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EdBear69 Apr 3, 2026 +164

Reservoir Dogs

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estheredna Apr 3, 2026 +65

LA Confidential I feel like it's kind of forgotten today, and having Kevin Spacey in a big role doen't help, but DAMN is this a good movie. 9 Oscar noms won 2.

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Superb_Plum_627 Apr 3, 2026 +2

I think the question is about movies where amateurs attempt crime. But yes, "L.A. Confidential" is great and deserves not to be forgotten.

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hnglmkrnglbrry Apr 3, 2026 +4

Don't think it counts because the story isn't told through the eyes of the criminals but rather the police trying to catch them. And their crimes don't actually go wrong they just get caught as they try and tie up loose ends. Otherwise literally every movie where criminals are arrested would count. Reservoir Dogs is told almost entirely through the eyes of the criminals and in fact even Tim Roth's character becomes a criminal during the crime gone wrong. An example of crime gone wrong would be Heat. First armored truck robbery goes wrong when Waingro kills one guard so they have to drop them all. Then it goes wrong again when Waingro drops breadcrumbs that lead to the bank shootout.

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estheredna Apr 3, 2026 +8

That would be nice but no. The cops did it. LA Confidential is a hate letter to the murderous, corrupt, evil LAPD.

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hnglmkrnglbrry Apr 3, 2026 +7

Yes. As told through the eyes of the only 3 un-hateable members of the LAPD who did not knowingly take part in any of the murder or corruption. It's not a crime gone wrong film. Even at the very end Exley calls Dudley "Rollo Tomassi" (aka the one who gets away with it) because he's about to get away with running heroin, girls, blackmailing public officials, wanton murder, and conspiracy. Nothing actually goes wrong in the commission of the crime. Exley actually has to break the law to stop him from getting away with it entirely. LA Confidential is about how crime goes right.

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Wandering__Bear__ Apr 3, 2026 +7

Don’t know if I’d call that crew regular people. Great movie though.

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SnooKiwis5538 Apr 3, 2026 +2

They are not normal people

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SirDalavar Apr 3, 2026 +104

"Snatch" has a bit and is always a classic

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hnglmkrnglbrry Apr 3, 2026 +51

Snatch is like 9 different crimes all going wrong simultaneously. Stealing diamonds, gambling, fixing fights, selling stolen goods, robbing bookies, recovering stolen diamonds, and killing Pikeys all go terribly wrong.

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jfinkpottery Apr 3, 2026 +12

Whenever you reverse, things come from behind you.

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a_noble_kaz Apr 3, 2026 +12

“This… is a shotgun, Sol.” “It’s a f****** anti-aircraft!”

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elkoubi Apr 3, 2026 +19

I'd argue Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels is even more so.

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boot2skull Apr 3, 2026 +3

I like Snatch, but I saw Lock, Stock first and I’ve always enjoyed it more. Also, a good crime gone wrong movie.

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Imverystupidgenx Apr 3, 2026 +8

Everything goes absolutely fine. They even get a dag.

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insomniakat Apr 3, 2026 +2

I named my dog Dag because of that movie 😆

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C6500 Apr 3, 2026 +3

Ya like dags?

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Imverystupidgenx Apr 3, 2026 +1

Dags…? Oh, yeah… (nods) I like dags

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sevenselevens Apr 3, 2026 +1

Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is so much better than Snatch

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ohewapwop Apr 3, 2026 +85

Dog Day Afternoon!

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fadvex Apr 3, 2026 +18

ATTICA ATTICA ATTICA! Best movie in the entire genre.

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CertifiedUnoffensive Apr 3, 2026 +3

Holy shit is this what Charlie is quoting in Always Sunny? I don’t even remember the episode but he gets really worked up and just starts yelling Attica

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1129514 Apr 3, 2026 +3

I think it's the episode where he's playing as serpico

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SeanOfTheDead1313 Apr 3, 2026 +6

C'mon, Sal! Sal!

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Rudeboy67 Apr 3, 2026 +3

Is there any special country you wanna go to?

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FloydGirl777 Apr 3, 2026 +2

“Wyoming.”

