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Movies Like High Heels and Low Lifes

If you liked High Heels and Low Lifes (2001), a action and crime movie directed by Mel Smith, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1How to Rob a Bank

    How to Rob a Bank (2007)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action and comedy

    Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.

  2. 2Bandidas

    Bandidas (2006)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and comedy

    When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a few good heists.

  3. 3Mad Money

    Mad Money (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and action

    Three female employees of the Federal Reserve plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed.

  4. 4Stark Raving Mad

    Stark Raving Mad (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and crime

    A crook quietly plots his revenge against the boss who murdered his brother while working for him.

  5. 5Gotcha!

    Gotcha! (1985)

    ★ 6/10Also action and comedy

    A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.

  6. 6Bandits

    Bandits (2001)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and crime

    After escaping from prison, Joe and Terry go on a crime spree, robbing banks through Oregon and California in order to finance their scheme for a new life south of the border. Unfortunately, things get more complicated…

  7. 7Red Notice

    Red Notice (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and comedy

    An Interpol-issued Red Notice is a global alert to hunt and capture the world's most wanted. But when a daring heist brings together the FBI's top profiler and two rival criminals, there's no telling what will happen.

  8. 8Johnny Dangerously

    Johnny Dangerously (1984)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and crime

    An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.

  9. 9Excess Baggage

    Excess Baggage (1997)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and comedy

    A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.

  10. 10The Ladykillers

    The Ladykillers (1955)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy and crime

    Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

  11. 11Nuns on the Run

    Nuns on the Run (1990)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and crime

    Set up by their boss to be knocked off following a final heist, soon-to-retire crooks Brian Hope and Charlie McManus get wind of their impending demise and run off with the spoils of their crime. Fleeing their boss…

  12. 12Family Plot

    Family Plot (1976)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and crime

    Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.

  13. 13Welcome to Collinwood

    Welcome to Collinwood (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and crime

    Five hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck.

  14. 14The Ladykillers

    The Ladykillers (2004)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and crime

    An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman.

  15. 15The Parole Officer

    The Parole Officer (2001)

    ★ 5.8/10Also crime and comedy

    A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law abiding lives they are now living to recover the evidence that will…

  16. 16Quick Change

    Quick Change (1990)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and crime

    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…

  17. 17Blue Streak

    Blue Streak (1999)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action and comedy

    Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of…

  18. 18The Comeback Trail

    The Comeback Trail (2020)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and crime

    Two movie producers who owe money to the mob set up their aging movie star for an insurance scam to try and save themselves. But they wind up getting more than they ever imagined.

  19. 19Tough Guys

    Tough Guys (1986)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and crime

    Harry Doyle and Archie Lang are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving their time, they are released from jail and have to adjust to a new…

  20. 20Shadow of the Thin Man

    Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and crime

    While attending a major horse race with their young son, Nick Jr., Nick and Nora Charles witnesse a shocking murder from the crowded grandstand. What first appears to be an isolated killing soon leads to a maze of…

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