Movies like The Perfect Host

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   Let's Be Cops

   Strong story similarity

   2014 · 104 min · Comedy

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   Best pals Ryan and Justin are stalled in their respective careers -- a fact that is painfully driven home when they go to a college reunion. Dressed as police in the mistaken belief that they were to attend a costume party, Ryan and Justin find that the uniforms earn them much respect and attention. Although Justin is uncomfortable with the idea, Ryan decides to continue with the charade, putting them both in increasingly dangerous situations. When these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.

   Why it connects

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

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   Home Invasion

   Strong story similarity

   2016 · 88 min · Crime · Horror · Thriller

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   Terror arrives at the one place we all feel safest... When a wealthy woman, Chloe, and her stepson, Jacob, are targeted by a trio of expert thieves in their remote mansion, her only form of help comes from a call with Mike, a security systems specialist. But as the intruders become increasingly hostile and the connection wavers, will she trust him to be her eyes and navigate her to safety?

   Why it connects

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

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   Lost in the Sun

   Strong story similarity

   2015 · 95 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   A small time crook and a newly-orphaned teenage boy team up to perform a string of robberies.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared heist movie style
   • shared theme: robbery

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   Stolen

   Strong story similarity

   2012 · 96 min · Action · Crime · Thriller

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   Master thief Will Montgomery is just released from the State penitentiary after serving a 10 year sentence, is contacted by Vincent, his ex comrade in crime, who is holding Will’s teenage daughter ransom in a hijacked taxi cab. Vincent will only surrender her when Will reveals the whereabouts of the 20 million dollars he contrived to conceal from their last robbery.

   Why it connects

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

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   Path of Egress

   Strong story similarity

   2018 · 110 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   Three close friends and their relationship to a heist pulled a few days prior, questions the job's true value. With the payout just around the corner, how much can each man's involvement be worth?

   Why it connects

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

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   Another Day in Paradise

   Strong story similarity

   1998 · 101 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   In the hope of a big score, two junkie couples team up to commit various drug robberies which go disastrously wrong, leading to dissent, violence, and murder.

   Why it connects

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

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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: criminal and robbery
   • shared heist movie style

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   Palookaville

   Strong story similarity

   1996 · 92 min · Comedy · Crime

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   Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence as criminals, a fateful event (and an old black-and-white film) convinces them that they can pull off an armored-truck robbery. While they are busy plotting their caper, their dysfunctional families spin out of control, all around them.

   Why it connects

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

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   Foolproof

   Strong story similarity

   2003 · 94 min · Action

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   Kevin, Sam and Rob have an unusual hobby: planning foolproof heists, without intending to actually perform them. The game goes wrong when their latest plan is stolen and carried out. Things get even worse when a mysterious man approaches them with an offer: plan a heist for him, or go to jail. As the clock ticks, they find that the risk might be higher than just their freedom.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared heist movie style

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    Bad Samaritan

    Strong story similarity

    2018 · 111 min · Crime · Drama · Horror · Thriller

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    A thief makes a disturbing discovery in the house where he breaks in. Later, when he returns to the same house with his partner in crime, things are no longer how he expected.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared genre DNA

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