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Reasonable_Buyer2183 Apr 3, 2026 +2

that one's perfect, pacino going completely unhinged when the bank robbery turns into a circus

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NDRob Apr 3, 2026 +81

Office Space

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jfinkpottery Apr 3, 2026 +6

Hence also: Superman 3

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boot2skull Apr 3, 2026 +5

Will they go to Federal pound-me-in-the-ass Prison? Tune in to find out!

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TheNotoriousFAP Apr 3, 2026 +8

I would have never thought of this, but dammit, you're right!

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lukehardy Apr 3, 2026 +66

Lock stock and two smoking barrels

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genuineshock Apr 3, 2026 +7

"Oi! Get your fingers out my soup!"

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FiTZnMiCK Apr 3, 2026 +7

Guns for show, knives for a pro.

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NDRob Apr 3, 2026 +77

You listed several Coen Brothers but missed Burn After Reading

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Joshula Apr 3, 2026 +44

And The Big Lebowski. That has more crime going wrong than most movies of the genre, and it's a gut-buster to boot.

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veni_vedi_vinnie Apr 3, 2026 +3

Lets see: stealing the 1,000,000 from the foundation Walter and Smokey at the bowling alley Larry stealing the Dudes car and of course the Marmot within city limits Missed anything?

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Rudeboy67 Apr 3, 2026 +4

The Chinaman peeing on the Dude’s rug.

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Joshula Apr 3, 2026 +2

Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature, Dude.

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Educational-Ad-2884 Apr 3, 2026 +2

We're not talking about a guy who built the f****** railroads, man.

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gazebomarx Apr 3, 2026 +12

And No Country

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Chronic_McDavid Apr 3, 2026 +10

And Raising Arizona.

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ghost_in_th_machine Apr 3, 2026 +2

NowletsgogetNathanjr!!

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Shenanigans99 Apr 3, 2026 +10

And Blood Simple

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reillyqyote Apr 3, 2026 +3

And The Ladykillers

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Eklassen Apr 3, 2026 +2

I would say more Coen Bros. movies could qualify than couldn’t.

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NewsGrazer Apr 3, 2026 +1

“What did we learn here? Damned if I know.”

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Less_Perspective_915 Apr 3, 2026 +32

Good Time

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vo0do0child Apr 3, 2026 +2

Yeah a lot of Safdie bro's stuff honestly.

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NeuxSaed Apr 3, 2026 +31

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

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CertifiedUnoffensive Apr 3, 2026 +7

Look up the word idiot in the dictionary you know what you’ll find?

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GodlessHippie Apr 3, 2026 +1

A picture of me?

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ReallyHender Apr 3, 2026 +1

No! The definition of the word ”idiot” which you f****** are!

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Difficult-Day1857 Apr 3, 2026 +19

Goodfellas

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metalgearbayonetta Apr 3, 2026 +9

“you think I’m funny? funny how? how am i funny?”

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Annual-Ad-9442 Apr 3, 2026 +2

am I funny like a clown? do I look like a clown to you?

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SaulsAll Apr 3, 2026 +18

A slightly more comedic take on the genre: Very Bad Things

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charliehustles Apr 3, 2026 +16

Raising Arizona

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cool2hate Apr 3, 2026 +3

And also Arizona

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SolidDick Apr 3, 2026 +3

Arizona is criminally underrated. I love this movie.

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DiaDeLosMuebles Apr 3, 2026 +16

A couple of fun ones Airheads Trapped in Paradise

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desr43 Apr 3, 2026 +3

Trapped in Paradise is so underrated. We watch it every Christmas

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cupholdery Apr 3, 2026 +3

Baby's Day Out lol.

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wilsonw Apr 2, 2026 +14

Requiem for a Dream

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TheNotoriousFAP Apr 3, 2026 +2

MY ARM! MY FUCKIN' ARM!

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jinx_remover Apr 3, 2026 +11

Bottle rocket

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voivod1989 Apr 3, 2026 +10

Bound. It’s from the 90s. It’s insanely suspenseful. Takes place in an apartment building.

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ShutterBun Apr 3, 2026 +9

The Killing

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Tkatchev69 Apr 3, 2026 +7

A Fish Called Wanda

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Twistofthetit Apr 3, 2026 +8

Quick Change very funny underrated movie where the robbery goes perfectly but the getaway is where everything goes wrong. Bill Murray is so good.

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FloydGirl777 Apr 3, 2026 +2

Haven’t seen this in FOREVER!!! Thanks for the reminder.

