Movies like The James Gang

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The James Gang (1997)
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The James Gang (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After an audacious jewellery robbery the whole James family heads for home on the run with the obsessive detective Julia Armstrong in hot pursuit.
Style: independent film, detective
Plot: heist, children, police officer, police, mother, father, family relations, chase, robbery, jewelry, aftermath, on the run, ex husband, unlikely criminal, jewel theft, fugitive, cop, runaway, getaway car
Place: london, edinburgh scotland

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Most similar movies to The James Gang

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, independent film and semi serious films with plots about heist, police, robbery, disorder, police officer, chase and caper mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like The James Gang: Rotten to the Core (1965), Perfect Friday (1970), Crooks and Coronets (1969), A Fish Called Wanda (1988), New Cops (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Rotten to the Core (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl Sara gives them the news Duke is dead and the money gone on nursing care. They soon discover ...
Style: detective, independent film
Plot: heist, released from prison, caper, officer, military base, police, bank, train, tank, arrest, scheme, clinic ...
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Perfect Friday (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The deputy manager of a London bank has worked out a way to rob the branch of £200,000. When he becomes involved with the attractive Lady Dorset he decides to go ahead with his plan. He needs her help and that of her philandering spendthrift ...
Style: poliziottesco, independent film
Plot: heist, perfect crime, caper, nude women, murder, airport, counterfeit money, married couple, bank robbery, security guard, boredom, bank manager ...
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Crooks and Coronets (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.
Plot: heist, criminal, old woman, betrayal of trust, con artists, jewelry, mansion, old lady, parole, rolls royce, convict, art collection ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: new york, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
The Secret Life of Archie's Wife (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Bunny, an unhappily married Denver housewife, frustrated and stressed out over her uncommunicative businessman husband Archie as well as planing their daughter's coming wedding, has her life turned upside down one day when she's taken ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching ...
Plot: couples, disorder, on the run, opposites attract, couple relations, love and romance, heist, kidnapping, bank, neglected wife, car crash, fugitive ...
Time: 80s
Place: colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A diamond advocate is attempting to steal a collection of diamonds, yet troubles arise when he realizes that he is not the only one after the diamonds.
Style: funny, dark comedy, black comedy, dramatic, light ...
Plot: heist, zoophilia, manipulation, femme fatale, satire, eternal love, robbery, hustler, outlaw, mission, swindle, diamond ...
Time: 80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place: europe, britain, tower bridge london, london, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 8.5
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New Cops (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min.
Story: An ordinary man (played by Tim Morton) lives a dull life till his friend Chet (played by Jimmy Kustes) comes over to stay for a few days. His friend ropes him to various schemes and generally makes a bunch of faux pas. His girlfriend (played by ...
Style: mumblecore, experimental, neo noir, detective
Plot: cop, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, police officer, video game, girlfriend, heist, sleeping, dream, rap, police, library, bearded man ...
Place: louisville kentucky
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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The Jokers (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Oliver Reed and Michael Crawford play two brothers who are always trying to find some way to succeed with cleverness rather than simple drudgery. Crawford is constantly living in his brother's shadow as the one who gets caught. After Crawford ...
Style: retro, offbeat, poliziottesco
Plot: heist, caper, police officer, killing, criminal, high society, crown, theft, brother, plan, monarchy, police ...
Time: year 1967
Place: scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Sinful Davey (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Davey Haggart is quite certain of his paternity (even if nobody else is) and determined to emulate his father, a notorious rogue and highwayman. This includes breaking a man out of Stirling jail, holding up the stagecoach, and robbing the Duke of ...
Style: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, light ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, on the run, chase, redemption, starting over, disorder, love, father, friendship, partner, bare breasts, murder ...
Time: 19th century, year 1969, regency period
Place: scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Loot (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Based on the play by 'Joe Orton' this film follows the adventures of two pals who have pulled off a bank robbery and have to hide the loot. Fortunately (?) one of them works in a funeral parlour and they have a coffin to spare.
