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Pinching Penny (2011)
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Pinching Penny (2011)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A British hypochondriac turns to crime after becoming addicted to consumerism. As his obsession worsens, his life falls quickly into the absurd and he continues to spend himself deeper and deeper into depravity.
Style: psychological, tense, humorous, captivating, suspenseful, black comedy, dark comedy
Plot: burglar, addiction, drug dealer, robbery, hypochondriac, criminal gang, dumb criminal, consumerism, heist, thief, violence, friendship, youth, friends, chase, hacking, escapades, rivalry, society, group of criminals, planning, strategy, partner, heist gone wrong, secret plan ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, north dakota
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Most similar movies to Pinching Penny

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, suspenseful and captivating films with plots about chase, society, criminal heroes, rivalry, violence, heist and escapades mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Pinching Penny: Dutch Book (2015), Stand Off (2012), Ice (2016), The River Thief (2016), Late Shift (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Dutch Book (2015)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: A Florida teenager launches a scheme to pay off his father's gambling debts.
Style: suspense, captivating, psychological, tense, suspenseful
Plot: escape, gambling, heist, safecracking, thief, planning, escapades, robbery, criminal heroes, debt, friends, plan gone wrong ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Stand Off (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story: A group of elite female bank robbers are thrown into a Mexican stand off when they discover that someone on their team might be a snitch for the cops...
Style: tense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, psychological
Plot: betrayal, bank robbery, robbery, bank, killer, showdown, murder, master criminal, heroes, rivalry, youth, perfect crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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87%
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Ice (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A diamond dealer navigates the culturally diverse and treacherous world of the diamond business.
Style: suspense, psychological, captivating, tense
Plot: heist, business, escapades, criminal heroes, group of criminals, plan gone wrong, society, robbery, hacking, violence, human nature, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
The River Thief (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Diz (Joel Courtney) is a reckless teenage drifter living life on the run. Abandoned by his parents as a child, he looks out for himself and doesn't accept handouts. He takes whatever he wants and runs. Jaded and determined to answer to no one, ...
Style: contemplative, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: thief, drug, robbery, grandfather, waitress, plan gone wrong, friendship, love, vengeance, love and romance, teenage boy, heist gone wrong ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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85%
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Late Shift (2016)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Matt, a smart student, has to prove his innocence after being forced to take part in a bold heist at a famous London auction house. The consequences take him on a journey across London to escape the twisted web he finds himself caught in, discover ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: heist, criminal heroes, planning, revenge, rivalry, violence, thief, strategy, plan gone wrong, chase, human nature, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
The Master Plan (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Charles Ingvar Jönsson gathers three criminals to take vengeance upon the people who killed his uncle.
Style: exciting, suspense, humorous, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: gang of thieves, caper, revenge, partner, murder, vengeance, group of criminals, death, rivalry, plan gone wrong, robbery, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
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A Killer Conversation (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: On the same day a burglar wants to kill you and your ex wants to make up - and for the life of it, you can't decide which is worse.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, captivating, humorous, psychological ...
Plot: hacking, hostage, ex girlfriend, robbery, hostage situation, society, human nature, couples, love, heroes, heist gone wrong, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Hatton Garden: The Heist (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Following the lead up to one of the biggest robberies of the century, Hatton Garden The Heist watches the journey of Brian Reader, John Collins, Terry Perkins, Daniel Jones and the mysterious Basil throughout the audacious heist.
Style: captivating, suspense, unusual plot structure, exciting, tense ...
Plot: heist, robbery, questioned by police, police arrest, criminal gang, true crime, british, police interrogation, jewel theft, criminal heroes, partner, hostage ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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A Free Bird (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: All JT wants is his freedom and a cigarette. But these are hard times: the steakhouse just fired him, his car broke down, he's broke. So when his buddies plan to rob the steakhouse - to steal the meat - it sounds like a good idea. What could go ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, feel good, suspenseful, humorous ...
