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Robbery (1967)
2K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the Great Train Robbery. While not a 'how to', it is very detail dependent, showing the care and planning that took place to pull it off.
Style:
independent film, noir, action thriller, british noir, cult film
Plot:
robbery, car chase, railway, train, caper, train robbery, heist, criminal, ambulance, driver, casino, true crime, chase, underworld, prison, airplane, prison escape, money, police, escape, helicopter, electrician, telephone call, airport, planning ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s, 1960s
Place:
england, new york, london
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Most similar movies to Robbery
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and neo noir films with plots about heist, robbery, gangster, caper, criminal, gang and criminal heroes mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Robbery: Grand Slam (1967), McVicar (1980), The Heist (1961), Payroll (1961), The Big Heist (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Professor James Anders is a seemingly mild-mannered teacher, an American working in Rio De Janeiro. Anders, bored with years of teaching, decides to put together a team to pull off a diamond heist during the Rio Carnival. Four international experts ...
Style:
poliziottesco, grindhouse, cult classic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, diamond theft, caper, robbery, criminal, carnival, twins, bank robber, professor, gang, chase, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
brazil, rome italy, las vegas, rio de janeiro, italy ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
John McVicar was a London Bad Boy. he graduated to armed bank robbery and was Britain's "Public Enemy No. 1". He was captured and put into a high security prison. Will even the highest security prison be able to hold him? This is the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, independent film
Plot:
prison, prison escape, jail, prison life, criminal, angry, imprisonment, football hooligan, skinhead, shipwreck, gang, tough heroes ...
Time:
year 1980, 60s
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
93%
131
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Four young criminals are planning a heist against a racecourse and in order to obtain a seed capital they rob a gambling den. They celebrate the successful heist by throwing a party but it turns out to be a lot of disagreement within the group.
Style:
crime drama, dramatic, suspenseful, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
heist, robbery, escape, criminal, illegal gambling, prison escape, criminal underworld, gang, betrayal, planning, moral ambiguity, conspiracy ...
Time:
60s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 94 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:
independent film, noir, offbeat, neo noir, poliziottesco ...
Plot:
heist, caper, nudity, criminal, armored truck, female nudity, armored car, street crime, armored car robbery, kitchen sink realism, robbery, factory ...
Time:
year 1961
Place:
northern england
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Based on the 1986 book "The Heist: How a Gang Stole $8,000,000 at Kennedy Airport and Lived to Regret It", by Ernest Volkman and John Cummings, this TV movie tells the story about the 1978 Lufthansa Heist at JFK Airport in New York - the ...
Style:
suspense, crime drama, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
robbery, heist, organized crime, gangster, mafia, gang, outlaw gang, criminal, one last chance, burglar, problem, bandit ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
83%
442
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Egypt, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
MGM remake of Asphalt Jungle set in Egypt.
Style:
noir, british noir
Plot:
heist, belly dancer, jewel theft, exotic locale, caper, jewel thief, explosives expert, gem, police officer, nightclub owner, recruiting, heist gone wrong ...
Time:
year 1963
Place:
egypt, africa, cairo egypt
Similarity:
79%
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, released from prison, group, right wing, bank, photographer, police, gangster, escape attempt, money ...
Time:
70s
Place:
france, nice france
Similarity:
74%
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:
suspense, captivating, tense, exciting, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
heist, robbery, criminal gang, police interrogation, police arrest, true crime, british, questioned by police, jewel theft, criminal heroes, partner, human nature ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
london
Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A businessman organises a caper to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
Style:
suspense, crime drama, tense, suspenseful, tension ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, caper, stealing, british, escape, mastermind, planning, ruse, intrigue, betrayal, conspiracy, loot ...
Time:
60s
Place:
london
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Roger Santet is a convicted murderer sprung from prison by the Sicilian clan headed by the aging Vittorio Manalese. They conspire to steal a large cache of jewels from an exhibit in Rome. As they are preparing for the heist, the mobster's ...
Style:
neo noir, noir, crime drama, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, caper, mafia, sicilian, organized crime, gangster, robbery, female nudity, criminal, security system, family honor, escape from custody ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
rome italy, france, paris france, venice, italy ...
Similarity:
63%
1K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Kenichi Asakura is an uptight, hyper-square salesman. One day, three bank robbers commandeer his van. They are in hot pursuit of their fellow robber who has snatched the money. Unfortunately for the bank robbers, Asakura never drives over 40 km/h ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, absurd, dark comedy, road movie
Audience:
adult
Plot:
car chase, heist, stolen money, burglar, caper, chase, thief, pursuit, robbery, heist gone wrong, money, bandit ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
With his customary restraint and ruthless attention to detail, director Jean-Pierre Melville follows the parallel tracks of French underworld criminal Gu (the inimitable Lino Ventura), escaped from prison and roped into one last robbery, and the ...
Style:
neo noir, crime drama, noir, black and white, serious ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
police officer killed, betrayal, heist, robbery, forced confession, criminal, fugitive, jazz, caper, shootout, loss of brother, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
paris france, france, marseille, europe, south of france
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
"In the Shadows" slithers through underworld Berlin in grand style. En route to a twisty finale, German writer-director Thomas Arslan keeps his audience glued to the increasingly desperate actions of Trojan, a thirtysomething career ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, noir, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
heist, robbery, criminal underworld, desperation, organized crime, crooked cop, gangster, anti hero, character study, surveillance, cat and mouse, police corruption ...
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Film about the true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational railroad hold-up on a train carrying a small fortune.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
heist, train, slum, favela, railway, social injustice, mobster, criminal heroes, chases and races, crime gone awry, gang, danger ...
