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The Heroes (1994)
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Original name: I mitici - Colpo gobbo a Milano
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Roman TV technicians Fabio and Enzo have been unable to find decent jobs. They decide to crack a safe at a jewelry in Milan. To get the layout of the store, they enlist a beautiful but unsophisticated young woman, Deborah. To find underground access to the store, they get help from a sewage worker. An obese trapeze artist is called for disarm the store alarms. The clever Mrs. Motta, old hotelier, is also involved. Will they succeed?
Style:
buddy comedy, slapstick, fast paced, lighthearted, satirical, romantic comedy, colorful, retro, nostalgic
Plot:
heist, caper, jewel theft, misfit, urban, farce, heist gone wrong, scheming, male friendship, lgbt, acrobat, safe, safecracking, unlikely criminal, friendship between men, young, jewelry store
Place:
milan italy, rome italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slapstick, buddy comedy, fast paced and lighthearted films with plots about satire, heist, urban, friendship, caper, scheming and heist gone wrong mostly in Comedy, Crime and Family genres. Some movies like The Heroes: Paper Dogs (2009), Operation St. Peter's (1967), All for Two (2013), The Jönsson Gang Returns (2024), The Jokers (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Seguito de Febbre da cavallo!
Style:
feel good, captivating, humorous, funny, satirical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gambling, money problems, friendship, satire, money, bet, escapades, friends, humour, needing money, heist, scheming ...
Place:
rome italy
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Hungary
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After they got imprisoned, small-time criminals Kuplung and Csumpi tell their stories to their cell-mate of how they have planned the most imperfect robbery. Their big idea was to rob the Money-liquidation Warehouse. The movie shows how they fielded ...
Style:
dark comedy, buddy comedy, lighthearted, slapstick, black humor
Plot:
friendship, heist gone wrong, heist, plan gone wrong, misadventure, prison, scheming, satire, flashback, narration, urban, gangster ...
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Small time crook Napoleone falls into an unlikely gang made up of a gangster, called The Baron, and his two cohorts, Agonia and The Captain, where Napoleone takes them to Rome where they shack up with a shady used car dealer caled Il Cajella to help ...
Style:
light hearted, period piece, parody, slapstick
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, caper, vatican, art theft, betrayal, gangster, scheming, underworld, misfit, greed, farce, mobster ...
Time:
60s, year 1967
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
This sequel to the box office hit All for One finds the previously tight-knit trio dispersed: Nikolai is on parole, while brothers Ralf and Timo are planning a heist involving the unlikely combination of unsalted butter, a strict diet and a ...
Style:
dark comedy, captivating, satirical, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
heist, money problems, criminal, satire, money, banker, theft, friendship, revenge, caper, loyalty, absurd humor ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s
Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Den här gången är Jönssonligan verkligen illa ute. Charles-Ingvar Jönsson, "Sickan" kallad, har dragit sig tillbaka. Vanheden och Dynamit-Harry är lämnade åt sig själva. Polisen jublar förstås, men Jönssonligan avskriver man ...
Style:
light hearted, buddy comedy, adult comedy, slapstick, period piece
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
heist, gang, mastermind, art theft, prison, conspiracy, scheming, blackmail, unhappiness, mental institution, police chase, friendship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Vanheden and Dynamite-Harry are approached by Sickan's grandmother and Sickan's younger brother Sven-Ingvar. Their evil nemesis Wall-Enberg are planning to steal billions of euros of the European Union's grants to culture. The grant ...
Style:
slapstick, light hearted, fast paced, parody
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
heist, money, attempted robbery, caper, swedish, gang, teamwork, corruption, chase, satire, rivalry, master criminal ...
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The Olsen Gang has finally made it. They are in Mallorca, having fulfilled their dream. Almost, that is. They don't have any money, so Egon has to open a safe at a restaurant to get some. As usual, however, Egon ends up in prision. When they ...
Style:
buddy comedy, witty, light hearted, slapstick, retro ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
heist, friendship, caper, heist gone wrong, master criminal, scheming, plan gone awry, prison, con artists, vacation gone wrong, satire, loyalty ...
Time:
70s
Place:
spain, mallorca, switzerland
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After years on the run, Sickan reunites with Vanheden, Harry and Doris for another coup. The plan, timed to the smallest detail, is to steal a complete T-Rex skeleton from the Natural History Museum and sell it to the unscrupulous businessman Wall ...