Plot: farce, husband wife relationship, white trash, heist, stupidity, partner, friends, human nature, rivalry, family relations, burglar, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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78%
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Bang! Bang! (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: Teenagers run into some trouble after they rob a bank.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, unusual plot structure, thought provoking, suspense
Plot: robbery, teenager, friendship, thief, chase, danger, youth, criminal heroes, heist, vengeance, death, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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77%
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South of 8 (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An ex-con trying to find work in a new Depression is lured back to a life of crime, but his gang passes the point of no return once they become fugitives.
Style: unusual plot structure, exciting, captivating, contemplative, tense ...
Plot: heist, bank robbery, robbery, hostage, master criminal, young adult, prison, escape, police, violence, money, fight ...
Time: future, 2040s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Paws, Bones & Rock'n'roll (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A funny story about the adventures of a two hairy friends familiar from the "Six Degrees of Celebration" series.
Style: tense, entertaining, humorous, feel good, captivating
Audience: family friendly
Plot: dog, home alone, christmas, human animal relationship, house, love, winter, animal, talking animal, heroes, vengeance, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
We Still Steal the Old Way (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The explosive follow-up to We Still Kill The Old Way (2014). Regarded as the best in the business, The Archer Gang is an aging criminal outfit who carry out a daring robbery, but are caught mid-heist. They are sentenced to do time in Britain's ...
Style: unusual plot structure, tense, captivating, contemplative, suspense
Plot: heist, gang, prison, criminal heroes, partner, friendship, hacking, violence, heroes, revenge, chase, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Masked Mobsters (2007)
Genre: Crime
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 125 min.
Story: From petty theft on the benches of Belleville to the over-publicised hold-ups of the large Parisian banks, this is the spectacular rise of Simon and his gang. They are capable of emptying a series of safes under the very nose of the police who are ...
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: on the run, gang, law enforcement, heist, friends, escapades, rivalry, danger, friendship, criminal heroes, true crime, male nudity
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Jamaican Mafia (2015)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Jamaican Gangsters
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, exciting ...
Plot: jamaican, mafia, gangster, criminal heroes, family tradition, mob boss, betrayal, rivalry, society, gang war, parents and children, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
The Simple Heist (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 265 min.
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Story: Jenny and Cecilia are two women in their 60s who live a regular middle class life in Kalmar. But when both realize that the future is anything but light for them, they decide to do something drastic, robbing a bank office in Stockholm.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, suspense, tense, humorous ...
Plot: female criminal, thief, emigrant, mission, escapades, strategy, plan gone wrong, burglar, planning, hacking, heist, friendship ...
Time: future, 21st century
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72%
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Thoroughbred (2016)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story: 5 professionals rob a Horce Racetrack and a Casino Complex but when one of them makes too many mistakes, the police starts a deadliest manhunt to recover the money.
Style: unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, tense, exciting ...
Plot: heist, criminal heroes, partner, hacking, perfect crime, law enforcement, robbery, police detective, who done it, escapades, investigation, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
How to Steal a Dog (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Family
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A young girl lives in a van with her little brother & her mom. Tired of the embarrassing situation which was promised to be temporary, she decides to try to fix it all on her own. But how to get the money needed first? One day, the girl comes ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, tense, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: dog, working mom, homeless, youth, single mother, get rich quick scheme, loss of pet, street kid, homelessness, heist, scheming, children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Four Hours (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Unhinged gangster Capone (Paul Bibb) walks into a bar with accomplice Tung (Peter Peralta,) with the plan of stealing the contents of the safe. The situation gets complicated when they have to wait four hours to get the code to the safe. For Capone ...
Style: suspense, psychological, tense, touching, captivating ...
Plot: heist, chase, society, rivalry, robbery, hacking, youth, escapades, violence, hostage situation, heist gone wrong, burglar ...
