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Yonkers Joe (2008)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Yonkers Joe tells the story of a dice hustler whose determination to make one last grab for a big score in Vegas is complicated by the reappearance of his estranged, mentally challenged son into his life.
Style:
touching, sentimental, serious, realistic, exciting, independent film
Plot:
casino, gambling, redemption, cons and scams, heist, family relations, parents and children, mentally challenged, hopes, one last chance, father, son, fraud, cheating, poker, hustler, partner, male nudity, con men, scam, dice, con game, dishonesty, crime, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, las vegas, usa, nevada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and humorous films with plots about dishonesty, gambling, heist, casino, criminal heroes, cons and scams and gangster mostly in Thriller, Crime and Comedy genres. Some movies like Yonkers Joe: Poolhall Junkies (2002), Shade (2003), 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001), The Art of the Steal (2013), Kaleidoscope (1966). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A retired pool hustler is forced to pick up the stick again when his brother starts a game he can't finish.
Style:
witty, clever, stylized, entertaining, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
billiards, gambling, con men, gangster, vengeance, friendship, life philosophy, underdog, money, justice, betrayal, crime gone awry ...
Time:
year 2002, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, new orleans
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-known cardsharp, in a rigged game. However, they first need ...
Style:
surprise ending, tense, intense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, poker, betrayal, vengeance, brutality, cons and scams, gangster, dishonesty, organized crime, casino, caper, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, las vegas
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all the money for himself and shot all his partners, including recently-freed ex-con Michael Zane. ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, dark comedy, witty, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, robbery, heist, casino, cons and scams, child in peril, chase, gang, crime gone awry, dishonesty, profanity, gunfight ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, idaho, seattle, nevada, usa
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29%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Crunch Calhoun, a third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief, teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in the world. But it's not just about the book for Crunch — he's keen to rewrite some ...
Style:
clever, entertaining, witty, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, art, robbery, con men, conspiracy, crime gone awry, twists and turns, motorcycle, revenge, police investigation, gang, cons and scams ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada, poland, detroit, warsaw poland
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Romantic comedy which has Barney Lincoln and Angel McGinnis as a pair of amorous adventurers in the gambling places of London and the Riviera. Barney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who scores sensational wins at poker and chemin de fer because ...
Style:
psychological thriller, semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
casino, gambling, poker, card playing, caper, heist, playboy, con artists, robbery, gambler, wedding, couples ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place:
europe, switzerland
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Four college friends become small-time bookies, only to find their world spinning dangerously out of control when their greed attracts the attention of organized crime.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
gambling, bookies, college, unlikely criminals, friendship, crime gone awry, betrayal, buddies, fish out of water, cons and scams, gambling addiction, card playing ...
Similarity:
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473
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Abel is a boxer turned debt collector who is struggling to provide for his young son. When he falls in love with beautiful car thief Kay, the couple plan for a new crime-free beginning. To fund their new law-abiding life, however, they conspire for ...
Style:
tense, sincere, bleak, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
gambling, redemption, dishonesty, crime gone awry, danger, partner, hopes, love affair, parents and children, love and romance, going straight, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, europe, barcelona
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A compulsive gambler finds his new family's safety seriously threatened by a ruthless gambling boss.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
gambling, casino, gambling addiction, card playing, poker, gambler, pregnancy, gangster, addiction, bookies, dishonesty, survival ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
27%
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478
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A painter is accused of art-forging. He thinks his girlfriend betrayed him, so it's time for revenge.
Style:
exciting, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
frame up, violent content, partner, performer's life, profanity, disorder, unlikely partners, criminal's revenge, rivalry, forgery, unlikely criminals, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Betty and Victor are a pair of scam artists. One day Betty brings in Maurice, a treasurer of a multinational company. Maurice is due to transfer 5 millions francs out of Switzerland, and Betty is convinced he plans to steal that money.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical ...
Plot:
casino, cons and scams, gambling, perfect crime, intrigue, crime gone awry, dishonesty, hidden identity, criminal's revenge, forgery, disorder, gangster ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
swiss alps, france
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A former child art prodigy and second generation petty thief arranges to buy his way out of prison to spend time with his ailing son, only to be forced to alter his plans and commit one more job for the man who financed his release.
Style:
serious, sentimental, suspenseful, touching, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
forgery, going straight, criminal heroes, family problems, child illness, terminal illness, single parent, parents and children, teenager, mafia, con artists, hustler ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, tahiti
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Danny Ocean's team of criminals are back and composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank doublecrosses Reuben Tishkoff, causing a heart attack, Danny Ocean vows that he and his team will do anything to bring ...
Style:
clever, entertaining, exciting, suspense, witty ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, boys' night, date night, teens
Plot:
heist, casino, revenge, robbery, perfect crime, mentor, caper, conspiracy, vengeance, expert, hotshot, bank robbery ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, iran, usa, north america, mexico ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A professional thief with $40 million in debt and his family's life on the line must commit one final heist - rob a futuristic airborne casino filled with the world's most dangerous criminals.
Style:
realistic, stylized, exciting, suspense, disgusting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, casino, thief, gambling, criminal heroes, robbery, caper, one last job, con artists, runaway, danger, chase ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Needing a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with a perfect poker face. The two plan a big-time scam: selling a fake Silver Certificate to currency collector William Hannigan. Rodrigo distrusts his new ...