Time:
year 1962, 20th century, 60s
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
Similarity:
52%
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, noir, tense, stylized, suspense ...
Plot:
heist, gangster, robbery, nightclub, caper, organized crime, alcoholic, corruption, mafia, great ending, thief, existentialism ...
Time:
year 1970, 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
paris france, europe, marseille, france
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of the audacious jewellery, gold and cash burglary at the heart of London's diamond district executed by an elderly gang of career criminals across the Easter Bank Holiday weekend in April 2015.
Style:
suspense, tension, dark comedy
Plot:
robbery, heist, caper, heist gone wrong, biopic, nostalgia, investigation, melancholy, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, legacy, humour ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
london
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK, Belgium, USA, Germany, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A caper film about the unlikely gang of retirees that pulled off the daring Hatton Garden jewellery heist of 2015.
Style:
captivating, light, ironic, independent film
Plot:
robbery, diamond theft, burglary, one last job, criminal, theft, treasure, jewelry, elderly, police investigation, elderly man, british ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s
Place:
london, britain, united kingdom, england
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three young people have decided to rob the safe of the estate agent Thomas Christidis, whose office is in the center of Athens. The first of them is Ntinos, who is Christidis’ clerk, the second one is Stavros, Ntinos’ younger brother who works ...
Style:
crime drama, tension, suspense, period piece, retro ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, robbery, plan, execution, scheme, office, caper, greed, brothers, risk, urban, friendship ...
Time:
60s
Place:
athens greece
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two Hurricane Katrina evacuees from the Desire Projects in New Orleans who both end up in Houston after the storm. The storm twists the fates of these two men. The first, Jay Dee, was a feared and powerful crime boss who is humbled when he loses ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, suspense, independent film
Plot:
hurricane katrina, criminal, flood, disaster, drug, money, robbery, murder, sex scene, apocalypse, narration, true crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mississippi, new orleans
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on the adventures of Jack Sheppard, the thief and jail-breaker who became a folk hero in 1720s London.
Style:
realistic, serious
Plot:
escape, folk hero, betrayal, highwayman, biopic, chases and races, dishonesty, on the run, buddies, fugitives, vengeance, criminal heroes ...
Time:
18th century, year 1969, 60s
Place:
london, england, united kingdom
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
Style:
suspense, intense, tense, talky, exciting ...
Plot:
heist, train robbery, robbery, gold, perfect crime, victorian england, betrayal, british, gangster, train travel, master criminal, partner ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, 1800s, turn of the century, year 1979 ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, united kingdom, london
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A gang of career criminals plots the robbery of an armored car company's headquarters. Although the robbery itself goes off as planned, it's not long before the gang members are fighting among themselves over everybody's share of the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
heist, armored car, armored car robbery, voice over narration, prison sentence, caper, jail, parole, street crime, master criminal, gangster, escape ...
Time:
1950s, year 1961, 50s
Place:
boston
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.
Style:
poliziottesco, detective, neo noir, non-linear, exciting ...
Plot:
italian police, police, robbery, police officer, politics, car chase, social commentary, anarchist, theft, tough heroes, heist, chases and races ...
Time:
60s
Place:
italy, milan italy
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The story of a scheme to double-cross the syndicate and steal its money, and of a police commissioner 's efforts to investigate homicides that take place as the scheme unfolds while also fighting corruption in the city government and ...
Style:
noir, detective, suspense, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
organized crime, murder, investigation, police procedural, criminal syndicate, law enforcement, corruption, police corruption, gangster, power struggle, heist, underworld ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york state, new york
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot:
prison, parole officer, robbery, bank robbery, murder, friendship, going straight, dishonesty, life is a bitch, crime gone awry, female nudity, bank ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson) has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura), he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
italian mafia, prison, mafia, mobster, hitman, organized crime, crime family, criminal, cosa nostra, good guy, professional killer, italian gangster ...
Time:
1940s, year 1972, 1920s, 1950s, 1930s ...
Place:
bronx new york city, europe, italy, new york
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Charles, a sixty-something career criminal, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cell mate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned ...
Style:
noir, neo noir, crime drama, tense, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, caper, casino, thief, bag of money, crime gone awry, planning, ex convict, heist gone wrong, seaside, elderly man, robbery ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
cannes, france, cote d'azur, french riviera, europe ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Based on a real WWII vet and family man turned bank robber. Disillusioned by his post war circumstances, Eddie Boyd is torn between the need to provide for his young family and an unfulfilled dream to head to Hollywood to become a star. He discovers ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, stylized, realistic, neo noir ...
Plot:
heist, true crime, gang, police brutality, family relations, criminal heroes, murder, prison escape, war veteran, post war, man in a wheelchair, struggling actor ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Buster is a small time crook who pulls a big time job. When he finds that the police will not let the case drop, he goes into hiding and can't contact his wife and child. He arranges to meet them in Mexico where he thinks they can begin again, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, independent film, eighties
Plot:
robbery, on the run, heist, florist, englishman abroad, thief, husband wife relationship, husband wife reunion, monopoly, cafe, beach resort, railway ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, 20th century
Place:
scotland yard, london, europe, england, latin america ...
Similarity:
37%
5K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ray is an aging ex-socialist who has become a bankrobber after seeing the demise of socialism in 1980s Britain. Teaming up with a gang of other has-beenish crims, he commits one bank job too many. The gang dissolves in a murderous flurry of ...
Style:
neo noir, independent film, political, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, gang, criminal gang, friendship between men, anti hero, greed, love, career criminal, corrupt cop, criminal, heist, corrupt ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
36%
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