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LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, crime film
The story begins in London. Alan is a reserved primary school teacher with a romantic bent, moonlighting as a night DJ for a hospital where he plays the work of jazz musicians like Django Reinhardt. Beatrice is a professional thief who gai…
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Thriller, action film, heist film
After a World War II-era German submarine that has been missing for 20 years is retrieved in the Bahamas by diver Mark Brittain, the wealthy Rosa Lucchesi and her partner Vic Rossiter, who have been searching for sunken Spanish galleons, h…
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Caper-Movie, Criminal Comedy Film, comedy film, heist film
As he tries to access an ATM to retrieve his last twenty bucks, Jason “JINX” Taylor runs into a snag: the transaction fee will overdraw him, and he cannot get his money out of the bank. Jinx fumes about this and other hidden charges which …
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Film Noir, crime film, film noir
A wealthy Philadelphia man's property is left to "Sister Sara", the leader of a spiritualist group. Part of the bequest is a jewelled necklace. To steal the jewels, Nat Harbin forms a gang that includes two men, Baylock and Dohmer, and Gla…
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Action, Heist, gangster film
Gerard (Ged) Brennan and his crew are hijacking a truck, only to find it is a dummy truck that is empty to ward off hijackers for that very purpose. The next morning, the radio news announces that a "businessman" named Leo Murphy, aka Leo …
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film
In Amsterdam, Inspector Van der Valk is on the trail of a group of wealthy young men who go round attacking women for entertainment.
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Blaxploitation, Western, blaxploitation film, crime film
In Texas in 1911, Thomasine knocks out a man who attempted to force himself on her sexually without paying for her prostitution services. She is revealed to actually be a bounty hunter who used her attractiveness to lure in her latest, uns…
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Adventure, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, heist film, treasure hunt film
The film follows J.T. Striker, a Soldier of Fortune (Tony Anthony), who has been hired to assemble a group of professional thieves to retrieve the gems which are hidden inside two of the remaining four Mystical Crowns. Striker braves a mys…
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Thriller, crime film, drama film, thriller film
The story opens in Los Angeles with Dillon (Val Kilmer) who receives a phone call from Ray Burns (Mick Rossi) who has just been shot and desperately needs help. Dillon is a cleaner for a gangster named Eddie (Gabriel Byrne) and has been se…
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Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, mystery film
On the evening of November 7, photographer Sophie Jacobs and her attorney boyfriend Hugh go to dinner at a Chinese restaurant. As they travel home afterward, Sophie develops a craving for "something sweet" and stops their car at a convenie…
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Crime Comedy, Horror, comedy film, heist film, romantic comedy
Nick and Charlie, a couple of aging thieves looking for a last score before they retire, come to ritzy Palm Beach, Florida, where they have an elaborate scheme to rob a Harry Winston jewelry store. The shop is well-guarded and has high-tec…
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Heist, Thriller, action film, crime thriller film
Criminal gang leader Damien Brooks is recently out on parole. He was caught during a drug bust gone awry ten years ago. He reconnects with his old crew to find the cash they stole and buried as a result of that DEA bust.
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Heist, crime film, drama film, heist film
Bert and Jean are members of a right-wing nationalist organisation closely connected to the Organisation armée secrète. Both men are ex-military, but now find themselves on the wrong side of the law in Nice, France. Needing to raise cash t…
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Action, Caper-Movie, drama film
The plot follows a linear structure, encompassing the events of one night in a nightclub which has been hired for the night by protagonist Ben McGewan (Seann William Scott). The owner is unhappy with noise levels, fearing loss of his licen…
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Criminal Comedy Film, comedy film, heist film
Jeff Hill, a master thief known as the Jack of Diamonds, skillfully uses his acrobatic ability and cleverness to perform a series of jewel heists that target glamorous film stars such as Zsa Zsa Gabor, Carroll Baker and Lilli Palmer. While…
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Adventure, Crime Comedy, adventure film, drama film, heist film
Gerald Meldrick (Clark Gable) and "Baroness" Anya von Duren (Rosalind Russell) are jewel thieves working separately in Bombay (now Mumbai) in British-ruled India. He's posing as a Lloyd's of London detective, while she's pretending to be a…
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Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film
Jim is a car mechanic who is drawn into danger after he robs a convenience store while driving a client's bulletproof car. He returns the car to the client, Keller, who demands that he bring him a Ferrari held by a couple in the mountains.…
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Thriller, action film, heist film
Head of security Harry Webb fears that a diamond theft is about to take place at the company's major mining complex in the desert. He quickly manages to become very unpopular, particularly with Claire Chambers, a celebrated cover girl and …
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comedy film, heist film, mystery film
An Italian gangster, Cesare Celli, formerly active in Chicago but now retired in his homeland of Italy, is kidnapped by Harry Price and his gang. Much to everyone's disappointment, none of Cesare's friends or associates is willing to pay a…
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Action Comedy, Gangster Film, action film, comedy film, crime film
The film is divided in five parts: Introduction, Birthday in Malaysia, The myth of eastern Europe, Once upon a time in European Union, and Lithuanian wedding. In London, Johnny, Ben, and Tim are employed by Karl to rob an illegal poker gam…
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heist film
The plot follows the antics of three gun-toting, streetwise, saucy sisters in Swinging London in the late 1960s.
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Crime Comedy, crime film, heist film, romantic comedy film
A.J. Raffles, the celebrated cricketer, is welcomed in the parlours and country estates of high society. This circumstance he uses to his advantage in his secret career as "The Amateur Cracksman", a master burglar and safecracker who remai…
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Buddy Film, Secret Agent, action film
A suicide bomber detonates himself at a party in Java, Indonesia, and a Javanese Sultan's daughter, Sultana (Atiqah Hasiholan), is believed to be one of the unidentified victims. Jake Travers (Kellan Lutz), an American posing as a graduate…
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Crime, Criminal Comedy Film, Komödie, action film, comedy film, heist film
Michael Tremayne is booted out of Sandhurst. He and his brother David want to do something "big". They decide to commit a crime as a "grand gesture".
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