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Coup (2019)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Hamburg, Germany, summer 1988. A young bank employee embezzles a large amount of money using an ingenious technique and flees to Australia, from where he phones his girlfriend to tell her what he has done so easily; but her reaction is not what he naively expected.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, thrilling, suspense, period piece, psychological, ambiguous ending, semi documentary, nostalgic
Plot:
bank robbery, heist, bank clerk, stolen money, embezzlement, money, bank robber, theft, banker, robbery, satire, stealing money, money problems, moral ambiguity, escape, double life, urban, character study, fugitive, anti hero, loneliness, investigation, summer, girlfriend, cat and mouse ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hamburg germany, germany, australia
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Most similar movies to Coup
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, satirical, semi serious and suspense films with plots about heist, satire, robbery, urban, burglar, bank robbery and criminal mostly in Comedy, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Coup: Bank Attack (2007), Heist 88 (2023), Reckless (2018), Paint It Red (2019), A New Wave (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Desperate for money to save his sick daughter's life, a father decides to rob a bank.
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, satirical, thrilling
Plot:
bank robbery, heist, attempted robbery, heist gone wrong, burglar, social problems, problem, theft, hostage situation, stolen money, escapades, robbery ...
Similarity:
95%
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:
76%
443
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A broke mechanic turns a bank loan denial into an impromptu robbery that puts him on the run with his best friend and a starlet they hold hostage.
Style:
captivating, satirical, entertaining, semi serious, disturbing
Plot:
friendship, problem, friends, teamwork, attempted robbery, escapades, money problems, satire, theft, social satire, money, financial problem ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A pair of bank robbers knock off Bohemian tenants in search for their stolen loot.
Style:
psychological, captivating, semi serious, satirical, disturbing ...
Plot:
heist, burglar, stolen money, criminal, bank robbery, problem, satire, hidden money, money, outlaw gang, organized crime, money problems ...
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A frustrated artist is convinced by his eccentric roommate to rob a bank. Having planned the crime by watching bank-robber films, the amateur heist is doomed from the beginning.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, semi serious, psychological, tension ...
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, money, escapades, burglar, money problems, attempted robbery, theft, robbery, bank robber, criminal, organized crime ...
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Kenichi Asakura is an uptight, hyper-square salesman. One day, three bank robbers commandeer his van. They are in hot pursuit of their fellow robber who has snatched the money. Unfortunately for the bank robbers, Asakura never drives over 40 km/h ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, absurd, dark comedy, road movie
Audience:
adult
Plot:
car chase, heist, stolen money, burglar, caper, chase, thief, pursuit, robbery, heist gone wrong, money, bandit ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Four men, betrayed by the bank, unite to take revenge.
Style:
light, entertaining, exciting, humorous, intense ...
Plot:
bank robbery, bank, bank robber, reluctant partners, money, robbery, attempted robbery, deception, money problems, burglar, dishonesty, fighting the system ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
This sequel to the box office hit All for One finds the previously tight-knit trio dispersed: Nikolai is on parole, while brothers Ralf and Timo are planning a heist involving the unlikely combination of unsalted butter, a strict diet and a ...
Style:
dark comedy, captivating, satirical, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
heist, money problems, criminal, satire, money, banker, theft, friendship, revenge, caper, loyalty, absurd humor ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Fueled by anger after getting fired from his bank job, a lazy banker (Mohamed Saleh) joins forces with his co-worker (Amr) and their weird friend (Ze'ro) by turning to robbery in order to fulfill their dreams. But, when they turn their master ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
bank robbery, heist gone wrong, satire, problem, banker, bank robber, escapades, bank, bank clerk, loss of job, stealing money, teamwork ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: West Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When designer Robert Meering returns from vacation, he discovers the company he worked for unexpectedly went bankrupt so he decides to visit his old boss. His former employer Banninger liquidated the company and claims that all designs of Robert are ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, suspenseful, tense, period piece
Plot:
car, car theft, organized crime, black market, anti hero, moral ambiguity, impostor, deception, investigation, con artists, materialism, social climbing ...
Place:
west germany
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
VINCENT, a struggling art-thief and failed artist, stole Malewitsch’s legendary abstract painting the „Black Square”. The sale and handover to a Russian Oligarch and his designated art expert MARTHA is set to take place on a cruise ship. When ...
Style:
captivating, satirical, semi serious, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot:
cruise ship, art theft, art thief, art, painting, plan gone wrong, burglar, heist, escapades, cat versus mouse, robbery, cruise ...
Similarity:
52%
221
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A heist movie about three groups of thieves who independently plan to rob the same bank on the same day, which causes no end of pandemonium and confusion, or does it?
Style:
dark comedy, captivating, psychological, thrilling, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, heist gone wrong, escapades, burglar, gang, organized crime, bank robber, robbery, criminal, bandit, criminal gang ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A bank robbery goes completely to pot, a pair of shoplifters get both an old man and a cop behind them. It is the beginning of this zany comedy, including the guys from boy band V6.
Style:
dark comedy, feel good, satirical, semi serious, ironic ...
Plot:
heist, satire, criminal, bank robbery, heist gone wrong, escapades, theft, robbery, irony, burglar, bank robber, christmas ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When three friends open a hot pot restaurant in a former bomb shelter, they discover it’s linked by a single wall to the bank vault next door. While deciding to take the easy money or go to the police, they find out one of the bank’s employees ...
Style:
satirical, feel good, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Plot:
bank robbery, heist, satire, encounter, unlikely criminal, unlikely criminals, humour, robbery, burglar, bank robber, criminal, stolen money ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
With the help of their mother, the Judah boys plan to rob a small mall. But when they arrive, they're met by real armed robbers.