Style: lgbt cinema, realistic, semi serious, cynical, humorous ...
Plot: friendship between men, caper, robbery, loot, gay, farce, heist, hotel, homoerotic friendship, father son relationship, money, male star appears nude ...
Time: 60s
Place: brighton, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Strong Language (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 76 min.
Story: While a narrator tells the story of a night of terror that changes his life forever, 16 young people chat about their lives in London. With topics ranging from the drug "ecstasy," to AIDs and one-night stands, to the sound of BritPop, and ...
Style: mockumentary, independent film
Plot: aids, drug, young woman, city, police officer, young man, twenty something, satire, urban setting, male female relationship, hiv, justice ...
Time: 90s
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Nuns on the Run (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Brian and Charlie work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave" he sets them up to be killed, after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. B&C decide to steal the money for themselves, but ...
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, laugh out loud ...
Plot: cross dressing, nun, chase, priest, fish out of water, farce, on the run, disguise, convent, disorder, odd couple, partner ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Winter Potato Dumplings (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Crime comedy set in a village somewhere in Bavaria, centering around a village policeman's attempt to solve a murder case, his chaotic private life and the dysfunctional relationship with his wacky father.
Style: funny, light, humorous, captivating, detective
Plot: dysfunctional family, father son relationship, police officer, private investigation, friendship between men, family relations, characters killed one by one, private detective, disorder, justice, crime solving, small town life ...
Place: bavaria
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Operation St. Peter's (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Small time crook Napoleone falls into an unlikely gang made up of a gangster, called The Baron, and his two cohorts, Agonia and The Captain, where Napoleone takes them to Rome where they shack up with a shady used car dealer caled Il Cajella to help ...
Plot: heist, prison, robbery, prison escape, church, theft, jail, gangster, betrayal, chase, cardinal the priest, car salesman ...
Time: year 1967
Place: rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Crooks in Cloisters (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Having pulled off the smallest ever train robbery, Little Walter and his crew decide to get out of London. The six of them set up business in a disused monastery off the Cornish coast, despite the fact that none of them really qualifies as a monk - ...
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat
Plot: erotica, monastery, cons and scams, heist, siblings relations, island, gambling, animal life, disorder, criminal heroes, on the run, dishonesty ...
Time: 60s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears that go one better. They dress as police and steal from the crooks. This upset's the natural order of the police/criminal ...
Style: black and white, black comedy, dark comedy, realistic, not serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, robbery, impostor, espionage, police officer, disguise, bank robber, dark humor, police detective, disorder, friends, hidden identity ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: london, england, europe, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Money for Nothing (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an ...
Style: light, intense, realistic, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: money, stolen money, chase, runaway, corruption, disorder, friends, nothing goes right, dishonesty, heist, gangster, police ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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The... Copanoi (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Greece
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Leonidas is tricked into thinking he will hit the jackpot by a guy from the underworld, Babis, also well-known on the street as "the teacher". So, he sets up an ad hoc gang with his close friends in order to rob a bank. The operation, ...
Style: fun
Plot: female nudity, robbery, chase, police, professional, heist, gang, retribution, revenge, fat woman, funeral, mentor ...
Time: 80s
Place: hellas, athens greece, greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 5.3
 361
Toy Gun (2018)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Ruggero, a meek young man, impulsively robs a bank to prove to his ex-wife that he is courageous and masculine. A police investigation engulfs everyone except our unassuming hero who is completely ignored. Through a set of hilarious coincidences, he ...
Style: satirical, captivating, psychological, disturbing, dark comedy
Plot: desperation, ex wife, robbery, investigation, crime investigation, changing lives, destiny, heist gone wrong, burglar, problem, identity crisis, heist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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The Joensson Gang & the Black Diamond (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Den här gången är Jönssonligan verkligen illa ute. Charles-Ingvar Jönsson, "Sickan" kallad, har dragit sig tillbaka. Vanheden och Dynamit-Harry är lämnade åt sig själva. Polisen jublar förstås, men Jönssonligan avskriver man ...
