Movies like The Old Man & the Gun
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The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
52K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are a detective, who becomes captivated with Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and a woman, who loves him in spite of his chosen profession.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, exciting, tense, humorous, detective, funny, dramatic, art house, cult classic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bank robber, prison, old man, bank, heist, widow, pursuit, criminal, investigation, lie, chase, secret, evidence, police detective, love, obsession, couples, escapades, car chase, manhunt, interracial marriage, flashback, career criminal, true crime, gang ...
Time:
year 1936, year 1979, year 1960, year 1942, year 1945, year 1966, year 1957 ...
Place:
usa, dallas texas, texas, columbus ohio, california, san francisco, montana ...
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Most similar movies to The Old Man & the Gun
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspense, cult classic and interesting films with plots about gun, money, prison, police officer, husband wife relationship, cigarette smoking and robbery mostly in Crime, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like The Old Man & the Gun: Bandits (2001), Out of Sight (1998), Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013), Conviction (2010), Logan Lucky (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Two bank robbers fall in love with the girl they've kidnapped.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, hilarious, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
heist, robbery, prison, friendship, bank robbery, bored housewife, on the run, stockholm syndrome, hostage, caper, home invasion, unhappy marriage ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, california, usa, mexico
Similarity:
100%
105K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, entertaining, neo noir, witty ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night
Plot:
heist, prison, bank robbery, hot and sexy, robbery, fbi, runaway, love story, making love, hotel, crime gone awry, opposites attract ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
usa, miami, michigan, florida, detroit
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met.
Style:
tense, cult classic, visually stunning, melancholic, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
police officer, fugitives, passion, prison, love triangle, chase, criminal heroes, escapades, on the road, storytelling, love, relationships ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
texas, midwest, usa
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, inspirational, touching, sad ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
legal, lawyer, courtroom drama, fighting the system, trial, prison, injustice, false accusation, hopes, court, strong female character, freedom ...
Time:
year 1995, year 2001, year 1989, year 1992, 90s ...
Place:
massachusetts, rhode island, usa, boston
Similarity:
54%
176K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Style:
black comedy, suspense, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night
Plot:
prison, heist, prison escape, prison riot, bartender, father daughter relationship, robbery, auto racing, mountain, money problems, ex husband ex wife relationship, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017
Place:
west virginia, north carolina
Similarity:
53%
298K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Set in the 1930s this intricate caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on a vicious crime lord who murdered one of their gang.
Style:
witty, captivating, entertaining, surprise ending, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gambling, revenge, con artists, murder, twists and turns, caper, con man, gangster, chase, cons and scams, casino, organized crime ...
Time:
1930s, year 1936, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
chicago, usa, persia, new york, illinois
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not ...
Style:
clever, exciting, captivating, entertaining, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
con artists, adaptation, master criminal, creativity, deception, fbi, fraud, con man, impostor, prodigy, business, biopic ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1967, 70s, year 2002 ...
Place:
los angeles, new orleans, new york, washington d.c., france ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Bonnie and Clyde is based on the true stories of the gangster pair Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow who in the 1930s began robbing banks in U.S. cities until they were eventually killed. The film is a major landmark in the aesthetic movement known as ...
Style:
road movie, controversial, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
lovers on the run, on the run, heist, bank robbery, fugitives, gang, true crime, bank robber, shootout, great depression, love and romance, crime spree ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place:
texas, oklahoma, missouri, midwest, usa ...
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three senior citizens in their 70s who live together are slowly decaying in endless days with nothing to do but feed the birds. One of them comes up with an idea - rob a bank. They certainly could use the money if they get away with it and if they ...
Style:
light, realistic, touching, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
heist, senior citizen, bank robbery, robbery, caper, aging, elderly, bank, bittersweet, bank robber, twin towers, hidden treasure ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, usa, new york state, new york
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of teenager, Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
Style:
suspense, hood, disturbing, retro, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fbi, informant, father son relationship, drug traffic, buddies, culture clash, drug crime, fbi agent, teenager, uncle nephew relationship, teenage boy, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 1986, year 2014, year 2017 ...
Place:
las vegas, ohio, michigan, detroit
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A father lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and con man in order to provide for his daughter.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, f word
Plot:
cons and scams, father daughter relationship, family relations, counterfeiter, fraud, money problems, family secret, social problems, con artists, investigative journalism, frog, skinny dipping ...
Time:
year 1985, year 1975, year 1981, year 1992, 70s ...
Place:
minneapolis minnesota, taj mahal, minnesota
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style:
clever, cynical, captivating, motivational, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
money, corruption, wall street, business, rise and fall, addiction, stock market, stock broker, success, wealth, greed, rags to riches ...
Time:
80s, year 2013, 90s, 20th century, year 1987 ...
Place:
new york, usa, geneva switzerland, big ben london, italy ...
Similarity:
50%
16K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA, Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages ...
Style:
dark comedy, captivating, tense, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
stockholm syndrome, bank robber, hostage, bank, bank vault, criminal, negotiation, criminal as protagonist, hostage situation, bank robbery, lovers, ransom ...
Time:
year 1973, 90s, 70s
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In Depression-era America, Bonnie Parker met Clyde Barrow over a cup of hot chocolate, and it was love at first sight. Their violent courtship took them through bank robberies, prison and a multi-state crime spree, securing their place in history as ...
Style:
independent film, freeze frame
Plot:
serial killer, robbery, killing spree, gunfight, true crime, narration, domestic abuse, voice over narration, man hits a man, police captain, living together, pursuit ...
