Palookaville

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Palookaville (1995)

Comedy, Crime

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2025 ★ 6.4

A routine cash pickup takes a wild turn when mismatched armored truck drivers Russell and Travis are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by savvy mastermind Zoe.

Fun with Dick and Jane

Fun with Dick and Jane

1977 ★ 6.6

When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

High Life

High Life

2009 ★ 6.0

It's 1983, and hopeless junkie Dick gets an unwelcome visit from the past - his seriously sleazy former cellmate, Bug, to be precise. Bug requires a crash course in the 80s: different music, different drugs, and machines in walls that dispense money. The latter development gives Dick an idea.

Criss Cross

Criss Cross

1949 ★ 7.1

An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.

Raising Arizona

Raising Arizona

1987 ★ 7.1

When a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their lives grow more complicated than anticipated.

68 Kill

68 Kill

2017 ★ 5.9

Chip's problem is that he can't say no to beautiful women. This weakness gets him into a world of trouble when he agrees to help his girlfriend steal $68,000.

Baby Driver

Baby Driver

2017 ★ 7.4

After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

From Noon Till Three

From Noon Till Three

1976 ★ 5.9

Bank robber Graham Dorsey spends a few hours with beautiful widow Amanda Starbuck, in which time his gang takes part in a disastrous holdup. Learning of his comrades' demise, Dorsey goes on the lam. Believing her short-term lover was killed by the law, Amanda decides to make the most of having had a liaison with the supposedly deceased desperado by writing a book about him. Much to his confusion, the still-living Dorsey watches as his name becomes legendary.

2 Guns

2 Guns

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A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.

The Doberman Gang

The Doberman Gang

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After a failed bank robbery, an ex-con, an ex-waitress and a few of their friends train a pack of doberman dogs to rob a bank for them.

Play Dirty

Play Dirty

2025 ★ 6.6

Expert thief Parker gets a shot at a major heist, but to pull it off he and his team must outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob, and the world's richest man.

Henry's Crime

Henry's Crime

2010 ★ 5.8

An aimless man is sent to prison for a crime he did not commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing.

Money Train

Money Train

1995 ★ 5.9

When a vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares, his foster brother—a fellow cop—tries to protect him.

Wheelman

Wheelman

2017 ★ 6.1

A getaway driver for a bank robbery realizes he has been double crossed and races to find out who betrayed him.

The Killers

The Killers

1946 ★ 7.4

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.

The Pope of Greenwich Village

The Pope of Greenwich Village

1984 ★ 6.4

Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.

Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir Dogs

1992 ★ 8.1

A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.

Birthday Girl

Birthday Girl

2001 ★ 5.9

John is a mild-mannered banker who has never been lucky in love. Fed up with waiting for the right girl to come along, John takes a chance on a Russian mail-order bride arranged via the Internet, where he is introduced to Nadia. John's fondness for Nadia grows... until the sudden arrival of Nadia's gregarious cousins makes John realize that he's in over his head.

The Art of the Steal

The Art of the Steal

2013 ★ 6.2

Crunch Calhoun, a third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief, teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in the world. But it's not just about the book for Crunch — he's keen to rewrite some chapters of his own past as well.

Knockaround Guys

Knockaround Guys

2001 ★ 6.0

Four sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.

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