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The Survivors (1983)

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • 103 min
  • 18 age guide
  • ★ 5.7/10 from 119 ratings

Having both lost their jobs, two strangers become unlikely friends after a run in with a would be robber, who is actually a hitman with a grudge against the two.

Directed byMichael Ritchie

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  1. 01

    Quick Change

    Strong story similarity

    1990 · 89 min · Comedy · Crime

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    With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.

    Why it connects

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

    Johnny Handsome

    Strong story similarity

    1989 · 94 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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    A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared heist movie style
    • shared theme: robbery
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  3. 03

    Thieves Like Us

    Strong story similarity

    1974 · 123 min · Crime · Drama · Romance

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    Three criminals escape from prison and embark on a robbery spree across USA. Along the way, one of them falls in love while they plan a final heist before going their separate ways.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared heist movie style
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  4. 05

    Life Is Sweet

    Similar atmosphere

    1991 · 103 min · Comedy · Drama

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    Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, Natalie is a plumber and Nicola is jobless. This film is about how they interact and play out family, conflict and love.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  5. 07

    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
    • shared heist movie style
    • shared theme: robbery
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  6. 08

    Grand Canyon

    Strong story similarity

    1991 · 134 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama

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    The lives of six residents from different backgrounds intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center is the unlikely friendship of two men from different races and classes brought together when one finds himself in jeopardy in the other's rough neighborhood.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  7. 09

    Cadillac Man

    Shared cast

    1990 · 97 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama

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    Joe's a car salesman with a problem—he has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would be a difficult task at the best of times but Joe has to contend with his girlfriends (he's two-timing), a missing teenage daughter and an ex-wife.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a principal cast member
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  8. 10

    The Stunt Man

    Strong story similarity

    1980 · 131 min · Action · Comedy · Drama · Romance · Thriller

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    A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady while facing off with his manipulative director.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared genre DNA
    • a closely matched era
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