Movies like Traitor's Gate
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Traitor's Gate (1964)
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Original name: Das Verrätertor
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:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, tension, crime drama, detective
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, caper, british, stealing, escape, intrigue, planning, ruse, mastermind, betrayal, conspiracy, cat and mouse, loot, jewel theft, disguise, cold war era, prison escape, deception, strip club, criminal gang, doppelganger, jewel thief, tower of london, police harassment
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
london
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Most similar movies to Traitor's Gate
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, crime drama, tense and noir films with plots about heist, betrayal, conspiracy, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, urban and investigation mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Traitor's Gate: Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964), The Heist (1961), The Indian Scarf (1963), Murph the Surf (1975), The Hot Touch (1981). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mobsters conspire to loot another criminal's treasure secured in an enormous booby-trapped vault.
Style:
suspense, tension, thrilling, noir, twisted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
treasure, mobster, heist, organized crime, gangster, criminal underworld, betrayal, conspiracy, scheming, treasure hunt, locked room, claustrophobia ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard
Similarity:
95%
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:
71%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: West Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a wealthy man dies, his avaricious relatives look forward to inheriting all his money. However, he leaves a provision in his will that they all must spend a week together in his castle before they will be able to inherit anything. At the castle ...
Style:
suspense, tense, sinister, atmospheric, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lawyer, serial killer, whodunit, murder, castle, strangulation, isolation, greed, killer, inheritance, secrets, betrayal ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, details the daring 1964 theft of the J.P. Morgan jewel collection from New York's American Museum of Natural History. Called the "Greatest Jewel Heist of the 20th Century," the robbers took 22 precious gems, ...
Style:
crime drama, thrilling, suspenseful, dramatic, tension ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, jewel thief, jewel theft, diamond theft, true crime, moral ambiguity, greed, reconnaissance, urban, mastermind, cat and mouse, museum ...
Time:
60s, year 1975
Place:
new york
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A master art forger and his partner in crime, an art expert who can vouch for the authenticity of the forgeries, are making a bundle. An art dealer figures out their scheme but agrees to keep quite if they forge some art lost in WWII.
Style:
crime drama, tension, suspense, period piece, intelligent ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forgery, art forgery, art dealer, fraud, deception, gallery, cover up, betrayal, conspiracy, moral ambiguity, museum, partnership ...
Time:
80s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After pulling off a $4,000,000 heist in New York, the team get some information from Noah in Copenhagen. That leads them to pull off one more final heist in London. Rick and Damien lead the plans being the masterminds behind the plot. Can they pull ...
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, twisted, fast paced, noir ...
Plot:
heist, secrets, betrayal, mastermind, caper, world cup, criminal underworld, urban, countdown, moral ambiguity, greed, loyalty ...
Place:
london, new york, copenhagen
Similarity:
57%
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:
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A pool-hall is used as the front for a white slavery ring.
Style:
detective, dark, suspense, tension, atmospheric ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, white slavery, whodunit, suspect, group of criminals, theater, human trafficking, suspicion, underworld, poisoning ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard, london
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A priceless Nizam era coin is stolen from the Hyderabad Museum, triggering a wild chase across cities and criminals. Vijay, a small-time thief, teams up with fellow thieves Shiva and Sadha to pull off a daring heist. In Goa, Shiva's girlfriend ...
Style:
suspense, twist ending
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, heist, deception, criminal underworld, forgery, heist gone wrong, black market, greed, betrayal, cat and mouse, loot, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
53%
447
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A female con-artist who sweet-talks wealthy men targeted by her violent boyfriend, then drugs them and makes off with their money, is being herself being watched by another man. He wants to use her talents in a much-bigger scam: ripping off a crime ...
Style:
neo noir, crime thriller, crime drama, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
con artists, deception, manipulation, gambling, crime boss, betrayal, organized crime, cat and mouse, criminal underworld, heist, blackmail, paranoia ...
Time:
year 1993
Place:
miami beach, jamaica
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Chandrasekhar, a humble loan recovery agent gets unwittingly entangled into a sinister international conspiracy to cause mass destruction in India. Realizing it's divine orchestration to avert an impending disaster, he stands up to face the ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, crime drama, action packed ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
conspiracy, national security, moral dilemma, divine intervention, sacrifice, premonition, courage, investigation, urban, religious, serial killer, supernatural ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
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Story:
Style:
crime drama, suspense, tension, crime thriller, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, robbery, plan gone wrong, cat and mouse, crime investigation, investigation, greed, law enforcement, friendship, escape, mistrust, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Similarity:
46%
379
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:
captivating, tense, disturbing, crime drama, crime thriller ...
