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The Stockholm Syndrome (2003)
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The Stockholm Syndrome (2003)
Original name: Norrmalmstorg
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This is the true story of the failed bank robbery-cum-hostage taking in a bank at the square Norrmalmstorg in Stockholm, in September 1973. The Stockholm Syndrome is named after this incident.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, tense, disturbing
Plot: bank robbery, bank robber, bank, money, hostage, twists and turns, heist, police, water, stockholm syndrome, ambulance, gas mask, true crime, storage unit, noose, drill
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: eastern europe, stockholm sweden

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, captivating and realistic films with plots about bank robbery, true crime, heist, robbery, bank, bank robber and criminal mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Stockholm Syndrome: Stockholm (2018), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), The Ploy (2016), Nokas (2010), The Bank Job (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Stockholm (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA, Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages ...
Style: dark comedy, tense, captivating, suspense, exciting ...
Plot: stockholm syndrome, hostage, bank, bank robber, hostage situation, criminal as protagonist, negotiation, criminal, ransom, american abroad, husband wife relationship, chief of police ...
Time: 90s, 70s, year 1973
Place: stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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95%
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.
Style: cerebral, tense, suspenseful, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bank robbery, heist, robbery, hostage, character study, bank, bank robber, hostage situation, criminal heroes, cop, mishap, gangster ...
Time: 20th century, year 1972, year 1975, 70s
Place: new york, persia, brooklyn new york city, usa
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88%
In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Former marine and cop Jeff Erickson starts a new life after meeting his dream girl, Jill, running a bookshop, until they decide to become the modern Bonnie and Clyde. Learning on the job the hard way, Jeff becomes famous through media-coverage, ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, tense, captivating, serious ...
Plot: bank robber, ex cop, partner, heist, romancing a criminal, couples, on the run, couple relations, criminal heroes, true crime, burglar, marriage ...
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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The Ploy (2016)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In the summer of '75 Pier Paolo Pasolini's film, "Salò", is stolen from the lab where he is editing it. This is just the first step of an intricate plan that will bring the great poet to his violent death.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense, tense
Plot: corruption, true crime, assassination, gay, trap, political conspiracy, investigation, conspiracy, theft, deathtrap
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Nokas (2010)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In the morning of April 5, 2004, the greatest bank robbery in Norwegian history was carried out in Stavanger. The robbery itself is the main character of the story, and it is illuminated from several angles in the course of the film, from the ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, mindfuck, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police officer killed, robbery, confined, incompetent police, master criminal, thief, heist, money, true crime, nordic, hunting, gangster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 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
Place: london, england, britain, united kingdom, bahamas ...
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72%
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11.6 (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In November 2009, French security van driver Toni Musulin (François Cluzet) makes off with nearly 12 million euros, then turns himself over to the authorities a week later.
Style: serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: workplace situations, society, workplace, bank, police, working class, robbery, secret, employer employee relationship, money, revenge, bank robber ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, monaco, monte carlo, lyon
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
The Heist of the Century (2020)
Genre: Action, Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Movie inspired by the assault on the Banco Rio of Acassuso, which occurred in 2006.
Style: captivating, realistic, semi serious, atmospheric, light ...
Plot: heist, bank robbery, father daughter relationship, money, escapades, bank robber, unlikely partners, teamwork, cons and scams, partners in crime, caper, stolen money ...
Time: 20th century, year 2005, 2000s
Place: buenos aires argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Special 26 (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story: In the early 1980s in India, a group of con artists rob well-known businessmen and politicians by posing as officers of the Central Bureau of Intelligence or income tax officials. The gang stages fake raids during which they steal great amounts of ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: heist, robbery, cons and scams, caper, corruption, partners in crime, dishonesty, embezzler, organized crime, criminal, gang, bandit ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
The Strangers in 7A (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Andy Griffith plays a philandering apartment house manager who picks up a pretty young girl (Suzanne Hildur) in a bar. He takes her home, whereupon the girl's male cronies show up armed with guns. Griffith and his wife (Ida Lupino) are held ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot: hostage, gangster, disorder, chases and races, crime gone awry, dishonesty, danger, couple relations, criminal heroes, confined, unlikely criminals, stalking ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: new york
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57%
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Bandit (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 126 min.
Story: After escaping a Michigan prison, a charming career criminal assumes a new identity in Canada and goes on to rob a record 59 banks and jewellery stores while being hunted by a rogue task force. Based on the story of The Flying Bandit.
Style: thrilling, captivating, realistic, tense, crime drama ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: bank robber, jewel theft, bank robbery, heist, criminal, robbery, crime boss, burglar, investigation, stealing money, theft, personality change ...
Time: 80s, year 1988, year 1985
Place: canada, vancouver, detroit, ontario canada
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52%
A Man of Action (2022)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Loosely inspired by the life of Lucio Urtubia, explore the figure of the so-called anarchist 'Robin Hood,' who ran a legendary counterfeiting operation in Paris that put him in the crosshairs of America's largest bank, when he managed ...
Style: dramatic, entertaining, tense, captivating, period drama
Plot: bank, life, forgery, thief, journey, european, anarchist, caper, con artists, cons and scams, embezzler, based on real people ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1962, 60s
Place: paris france, bolivia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Ambulance (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min.
Story: "The Ambulance" is a psychological thriller based on three rules: 1. The entire film must take place in only one location; an ambulance. 2. The story must be in real time; an 80 minute ride. 3. There must be only four characters on the ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hospital, hostage, criminal heroes, dishonesty, heist, siblings relations, money, nurse, bank robbery, ambulance, patient, dying man ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: germany
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49%
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Loophole (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's biggest bank vaults.
Style: neo noir, independent film
Plot: heist, bank, robbery, underworld, bank robber, architecture, architect, bank robbery, flooding, flood, sewer, master criminal ...
