Movies Like Identity Thief
If you liked Identity Thief (2013), a comedy and crime movie directed by Seth Gordon, 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.
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Stir Crazy (1980)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and crimeNew Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their…
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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and crimeWith the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.
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Play Dirty (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also crimeExpert 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.
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Swordfish (2001)
★ 6.3/10Also crimeRogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack…
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Wardriver (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also crimeHe’s a Wardriver: a hacker who steals from banks, not people—until he’s noticed. Now the money turns violent, and the woman caught in it could save him or kill them both.
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Greedy People (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and crimeThe eclectic residents of a small, picturesque island town must navigate a sensational murder and the discovery of a million dollars, leading to a series of increasingly bad decisions which upend the once-peaceful…
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Money Talks (1997)
★ 6/10Also comedy and crimeSought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.
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The Thicket (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also crimeAn innocent young man, Jack, goes on an epic quest to rescue his sister Lula after she has been kidnapped by the violent killer Cut Throat Bill and her gang. To save her, Jack enlists the help of a crafty bounty hunter…
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Baby Driver (2017)
★ 7.4/10Also crimeAfter being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
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Wheelman (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also crimeA getaway driver for a bank robbery realizes he has been double crossed and races to find out who betrayed him.
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Midnight Run (1988)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and crimeA bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.
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Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also crimeBig Nick is back on the hunt in Europe and closing in on Donnie, who is embroiled in the treacherous and unpredictable world of diamond thieves and the infamous Panther mafia, as they plot a massive heist of the…
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Ca$h (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and comedyA stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a…
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Three Fugitives (1989)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and crimeOn his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decided to hold up the local bank to raise money so that he can keep his…
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The Ritz (1976)
★ 6/10Also comedy and crimeTo escape from a mobster, businessman Gaetano Proclo orders a cab driver to take him to a place where he can't be found. Unfortunately for Gaetano, the place turns out to be a gay bathhouse.
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and crimeA petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training…
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Palookaville (1996)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and crimeJerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence as…
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From Noon Till Three (1976)
★ 6/10Also comedyBank 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…
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Misdirection (2026)
★ 6.2/10Also crimeA desperate couple have pulled off a string of high-end break-ins to pay off a mob debt. When they attempt to rob their latest victim, they find themselves caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse. The tables are…
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Honest Thief (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also crimeA bank robber tries to turn himself in because he's falling in love and wants to live an honest life...but when he realizes the Feds are more corrupt than him, he must fight back to clear his name.