Movies Like The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery
If you liked The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959), a crime and thriller movie directed by John Stix and Charles Guggenheim, 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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They Live by Night (1949)
★ 6.8/10Also crimeAn 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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5 Against the House (1955)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and thrillerFormer war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
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Plunder Road (1957)
★ 6.9/10Also crimeA spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
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Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
★ 6.6/10Also crimeWhen an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
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The Glass Key (1942)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and thrillerA crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
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The League of Gentlemen (1960)
★ 7.1/10Also crimeInvoluntarily-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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LaRoy, Texas (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and thrillerBroke and depressed, Ray is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip, he must escape the actual hitman to make it out of LaRoy alive.
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Little Caesar (1931)
★ 6.9/10Also crimeA small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
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Hostile Takeover (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also thrillerFollows Pete, a professional hitman, as he faces a group of assassins after the boss of a crime syndicate suspects disloyalty due to his attendance at Workaholics Anonymous meetings.
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Each Dawn I Die (1939)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and thrillerA corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
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Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
★ 6.1/10Also crimeFive hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck.
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Wrong Cops (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also crimeA group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.
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Ocean's Eleven (1960)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and thrillerDanny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
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Pickup on South Street (1953)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller and crimeIn New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified…
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The Wild One (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also crimeThe Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes a liking to Kathie, the daughter of the local lawman, as another…
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Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)
★ 6/10Also crimeGeorge Kelly is angry at the world and scared to death of dying. A career bank robber, Kelly gets his confidence from his Thompson SMG and his girl Flo. After a botched robbery, Flo, Kelly and his gang try their hand…
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Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and thrillerWhen a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
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Cash on Demand (1961)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and thrillerA charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal £90,000.
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Two-Way Stretch (1960)
★ 6.7/10Also crimeThree criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail afterwards. First however they must…
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Nightfall (1956)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and thrillerAn innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.