Movies Like Dynamo
If you liked Dynamo (1989), a movie directed by Thomas Schunke, 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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2 Guns (2013)
★ 6.5/10A 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…
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Honest Thief (2020)
★ 6.5/10A 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.
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The Five (2023)
★ 5.9/10A scorned woman enlists the help of five strangers to execute a bank robbery. Tensions rise as the men anxiously await her arrival with the money, leaving the crew to wonder if they have been betrayed.
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The Getaway (1972)
★ 7.2/10A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.
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High Heels and Low Lifes (2001)
★ 6.1/10Two friends are drawn into a seedy underworld of extortion and violence when they try to blackmail a gang of bank robbers.
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How to Rob a Bank (2007)
★ 5.8/10Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.
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Heist 88 (2023)
★ 6.7/10A criminal mastermind recruits a group of young bank employees to steal 80 million dollars in one of the largest bank heist in US history.
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Rogue Trader (1999)
★ 5.9/10Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, an employee of Barings Bank who--after a successful trading run--ends up accumulating $1.4 billion in losses hidden in account #88888.
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Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
★ 7.9/10Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the…
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The Lookout (2007)
★ 6.6/10Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds…
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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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Closer to the Moon (2014)
★ 6.5/10A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of bank robbers to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie.
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Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
★ 6.2/10After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty…
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Set It Off (1996)
★ 7.2/10Four inner-city Black women, determined to end their constant struggle, decide to live by one rule — get what you want or die trying. So the four women take back their lives and take out some banks in the process.
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They Live by Night (1949)
★ 6.8/10An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
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Chappie (2015)
★ 6.8/10Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he…
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Smoke (1995)
★ 7.2/10Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate…
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Seems Like Old Times (1980)
★ 6.3/10After being falsely accused of robbing a bank, a writer seeks the help of his lawyer ex-wife to clear his name. However, hilarity ensues when he must hide from her husband, who’s throwing a party for law enforcement…
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Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
★ 6.6/10When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
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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.