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Similar Movies?

posted 13 years ago by Dobbsysugarmuffin
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I was wondering if anyone could recommend similar movies to the Ocean's series. I like the movies where "the perfect heist" is planned out, without all the guns blazing and people being shot. I prefer people using their smarts like in the Ocean's series and The Italian Job. Are there any similar movies? I'm open to all suggestions, but I do prefer newer movies. I'm not really into movies from like the 70s, but 90s-today would be great. Thanks :)

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[–] mpoconnor7 13 years ago

One movie I would recommend, that I think is one of the truly underrated films of the past decade, is The Score with Robert DeNiro and Edward Norton. It is a thinking man's heist movie, without the hipness of the Oceans movies.

[–] LauraStone1 13 years ago

I'll avoid that then, anything similar to this is bound to be boring too!

[–] Dobbsysugarmuffin 12 years ago

I'm just asking this to understand. Why do people who dislike a movie come on the message boards for that movie and make comments? I'm just wondering. I can see if you started a thread stating that you didn't like it, but why comment on a thread asking for similar movies? I never quite understood the point of trolling.

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[–] omegajedi 12 years ago

The Italian Job
Inception

Other movies that have intricate planning and attention to detail, but not so much with the heist aspect: Mission Impossible I, III, IV, and Sherlock Holmes I & II, The Prestige.

[–] enriquesinghjr 12 years ago

Matchstick Men
Confidence
The Score
The Italian Job
The Sting / old but THE BEST!
Tower Heist

[–] franzkabuki 12 years ago

Lumet´s The Anderson Tapes from 1971 is probably the closest to this, being also quite eccentric with lots of colorful characters picked up one by one to pull a similar "job". It´s obviously much lighter on the high tech stuff as well as the plotting, to a degree, but has the general moviemaking wit in spades. It´s also a more farcical and, ultimately, ironic piece in the way it also serves as sort of a commentary on the inefficiency of the law enforcement institutions. Highly recommended.

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