Movies like Payroll

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Payroll (1961)
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Payroll (1961)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 117 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 van is killed in the raid, his wife plans revenge, and with the police closing in, the gang start to turn on each other.
Style: noir, offbeat, independent film, neo noir, poliziottesco, british noir, cult film
Plot: heist, caper, armored car robbery, kitchen sink realism, female nudity, criminal, armored truck, nudity, deception, robbery, factory, ambush, nude, gangster, nudity (full frontal - brief), neo-noir
Time: year 1961
Place: northern england
Keyword: gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out neo noir, realistic, serious and poliziottesco films with plots about heist, robbery, caper, criminal, gangster, gang and bank robbery mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Payroll: Robbery (1967), Cairo (1963), The Sicilian Clan (1969), The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), And Hope to Die (1972). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Robbery (1967)
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: action thriller, noir, independent film, british noir
Plot: robbery, car chase, railway, train, caper, heist, train robbery, criminal, underworld, chase, true crime, ambulance ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: england, london, new york
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95%
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Cairo (1963)
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, exotic locale, jewel theft, thief, treasure, airport, belly dancer, nightclub owner, jewel thief, gem, heist gone wrong, museum ...
Time: year 1963
Place: egypt, africa, cairo egypt
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84%
The Sicilian Clan (1969)
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, organized crime, sicilian, gangster, robbery, female nudity, prison escape, unfaithful wife, revenge, mobster ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: rome italy, france, venice, italy, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Eddie's friends are numerous, but the term friends is suspect. As a small time hood Eddie is about to go back to jail. In order to escape this fate he deals information on stolen guns to the feds. Simultaneously he is supplying arms to his bank ...
Style: neo noir, cynical, noir, retro, crime thriller ...
Audience: manly
Plot: gangster, criminal, betrayal, bartender, heist, hustler, robbery, mafia, organized crime, gang, city, politics ...
Time: year 1973, 70s, 20th century
Place: boston, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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And Hope to Die (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A crook on the run hooks up with a criminal gang to commit a kidnapping. However, things don't go quite as planned.
Style: neo noir, euro western, poliziottesco, french noir
Plot: heist, misfit, death, police officer, criminal, doll, childhood memory, heist gone wrong, gambling, marbles, wristwatch, fire truck ...
Time: year 1972
Place: montreal
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66%
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Blue Collar (1978)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.
Style: neo noir, realistic, disturbing, clever, cynical ...
Plot: union, working class, heist, labor union, drinking, robbery, caper, female nudity, blaxploitation, fighting the system, crime gone awry, business ...
Time: 70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place: detroit, michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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 2K
The Padre (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-old girl intent on reuniting with her sister in the United States.
Style: tense, captivating
Plot: girl, embezzler, escapades, criminal, heist, robbery, hidden, adventuress, cover up, thief, teamwork, caper ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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 413
Traitor's Gate (1964)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A businessman organises a caper to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
Plot: heist, prison escape, deception, doppelganger, jewel theft, strip club, jewel thief, criminal gang, tower of london
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Second Breath (1966)
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, black and white, noir, crime drama, exciting ...
Audience: manly
Plot: robbery, criminal, caper, fugitive, jazz, post war, dream, escape, manipulation, organized crime, mafia, planning ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: france, paris france, europe, south of france, marseille
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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One-Line (2017)
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: disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: bank, deception, credit card fraud, criminal, con artists, heist, bandit, money, burglar, robbery, stolen money, criminal gang ...
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53%
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In the Shadows (2010)
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
Plot: heist, surveillance, career criminal, chase, caper, released from prison, weapons, mistrust, car, parking lot
Place: berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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 474
Slayground (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Stone (Peter Coyote) hits an armored truck without his usual driver. The ensuing getaway leads to the death of an innocent. The payback is swift and brutal. The wronged father hires a twisted, sociopathic assassin to avenge his loss. One by one the ...
Style: perverse, independent film, eighties
Plot: robbery, manslaughter, revenge, car accident, murder, machine gun, dead child, assassination, hitman, thief, cat, death of child ...
Time: future, year 1983
Place: england
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51%
Family Business (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal ...
Style: funny, serious, realistic, eighties
Plot: dysfunctional family, heist, father son relationship, robbery, caper, grandfather grandson relationship, death of father, ex convict, father son estrangement, death of grandfather, three generations, generation gap ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: new york
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50%
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The Big Heist (2001)
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: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, dark ...
Plot: robbery, mafia, organized crime, gangster, heist, criminal gang, problem, bandit, burglar, one last chance, gang, outlaw gang ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Blueprint for Robbery (1961)
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: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: heist, armored car robbery, master criminal, armored car, voice over narration, prison sentence, caper, jail, parole, gangster, escape, rehabilitation ...
