Movies like Sugar & Spice

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   The Lookout

   Strong story similarity

   2007 · 99 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   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 himself caught up in a planned heist.

   Why it connects

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

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   Manny & Lo

   Strong story similarity

   1996 · 88 min · Comedy · Drama

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   A pregnant teen and her younger sister run away from foster homes and kidnap a woman whom they believe can help with the pregnancy.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: pregnancy and robbery
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   11:14

   Strong story similarity

   2004 · 86 min · Comedy · Crime · Thriller

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   Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of events of five different characters and five different storylines that all converge to tell the story of murder and deceit.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared themes: gun and robbery
   • shared heist movie style

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   Gridiron Gang

   Strong story similarity

   2006 · 125 min · Crime · Drama

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   Under the leadership of their counselor, teenagers at a juvenile detention center gain self-esteem by playing football together. Based on a true story.

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

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   The Town

   Strong story similarity

   2010 · 125 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   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.

   Why it connects

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

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   High Heels and Low Lifes

   Strong story similarity

   2001 · 86 min · Action · Comedy · Crime

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   Two friends are drawn into a seedy underworld of extortion and violence when they try to blackmail a gang of bank robbers.

   Why it connects

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

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   Flypaper

   Strong story similarity

   2011 · 87 min · Comedy · Crime · Mystery

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   A man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at a bank desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he's secretly in love.

   Why it connects

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

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   No Good Deed

   Strong story similarity

   2002 · 97 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Mystery · Thriller

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   While doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared themes: bank and robbery
   • shared heist movie style

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   Normal Life

   Strong story similarity

   1996 · 101 min · Crime · Drama · Romance

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   Chris Anderson and his wife Pam live a fairly normal life until Chris loses his job on the police force and secretly turns to robbing banks to make his wife's dreams come true. Upon discovering his secret, she joins his deadly crime wave and together they terrorize an unsuspecting suburban town.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: bank and love
   • shared heist movie style

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    Cow Belles

    Same director

    2006 · 90 min · Comedy · Family · TV Movie

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    In order to learn how to be responsible, two wealthy teen sisters are forced to work in the family business by their exasperated father. When company funds goes missing, it's up to the girls to save the day.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director

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