Plot:
deception, con artists, heist, bank, scam, fraud, credit card fraud, criminal, gang, robbery, stolen money, burglar ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Van Hekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up in order to get a very valuable diamond.
Style:
crime drama, suspense, noir, tension, cynical
Plot:
heist, gangster, bank robbery, heist gone wrong, revenge, betrayal, diamond, violence, underworld, loyalty, tragedy, criminal syndicate ...
Time:
60s
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A criminal mastermind recruits a group of young bank employees to steal 80 million dollars in one of the largest bank heist in US history.
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, thrilling, captivating, crime thriller ...
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, organized crime, master criminal, bank clerk, mastermind, bank, theft, bank robber, robbery, burglar, stealing money ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago, geneva switzerland
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A serial killer named The Shark is terrorizing London by killing his victims with a speargun and then, dressed in a scruba-diver's wetsuit, using the city's sewer tunnels to make his getaway.
Plot:
underwater, serial killer, conspiracy, smuggler, scuba diver, criminal, police, dancing, assassination attempt, ship, telephone call, suicide ...
Place:
scotland yard, london
Similarity:
41%
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:
40%
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, action thriller, noir, british noir
Plot:
robbery, car chase, railway, train, caper, train robbery, heist, criminal, casino, true crime, ambulance, driver ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
england, london, new york
Similarity:
40%
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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%
166
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, Venezuela
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Claudia Cardinale is Popsy, who double-crosses her older partner Silva (Stanley Baker). Silva has arranged to divert diamonds from a large corporate-run diamond mine in the South American jungle, and Popsy does her “pop” wrong as they are both ...
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, twisted, grindhouse ...
Plot:
heist, jungle, escape, female protagonist, betrayal, pursuit, smuggling, cat and mouse, femme fatale, corruption, police chase, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
70s, year 1971
Place:
south america
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The yacht of millionaire Hellmann explodes in the Mediterranean Sea, with him and 8 men crew on board. Insurance agent Lucas investigates at the Cote D'Azur, because there's the suspicion that it could have been suicide. He finds out that ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, detective, period piece, tense ...
Plot:
insurance fraud, investigation, villa, blackmail, evidence, secrets, mediterranean, deception, millionaire, conspiracy, paranoia, betrayal ...
Time:
70s
Place:
cote d'azur, mediterranean sea, riviera, france, french riviera
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Story:
The Suspect story is a Crime drama and Murder mystery, where every investigation step forward is leading towards a new suspect. Will the Inspector Arjun overcome the obstacles and reveal the truth, or will he unmask the real murderer?
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, tense, detective, twisted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
crime scene, murder mystery, investigation, murder investigation, police procedural, whodunit, interrogation, alibi, twists and turns, motive, conspiracy, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Torino, febbraio 1996. Il furgone blindato (e scortato dalla polizia) delle Poste effettua il solito giro di ritiro sacchi-valori dagli uffici periferici. La mattina dopo, all'apertura dei plichi, la sorpresa : denaro ed assegni sono stati ...
Style:
crime drama, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, desperation, heist, moral ambiguity, poverty, anti hero, escape, friendship, cat and mouse, hopelessness, male friendship, character study ...
Place:
italy, turin italy
Similarity:
35%
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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:
34%
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:
34%
344
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Three women, Bridget, Liz and Jackie, embark on a plan to steal thousands of pounds of banknotes that were due to be destroyed at the Bank of England's incinerating plant in Essex. Fictionalised account of a real-life case.
Style:
comedy drama, suspense, tension
Plot:
heist, british, caper, dark humor, friendship, scheme, teamwork, scheming, social commentary, risk, working class, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Stealing is a crime. Getting away with it is an art.
Style:
suspense, tension, crime drama, fast paced, twisted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stealing, heist, planning, execution, risk, deception, escape, cat and mouse, caper, anti hero, moral ambiguity, ruse ...
Similarity:
33%
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:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An art dealer on a special mission is pulled into dangerous intrigue while railway detective Cheval tries to help and pursues criminals on the Istanbul Express.
Style:
detective, suspense, tension, retro, noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
train, railway, chase, pursuit, danger, urban, european, cat and mouse, investigation, conspiracy, betrayal, espionage ...
Time:
60s
Place:
istanbul turkey, paris france
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young detective seeks the help of a discharged police officer, giving him the chance to reclaim his old life in exchange for solving a bank raid case.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, suspense, tension, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, law enforcement, bank robbery, police procedural, redemption, justice, second chance, heist, urban, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, corruption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
31%
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