Time: year 1961, 1950s, 50s
Place: boston
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48%
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Villain (1971)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: It tells the story of ruthless East End gangster Vic Dakin and his plans for an ambitious raid on the wages van of a plastic factory. This is a departure from Dakin's usual modus operandi, and the job is further complicated by his having to ...
Style: neo noir, cult classic, independent film, banned
Plot: gangster, homosexuality, organized crime, gay, blackmail, heist, kitchen sink realism, mobster, british gangster, bad mother, criminal, politics ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: brighton, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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The Squeeze (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An alcoholic London ex-cop becomes involved into a kidnapping drama and tries to free the daughter of a friend from a brutal gangster mob.
Style: neo noir, poliziottesco, grindhouse, noir, offbeat
Plot: kidnapping, private investigator, dirty harry, underworld, organized crime, public nudity, ransom, hostage, gangster, private detective, woman, wealth ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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The Heist (1961)
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.
Plot: heist, caper, escape, robbery, cat, alcoholic, fight, ambulance, ferry, swindle, prison escape, illegal gambling ...
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary) (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: "Ni Pour, Ni Contre" tracks the fall of a young TV camerawoman, Caty, after she becomes involved with a group of petty criminals and their enigmatic leader, Jean. The gang lives hand-to-mouth until the day Jean plans a daring bank robbery. ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, exciting, rough, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, heist, robbery, dishonesty, murder, photojournalism, betrayal, criminal, prostitute, criminal heroes, jewel robbery, jewel thief ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: paris france, europe, france, cannes
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42%
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Grand Slam (1967)
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, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, caper, robbery, criminal, bank robber, twins, professor, chase, gang, safecracker, diamond theft, diamonds ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: brazil, las vegas, italy, rio de janeiro, new york ...
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41%
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Galia (1966)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Newly arrived in Paris, Galia lives in a small apartment near Notre-Dame cathedral. One evening, whilst walking along the banks of the River Seine, she saves a young woman from drowning. The woman, Nicole, tells Galia that she intended to drown ...
Plot: nudity, female nudity, husband wife relationship, woman, wife murders husband, drawing, orgy, seagull, nightmare, woman in a bikini, seaside, rescue from drowning ...
Place: paris france, venice, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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One Way Out (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After a man gets out of prison, he decides to go straight and leave his life of crime behind him. However, when he gets home he finds that his brother is in danger and the family farm is in foreclosure. He plans to take revenge on those responsible, ...
Style: independent film
Plot: gangster, revenge, murder, released from prison, ex convict, heist gone wrong, one last job, heist, caper, garage
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39%
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Straight Time (1978)
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, crime gone awry, going straight, dishonesty, life is a bitch, bank, betrayal ...
Time: 20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place: beverly hills, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Give Us Tomorrow (1978)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Masked intruders take the family of a bank manager hostage in order to rob his bank.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: hostage, bank, robbery, exploitation, family relations, police officer, sex scene, investigation, female nudity, home invasion, sex
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Last Tunnel (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A recently released prisoner reunites his criminal colleagues to pull off one last heist.
Style: exciting, serious, rough, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: betrayal, gang, retiring, dishonesty, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, friends, robbery, one last job, released from prison, heist, caper ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, montreal, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Loophole (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's biggest bank vaults.
Style: neo noir, independent film
Plot: heist, bank, robbery, underworld, bank robber, architecture, architect, bank robbery, flooding, flood, sewer, master criminal ...
Time: year 1981
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Alpha Caper (1973)
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.
Plot: heist, bank robber, bank, car, ex convict, hijacking, armored car, caper, probation officer, robbery, armored car robbery, bank robbery
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Ruthless (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Milan, Italy, 1967. Santo Russo, a boy of Calabrian origin, arrives north with his parents and younger brother to find better living conditions. Due to an absurd misunderstanding and his father's contempt, Santo ends up in prison, where he gets ...
Style: realistic, harsh, suspense, serious, tense ...
Plot: drug lord, mafia, mob boss, italian mafia, bank robbery, gunfight, robbery, anti hero, mobster, life philosophy, organized crime, ambition ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 60s, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Sewers of Paradise (1979)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In July of 1976, the Societé Générale of France was robbed of well over $10 million dollars by a group burrowing through the sewers of Paris. This movie is based on a book by the thieves' mastermind, Albert Spaggiari. The famous theft won ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, caper, robbery, bank, dishonesty, criminal heroes, rivalry, chases and races, master criminal, shop owner, planning, tunnel ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, nice france
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Young Dillinger (1965)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The 1930s outlaw (Nick Adams) teams up with Pretty Boy Floyd (Robert Conrad), Baby Face Nelson (John Ashley) and Homer Van Meter.
Style: psychotronic, independent film
Plot: crime spree, heist, informant, prison escape, prison warden, robbery, prison, betrayal, gangster, federal bureau of investigation, moll, pregnancy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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