Movies Like So You Want to Be a Banker

If you liked So You Want to Be a Banker (1954), a movie directed by Richard L. Bare, 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
The Lookout (2007)
★ 6.6/10
Chris 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…
2
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
★ 7.1/10
Involuntarily-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…
3
High Heels and Low Lifes (2001)
★ 6.1/10
Two friends are drawn into a seedy underworld of extortion and violence when they try to blackmail a gang of bank robbers.
4
The Town (2010)
★ 7.2/10
A 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.
5
Bank of Dave (2023)
★ 6.9/10
The true story of how Dave Fishwick, a working class man and self-made millionaire, fought to set up a community bank so that he could help the local businesses of Burnley not only survive, but thrive. In his bid to…
6
Greedy (1994)
★ 6.2/10
Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!
7
Accepted (2006)
★ 6.5/10
A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.
8
Going in Style (2017)
★ 6.7/10
Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
9
The Beast of War (1988)
★ 7.1/10
During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains.
10
Honest Thief (2020)
★ 6.5/10
A 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.
11
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
★ 8/10
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
12
In Time (2011)
★ 7/10
In the not-too-distant future, the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest…
13
Waiting for Anya (2020)
★ 6.3/10
During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.
14
Bad Education (2019)
★ 6.7/10
A superintendent of a school district works for the betterment of the student’s education when an embezzlement scheme is discovered, threatening to destroy everything.
15
Firewall (2006)
★ 5.9/10
State-of-the-art security system creator Jack Stanfield has cemented his reputation as a man who's thought of everything. But when a criminal finds a way into his personal life, everything Jack holds dear is suddenly…
16
They Drive by Night (1940)
★ 6.9/10
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success…
17
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
★ 8.7/10
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden…
18
Criminal Activities (2015)
★ 5.9/10
Four young men make a risky investment together that gets them into trouble with the mob.
19
Horrible Bosses (2011)
★ 6.6/10
For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and…
20
2 Guns (2013)
★ 6.5/10
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…