Movies like The Thief Who Came to Dinner

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The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
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The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves an insurance investigator hounds him. He also meets a woman who becomes his accomplice.
Style: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, cult film
Plot: chess, caper, robbery, bank robber, dialogue, existentialism, programmer, love and romance, chase, couples, social differences, law enforcement, partner, disorder, dishonesty, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, love, thief, poker, burglar, car chase, adulterous husband, inheritance, theft ...
Time: 70s
Place: texas, houston texas
Keyword: partners

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Most similar movies to The Thief Who Came to Dinner

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and witty films with plots about couples, love and romance, disorder, dishonesty, fall in love, male female relationship and love mostly in Comedy, Romance and Crime genres. Some movies like The Thief Who Came to Dinner: Rough Cut (1980), What's Up, Doc? (1972), Just Write (1997), Piccadilly Jim (2004), The Maid (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Rough Cut (1980)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A romantic comedy with action and suspense. Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels. Despite a continuous exchange of quips they eventually become romantically involved.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, stylized, feel good ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: caper, jewel thief, jewelry, partner, cons and scams, chases and races, mind game, love and romance, femme fatale, law enforcement, unlikely partners, fall in love ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: netherlands, scotland yard, europe
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100%
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Two researchers have come to San Francisco to compete for a research grant in Music. One seems a bit distracted, and that was before he meets her. A strange woman seems to have devoted her life to confusing and embarrassing him. At the same time a ...
Style: hilarious, funny, romantic, fast paced, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: hotel, car chase, screwball, chase, judge, love story, manic pixie dream girl, destiny, love triangle, farce, mistaken identity, eternal love ...
Time: 70s, year 1972, 20th century, prehistoric times
Place: san francisco, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Just Write (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.
Style: witty, feel good, semi serious, humorous, inspirational ...
Audience: date night
Plot: hollywood, love and romance, showbiz, dishonesty, comedy of errors, mistaken identity, social differences, bus, writers, actress, hidden identity, fall in love ...
Time: 90s
Place: beverly hills, california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Piccadilly Jim (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Set in the 1930s, an American with a scandalous reputation on both sides of the Atlantic must do an about-face in order to win back the woman of his dreams.
Style: ironic, tragicomedy, captivating, romantic, social ...
Plot: society, fall in love, family relations, dishonesty, hidden identity, couples, power relations, disorder, love and romance, snobbism, parents and children, woman ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: usa, england, europe, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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The Maid (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The Maid is a 1991 film in which Anthony Wayne (Martin Sheen) goes to Paris for a new job and has a 30 day period before he starts work to get settled.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience: date night
Plot: nanny, family relations, love, maid, secret identity, mistaken identity, power relations, couples, fall in love, society, love and romance, dishonesty ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: europe, new york, paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Green Ice (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story: He wanted adventure...She craved revenge...Emeralds held the answer.
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, vintage
Audience: boys' night
Plot: caper, bank robber, robbery, bank, chase, jewel theft, emerald, partner, revolution, battles, chaos and mayhem, social differences ...
Time: year 1981, 80s
Place: colombia, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Seems Like Old Times (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Writer Nick Gardenia is kidnapped from his California cliffhouse and forced to rob a bank. Now a fugitive, he seeks help from his ex, Glenda. She is a public defender remarried to a prosecutor, and we get a houseful of hijinks.
Style: humorous, sweet, entertaining, melancholic, feel good ...
Plot: bank robbery, farce, love triangle, dog, couple relations, dishonesty, bank teller, nothing goes right, on the run, love and romance, unlikely criminals, love affair ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 70s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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High Season (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: On the isle of Rhodes, Katherine, an expatriate English photographer, lives with her daughter. A young local wants to encourage tourism, so he commissions a sculpture of the Unknown Tourist for the town square; the sculptor he brings to Rhodes is ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, rom com ...
Audience: date night
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, expatriate, photograph, photography, summer, art, couple relations, dishonesty, love and romance, couples, island, cons and scams ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: greece, europe, turkey, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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The Main Event (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Hillary Kramer, successful Perfume magnate awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through all of her remaining assets she finds a boxer, purchased as a tax write off. She decides to take ...
Style: romantic comedy, semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous ...
