Movies like Life of Crime

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   King's Ransom

   Strong story similarity

   2005 · 95 min · Comedy · Crime

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   Hoping to foil his own gold-digging wife's plan, a loathsome businessman arranges his own kidnapping, only to realize that there are plenty of other people interested in his wealth as well.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared theme: kidnapping

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   Drop Dead Sexy

   Strong story similarity

   2005 · 83 min · Comedy · Crime

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   When their money scam runs aground, a group of would-be thieves turn to kidnapping in an attempt to blackmail their target.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Henry's Crime

   Similar atmosphere

   2010 · 108 min · Comedy · Crime

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   An aimless man is sent to prison for a crime he did not commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Abducted in Plain Sight

   Strong story similarity

   2017 · 91 min · Crime · Documentary

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   A family falls prey to the manipulative charms of a neighbor, who abducts their adolescent daughter. Twice.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared theme: kidnapping
   • a closely matched era

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   Kajillionaire

   Strong story similarity

   2020 · 105 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama

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   Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Lying and Stealing

   Strong story similarity

   2019 · 100 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama

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   Hoping to leave his criminal lifestyle behind him, a successful art thief teams up with a sexy con woman to pull off the ultimate heist and set himself free.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Extract

   Strong story similarity

   2009 · 92 min · Comedy

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   The owner of a factory that produces flavor extracts, Joel Reynold seems to have it all, but really doesn't. What's missing is sexual attention from his wife, Suzie. Joel hatches a convoluted plan to get Suzie to cheat on him, thereby clearing the way for Joel to have an affair with Cindy, an employee. But what Joel doesn't know is that Cindy is a sociopathic con artist, and a freak workplace accident clears the way for her to ruin Joel forever.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   The Entitled

   Strong story similarity

   2011 · 91 min · Crime · Thriller

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   Without the security of the job he wants or the future he dreamed of, Paul Dynan plans the perfect crime to help his struggling family – abduct the socialite children of three wealthy men and collect a ransom of $3-million dollars. Over the course of one long night, Paul and his accomplices hold the rich kids hostage awaiting the ransom with little idea of the secrets that will surface between the fathers when they are forced to choose between their children and their money.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • a closely matched era

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   Cecil B. Demented

   Strong story similarity

   2000 · 88 min · Action · Comedy · Crime

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   A young lunatic director and his devoted cult of cinema terrorists kidnap a Hollywood movie goddess and force her to star in their radical underground movie.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared theme: kidnapping

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    21 Bridges

    Strong story similarity

    2019 · 100 min · Action · Crime · Drama

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    An embattled NYPD detective, is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on who he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit of him.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity

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