Time:
1920s, year 1932, year 1929, 1930s, year 1934 ...
Place:
new mexico, louisiana, indiana, missouri, texas ...
Similarity:
49%
104K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of the awakening of the painter, Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
Style:
thought provoking, suspense, serious, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
painter, art, painting, artist, biopic, plagiarism, abusive husband, couples, courtroom, manipulation, art history, marriage ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 20th century, year 2014, 1900s ...
Place:
hawaii, san francisco, california, usa, honolulu hawaii ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A night guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history.
Style:
humorous, suspense, stylized, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
heist, armored car robbery, robbery, stupidity, workplace, surveillance, twists and turns, dishonesty, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, workplace situations, cons and scams ...
Time:
year 2016, 90s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2004 ...
Place:
southern usa, north carolina, usa, mexico
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of teenager James Burns who goes from a suburban street gang to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminals. He turns his life around in prison thanks to the unexpected friendship he forms with a convicted ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, crime drama, crying ...
Plot:
prison, mentor, friendship, prison life, criminal, confined, teaching the ways of the world, jail, gang, drug, anger, lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and ...
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, touching, black comedy, witty ...
Plot:
infidelity, justice, profanity, eccentricity, multiple storylines, couple relations, heist, love and romance, caper, existentialism, gangster, male female relationship ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflict.
Style:
realistic, serious, talky, tense, political ...
Plot:
prison, serial killer, lawyer, politician, cruelty, judge, family relations, trial, civil rights, friendship, social activist, notoriety ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, manchester, yorkshire
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, ...
Style:
suspense, period piece, crime thriller, factual, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
bank robber, bank robbery, mafia, gunfight, criminal, robbery, group of criminals, heist, criminal heroes, great depression, gang, manhunt ...
Time:
1930s, year 1933, year 2009, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
indiana, chicago, tucson arizona, illinois, arizona ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Steve Russell is a small-town cop. Bored with his bland lifestyle, Russell turns to fraud as a means of shaking things up. Before long, Russell's criminal antics have landed him behind bars, where he encounters the charismatic Phillip Morris. ...
Style:
romantic, black comedy, funny, sweet, offbeat ...
Plot:
gay, gay love, prison, gay relationship, gay couple, lgbt, homosexual, prison life, gays and lesbians, gay lead character, couples, hopes ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 90s, year 1998, year 2006 ...
Place:
virginia, georgia, usa, key west florida, texas ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her young lover, British actor Peter Turner, quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner ...
Style:
thought provoking, touching, captivating, melancholic, neo noir ...
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, doctor, terminal illness, breast cancer, dying, femme fatale, promise, lie, mother daughter relationship, actress, life is a bitch, love ...
Time:
year 1979, year 2017, 70s, year 1981, 80s
Place:
liverpool, los angeles, new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934. After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of the men to hunt down. Waiting for him to break Federal law they sort ...
Style:
grindhouse, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, bank robbery, gunfight, mobster, robbery, shootout, great depression, gang, murder, prostitute, bank, team ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1933, year 1934
Place:
chicago, indiana, oklahoma city, usa, kansas ...
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.
Style:
cerebral, tense, dark comedy, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, hostage, bank, heist, lgbtq, hostage situation, bank robber, character study, heat wave, fbi agent, true crime, gay ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, year 1972, 70s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, persia, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
courtroom, death penalty, injustice, lawyer, false accusation of murder, defense attorney, perjury, african american, murder, prison, innocence, convict ...
Time:
year 1987, 2010s, 80s, year 2019, year 1993 ...
Place:
alabama
Similarity:
47%
25K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past.
Style:
factual, realistic, psychological, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
gangster, excrement, mafia, al capone, dementia, violence, syphilis, husband wife relationship, balloon, male protagonist, blood, criminal ...
Time:
1940s, year 1933, 1890s, 1930s, 19th century ...
Place:
florida, usa, chicago, brooklyn new york city, cleveland ohio ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Henry Manning (Paul Newman) has come up with a new way to break out of prison: fake a stroke and get transferred to a nursing home. It's a perfect plan, except for one thing: the woman assigned to take care of him at the nursing home, Carol Ann ...
Style:
clever, light, semi serious, humorous, action thriller ...
Plot:
robbery, escape, bank robbery, chase, retirement home, caper, elderly, aging, cons and scams, dishonesty, criminal heroes, couple relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, oregon, new jersey
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for her patients. Fate sets them on a hectic, exotic, and even romantic quest for stolen drugs. But they ...
Style:
humorous, road movie, romantic, melancholic, exciting ...
Plot:
american abroad, opium, unlikely friendships, happy ending, drug dealing, partner, cons and scams, dishonesty, unlikely partners, missionary, screwball, corruption ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 1930s, year 1937
Place:
china, shanghai, asia, argentina
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.
Style:
dark comedy, semi serious, suspenseful, stylized, non-linear ...
Plot:
secret agent, cia, hitman, double agent, double life, undercover, marriage proposal, kgb, spy, intrigue, profanity, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2002, 1940s, 2000s, y2k, 70s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, mexico, new york, latin america ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A rather dull minded bank robber suddenly suffers from a change of heart and decides to give the money back. However, he then learns that getting the money back into the bank is much more difficult than taking it out.
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot:
bank, partner, wedding, escape, cons and scams, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes, curses spells and rituals, babies and infants, dishonesty, fall in love, disorder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
45%
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