Style:
twisted, crime drama, lighthearted, slapstick, fast paced ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
heist, scheming, mastermind, criminal gang, escapades, con artists, wit, friendship, corrupt businessman, ruse, cat and mouse, obsession ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Oliver Reed and Michael Crawford play two brothers who are always trying to find some way to succeed with cleverness rather than simple drudgery. Crawford is constantly living in his brother's shadow as the one who gets caught. After Crawford ...
Style:
buddy comedy, period piece, light hearted, witty, offbeat ...
Plot:
heist, caper, satire, disguise, unhappiness, publicity stunt, mistaken identity, high society, underdog, criminal, killing, police officer ...
Time:
60s, year 1967
Place:
london, scotland yard
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Riko and Kane have got it all: big dreams, no respect and a fifteen grand debt. Could things get any worse? Yes! So, it’s time to man up and finally be taken serious as “Roadmen”. Once putting their heads together on various ways to make some ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, buddy comedy, dark comedy ...
Plot:
bank robbery, heist gone wrong, heist, problem, burglar, robbery, theft, urban, misadventure, friendship, streetwise, youth culture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A quick witted young man from the streets of South Central must rush a lily-white USC fraternity to recover a stash of stolen money.
Style:
captivating, feel good, entertaining, humorous, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
rivalry, friendship, society, youth, adaptation, escapades, greed, danger, urban, heist, fish out of water, stolen money ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south central los angeles, los angeles
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
5 best friends, in search of finding ways to get rich, finally find a lot of gold in the forest. Just as they think they finally did it, they get in trouble with a German godfather who kidnapped one of them since he wanted the gold. The besties ...
Style:
satirical, buddy comedy, captivating, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
gold, friendship, misadventure, satire, money falling through the air, money, friends, problem, stolen gold, treasure hunt, heist gone wrong, kidnapping ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Bernard, Harry and Alfie are three charming but unsuccessful crooks who smash and grab tactics rarely come off. On their way for another stint behind bars they see the traffic part for an on call fire engine and hatch a new plan. Upon their release ...
Style:
situational comedy, sitcom, slapstick, lighthearted, black and white ...
Plot:
heist, mistaken identity, disguise, absurd humor, farce, bank robbery, unhappiness, caper, police chase, satire, urban, arson ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A few funny little novels about different aspects of life.
Style:
slapstick, light hearted, buddy comedy, fast paced, surreal ...
Plot:
ambulance, farce, misadventure, hospital, prank, escape, friendship, escapism, urban, anti authority, ambulance driver, death ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
After three hapless souls plan a big heist, things go hysterically wrong along the way.
Style:
situational comedy, sitcom, buddy comedy, light hearted, feel good ...
Plot:
heist, entertainment, heist gone wrong, misadventure, plan gone wrong, caper, friendship, money, urban, greed, police chase, satire ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A Turkish comedy film about an incompetent gang of criminals attempting to capture an oil installation in northern Iraq in order divert the oil to Turkey, which was the third highest-grossing Turkish film of 2007.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, satirical, action comedy, slapstick ...
Plot:
satire, turk, criminal gang, bandit, gang, oil, adventure hero, heist gone wrong, caper, farce, political satire, irreverent ...
Place:
middle east, iraq, turkey
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, buddy comedy, sitcom, light hearted, situational comedy ...
Plot:
law enforcement, carabinieri, friendship, male friendship, buddies, police, partnership, personal growth, love triangle, satire, romantic rivalry, coming of age ...
Time:
80s
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Egon and his two cronies managed to sneak a fortune with them to Spain. Here they live a life in a whirl of pleasures, but they are not truly happy. While Egon always has the money chained to him, Bøffen still manages to steal them. Egon ends up in ...
Style:
buddy comedy, lighthearted, retro, feel good, witty ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
heist, train robbery, friendship, heist gone wrong, scheming, scam, jail, satire, prison escape, loyalty, road trip, revenge ...
Time:
70s
Place:
denmark, spain, copenhagen
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The sequel to 2011 film "I soliti idioti".
Style:
captivating, entertaining, light, feel good, funny ...
