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Komödie, Western, Western film, comedy film, heist film, treasure hunt film
Sam Whiskey, an adventurer and rogue in the Old West, is seduced by Laura Breckenridge, a wealthy widow and daughter of a prominent Oklahoma political family, into promising to retrieve $250,000 in gold bars from a riverboat that recently …
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Action, action film
In Arizona, ex-Special Forces soldier Shane Daniels (Steven Seagal) saves his wife, Holly (Aidan Dee), from a car jacking and chases the mugger (Clay Virtue) away. The mugger later ends up dead, and Shane is the sole suspect. After being l…
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Action, Drama, Heist
Inspector Ho Sheung-sang (Sean Lau) is a talented police negotiator who often goes unrecognized. He meets Cheung Wah (Andy Lau), a man with only weeks to live, who sets up an elaborate game to challenge Ho. Cheung first appears during a fa…
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comedy film, heist film, mystery film, neo-noir
Second-rate actor Jack Albany finds himself mistaken for fiendish killer Ace Williams and whisked off to master gangster Leo Smooth's fortified mansion. He is forced to continue with the charade, even when he finds he is to play a deadly r…
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Crime, comedy drama, comedy film, crime film
Dr. Clitterhouse is a wealthy society physician in New York City who decides to research the medical aspects of the behavior of criminals directly by becoming one. He begins a series of daring jewel robberies, measuring his own blood press…
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Heist, heist film
left|thumb|243px|Steve McQueen in The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery left|thumb|243px|Steve McQueen in the film Aging criminal mastermind John Egan decides to rob St. Louis' Southwest Bank, then use the loot to retire to Mexico with his long…
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Caper-Movie, Komödie, action film, comedy thriller, heist film
Taking advantage of West German bank privacy laws, several criminals use safe deposit boxes in a Hamburg bank to store large amounts of illicit cash. These include Las Vegas mobster and attorney Mr. North, a ruthless drug smuggler known as…
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Heist, Modern-Day Fantasy, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film
Michael is a talented gambler who thinks through his every move and counts only on himself. He plans a heist at a luxury European casino. He implements his scheme brilliantly, until he runs up against a mysterious rival, Alex, at a poker t…
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Gangster Film, action film, drama film, gangster film, heist film
Cousins Micky Mannock (Frank Harper) and Ray Collishaw (Craig Fairbrass) run London's top firm. But their supremacy in the capital's gangster underworld is threatened when they lose a drug shipment belonging to the Russian Mafia. They plan…
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Christmas film, Criminal Comedy Film, comedy film, heist film
Suave convict J. Chalmers "Pressure" Maxwell decides to go straight. Just before he is released from Sing Sing prison along with his none-too-bright accomplice Jug Martin, he rejects a proposal by fellow inmate Leo Dexter to rob a bank.
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Criminal Comedy Film, action comedy film
Eddie (Sam Rockwell) and Paul (Ben Schwartz) are a couple of low-level petty criminals, who are working out their parole in a New York diner. Enter British lawyer Katherine (Phoebe Fox), who offers them ready cash to come to London and int…
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Heist, crime film, drama film, heist film
The story revolves around Steve Skorsky, who has built himself a reputation in security transport for financial institutions. His security trucks are considered impregnable with armed guards and computer controlled routing. No one has ever…
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Crime Comedy, comedy film, heist film
The film is told primarily in flashback, as the film first follows a hitman, Critical Jim, who follows and holds at gunpoint a man he believes is Cletis Tout - but who actually is Finch. Because Critical Jim is so fond of film noir and oth…
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Drama, comedy film, drama film
Daphne Vitale (Emily Beecham), a witty, funny, and life of the party young woman, is navigating the complex world of contemporary living. She is caught up in the daily rush of her restaurant job and a nightlife kaleidoscope of new faces, b…
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Komödie, comedy film, heist film
Sid, Russ and Jerry are three wannabe criminals looking for easy money to break out of their nowhere lives. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist that exposes their incompetence, they are convinced they can pull off an armored-truck robber…
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Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film, film noir, heist film
Johnny Bannion is a career criminal with an entourage of minor criminals and fast girls. After being paroled from a three-year stint in prison, he begins planning his "comeback"a racetrack heist for £40,000. He successfully plans and execu…
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Action, heist film, thriller film
In New York City, Adele Tasca is present when her husband is murdered by a letter bomb. She suspects the reclusive billionaire Karl Stegner, his former employer, of committing the assassination. She learns that her husband, who worked as a…
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Crime, Criminal Comedy Film, comedy film
A clueless, aspiring criminal named John "Rugged" Rudgate spends his days forging rebate coupons and selling speakers out the back of his van. One day, Rugged runs into an old acquaintance, the dim-witted Jeff Lagrand, who recently returne…
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Christmas film, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, drama film, heist film
A twelve year-old witnesses a bank robbery committed by a man dressed as Santa Claus during a 'Santa Dash' and follows the robber only to also meet a man claiming to be the real Father Christmas.
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Crime, Thriller, heist film
Four crooks, Johnny Mellors, Monty, Blackie, and Bert, devise a plan to rob a payroll van with the assistance of Dennis Pearson, an accountant working at the targeted firm. Pearson is compelled to support his wife Katie, who desires a more…
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Sci-Fi, science fiction
Action, Action Comedy, Dark Comedy, Gangster Film, Modern-Day Fantasy, action film, comedy film, crime film
Arvid (Dejan Čukić), a bank teller, is constantly harassed by people he meets and looked down on by his girlfriend Hanna for being too boring and dull. Hoping to put some excitement in his life, Arvid helps stop a robbery at the bank. Howe…
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Komödie, comedy film
Gang leader "Alphonse" Askett, who operates under the guise of a hairdresser, is contacted by his anonymous employer, a secret mastermind, on a plan for a major train robbery. The gang are instructed to rob a mail van of £2.5 million, and …
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Crime, Drama, blaxploitation film, crime film, drama film, heist film
Sidney Lord Jones is a convicted felon who is granted an early release by the parole board in San Quentin. While imprisoned, he learns about the underworld diamond trade from reading and studying trade magazines. It motivates him to plan a…
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