Time: year 2011
Place: london
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70%
Queen of Amsterdam (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Chez Nous is a feel good comedy and the name of a cafe in the heart of Amsterdam that is on the brink of being closed.
Style: exciting, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Plot: gay, gay pride, friend, cafe, criminal heroes, partner, society, human nature, chase, perfect crime, friendship, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: amsterdam
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Sons of the Neon Night (2021)
Genre: Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Story: A detective goes against the successor to a drug-trafficking crime syndicate, who aspires for a society free of drugs by orchestrating anarchy in Hong Kong.
Style: tense, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: drug crime, chinese mafia, gangster, criminal underworld, danger, drug, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, friends, battles, vengeance, gang war ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
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Kentucky Justice (2013)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
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Story: Harlan County, Ky., has a history of violence and corruption associated with coal mining, but because that industry in Appalachia is a shell of its former self, law enforcement is dedicating its resources elsewhere. The county has been hit hard by a ...
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot: drug dealer, investigation, criminal, drug, revenge, violence, illegal drugs, youth, murder, drug cartel, vengeance, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Young and Dangerous: Reloaded (2013)
Genre: Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story: On a dark Mongkok night, May, the cousin of Dai Tin-yee (Dominic Ho), was gang-raped to death by Med King (Deep Ng) and his men. The furious Tin-yee, together with his buddies, Ho-Nam(Him Law), Chicken (Oscar Leung), Pou-Pan (Jazz Lam) tracked down ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense
Plot: gang, gangster, triad, revenge, greed, vengeance, murder, gang war, violence, brutality, organized crime, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
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70%
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Rhino (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story: An NFL veteran who's become a college-town drug kingpin takes in a protégé, but eventually the relationship turns volatile and deadly.
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, tense, suspenseful
Plot: meth lab, violence, crime boss, death, vengeance, murder, criminal heroes, revenge, society, rivalry, illegal drugs, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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69%
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Bitcoin Heist (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 110 min.
Story: To catch Interpol's most-wanted hacker, special Agent Dada must assemble a team of criminals with various special skillsets.
Style: feel good, humorous, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: heist, youth, group of criminals, cryptozoology, chase, heist gone wrong, secret plan, society, criminal heroes, human nature, thief, robbery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: vietnam
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68%
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10 Grams (2015)
Genre: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Crime Drama starring Brian William Woodward, Richard Douglas, Lloyd James
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful
Plot: murder, drug, corruption, prostitute, death, sin, greed, escort, drug traffic, deception, smuggling, obsession ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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Welcome to No Man's Land (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Pete, Steven and Dave are good friends that have fallen on hard times; They are unemployed and hardly get by on benefits. Coincidentally, they are approached by a low-key gangster who offers them what seems like quick cash-in-hand work. One ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, suspenseful
Plot: gangster, drug cartel, drug, criminal, friendship, dea, drug dealer, friends, society, heroes, rivalry, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: manchester
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The Day Hollywood Died (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: He just woke up. He's in a hospital. He can't move. He can't remember who he is. Memories begin to flood back to him as he regains consciousness. He was part of a heist gone wrong. One of a crew of six asked to steal a briefcase from ...
Style: tense, suspense, exciting, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: heist, bank, coma, gang, death, plan gone wrong, memories, heroes, society, heist gone wrong, flashback sequence, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Sathuranga Vettai (2014)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A con artist is caught by the cops and is swindled off the money by his own partners. Meanwhile, a person who he had scammed hires a gangster to finish him off. Can he outwit these people and turn over a new leaf?
Style: neo noir, suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: heist, con men, con artists, scam, criminal, chase, hidden identity, rivalry, hotshot hero, escapades, heroes, gentleman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Blood Money (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Paranoia and fear set in and five friends begin to turn on each other when they must hole up in a deserted holiday home after a botched robbery.
Style: scary, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: money, robbery, heist, murder, revenge, human nature, rivalry, friendship, criminal heroes, society, hacking, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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