Style:
semi serious, satirical, captivating, intense, crime drama ...
Plot:
robbery, heist, dysfunctional family, heist gone wrong, problem, burglar, theft, satire, escapades, stealing money, criminal, mother ...
Place:
england, africa, nigeria
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A German bank buys a small Spanish entity and announces to its employees that it will pre-retire them on January 1st. The cashier Galindo proposes his fellow coworkers a plan to steal a large sum of euros which will arrive on New Year's Eve.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy, lighthearted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bank robbery, heist, burglar, unlikely criminals, partner, disorder, bank clerk, sexual content, misfit partners, nude, working class, caper ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Double-crossed after a bank heist, a team of professional thieves attempts an even more challenging mission: returning the money they stole.
Style:
crime thriller, crime drama, captivating, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
bank robbery, heist, ex girlfriend, escapades, theft, burglar, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, robbery, ex couple relations, heist gone wrong, satire, stolen money ...
Similarity:
40%
250
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When his criminal father is diagnosed with dementia, a young thief plans a series of reckless heists in order to battle the disease and pay off a dangerous gambling debt.
Style:
crime drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tension ...
Plot:
dementia, heist, father son relationship, thief, family relations, relationships, gambling debt, bandit, criminal, money problems, stealing money, stolen money ...
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Riko and Kane have got it all: big dreams, no respect and a fifteen grand debt. Could things get any worse? Yes! So, it’s time to man up and finally be taken serious as “Roadmen”. Once putting their heads together on various ways to make some ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, buddy comedy, dark comedy ...
Plot:
bank robbery, heist gone wrong, heist, problem, burglar, robbery, theft, urban, misadventure, friendship, streetwise, youth culture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1980s East London, a gang of hopeless crooks become embroiled in a major gold heist.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, satirical, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
robbery, heist, gang, satire, criminal, british, gold, heist gone wrong, stealing money, burglar, criminal gang, organized crime ...
Time:
80s
Place:
london
Similarity:
38%
150
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Desperate for a real news story, entertainment journalist Mui goes to London to cover an antique auction in order to trace the path of Nine-Tailed Fox, a famous art thief who has eluded capture for decades. Playful, but clever, the Fox decides to ...
Style:
satirical, entertaining, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police, heist, art theft, reporter, hidden treasure, satire, escapades, treasure hunt, police officer, artifact, teamwork, cat and mouse ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
prague, hong kong, london, czech republic, united kingdom
Similarity:
38%
558
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The last film of Jean Gabin.
Style:
suspense, tension, twisted
Plot:
escape, prison break, heist, gold, treasure hunt, master thief, bank robbery, anti hero, cat and mouse, terrorist, criminal underworld, desperation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
38%
290
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Elliott Gould steals Army nerve gas to help him rob banks when he’s kicked out of the military after 15 years of service as a human guinea pig in its chemical warfare experiments.
Style:
dark comedy, fast paced, absurd, road movie, independent film
Plot:
bank robbery, heist, satire, dark humor, anti hero, gas, social commentary, frustration, urban, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, black market ...
Time:
year 1970, year 1975, 70s
Place:
utah
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Turkey
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An ex-thief returns for the revange of his father's murder makes an intelligent plan to reach the killer, a godfather named as Ghost. During his robbery operations, he plays with the police chief who is trying to stop him. In his final robbery, ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, robbery, heist, thief, burglar, criminal's revenge, satire, vengeance, unlikely friendships, cat and mouse, organized crime, underworld ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, absurd, light, cult classic ...
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, crime gone awry, robbery, nothing goes right, buddies, bank robber, hostage, friendship, partner, disorder, friends ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two novice thieves are plotting to rob a bank in Vancouver. A photographer snaps a shot of one thief as he is carrying the bank building's blueprints. The would-be thief then begins a relationship with the photographer and attempts to retrieve ...
Style:
independent film, period piece, lighthearted, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, photographer, money laundering, relationships, fall in love, hustler, in love, computer hacking, urban, cat and mouse, criminal underworld ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, 20th century
Place:
vancouver, macau
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Mexico
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
The plan of three small-time pickpockets to pull the heist of their lives during Christmas, posing as elves in a Christmas show in one of the most exclusive shopping centers in the city where they will collect private information from some wealthy ...
Style:
semi serious, funny, feel good, humorous, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, heist, satire, life lesson, christmas season, heist gone wrong, children, robbery, mischievous children, thief, criminal, conspiracy ...
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Two siblings, looking to escape their abusive mobster grandfather, join forces with a pair of hitmen with a knack for the theatrical in their search for a new life in this tale of crime, violence, and redemption.
Style:
tense, crime drama, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
money, violence, hitman, criminal underworld, killing, money problems, murderer, criminal, murder, intrigue, abuse, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Tim and Dan - fellow losers from a provincial town. Studies over, they don't want to work and don't have girlfriends. On the way to a dream and hope to get everything at once guys are taken to perform the task of the local bandits.
Style:
ironic, humorous, captivating, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
affair, robbery, misfit, money, friends, twists and turns, heist gone wrong, escapades, partners in crime, stolen money, heist, crime gone awry ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Bavaria's most laid-back cop returns, juggling parenting and working at the family farm with the reopening of a grisly cold case.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, thrilling, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
satire, provincial, teamwork, crime investigation, crime solving, uncover truth, investigation, private investigation, who done it, murder mystery, absurd humor, father son relationship ...
Similarity:
33%
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