Movies like The World in My Pocket

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The World in My Pocket (1961)
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The World in My Pocket (1961)
Original name: An einem Freitag um halb zwölf
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: West Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An enigmatic woman recruits a gang of specialised criminals to rob a US Army payroll armoured truck bound for Marseilles. However, things don't go exactly as planned.
Plot: heist, machine gun, crime fighter, motorcycle, tough guy, criminal, beach, safecracker, woman, military police, motorcycle cop, armored truck, shootout, group, gunfight, gun, gunshot, dynamite

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, neo noir and realistic films with plots about heist, gun, criminal, shootout, violence, murder and gangster mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The World in My Pocket: Money Movers (1978), Payroll (1961), The Crew (2015), Public Enemies (1996), High Crime (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Money Movers (1978)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A group of crooks plan a heist to steal twenty million dollars from a Security Firm counting house.
Style: neo noir, independent film, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: heist, armored car robbery, armored car, shootout, trucker, truck, bank, lie detector, armed robbery, disorder, crime gone awry, law enforcement ...
Time: 70s
Place: australia, adelaide south australia, south australia
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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
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90%
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The Crew (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story: It’s bad men versus worse men as thieves face off against dealers in this super slick French heist thriller from the director of Chrysalis and The Assault.
Style: suspense, psychological, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Plot: heist, bank robbery, brother brother relationship, bank robber, robbery, armed robbery, gang of thieves, violence, murder, death, criminal heroes, mafia ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Public Enemies (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Ma Barker (Theresa Russell) and her sons rob banks, shoot people and wind up at the top of the FBI's "most wanted" list in the 1930s.
Style: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: gangster, heist, dishonesty, missing person, criminal, special agent, criminal heroes, confined, law enforcement, robbery, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, violence ...
Time: 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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High Crime (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to the top of the underworld organization, his odds of survival decrease.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: police, car chase, police officer, shootout, organized crime, italian mafia, dirty harry, car crash, drug, gun fu, knife fight, martial arts ...
Place: italy
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Rabid Dogs (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After a bank job goes badly wrong, three desperate criminals take a young woman and a father and child hostage - it's the beginning of a frantic and violent road trip that not all of them will survive.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, exciting, surprise ending ...
Plot: murder, criminal, robbery, road trip, on the road, father daughter relationship, car chase, hostage, police, bank, heist, home invasion ...
Place: france
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74%
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Blood and Wine (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.
Style: neo noir, melancholic, serious, clever, suspenseful ...
Plot: heist, dysfunctional family, greed, twists and turns, family relations, family problems, nothing goes right, mistress, parents and children, robbery, murder, crime gone awry ...
Time: 90s
Place: miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
The Mason Brothers (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A group of outlaws attempt to reveal their brothers killer from a neighboring gang after being set up during a bank heist.
Style: captivating
Plot: gang, brother brother relationship, heist gone wrong, burglar, bank robbery, bandit, heist, bank robber, betrayal, investigation, criminal, traitor ...
Place: middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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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 ⇓
65%
Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 123 min.
Story: In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt ...
Style: political, disclosure, suspense
Plot: murder, serial killer, car wreck, commissioner, racketeer, diary, mistress, disco, car chase, fear, chase, police ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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 2K
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 ⇓
63%
Stolen Innocence (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Stacy, a rebellious teenager, leaves home for the freedom and adventure of life on the road away from her parents. Afraid and alone, she is befriended by Richard, a handsome ex-con traveling across the country on a crime spree. Her short lived joy ...
Plot: young love, age difference, teenager, hostage, ransom, runaway, telephone call, love, motel, criminal, hitchhiking, teenage girl ...
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The Second Wind (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche, the woman he loves, Gu needs a final job to get some money. The job works, but a police's scheming makes Gu appear as a ...
Style: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: gangster, criminal heroes, law enforcement, dishonesty, betrayal, heist, criminal, organized crime, righting the wronged, mugging, escape, armored truck ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, marseille
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
 5.4
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Bullet Head (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A group of career criminals finds itself trapped in a warehouse with the law – and an Attack Dog named DeNiro closing in.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, hood ...
Plot: killer animal, survival, police detective, dog, police, money, trapped, buddies, save the day, pursuit, gangster, ghetto ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Bloody Friday (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Womansing thug Klett is sprung from the courthouse by two accomplices, then sets about planning the big heist of a local bank, equipped with a cache of high-powered weapons he's acquired from an American army outpost. Together with his faithful ...