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Athingwithfeathers2 Apr 3, 2026 +5

The Usual Suspects Mulholland Drive Lucky Number Slevin

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shogun77777777 Apr 3, 2026 +6

Hell or High Water

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Superb_Plum_627 Apr 3, 2026 +7

"Keanu" with Key & Peele

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CiriOh Apr 3, 2026 +5

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

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TheNotoriousFAP Apr 3, 2026 +2

Oldboy as well.

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ruet_ahead Apr 3, 2026 +5

How about cops? To Live and Die in LA

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neogreenlantern Apr 3, 2026 +5

Panic Room

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Firm-Loquat-7956 Apr 3, 2026 +5

Suicide Kings

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jariuana Apr 3, 2026 +10

Heat

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asleep_and_dating Apr 3, 2026 +5

Burn after Reading!!!!

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AcrylicPickle Apr 3, 2026 +3

Suicide Kings Office Space Baby Driver Boondock Saints Boiler Room Smokin Aces Killing Them Softly Novacaine

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BackRough Apr 3, 2026 +4

Any of Guy Ritchie’s early-ish stuff - Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Rocknrolla. Those are all about more or less regular people who get in over their heads. No Country for Old Men is a great one, too. The Way of the Gun is decent. It could be better, but it kinda feels like it’s trying to be a Tarantino movie, but doesn’t quite make it.

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Nizamark Apr 3, 2026 +3

Take The Money And Run

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_JimJohnny_ Apr 3, 2026 +3

Drive

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bachurito Apr 3, 2026 +3

Awww I wanted to recommend Shallow Grave.

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frognettle Apr 3, 2026 +3

Triple Frontier

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De7ille Apr 3, 2026 +3

GOODTIME

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keliez Apr 3, 2026 +3

IF you enjoy classic films, The Asphalt Jungle (1950) is quite good!

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ConstantRefills Apr 3, 2026 +3

Don’t Breathe

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esteflo Apr 3, 2026 +3

Before the devil knows you're dead. Ethan Hawke and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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spirosand Apr 3, 2026 +3

Dog day afternoon.

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SeaworthinessKey3654 Apr 3, 2026 +3

Dog Day Afternoon

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PK_Thundah Apr 3, 2026 +3

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang The Good Guys Seven Psychopaths In Bruges Snatch, kind of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels Game Night, kind of They all have a failing forward, "f*** it, we'll figure it out as we go" style.

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brktm Apr 3, 2026 +3

Asphalt Jungle

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DigitalBoy05 Apr 2, 2026 +2

Shoot em up

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Fun-Jellyfish-61 Apr 3, 2026 +2

The Getaway

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OhMissStewardess Apr 3, 2026 +2

Victoria (2015)!!! Shot all in one take. Give it a try.

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banjoist Apr 3, 2026 +2

Nyl a lesser degree, Very Bad Things

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Sunastar Apr 3, 2026 +2

Casablanca. Ilsa steals Rick’s heart, but doesn’t leave with it.

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HelpfulMalice Apr 3, 2026 +2

From Dusk til Dawn

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GrimaceMusically Apr 3, 2026 +2

“Small Time Crooks” by Woody Allen both fits your criteria PERFECTLY, while also kinda being the exact opposite of what you are asking for. It’s unfortunate that it’s a Woody Allen movie in ways everyone understands, because the cast is outstanding. Tracey Ullman and Elaine May both give outstanding performances. If you decide to watch it, DO NOT look up anything about it, you need to go in cold.

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Ren_Kaos Apr 3, 2026 +2

The Big Nothing is a personal favorite. Simon Pegg and David Schwimmer

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Cornnole Apr 3, 2026 +2

Bottle Rocket

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PenecostalPieFight Apr 3, 2026 +2

Masterminds (2016)

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mr_ji Apr 3, 2026 +2

Go

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CertainRoof5043 Apr 3, 2026 +2

The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) Pain and Gain (2013)

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MooseMalloy Apr 3, 2026 +2

Bottle Rocket Palookaville

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mabden Apr 3, 2026 +2

Bad Times at the El Royale Once Apon a Time in Hollywood The Wild Bunch

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ThePrideOfKrakow Apr 3, 2026 +2

Alpha Dog

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chris00ws6 Apr 3, 2026 +1

F*** this movie hits too hard based on a true story.