Plot:
satire, heist gone wrong, unlikely criminals, heist, humour, unlikely criminal, criminal, silly humor, robbery, friendship, adult humor, social satire ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jane Birkin, Bernadette Lafont, Elisabeth Wiener and Emma Cohen are 4 pretty girls rooming together. After witnessing and accidentally helping several thugs get away with a heist, the women notice through their telescope that the stolen loot is in ...
Style:
lighthearted, sex comedy, retro, period piece, sensual ...
Plot:
heist, nudity, apartment building, burglary, female friendship, roommate, sexual attraction, urban, thief, female nudity, male nudity, naked woman ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
43%
186
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After blowing a big time heist, thug-for-hire Law, must resume his day job as a shady San Francisco tour guide. Before he knows it, Law and his unsuspecting group of tourists are in a race against time to recover a tape that will recue the ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical ...
Plot:
martial arts, heist, satire, mixed martial arts, criminal, silly humor, political unrest, escapades, political intrigue, heist gone wrong, humour, farce ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Egon er atter bak murene. Og atter fødes en ny plan. En korrupt diplomat har på ulovlig vis ervervet seg 10 millioner dollar på salg av subsidiert fjellsmør til utlandet. Disse pengene skal "vaskes rene" i den norske avdelingen av ...
Style:
lighthearted, slapstick, tension, whimsical
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, caper, computer hacking, fish out of water, satire, urban, surveillance, culture clash, reformation, moral ambiguity, getting home ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Yuri Pelagatti is a stage actor who is left jobless after a traumatic separation that resulted in his inability to remember his lines. Arturo Merlino is a shabby “investigator” who chases cats escaped from their homes. When Arturo and Yuri cross ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
infidelity, private detective, satire, money falling through the air, money, adultery, escapades, humour, odd couple, amateur sleuth, stage actor, farce ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Danny Warren is a former minor-league shortstop that becomes a narc to uncover drug dealing in this situation comedy. Investigating at a high-school adult-education class, he falls for the tempting teacher. He joins a colorful group of characters ...
Style:
lighthearted, romantic comedy, feel good, independent film, sex comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
misfit, irreverent, night school, fish out of water, satire, social commentary, sex, punched in the face, female nudity, female stockinged foot, footsie under the table, catfight ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.
Style:
buddy comedy, light hearted, twisted, sentimental, feel good ...
Plot:
heist, criminal, con artists, art theft, heist gone wrong, gangster, redemption, fish out of water, mob boss, scheming, class differences, forgiveness ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
new york, london, england
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A few young men are planning a criminal operation based on the action movies they saw.
Style:
captivating, humorous, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Plot:
escapades, dishonesty, greed, father daughter relationship, vengeance, violence, dialogue, betrayal, rivalry, couples, storytelling, brutality ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The zany adventures of two undercover Hollywood cops, Malcolm Cain and John Abel.
Style:
buddy comedy, lighthearted, fast paced, slapstick, independent film
Plot:
undercover, buddy cop, hollywood, partnership, friendship, satire, urban, double life, entertainment industry, showbiz, investigation, loyalty ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
37%
150
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Desperate for a real news story, entertainment journalist Mui goes to London to cover an antique auction in order to trace the path of Nine-Tailed Fox, a famous art thief who has eluded capture for decades. Playful, but clever, the Fox decides to ...
Style:
satirical, entertaining, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police, heist, art theft, reporter, hidden treasure, satire, escapades, treasure hunt, police officer, artifact, teamwork, cat and mouse ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
prague, hong kong, london, czech republic, united kingdom
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
New York 1959. I tre gangster Al, John e Jack hanno il compito di uccidere Frankie per conto del boss. Sbagliano bersaglio e il boss da a loro un'altra possibilità: tenere d'occhio una persona a lui cara. Ma la fortuna non è dalla loro ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, semi serious, feel good, satirical ...
Plot:
memory loss, mafia, satire, dark humor, amnesia, escapades, memory lapse, bandit, criminal, humour, organized crime, betrayal ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Five people who never met are convened by a notary for the reading of a will, and learn they are all brothers and sisters, children of the same father. They’ll share a large inheritance if they can deliver the ashes to their father’s favorite ...
Style:
feel good, satirical, road movie, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
heir, road trip, family reunited, siblings, family relations, eccentric family, siblings relations, humour, brother brother relationship, inheritance, last will and testament, satire ...
Place:
usa, arizona
Similarity:
34%
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