Movies like The Alpha Caper
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The Alpha Caper (1973)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A parole officer forced into retirement gets together three ex-convicts to pull off a $30-million armored car robbery.
Style:
tension, crime drama, crime thriller, suspense, period piece, twisted
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, parole officer, retirement, armored car, desperation, urban, moral ambiguity, anti hero, revenge, betrayal, fleeing, bank robber, bank, street crime, friendship, corruption, police procedural, blue collar, urban decay, elderly man, caper, hijacking, robbery, funeral, ex convict ...
Time:
70s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, crime drama, tense and tension films with plots about betrayal, moral ambiguity, urban, corruption, heist, revenge and robbery mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Alpha Caper: Essex Heist (2017), Crime 101 (2026), Lucky Baskhar (2024), 7 Minutes (2014), Sweet Leaf (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Times are tough for Jez .and his motley crew of car mechanics, scraping a dishonest living in a small town on the Essex coast. So when they hear on the grapevine that a million pounds in cash is being transported across town, Jez plans an elaborate ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspense, tension, realistic ...
Plot:
robbery, heist, gang, organized crime, criminal underworld, street crime, danger, working class, fleeing, small town, risk, blue collar ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
When an elusive thief whose high-stakes heists unfold along the iconic 101 freeway in Los Angeles eyes the score of a lifetime, with hopes of this being his final job, his path collides with a disillusioned insurance broker who is facing her own ...
Style:
tension, crime drama, suspense, detective, twisted ...
Plot:
heist, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, ethical dilemma, anti hero, chase, redemption, urban, partners in crime, mature, betrayal, identity ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
A cash-strapped bank cashier embarks on a risky investment scheme and soon gets drawn into the murky world of money laundering.
Style:
crime drama, suspense, tension, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
money laundering, investments, fraud, greed, corruption, suspicion, desperation, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, banking, betrayal, double life ...
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When three young criminals lose a stash of drugs, they end up owing money to a ruthless drug lord. With time running out, they plan a daring robbery to raise the cash to settle the debt.
Style:
intense, crime drama, tension, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, robbery, bank robbery, danger, heist gone wrong, armed robbery, mishap, misfit, desperation, drug, criminal, kidnapping ...
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Billy and Steve have to get some money to pay off their drug dealer Tyvan. Their plan to rob a Carwash gets complicated when the plan gets shared and everyone has an ulterior motive. Crime/drama with a supernatural edge.
Style:
suspense, captivating, crime drama, tension, dark ...
Plot:
heist, money, bandit, money problems, financial problem, criminal, drug dealer, hidden truth, secret, drug dealing, plan, attempted robbery ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Recently paroled thief Gabriel Russell tries to balance his life and mend a troubled family as an FBI agent hunts him down, along with his crew after a botched armored car robbery.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
heist, manhunt, agent, burglar, robbery, armed robbery, organized crime, bandit, hunting, cat versus mouse, fbi agent, life is a bitch ...
Place:
oklahoma city
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A gritty urban thriller inspired by real events, Adios Vaya Con Dios is the authentic story of two friends within the world of Chicago's Latino street gangs. A day of reckoning approaches for Rory, a rising Irish-Mexican street lieutenant for ...
Style:
crime drama, tension, dark, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
gang, street life, violence, street gang, urban, loyalty, retribution, friendship, neighborhood, redemption, organized crime, betrayal ...
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A getaway driver finds himself in harm's way when he gets caught up in a job involving casino heist money leading to a debt over his head.
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspenseful, noir, fast paced ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
underworld, bandit, heist, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, betrayal, isolation, escape, survival, violence, anti hero, chase ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two cops are on the trail of gang that are planning a jewel robbery. Inspector Chow lives at home with his mother, while Inspector Pang has gambling problems that the gang exploits. Soon, innocent victims will pay with their lives.
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, detective, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
organized crime, investigation, gang, jewel theft, police procedural, murder, violence, underworld, urban, gambling addiction, betrayal, corruption ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
A reluctant assassin must protect his pregnant wife after he becomes entangled in a rogue customs agent's drug ring.
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, crime drama, tense, tension ...
Plot:
murder, assassin, corruption, grief, drug cartel, protective father, revenge, betrayal, rogue agent, male protagonist, trauma, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Forced out of his elite unit, a troubled cop launches his own rogue investigation when mysterious killings claim the lives of his former colleagues.
Style:
crime thriller, tension, detective, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
police procedural, investigation, murder mystery, corruption, con artists, moral ambiguity, disappearance, conspiracy, betrayal, urban, power struggle, internal affairs ...
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Nepal
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Loot is the story for five guys who find quick ways of success and accomplishment in life. It is a quest for quick money and better life. In a place where the crime rates are ascending day by day, Loot draws a reality check on the present security ...
Style:
crime thriller, black comedy, suspense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bank robbery, heist, social commentary, street life, betrayal, poverty, friendship, desperation, realism, lawlessness, heist gone wrong, survival ...
