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Normal (2026)

An unassuming substitute sheriff with a troubled past responds to a bank robbery in a small, sleepy town and unknowingly uncovers something far more explosive.

Directed byBen Wheatley

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A feature-film shortlist from the cached Film Atlas engine. The interactive map may include more titles or newer results. These are similarity matches, not a guarantee of age suitability.

  1. 01

    Den of Thieves

    Strong story similarity

    2018 · 140 min · Action · Crime · Thriller

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    A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared heist movie style
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  2. 02

    Rebel Ridge

    Strong story similarity

    2024 · 131 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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    A former Marine confronts corruption in a small town when local law enforcement unjustly seizes the bag of cash he needs to post his cousin's bail.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  3. 03

    The Order

    Strong story similarity

    2024 · 116 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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    A string of violent robberies in the Pacific Northwest leads veteran FBI agent Terry Husk into a white supremacist plot to overthrow the federal government.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared heist movie style
    • substantial genre overlap
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  4. 04

    Greedy People

    Strong story similarity

    2024 · 113 min · Comedy · Crime · Mystery

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    The eclectic residents of a small, picturesque island town must navigate a sensational murder and the discovery of a million dollars, leading to a series of increasingly bad decisions which upend the once-peaceful community.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared heist movie style
    • a closely matched era
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  5. 05

    Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws

    Strong story similarity

    2019 · 117 min · Action · Comedy · Drama · History · Western

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    A movie company comes to Oklahoma to convince legendary lawmen Bill Tilghman to star in a bank robbery silent film featuring real outlaws. Tilghman reluctantly agrees, not realizing everyone's lives will never be the same.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared themes: bank robbery and sheriff
    • shared heist movie style
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  6. 06

    The Silencing

    Similar atmosphere

    2020 · 93 min · Action · Crime · Thriller

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    A reformed hunter becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local sheriff set out to track a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: sheriff and small town
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  7. 07

    PAPER PLATES

    Strong story similarity

    2024 · 105 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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    Four robbers are stranded in a village credit union after immediately botching a would-be series of bank heists in rural midwest America.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared heist movie style
    • shared theme: bank robbery
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  8. 08

    Greenback

    Strong story similarity

    2023 · 70 min · Action · Comedy · Thriller

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    In a small Minnesota town, Jesse works as an underpaid mechanic. After a tense work day, he comes home to find his Grandma losing their house. On the search for better pay, Jesse agrees to work with his best friend Eddy. But during a job, shit gets real.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared heist movie style
    • substantial genre overlap
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  9. 09

    2 Guns

    Strong story similarity

    2013 · 109 min · Action · Comedy · Crime

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    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 money from.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared heist movie style
    • substantial genre overlap
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How these movie recommendations work

Film Atlas combines story similarity, movie metadata and TMDB relationship signals. Shared studios can support a match; audience and film-format safeguards help avoid poor fits. The explanations above come from the engine’s recorded evidence—not invented reviews.

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