Time: year 1981
Place: london, england
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48%
Kidnapped: The Hannah Anderson Story (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: On the afternoon of August 3, 2013, 16-year-old Hannah Anderson was abducted after finishing cheerleading practice in a San Diego suburb. When the bodies of her mother and brother were found in the burned home of family friend James DiMaggio later ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: child abduction, kidnapping, kidnapped child, true crime, father daughter relationship, 16 year old, crime solving, cold case, forensics, disappearance, uncover truth, teenage girl ...
Place: california, san diego california, idaho
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48%
To Steal from a Thief (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On a rainy morning six armed men in disguise rob a bank in Valencia .But what seemed like an easy heist quickly goes wrong with nothing unfolding as planned, and mistrust quickly builds between the two leaders of the gang.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, captivating, tense, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bank, heist, hostage, secret, political corruption, secrets, dishonesty, robbery, bank robber, danger, plan gone awry, escapades ...
Time: year 2016
Place: spain, valencia spain
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48%
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The Preacher (2004)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Different solution new movie ;-) The Preacher tells the story about the rise and fall off a dutch mafiaboss. The movie is based on the story of Klaas Bruinsma.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, controversial ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, dishonesty, assassination, betrayal, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murder, hitman, gunfight, true crime, organized crime, serial killer, mob boss ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place: holland, amsterdam
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47%
The Laser Man (2005)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 270 min.
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Story: Follows the Swedish serial killer and bank robber John Ausonius, nicknamed "Lasermannen", because he used a red laser aiming for his rifle.
Plot: serial killer, murder mystery, european, murder, shooting, bank robbery, racism, police procedural, true crime, multiple time frames, archive footage
Time: 20th century, 70s, 90s, 80s, year 1992
Place: eastern europe, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Lifetime (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When David Lindholm, Sweden's most famous police officer, found shot in bed identifies herself quickly with his young wife Julia. Julia is threatened with life imprisonment for murder, both her ​​husband and her missing four year old son ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: journalism, investigation, murder, race against time, dishonesty, murder investigation, homicide detective, crime investigation, murder mystery, missing child, criminal, private investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
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The Last Diamond (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Simon, a burglar on probation, agreed to go on the biggest shot of his life: The flight of the "Florentine", a mythical diamond set auction by its owners. To succeed, he must approach Julia, expert diamond for sale which is a considerable ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot: heist, diamond, fall in love, thief, criminal heroes, hidden identity, betrayal, corruption, robbery, danger, organized crime, bank ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: belgium, antwerp
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43%
The Last Rampage (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The true story of the infamous prison break of Gary Tison and Randy Greenwalt from the Arizona State prison in Florence, in the summer of 1978.
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, serious, tense ...
Plot: prison escape, runaway, escape, fleeing, jail, criminal, serial killer, prison break, arizona desert, escaped prisoner
Time: 70s
Place: arizona
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40%
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Kurup (2021)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The Film is based on the infamous 'Charlie Murder Case' in the Indian State of Kerala where the main culprit Sukumara Kurup has been on the run for decades and is still not been caught. The story revolves around the perspective of Sukumara ...
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: murder, criminal, breaking the law, fleeing, greed, greedy man, murderer, runaway, bandit, fraud, fugitive, police ...
Time: 2020s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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One-Line (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A group of professional con artists scam poor, unsuspecting citizens with fraudulent bank loans. The scams go well for a while, but then they begin to distrust each other.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: bank, deception, credit card fraud, criminal, con artists, heist, bandit, money, burglar, robbery, stolen money, criminal gang ...
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38%
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The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 131 min.
Story: The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
Style: tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot: spy, cold war, espionage, treason, double agent, drug, political conspiracy, buddies, society, dishonesty, hitman, rebellion ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1985
Place: usa, california, soviet union, mexico city, mexico
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The Big Ugly (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Neeyln has always been the loyal enforcer for crime boss Harris back in London, taking care of problems and people that disrupt his illicit business. When Harris strikes a deal with an old friend -- American oilman Preston -- they find themselves in ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, disturbing
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafioso, gangster, plan, revenge, feud, gangster boss, conflict between friends, twists and turns, death of girlfriend, money, betrayal by friend, friendship ...
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37%
Angel of Evil (2010)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Romania
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Set in Italy in the 1970s, VALLANZASCA is the true story of the Italian underworld’s most infamous outlaw. A criminal by age 9, Renato Vallanzasca grew up to become the country’s most notorious mobster before the age of 27. Vallanzasca and his ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, sincere ...
Plot: criminal, murder, kidnapping, gangster, romancing a criminal, gang, confined, master criminal, prison, controversy, mafia, robbery ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: italy, europe, milan italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
L.A. Takedown (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Michael Mann's (HEAT, MIAMI VICE) gutsy telefilm tells the tale of two skilled professionals--one a cop, the other a criminal--who aren't as different as they think.Vincent Hanna (Scott Plank) is an intense cop on the trail of ruthless ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, tense, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, bank robbery, criminal, cybersecurity, shootout, police, robbery, police shootout, violent content, police detective, crime gone awry, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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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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The Corrupted (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Set ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam (Sam Claflin), an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. He has lost everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate run by Clifford Cullen (Spall), who has ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: friendship, corruption, murder, society, danger, escapades, small town, rivalry, police, family relations, life is a bitch, parents and children ...
Time: year 2012, year 2002, 2000s, 2010s
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34%
The Hijack That Went South (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story.
Style: humorous, exciting, suspenseful, disturbing, feel good ...
Plot: pilot, airplane, abduction, hostage, journalist, ransom, airport, reporter, money, husband wife relationship, hijacking, passenger ...
Time: year 1978, 70s
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33%
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