Plot: heist, european, caper, swedish police, crime investigation, suitcase of money, psychiatric hospital, dynamite explosion, safe, locked room, wedding, diamond ...
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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High Risk (1981)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Mexico, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Four American friends, badly needing money, decide to make a commando-like raid into a South American drug lord's compound.
Style: cult classic, independent film, exciting, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: heist, bandit, mercenary, crime wave, drug dealing, chase, jungle, horse, dog, friends, chases and races, criminal heroes ...
Time: year 1981, 80s
Place: latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Burglar (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Bernice "Bernie" Rhodenbarr is a burglar by trade, and she runs a bookstore as well. Her friend Carl Hefler is a dog groomer. After a successful burglary, it's discovered that a dead body was in the house she burgled. As she's ...
Style: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, chase, bookstore, thief, female protagonist, amateur detective, bisexual man, framed for murder, disguise, motorcycle, investigation, african american protagonist ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: california, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
Style: dark comedy, humorous, clever, witty, cynical ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, heist, dark humor, organized crime, twists and turns, crime gone awry, disorder, gang, nothing goes right, debt, violent, friends ...
Time: 20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place: england, united kingdom, london, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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 3K
Palookaville (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence as criminals, a fateful event (and ...
Style: humorous, crime thriller, semi serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: robbery, heist, dysfunctional family, caper, dark humor, crime gone awry, interracial, armored truck, best friend, sexual harassment, infidelity, female nudity ...
Time: 90s
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Quick Change (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out ...
Style: humorous, feel good, light, absurd, cult classic ...
Plot: heist, bank robbery, robbery, buddies, friendship, partner, friends, disorder, cons and scams, runaway, love and romance, bank robber ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Der Bulle von Tölz (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: The Bull of Tölz is commissioned by Sat.1 German crime series.
Style: detective
Plot: cop, police, crime investigation, police officer, overweight man, police detective, fat man, obese man, bachelor, provincial life
Place: bavaria, southern germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.5
 3K
Hold-Up (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied ...
Style: realistic, witty, semi serious, humorous, action thriller ...
Plot: bank robbery, crime gone awry, misfit partners, criminal heroes, on the run, nothing goes right, chase, disorder, partner, ex convict, bank, bank robber ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: canada, rome italy, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 4.5
 266
Kid Cop (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A kid starts hanging around a police station because his dad was a cop, but now his dad is dead. Everyone tells him he should stay out of the way, but he doesn't, because he's real sad about his dead dad. They're all pretty nice to ...
Style: independent film
Plot: youth, cop, stupid kid, police officer, loss of father, father son relationship, boy, police, robbery, death of father, girl, mayor ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.4
 1K
Plan C (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Ronald Plasmeyer (Ruben Van Der Meer) is a small-time Amsterdam detective, struggling with financial problems because of his gambling habit. When the Chinese crime boss Hao threatens Ronald's ex-wife and son to get his money back, Ronald comes ...
Style: light, captivating, contemplative, disturbing, humorous ...
Plot: murder, crime scene, career criminal, crime investigation, corrupt cop, police, unlikely criminal, heist, poker, heist gone wrong, recruiting, hotel room ...
Place: amsterdam
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Get Charlie Tully (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Charlie Tully and womanising Reggie Peek con two rich Italians out of £500,000 but during their flight out Charlie is arrested for coning an American and a dog. Reggie stores the money in a Swiss Bank and after Charlie is released is about to tell ...
Style: sex comedy, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: on the run, camp, heist, gangster, bank, love affair, cons and scams, chases and races, love and romance, chase, dishonesty, criminal heroes ...
Time: 70s
Place: london, rome italy, italy, europe, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Treasure of San Gennaro (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A pair of Americans want to perform the greatest robbery: the treasure of San Genaro, in Napoli.
Plot: heist, television, camorra, police, death, car chase, jealousy, femme fatale, prison, catacomb, jealous girlfriend, treasure ...
Time: year 1966
Place: italy, napoli italy, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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