Movies Like The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
If you liked The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd (1982), a movie directed by Les Rose, 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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The Newton Boys (1998)
★ 6.1/10The story of the Newton gang, the most successful bank robbers in history, owing to their good planning and minimal violence.
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The Town (2010)
★ 7.2/10A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold the manager hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with her.
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The Silent Partner (1978)
★ 7.1/10Toronto, Canada. A few days before Christmas, Miles Cullen, a bored teller working at a bank branch located in a shopping mall, accidentally learns that the place is about to be robbed when he finds a disconcerting…
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The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
★ 7.5/10Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
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The Gentlemen (2020)
★ 7.7/10American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an…
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Little Caesar (1931)
★ 6.9/10A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
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Killing Them Softly (2012)
★ 6/10Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
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The League of Gentlemen (1960)
★ 7.1/10Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field…
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How to Rob a Bank (2024)
★ 6.7/10In this true-crime documentary, a charismatic rebel in 1990s Seattle pulls off an unprecedented string of bank robberies straight out of the movies.
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Pulp Fiction (1994)
★ 8.5/10A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip…
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GoodFellas (1990)
★ 8.5/10The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
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Miller's Crossing (1990)
★ 7.4/10Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
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Knockaround Guys (2001)
★ 6.1/10Four 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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Bandits (2001)
★ 6.3/10After 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…
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Live by Night (2016)
★ 6.3/10A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.
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The Night of the Hunter (1955)
★ 7.9/10In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
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The Informer (2019)
★ 6.5/10In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the…
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Bandit (2022)
★ 6.3/10After escaping a Michigan prison, a charming career criminal assumes a new identity in Canada and goes on to rob a record 59 banks and jewellery stores while being hunted by a rogue task force. Based on the true story…
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Heat (1995)
★ 7.9/10Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the…
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The Highwaymen (2019)
★ 6.8/10In 1934, Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Texas Rangers, are commissioned to put an end to the wave of vicious crimes perpetrated by Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, a notorious duo of infamous robbers and…