Movies like The Cat Burglar
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The Cat Burglar (1961)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Unwitting pickup artist Jack Coley (Jack Hogan) nabs a briefcase holding a costly scientific formula, turning himself into a moving target for owner Alan Sheridan (John Baer), foreign agents and the fuzz -- all bent on a blistering game of finders, keepers. In this stylized crime drama, the quarry coolly eludes the pack while eliciting the aid of an unlikely party: blonde beauty Nan Baker (June Kenney), the attaché's original carrier.
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, espionage, cat burglar, burglar, heist, heroes, undercover, concentration camp, on the run, crime gone awry, dishonesty, gunfight, notebook, pawnshop, abandoned warehouse, chases and races, deadly, crime, crimes
Time:
60s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and rough films with plots about dishonesty, chases and races, rivalry, danger, deadly, undercover and criminal heroes mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Cat Burglar: Maroc 7 (1967), Ready 2 Die (2014), Assassins' Code (2011), To Commit a Murder (1967), Hand Gun (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The lady of a top fashion magazine doubles as a jewel thief and becomes involved in Moroccan intrigue.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, intrigue, espionage, safecracker, fashion, mate swapping, split personality, secret agents, partners, gang, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes ...
Time:
60s
Place:
morocco, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After a violent bank robbery, the trio of hoods make their way across East L.A. carrying a blood-soaked bag of money. When word gets out, they must fend off gangs and crooked cops alike as they strive to keep the loot and stay alive.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, gang, murder, dishonesty, heist, disorder, on the run, crime gone awry, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, gangsters ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A corporate assassination forces opportunistic double agents from three nations to fight to retrieve a high-tech computer disk containing schematics for a deadly weapon.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, hitman, working undercover, dishonesty, rivalry, undercover, vengeance, suspense, woman with a gun, spy, haunted by the past, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A writer gets wrapped up in espionage.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, kidnapping, scientist, heroes, state affairs, dishonesty, rescue, undercover, fall in love, graphic violence, knife fight ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
china
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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331
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jack is in the midst of a major robbery, which leaves him injured and his accomplices dead. Jack manages to hide the $500,000 from the robbery before he makes his way to his death bed.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female psychopath, heist, power relations, estrangement, family relations, disorder, siblings relations, riddles and clues, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, on the run, treasure hunt ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Along the way, they meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas of her own.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, art theft, murder, gangsters, on the road, cons and scams, on the run, partners, law enforcement, dishonesty, rivalry, misfit partners ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
2K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Ethan Tell is a small time crook who makes a big-time score when he steals 1 million dollars. Ironically, his life radically changes for the worst when he discovers that stealing the money was the easy part and he now must keep his partner, his ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
life turned upside down, rivalry, going straight, on the run, dishonesty, sexual content, graphic violence, criminal heroes, money, heist, danger, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This story of espionage and counter-espionage is based on the novel by Ian Adams. Suspicious circumstances surrounded the mysterious death of a Canadian diplomat. At the height of The Cold War in October 1964, John Watkins, Canada's former ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, bleak, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
espionage, rebellion, state affairs, head of state, undercover, dishonesty, heroes, cold war, cia, diplomacy, intrigue, secret agents ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A con-artist hires two low-lifes to cover him during a deal, ending with three criminals, two dueling pistols, and one night they'll never forget
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, neo noir
Plot:
psychopath, mind game, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, crime gone awry, rivalry, dishonesty, betrayal, criminal's revenge, mentally challenged, heist, murder ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A jewel thief moves towards a reunion of revenge with his lover, who pushed him out of their speeding getaway car.
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, cynical, captivating ...
Plot:
lovers on the run, hitchhiker, chase, criminal's revenge, rivalry, vengeance, betrayal, crime gone awry, love and romance, on the run, dishonesty, store ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The film chronicles the exploits of the title character, Charlie, played by Raymond J. Barry (Training Day) a career criminal intent on scoring one last big pay day. When his "perfect crime" goes bad, Charlie flees to Los Angeles to hide ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal heroes, dishonesty, heist, family relations, strong violent content, betrayal, crime gone awry, parents and children, disorder, gangsters, violence, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Estranged by the degree of corporate influence within the largest U.S. listening station in the world, an aging NSA officer defects and mounts a clandestine counter-listening station high in the Italian alps.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
on the run, manhunt, secret agents, rivalry, espionage, working undercover, political conspiracy, life turned upside down, fighting the system, government agency, undercover, dishonesty ...
Place:
rome italy, europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
158
Genre: Adventure, Thriller, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Prepare to get tangled in the jungles of Belize when an arms smuggler loses her partner in a deadly shootout and finds herself on the run in the tropics of Central America. Helen is an amateur, making her money as an illegal arms trader to Central ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
jungle, smuggling, secret agents, chase, stalking, espionage, heroes, special agents, undercover, on the run, rivalry, embezzlement ...
