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Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, heist film
Master thief Thomas Taylor (Slater) is released on parole. Later, he uses his job as a Paramedic to rob an off-track betting office, inadvertently stealing cash that a corrupt FBI agent named 'Cornell' (Kilmer) had planned to steal himself…
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Crime Comedy, comedy film, comedy thriller, heist film
The Byzantine Fire, a sacred ruby on loan from Turkey to the United States for exhibition, no sooner arrives in Los Angeles than it is stolen by Eastern religious extremists and hidden inside the safe of a local jewelry store. When profess…
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comedy film, heist film
Arthur, due for release from prison in four days' time, escapes to join his accomplice Anatole in robbing a night train carrying millions in cash from Paris to Brussels. The money belongs to NATO and in charge of its transit is Colonel Mat…
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Heist, Komödie, comedy film, drama film
The film follows the story of two women living in London, Shannon and Frances, attempting to con a group of gangsters, led by Kerrigan and Mason, into giving them £1,000,000 after they overhear a conversation between gang members during a …
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Komödie, comedy film, heist film
Sheila Rilo is a bank teller at Desert Savings Bank in a small desert town. Her boyfriend is Rick Becker, the bank manager who was informed by his superiors that he would be fired if the bank's ATMs were to be robbed just one more time. Sh…
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War Film, drama film
In May 1940, as the German invasion of the Netherlands is under way, the British government decides to send a team to the Netherlands on board to secure stocks of industrial diamonds before the invaders can get to them. According to this p…
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Film Noir, Gangster Film, Thriller, crime film
Diner waitress Bonnie Parker is just as tired of her job in 1932 Texas as she is of customers like Guy Darrow, who try too hard to make her acquaintance. When she goes too far, fending off Guy with hot oil, Bonnie is fired. With her husban…
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Action, Drama, action film, adventure film, heist film
During a period of sluggish economy and high unemployment, four friends—Stone, Tony, Dan and Rockney—gather for a fishing trip. The weekend getaway is a cover: they are really planning to fly to Colombia to rob a drug lord. They meet with …
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Western, Western film
A census taker arrives in the Texas town of Cold Iron, population 754. Seeking a cold beer, he enters the local bar and notices a painting of a violent street fight with a gun hanging above it. The bartender explains the story behind the p…
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Crime Comedy, Heist, heist film, parody film
In England, a small-time diamond merchant is unexpectedly offered the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of an extremely large diamond to be named after its wealthy owner. When the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed in…
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Criminal Comedy Film, crime film, heist film
Pinky is released from prison and has decided to go straight from now on, but takes a job as a maintenance man at a large bank, which gives him a lot of undue attention from "Ivan the Terrible", the local hoodlum. By using Pinky, Ivan hope…
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action film, crime film, drama film, heist film
Harlan B. Hollis struggles to stay alive when a jealous public relations manager hires a team of assassins to kill him. The manager, also Hollis' brother-in-law, resents Hollis for making the film Gone in 60 Seconds, which is premiering at…
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Caper-Movie, Western, heist film
In 1898, two men are released from the Arizona Territorial Prison. One, mining engineer and geologist Peter Van Hoek, nicknamed the "Dutchman", tells the warden he was framed for the robbery of a gold shipment from the Lisbon Mine. The oth…
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Action Comedy, LGBTQ-related film, action film, heist film, thriller film
During World War II a crew of Wehrmacht soldiers driving a cargo truck is stopped by a road block of SS commandos who hijack the cargo and kill the passengers. In 1975, Harry Morgan and Sylvester "Sly" Wells plan to recover the cargo - six…
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heist film
IRS agents send a private eye (Dylan McDermott) to Mexico to recover money laundered by a banker (Jessica Harper) and her sidekick (James Russo).
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Komödie, heist film, romantic comedy
Harry Lucas (Jim Hutton) works at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. He has an admirer in sweet co-worker Verna Baxter (Dorothy Provine), who tries to woo him by giving him home-made, yet famously inedible fudge, but …
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Crime, heist film
In a Miami hotel room, insurance agent Andy Hammon surprises Tony Lacava, a jewelry fence, at gunpoint and retrieves a diamond necklace that Lacava had concealed under his clothes. While working at a garage, Hammon encounters Paula Booth, …
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Biographical picture, biographical film, bushranging film
After two years on the road and with the law closing in around him, Ben Hall has gone in hiding and is considering surrender. However, he is drawn back into bushranging by the reappearance of his old friend and gang member, John Gilbert. R…
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LGBTQ-related film, heist film, horror film, slasher film
In a cabin by Cutter's Creek, bank robbers Denise, Vale, and Paulie are murdered by an axe-wielding serial killer known as the Axeman. Later, a group of friends led by Brian arrive at a nearby cabin. After settling in, Brian mentions that …
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Crime, Film Noir, Thriller, film noir, heist film
In Los Angeles, criminal mastermind Dave Purvis devises a scheme to rob an armored car on its last pickup of the day at Wrigley Field. He recruits Benny McBride, who brings fellow low-level professional crooks Al Mapes and Ace Foster to co…
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Heist, drama film, film noir, heist film, thriller film
Four friends enrolled at Midwestern University—Brick, Al, Ronnie and Roy—visit the Harold's Club casino in Reno, Nevada, during a weekend trip. After an hour of gambling and socializing, Ronnie is broke. He and Roy go to the cashier's wind…
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Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir, heist film, romance film
Roy "Mad Dog" Earle, an aging bank robber, intends to pull off one last heist before retiring. Sprung from prison by crime boss Big Mac, Earle agrees to plan the robbery of a resort hotel. His partners include the hotheaded Babe Kossuck, e…
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Film Noir, drama film, film noir, heist film
Insurance investigator Joe Peters and his partner Harry Miller solve a lucrative recovery case and prepare to fly home. At the airport, Joe meets Diane who, lacking enough money to afford a ticket, pretends to be Joe's wife without his kno…
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Heist, Romantic Comedy, romantic comedy
Viennese Baroness Teri von Horhenfels relieves the boredom of her marriage to her rich but dull older husband with love affairs. One day, she meets both her husband and a current lover, Paul, at an exclusive jewel shop, where the baron is …
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