mistaken identity, cons and scams, estrangement, odd couple ...
Time:
70s
Place:
mexico, new mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, exciting
Plot:
retirement home life, heist, down on your luck, friendship, unlikely criminals, elderly, disorder, retirement, mistaken identity, cons and scams, vengeance, nothing goes right ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
All Wally Mellish, an ex-convict in 1960s Australia, wants to do is live a quiet life with his girlfriend Beryl. Unfortunately when two police officers come around to disturb this, a misunderstanding quickly becomes out of control, resulting Wally, ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
siege, hostage, ex convict, media frenzy, media, single parent, misfit, fugitives, confined, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, family relations ...
Time:
60s
Place:
australia, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hoping to foil his own gold-digging wife's plan, a loathsome businessman arranges his own kidnapping, only to realize that there are plenty of other people interested in his wealth as well.
Style:
witty, semi serious, humorous, feel good, light ...
Plot:
kidnapping, nothing goes right, dishonesty, breakup, couples, disorder, crumbling marriage, love and romance, crime gone awry, couple relations, unlikely criminals, cons and scams ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Beverly Hills wife Michelle catches her husband in bed with her best friend Allie, who works at Michelle's favorite beauty salon. Shortly thereafter, Michelle and Allie embark on a life of crime, robbing the homes of the salon's wealthy ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, parody
Plot:
kidnapping, friendship, estate, friends, couples, beauty salon, infidelity, heist, showbiz, captivity, hollywood, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A daft doctor concocts an offbeat scheme to make millions after he happens upon a method of turning cremated human remains into diamonds. But when the sawbones hires a pair of hapless thieves to collect the raw material, a string of calamities ...
Style:
humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic, offbeat
Plot:
nothing goes right, crime gone awry, hidden identity, amateur detective, cons and scams, heist, buddies, dishonesty, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, partners, track down ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A professional car thief pulls off the heist of a lifetime when he steals a prototype supercar.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, humorous
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, disorder, car chase, cons and scams, unlikely criminals, betrayal, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, dishonesty, rivalry, chase, partners ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Max Solomon faces the awful truth that he will never be a writer. So, in a desperate attempt to find his true calling, he turns to crime. In this inventive comedy, three friends have their lives turned upside down when one of them realizes that ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, feel good, realistic ...
Plot:
heist, friendship, unlikely criminals, nothing goes right, friends, disorder, couples, criminal, self discovery, bank, best friends, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, who feels that the little man would be a valuable asset to his crime kingdom. In order to inveigle him into a series of jobs, he sets up a ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, exciting, rough
Plot:
heist, locksmith, gangsters, con artists, farce, escape, rivalry, cons and scams, tough heroes, dishonesty, prison life, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fountain Lakes' foxy ladies who turn more than just heads when they go on an overseas trip and end up being the centre of their very own fairytale.
Style:
not serious, humorous, captivating, realistic, weird
Plot:
fish out of water, family relations, couples, intrigue, parents and children, best friends, society, dishonesty, silly humor, wedding, single parent, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, italy, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Charlie MacKenzie is an ambitious young career woman who stretches the truth in a job interview by professing to be married with a family. But her little white lie leads to a great big problem when her new boss moves next door. Desperate to ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, sitcom, witty ...
Plot:
hidden identity, dishonesty, eccentric family, workplace situations, best friends, couple relations, boss and employee, family problems, love and romance, actor's life, cons and scams, workplace ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Shopkeeper Victor Garnier has naively invested his family's life savings in an African mine, on his banker's recommendation. When the mine is nationalized, rendering the stock worthless, he considers himself shamelessly robbed by the bank; ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, parody, weird ...
Plot:
heist, tunnel, bank, cons and scams, dark humor, gold, parents, storage unit, disorder, vengeance, dancer's life, criminal heroes ...
Time:
60s
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher (Michael Caine) is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore (Martin Balsam) to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to more easily launder their profits. When he arrives, Fletcher finds that the bank, acquired by his ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous
Plot:
bank, unlikely criminals, hidden identity, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, criminal heroes, betrayal, forgery, dishonesty, femme fatale, gangsters, prodigy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
switzerland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A "relatively" romantic comedy about a professional heartbreaker (and cynical bachelor) who teams up with his attractive cousin from the UK in order to fool his friends into believing he is capable of a relationship. Hijinks and laughs ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cousin cousin relationship, fall in love, unlikely couple, disorder, cons and scams, family relations, looking for love, friendship, society, incest, forbidden love, comedy of errors ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Bus driver Stan Butler agrees to marry Suzy, much to the anguish of Mum, her son-in-law, Arthur, and daughter Olive. How, they wonder, will they ever manage without Stan's money coming in? Then Arthur is sacked, and Stan agrees to delay the ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, semi serious, cynical, biting ...
Plot:
bus, working class, strike, lechery, couples, disorder, dishonesty, society, workplace, rivalry, ego clash, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
britain, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A wealthy writer who has had terrible experiences with money-hungry girlfriends & ex-wives pretends to be a broke, washed-up novelist to see if the woman he loves wants him for himself or just for his money.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good
Plot:
writers, artist, love triangle, heist, love and romance, criminal heroes, nothing goes right, dishonesty, self discovery, couple relations, looking for love, couples ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
beverly hills, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A rather dull minded bank robber suddenly suffers from a change of heart and decides to give the money back. However, he then learns that getting the money back into the bank is much more difficult than taking it out.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
babies and infants, heist, criminal heroes, cons and scams, beach, bank, crime gone awry, disorder, couples, wooing, partners, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A late night talk show host masterminds an elaborate scheme to save his canceled show and avenge his wife's affair, entangling an eclectic collection of tinsel towners in the process.
Style:
cynical, realistic, humorous, surprise ending
Audience:
teens
Plot:
infidelity, media, crime gone awry, rivalry, dishonesty, nothing goes right, vengeance, life is a bitch, dark humor, showbiz, cons and scams, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jerry tries to seduce his girlfriend Monica via hypnosis, but it accidentally makes her want to enter a convent and take a vow of chastity instead. Jerry tries to get her out by disguising himself to a priest and later as a nun. Alas, his rescue ...
Style:
sexy, semi serious, realistic, cynical, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
nun, couples, religions or cults, disorder, heist, convent, love affair, unfulfilled love, love and romance, dishonesty, hidden identity, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and only one of the robbers, Murdock, makes a clean getaway. Unfortunately, in order to do so, he is ...
Style:
neo noir, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
bank robbery, vietnam war, on the run, heist, caper, disorder, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, gangsters, criminal heroes, chase, crime gone awry ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Out of work, scrounger Robert Martin lives with his dysfunctional family - long suffering wife accident prone son and pregnant teenage daughter in a shabby house next door to a giant shopping center in the London suburbs. The Martins are the family ...
Style:
humorous, cynical, semi serious, clever, realistic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals, eccentric family, social relations, obsession, contests and competitions, down on your luck, disorder, losing-it hero, family problems, working class ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Insurance salesman tries to get money from his hippie cousin by fulfilling his dream: Arraigning for John Lennon and Janis Joplin's "second coming".
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, feel good, touching ...
Plot:
unemployment, life is a bitch, politics, love and romance, obsession, dishonesty, couples, family relations, heist, drug abuse, teaching the ways of the world, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A comedy centered on a handyman (Arkin) and his lifelong competition with his neighbor (Pendleton.)
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good, realistic
Plot:
couples, family relations, couple relations, single parent, parents and children, betrayal, friendship, small town, family life, contests and competitions, golden years, human nature ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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