Time:
80s
Place:
central america
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In this action adventure, a former hit woman comes out of retirement to rescue her daughter from kidnappers. The child's abductors demand that the ex-killer retrieve a highly classified document. They give the woman 24 hours to succeed. If she ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, hitman, spy, female assassin, hostage, desert, espionage, daring rescue, heroes, escapades, rivalry, special agents ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of friends plan out a detailed heist that turns deadly when one betrays the other by taking off with the goods. Taking matters into his own hands, Sonny seeks out his revenge teaming up with the most dangerous mob boss in town to get back ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, dishonesty, gangsters, prisoner, criminal, disorder, revenge, graphic violence, criminal heroes, prison visit, priest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Movies similar to Beyond the Law
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Using the Internet and global satellites, a group of gangsters pull off the biggest bank heist in the Mafia's history.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, heist, mafia, organized crime, master criminal, cosa nostra, betrayal, criminal heroes, partners, crime gone awry, dishonesty, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The story centers on Charlie, a Los Angeles billionaire financial whiz who goes into self-imposed exile in Tijuana after his empire is revealed to have been a Ponzi scheme. While looking for the woman he abandoned there 25 years before, Charlie is ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, track down, on the run, rivalry, special agents, police corruption, law enforcement, vengeance, swat team, armed forces, graphic violence, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. And an undercover US Treasury Department agent is trying to infiltrate the smuggle business.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, disorder, gang, hidden identity, special agents, journalism, government agency, law enforcement, dishonesty, criminal heroes, rivalry ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
europe, cuba, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A government ministry's fast-rising head of security asks a shadowy fixer, Meursault, to steal a bag from an armored truck. Meursault goes to Théo, a former night club owner, in prison for two years on false charges, who's being released ...
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, robbery, father son relationship, lgbtq, male homosexuality, crime gone awry, confined, criminal heroes, dishonesty, tough heroes, disorder, armored car ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An American government hit man on the run makes a pact with two travelers to help him disappear in the Mexican jungle.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, on the run, rivalry, undercover, vengeance, dishonesty, erotica, spy, hostage, road trip, female nudity, voyeur ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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917
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Michael Madsen stars as Max Walker, a down-and-out cop who becomes the target of a bloodthirsty drug cartel after he leads a narcotics bust to intercept a large shipment of heroin. When someone starts picking off his team members -- and the drugs ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, partners, police corruption, dishonesty, undercover, crime gone awry, drug dealing, law enforcement, partners against crime, drug abuse, working undercover, nypd ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
618
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A kick-ass professional car thief, Sage, (Taryn Manning), steals a classic '66 Charger on a challenge. It turns out the car belongs to a serial killer (is there another kind?), who proceeds to slice and dice her friends because he wants his car ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, mind game, heist, race against time, master criminal, psychopath, criminal's revenge, car chase, car thief, suspense, rivalry, woman in danger ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Dog Day is a 1984 film starring Lee Marvin. A criminal shows up at a farmhouse with the law on his heels and several million dollars in his possession. The supporting cast includes Tina Louise and Juliette Mills. The movie was directed by Yves ...
Style:
sexual, neo noir, slasher, exciting, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
farm, gangsters, heist, on the run, helicopter, chase, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, fugitives, bounty hunter, criminal heroes, espionage ...
Time:
80s
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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710
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman is released from prison and heads home to help outwit a local mob boss and pull off the scam of a lifetime.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
femme fatale, cons and scams, crime gone awry, on the run, odd couple, suspense, murder, criminal's revenge, partners, rivalry, heist, chase ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two British agents are murdered by a mysterious Neonazi organization in West Berlin. The British Secret Service sends agent Quiller to investigate. Soon Quiller is confronted with Neonazi chief "Oktober" and involved in a dangerous game ...
Style:
neo noir, exciting, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, espionage, british intelligence, cold war, neo nazi, undercover, secret agents, secret mission, gang, rivalry, heroes, racism ...
Time:
60s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A color remake of the Sam Fuller film, Pickup on South Street.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
spy, secret agents, suspense, city, secret mission, bus, undercover, rivalry, espionage, dishonesty, heroes, on the run ...
Time:
60s
Place:
africa, cape town south africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a stunt man dies in Miami, his uncle, a New York mob boss, sends a hit man to tail the stunt coordinator, whom the boss wants dead. The hit man, Eric O'Bryne, gets close to his mark's daughter, and through her he asks her dad to teach ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, undercover, witnessing a crime, gangsters, working undercover, introspection, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, rivalry, dishonesty, chase, vengeance ...
Place:
usa, miami, florida, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When Ben investigates the mysterious death of his sister, he is unaware that he is opening up a web of political intrigue. Ed Murphy, the White House Chief of Staff, becomes embroiled in a struggle to save the President from a humiliating scandal.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
murder, undercover, politics, heroes, espionage, state affairs, government agency, dishonesty, special agents, infidelity, russian, hit and run ...
Time:
70s
Place:
washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
Style:
realistic, serious, talky, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, assassin, mole, secret agents, dishonesty, undercover, government agency, heroes, betrayal, rivalry ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
868
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After surviving a fall from a plane 3000-feet over the ocean, a former CIA operative turned government contractor re-infiltrates a dangerous North Mexican drug trafficking ring to find his own killer. With his memory unraveling, he descends into a ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, betrayal, tough heroes, dishonesty, master criminal, working undercover, revenge, car chase, spy, heroes, drug dealing, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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