Plot: boxing, underdog, screwball, fish out of water, love, martial arts, disco, teenager, forbidden love, opposites attract, financial ruin, driving instructor ...
Time: year 1979, 70s
Place: latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Bank Shot (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A bank temporarily housed in a mobile home while a new building is built, looks like an easy target to break into. On the other hand, why not steal the whole bank, and rob it in a safer location.
Style: cynical, semi serious, realistic, witty, offbeat ...
Plot: bank, bank robbery, bank robber, robbery, humour, judiciary, disorder, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes, chase, gang ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
A Garden of Cucumbers (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When Miss Vicki's father dies, she becomes the world's greatest philanthropist. Unfortunately, she is flat broke! Her loyal butler, Claude Fitzwilliam, leads the household staff to rob from various businesses by charging goods to various ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: butler, christmas, heist, philanthropist, secretary, rich, fall in love, servant, in love, disorder, couples, power relations ...
Time: year 1967, 60s, 1930s
Place: pennsylvania, philadelphia, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Born Yesterday (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A businessman shows up in Washington to lobby agendas that are friendly to his construction plans. His ditsy ex-showgirl bimbo proves to be an embarrassment in social situations, so he hires a reporter to teach her how to appear more intelligent. ...
Style: humorous, satirical, semi serious, witty, clever ...
Audience: date night
Plot: politics, farce, society, fall in love, love and romance, journalism, social differences, self discovery, teaching the ways of the world, couples, women, corruption ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The Love Punch (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Retirement at last! Middle-aged and divorced, company owner Richard Jones is looking forward to a worry-free existence as he arrives at his office on his last day of work. Much to his dismay, he discovers that the management buyout of his company ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, light ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: couples, heist, reluctant partners, unlikely partners, bankruptcy, vengeance, renewed love, disorder, dishonesty, love and romance, couple relations, caper ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: europe, paris france, french riviera, england, cannes
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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It Takes Two (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Travis is due to marry Stephanie in a few days when he is convinced by beautiful saleswoman Jonni to buy a fancy sports car. The car looks good, but it turns out to be a piece of junk. Travis is determined to get satisfaction and he and Jonni hit ...
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience: date night
Plot: wedding, youth, teenager, love triangle, infidelity, on the road, love and romance, chase, unfulfillment, dishonesty, disorder, couples ...
Time: 80s
Place: dallas texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Just Tell Me What You Want (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A television producer woman tries to let down her overbearing boyfriend who is her boss. She wants to marry with a young writer.
Style: intelligent, romantic comedy, biting, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love triangle, rich, boss and employee, obnoxious boss, workplace, dishonesty, hotshot hero, love and romance, couples, showbiz, alcohol abuse, infidelity ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Boyfriend School (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Gus is a fat cartoonist that recently won a battle against cancer, which explains his baldness. But he is also lonely. Therefore, his caring sister tries to set him up with suitable woman. But to do so, she must turn him into an irresistible man. ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, melancholic, independent film
Audience: date night
Plot: cancer, unfulfilled love, couples, hidden identity, misfit, switching roles, fall in love, biker, cartoonist, revenge, disorder, unfulfillment ...
Time: 80s
Place: new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Bank Robber (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After robbing a bank, the robber hides out from the police in a seedy hotel where he is forced to bribe various tennants for protection as well as their silence which becomes more difficult as greed takes over and the people demand more exuberant ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, light, entertaining, sexy ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: hotel, disorder, nothing goes right, dishonesty, heist, bank robber, blackmail, money, friendship, police, motel, bank robbery ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Two Much (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A young gallerist is in love with two sisters at the same time. In order to solve the problem he decides to invent his own twin-brother.
Style: humorous, light, feel good, witty, anamorphic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: twins, farce, greed, art, love triangle, switching roles, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, wooing, nothing goes right, hidden identity, screwball ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Be My Baby (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: After dating several cheating husbands who pretended to be single, Rylee devises a scheme for revenge. She gets a married man drunk, convinces him that they slept together, then shows up a year later with a baby and demands money. Her blackmail plan ...
Style: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: infidelity, battle of the sexes, manipulation, couples, disorder, family relations, farce, looking for love, gender, nothing goes right, vengeance, dishonesty ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for the fire that destroys his workplace. Garet, the real arsonist, is apalled that someone else would try ...