Style:
suspenseful, tricky, psychological, talky, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
con artists, forgery, manipulation, cons and scams, heist, plot twist, justice, caper, partner, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa, argentina, california
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25%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Spanning over two decades, "For the Love of Money" follows the true account of an Israeli immigrant who searches for his piece of the American dream.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
mafia, ambition, starting over, going straight, hopes, lifestyle, profanity, criminal heroes, heist, crime family, money, hustler ...
Time:
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Place:
california, usa, los angeles, israel
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to ...
Style:
clever, witty, exciting, entertaining, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, caper, casino, thief, cons and scams, outsmarting, deception, perfect crime, twists and turns, scheme, con artists, robbery ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, iran, usa, atlantic city new jersey, los angeles ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In an effort to avoid paying off a massive gambling debt to a notorious mobster in England, a couple flees to Los Angeles and hatch a jewel theft plot.
Style:
absurd, humorous, entertaining, dark comedy
Plot:
heist, dark humor, gambling, tall woman, husband wife relationship, crime gone awry, partner, farce, fraud, caper, con woman, mafioso ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A long lucky streak makes a nice guy the target of opportunists like his brother, his girlfriend, and some guys from New Jersey.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, neo noir, ambiguous ending
Plot:
blonde, masked robber, casino, hitman, debt, shootout, femme fatale, brother brother relationship, loss of loved one, death of father, betrayal, gambling ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a bag filled with money goes missing from a casino, the Hitman (Chris O'Donnell) must retrieve it. While he tracks the stash down, the bag changes hands numerous times, finding its way to the Drifter (Jeremy Davies) and the Waitress ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, conspiracy, desert, bag of money, casino, criminal's revenge, undercover, gangster, unlikely criminals, bounty hunter, rivalry, crime gone awry ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Kirsten Dunst plays a young woman (Lidda), who is searching for her father (James Caan). She finds herself at odds with her boyfriend who wants nothing but a carefree lifestyle.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspense, independent film
Plot:
gambling, vengeance, criminal heroes, gangster, betrayal, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, parents and children, fall in love, estrangement, on the road, strip club ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Hong Kong, USA, Japan, Switzerland
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heavily-guarded casino safe in Macau. As the cops close in, old betrayals — and misunderstandings — resurface.
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, exciting, semi serious, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
safecracker, heist, caper, master thief, perfect crime, criminal gang, art theft, criminal heroes, dishonesty, gem, gold, master criminal ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
korea, hong kong, south korea, east asia, macau ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, surprise ending, tricky, serious ...
Plot:
twists and turns, gambling, con game, cons and scams, betrayal, poker, con artists, mentor, greed, crime gone awry, obsession, loneliness ...
Time:
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Place:
seattle, usa, washington state
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After a tragic accident caused by the truck of the middle-aged Carl Lee where a woman dies with a crushed stern, he is arrested and sent to the county jail. His son PJ, who works washing dishes and cleaning tables in a restaurant, feels lost, ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sincere, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Place:
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453
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Robbers Ace and Scratch are caught in the act of robbing a casino vault and are caught after a long chase by the owner of the casino, who chooses not to send them to jail but instead hires them on as security consultants. The current head of ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, hidden identity, betrayal, crime gone awry, dishonesty, buddies, rivalry, disorder, cons and scams, partner, heist gone wrong, fraud ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A professional poker player falls deep into underworld when he takes an unexpected wager from a mysterious high roller.
Style:
humorous, suspenseful, exciting, stylized, neo noir ...
Plot:
gambling, poker, down on your luck, rivalry, couple relations, crime boss, strip club, bare breasts, woman with a gun, gambler, sexual relations, power ...
Time:
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Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, melancholic, enigmatic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
gambling addiction, casino, gambling, gambler, poker, addiction, embezzlement, greed, relationships, banker, police investigation, compulsive gambler ...
Time:
80s, year 2003, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey, toronto ontario canada, new jersey ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In Las Vegas for a quicky divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Top of the World Casino, run by the shady Charles Atlas. They win big, right as the casino is being robbed. The police believe their big win was a staged ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, casino, false accusation, police investigation, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, dishonesty, chases and races, crime gone awry, partner, die hard ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Netherlands, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bringing Up Bobby is the story of a European con-artist and her son Bobby, who find themselves in Oklahoma in an effort to escape her past and build a better future. Olive and Bobby blithely charm their way from one adventure to another until ...
Style:
touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
troubled past, starting over, family relations, parents and children, haunted by the past, hopes, boyhood, christianity, mother son relationship, european, rich man, cons and scams ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
oklahoma, oklahoma city, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in carrying out three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.
Style:
entertaining, clever, stylized, exciting, tricky ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, robbery, master thief, caper, perfect crime, con artists, planning, con men, thief, art thief, fraud, jail ...
Time:
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Place:
las vegas, rome italy, paris france, europe, netherlands ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Michael Chambers has come home to Austin, Texas. To the mother who's starting a new life and the brother driven by old jealousies. To the places he remembers and the memories he can't forget. And to Rachel, the woman he married and then ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, stylized, twisted, anamorphic ...
Plot:
armored car, making love, betrayal, gambling, casino, hospital, love triangle, morality, truck, club, killer, sex scene ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
21%
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