Place:
nepal
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Ray Lovelock stars as Massimo, a young undercover cop with a taste for violence and a thirst for revenge! Massimo gets himself arrested and quickly infiltrates the ranks of the underworld figure serving a sentence. Eventually a breakout is planned ...
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, tense, poliziottesco, action packed ...
Plot:
older woman younger man, undercover cop, revenge, infiltration, covert operation, organized crime, police procedural, criminal underworld, anti hero, escape plan, gang, prison break ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Macau Police brings the tracking expert police officer out of retirement to help catch a dangerous group of professional thieves.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, suspense, neo noir
Audience:
adult
Plot:
law enforcement, organized crime, cat and mouse, police procedural, heist, investigation, retired cop, criminal syndicate, ambush, betrayal, moral ambiguity, surveillance ...
Place:
macau
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
When a criminal imprisoned by detectives Ron Fugate and Morris Brinson is released and puts a hit out on them, both their partnership and their very existence quickly begins to decay... Who will survive, and at what cost?
Style:
detective, dark, noir, psychological, crime thriller ...
Plot:
moral ambiguity, law enforcement, revenge, murder, violence, corruption, investigation, criminal underworld, cat and mouse, partnership, hitman, vengeance ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man feels obligated to hijack the plane his boss is on after he has gambled himself into overwhelming debt.
Style:
suspense, tension, crime drama, crime thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hijacking, aviation, air disaster, gambling debt, ransom, gambler, fbi, desperation, hostage, male protagonist, showdown, heist gone wrong ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
58%
2K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, 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, suspenseful, realistic, serious, crime thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, rivalry, life turned upside down, dishonesty, going straight, on the run, robbery, stolen money, greed, corruption, betrayal, criminal underworld ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
When Ajay's world comes crashing down due to debt, he finds himself in a desperate situation after his girlfriend is kidnapped by loan sharks. Short on time, needing the cash, the story follows this man on his maddening hunt for money.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, suspense, fast paced, dark ...
Plot:
money, desperation, debt, kidnapping, moral dilemma, urban, criminal underworld, moral ambiguity, male protagonist, survival, anti hero, betrayal ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Jose chases two dreams, winning the lottery, and winning over Diana's heart.
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
lottery, desperation, greed, gangster, working class, gang, violent, love story, urban, nightshift, betrayal, mob boss ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Similarity:
57%
211
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A professional thief tries to break with his past but has to pull off one last job to pay off a gambling debt.
Style:
crime drama, suspense, tension, noir, neo noir ...
Plot:
heist, gambler, one last job, criminal underworld, urban, moral ambiguity, anti hero, gambling debt, organized crime, alienation, loneliness, redemption ...
Time:
70s
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After a greedy Las Vegas casino owner steals his employee's pension funds, the staff teams up to pull off a heist with a twist.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, crime drama, suspense ...
Plot:
casino, heist, gambling, money, teamwork, escapades, money problems, robbery, plan, workplace situations, coworker, workplace ...
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
55%
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:
51%
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:
51%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Frank Valken, high-flying robber, has just made a final masterful break. At least that’s what he believes… Ideal suspects, Valken and his gang find themselves involved in a criminal case of thirty years. It seems that the crazy killers are back.
Style:
tense, crime drama, suspenseful, twisted, dark ...
Plot:
heist, judge, con artists, hostage, planting evidence, prison escape, murder, robbery, gunfight, falsely accused, suspicion, investigation ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, year 2015
Place:
belgium, brussels belgium
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
A couple of Cholos make plans to break into the music industry
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, bleak, tension, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
found footage, hip hop culture, gangster, street life, robbery, urban, music industry, ambition, working class, moral ambiguity, heist, violence ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two mob money couriers, Frankie and Tony, have their latest package of $1 million stolen by two con women, Dana and Marcia, in which the men must find the women to recover the money before they become marked men.
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, noir, neo noir, road movie ...
Plot:
sexploitation, seduction, organized crime, betrayal, criminal underworld, con artists, chase, torture, revenge, violent, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
las vegas, los angeles
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Two men living in a criminal-ran city have two choices: Either fight back or join the corruption. Chaos just always seems to find them.
Style:
crime drama, dark, crime thriller, tense, noir ...
Plot:
corruption, violence, danger, urban, street crime, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, gang, crime boss, betrayal, hopelessness, anti hero ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on true events. A disgraced police detective seeking redemption goes undercover to expose a violent crime syndicate. But as he sinks deeper into the mob, the price for absolution may be higher than he can afford.
Style:
crime drama, detective, tense, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
criminal underworld, redemption, organized crime, undercover, ethical dilemma, law enforcement, moral ambiguity, covert operation, corruption, violence, city, investigation ...
Time:
year 1983
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
45%
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:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When a resentful brother organizes a prank kidnapping, he unwittingly hires career criminals who have plans of their own.
Style:
dark, suspense, tension, dark comedy, twisted ...
Plot:
kidnapping, heist, prank gone wrong, criminal, family conflict, hostage situation, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, betrayal, revenge motive, violent, criminal underworld ...
Similarity:
42%
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