Style: feel good, realistic, humorous, semi serious, offbeat
Audience: date night
Plot: farce, house fire, teenage crush, arsonist, jealousy, silly humor, opposites attract, unfulfillment, love and romance, disorder, family relations, couple relations ...
Time: 90s
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23%
Starting Over (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A divorced man falls in love, but somehow he can't get over his ex-wife. This effects his love life in comic ways. Based on Dan Wakefield's novel. Burt Reynolds is an attractive middle-aged man who suffers a crisis of confidence when ...
Style: realistic, touching, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: starting over, support group, dating, hopes, couple relations, love triangle, love affair, infidelity, thanksgiving, love, friendship, holiday ...
Time: 20th century, year 1979, 70s
Place: boston, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
All in a Night's Work (1961)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Dean Martin and Shirley MacLaine star in this sweet 1961 comedy about Tony Ryder (Martin), who takes over the duties of magazine publisher when his uncle dies suddenly, supposedly while spending time with a mistress. Worried that the news will ...
Style: retro, technicolor, semi serious, realistic, witty ...
Plot: fall in love, mistaken identity, in love, veterinarian, extortion, blackmail, publishing house, inheritance, drowning, sudden death, investigation, publisher ...
Time: year 1961, 60s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Gregoire Moulin vs. Humanity (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Grégoire Moulin, a shy accountant, sets up a blind date with a dance teacher at a bar. What he needed to do was just to cross the road. But it didn't happen to be as easy as it seems especially because of the final game of French soccer ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot: love and romance, nothing goes right, against the odds, disorder, couples, male female relationship, misfit, ballet, accountant, love, taxi, police ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Pipe Dream (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A lonely plumber poses as a movie director to meet women, and the writer whose script he's stolen builds on his ruse to get her movie made.
Style: feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, independent film ...
Audience: date night
Plot: filmmaking, couple relations, hidden identity, couples, lifestyle, love and romance, actor's life, frame up, fall in love, disorder, artists and showbiz, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Kettle of Fish (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A lifelong bachelor confronts his intimacy issues when he sublets his apartment to a fetching biologist. His heartsick fish and his wise best buddy are on hand to provide perspective.
Style: witty, semi serious, humorous, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: opposites attract, jazz, unlikely couple, friendship, fall in love, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, couple relations, love and romance, battle of the sexes, dishonesty, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Whoopee Boys (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Two New York hustlers (Michael O'Keefe, Paul Rodriguez) go to Palm Beach, Fla., and enroll in a charm school to please an heiress.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: teenager, inheritance, high society, school, illuminati, orphanage, merchant, partner, nudity, profanity, friends, couples ...
Time: year 1986, 80s, 20th century
Place: florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Worth Winning (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Taylor is a man who has no problems with women. So confident is he that he accepts a challenge from his friends: he has to secure proposals of marriage from three women of their choice.
Style: light, melancholic, talky, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: womanizer, infidelity, battle of the sexes, true love, love triangle, looking for sex, looking for love, unlikely couple, wooing, dishonesty, betrayal, love and romance ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Up in the Cellar (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A student poet seduces his college president's wife, daughter, and girlfriend over lost financial aid.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, sexual, humorous
Plot: seduction, revenge, college, couples, power relations, sexual harassment, beach, wooing, teachers and students, vengeance, state affairs, womanizer ...
Time: 80s
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Night We Never Met (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Sam has a problem with his roommates: they are disgusting, and don't seem to share his views on responsibility, privacy, and basic hygine. Such is his discomfort with his living arrangements that he agrees to share the occupancy of another ...
Style: offbeat, semi serious, realistic, feel good, clever ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: boarding house, love, exodus, mistaken identity, partner, couples, disorder, friends, love and romance, lifestyle, couple relations, unfulfillment ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
This Is Not a Film (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: New Yorker Michael Connor attempts to find the woman who left him by making a film about her, hoping that someone (maybe you?) will recognize his ex and convince her to get back together with him. To help the viewer understand who he is and why his ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, talky, sentimental, witty ...
Audience: date night
Plot: filmmaking, breakup, couples, couple relations, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, obsession, artists and showbiz, urban, actress, reenactment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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