Style: action thriller, grindhouse, poliziottesco
Plot: hostage, communism, heist, bank, robbery, murder, masked robber, gang of thieves, bare breasts, stockholm syndrome, exploitation, roadblock ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Laban Feather brews Tennessee moonshine with his sons Thrush, Zack, Hawk, and Finch. The chief rivals of the Feather Family in producing and selling illegal corn liquor are the Gutshalls, father Pap, and sons Ludie, Seb, and Villum. In addition to ...
Style: grindhouse, allegory, southern gothic
Plot: shootout, revenge, rural setting, hillbilly, family feud, gang rape, father murders son, rape and revenge, sniper, plan gone wrong, father son conflict, held captive ...
Time: 60s, 70s
Place: tennessee
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56%
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The Town (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their ...
Style: suspense, captivating, serious, crime thriller, clever ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: bank robbery, heist, robbery, gunfight, thief, romancing a criminal, group of criminals, gang, organized crime, gangster, love affair, perfect crime ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: boston, usa, florida, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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 488
Sunset Heat (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A former drug-dealer photojournalist (Michael Paré) returns to Los Angeles and helps friends terrorized by his ex-partner (Dennis Hopper).
Style: erotic, independent film, neo noir, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: motorcycle, beach, hitman, female nudity, photojournalism, stolen money, drug overdose, rivalry, witnessing a crime, criminal heroes, drug dealing, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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13 m? (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Jose is looking for a way out of his small time banlieue deals. When he overhears a conversation between his girlfriend and his step-brother,he might just have found a very lucrative way.Together with his two best friends,he decides to attack an ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: friendship, crime gone awry, heist, confined, partner, disorder, hiding place, police, paranoia, isolation, trust, best friend ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Den of Thieves (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: heist, bank robbery, police brutality, tough guy, strip club, shootout, armored truck, police, criminal, investigation, fbi, divorce ...
Time: 2010s
Place: los angeles, california, london
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53%
Blood in the Streets (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story: An Italian prison official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious prisoner be released in order for the man to get his wife back. He gets the man released - but then kidnaps him himself, in order to ensure that the ...
Style: poliziottesco, cult classic, action thriller, retro, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, prison, police officer, female nudity, assassination, revenge, vigilante, woman with a gun, blackmail, conspiracy, danger, heroes ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: italy, rome italy, europe, alps, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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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 ⇓
51%
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery (1979)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Also known as 'Dirty Money' as well as 'Sewers of Gold'. A group of fervent nationalists plan to finance a government coup and smash communists by pulling off a daring bank robbery.
Style: independent film
Plot: heist, robbery, security guard, group, right wing, gangster, criminal, bank, police, van, money, photographer ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, nice france
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Prince of Shadows (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Netherlands, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Madrid, 1962. More than twenty years after the civil war has finished, a communist comes back to Spain to kill a traitor.
Style: eros, suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic, serious ...
Plot: spanish civil war, woman, hitman, haunted by the past, undercover, assassination, betrayal, dishonesty, state affairs, nudity, violent content, british ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1946, year 1962
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I Am the Law (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The mafia has overrun a section of the country so ruinously that a very stern man (Giuliano Gemma) has been sent by the government to be the governor in that region. He has been given wide-ranging power and authority and is not afraid to use it. ...
Style: poliziottesco, political, historical drama
Plot: cosa nostra, fascism, italian fascism, sicilian mafia, crime fighter, organized crime, political corruption, topless woman, bare breasts, mafia, violence, bandit ...
Time: 1930s
Place: italy, palermo italy, sicily
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48%
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Thief (1981)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he ...
Style: neo noir, cerebral, cult classic, retro, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: robbery, safecracker, mafia, organized crime, heist, character study, criminal, bank robber, great ending, betrayal, bank, hustler ...
Time: 80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa, illinois, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.3
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Delta Fox (1979)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Woman is kidnaped by hitman who discovers that he is the target of another hitman.
Style: sexy, independent film
Plot: shootout, hitman, telephone call, machine gun, female nudity, truck, kidnapping, money, yacht, handgun, killer, dynamite ...
Time: year 1979
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 7.2
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The Bank Job (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family. Martine is a beautiful model from Terry's old neighbourhood who knows that Terry is no angel. When Martine proposes a foolproof plan to rob a bank, Terry ...
Style: suspense, exciting, tense, clever, talky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, bank robbery, robbery, bank, caper, political corruption, blackmail, mobster, crime gone awry, car salesman, organized crime, murder ...
Time: year 2008, 70s, 20th century, year 1971
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⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Le Samurai (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Hitman Jef Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught.
Style: neo noir, tense, suspenseful, bleak, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: loner, hitman, gangster, assassination, police investigation, loneliness, assassin, betrayal, chase, anti hero, organized crime, character study ...
Time: 20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place: paris france, france, europe
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43%
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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
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42%
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