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dbldown7 Apr 3, 2026 +2

Home Alone... Those poor Wet Bandits

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duffeldorf Apr 3, 2026 +2

* Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels * Snatch * The Gentlemen * Layer Cake * Two Hands * Burn After Reading Pretty much, Guy Ritchie and The Coen Brothers will have you covered

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rightsomeofthetime Apr 3, 2026 +1

Shout out for Two Hands! Australia's contribution to the genre. Kinda Heath Ledger's big break.

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revdon Apr 3, 2026 +2

Disorganized Crime The Killing Take The Money and Run DownTwisted What’s Up, Tiger Lily? Blood Simple Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead The Two Jakes Logan Lucky Charlie Varrick Quick Change The Boondock Saints GO Body Heat Family Plot Body Double The Last Word Hopscotch Taking Care of Business Running Scared The Last of Sheila DeathTrap A Shock to the System The Man With Two Brains No Deposit, No Return Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid

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byrichard Apr 3, 2026 +1

Destroyer with Nicole Kidman

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According-Report6898 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Gone baby gone

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thejokerofunfic Apr 3, 2026 +1

Foreign stuff good? You want Gonin. Five broke guys decide to try and rob and scam the yakuza. It does not go according to plan naturally. Basically evolves into a horror film for the five afterwards. *Not* for the faint of heart, some violent onscreen SA and plenty of other disturbing imagery, but very good and very what you asked for.

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OKsurewhynotyep Apr 3, 2026 +1

This is kind of the opposite but, Very Bad Things.

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cool2hate Apr 3, 2026 +1

Arizona

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michaelyup Apr 3, 2026 +1

The Price We Pay

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fingerblastders Apr 3, 2026 +1

Bullet Head

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AsmoTewalker Apr 3, 2026 +1

Quicksand starring Mickey Rooney.

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Loaf235 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Number 37 (2018), a South African film. Pretty damn stressful but it's a fun concept of a blackmail scheme going more awry as the story progresses.

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res30stupid Apr 3, 2026 +1

It's a murder mystery but this is basically what Death On The Nile is. Same with Evil Under The Sun.

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StyleMajestic3555 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Uncut gems

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kennedye2112 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Wild Things Reindeer Games Stone (I grabbed it from Netflix a long time ago based on the trailer but still haven't gotten around to watching, but I think? it fits the bill)

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HaileyReeBae Apr 3, 2026 +1

Eddington starring Joaquin Phoenix.

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Slight_Bonus6518 Apr 3, 2026 +1

The Town

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roca___wear Apr 3, 2026 +1

Lost Junction

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StopSpinningLikeThat Apr 3, 2026 +1

Savannah Smiles (1982)

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engineered_academic Apr 3, 2026 +1

The Departed/Infernal Affairs depending on if you like subtitles or not.

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Fajitas_Recipe Apr 3, 2026 +1

Burn After Reading. Great performances from Connery, Pitt and Malkovich. Worth a watch.

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Sad_Alfalfa6007 Apr 3, 2026 +1

The Anderson Tapes

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Weary-Western8159 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Not quite sure if this counts but The Roofman is one that comes to mind

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Scannerguy3000 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Panic Room

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PenecostalPieFight Apr 3, 2026 +1

The Killing (1956)

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Malnurtured_Snay Apr 3, 2026 +1

I'd put Snatch on this list.

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PM_ur_butthole_2me Apr 3, 2026 +1

Dumb and Dumber

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Innsmouth_Swimteam Apr 3, 2026 +1

* **Logan Lucky**

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flamingoal7 Apr 3, 2026 +1

American animals, shocked I didn’t see this in the comments yet

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PenecostalPieFight Apr 3, 2026 +1

Two Soderbergh’s: Logan Lucky and The Informant!

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that1tech Apr 3, 2026 +1

Airheads! The best Steve Buscemi, Brendan Fraser, Adam Sandler movie! Please know that I mean those 3 together not as individuals

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vmx12 Apr 3, 2026 +1

True Romance 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag Hell or High Water

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NerdfestZyx Apr 3, 2026 +1

Body Double (1984)

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Estoye Apr 3, 2026 +1

What’s that cheerleaders-holding-up-a-bank one? Edit: Sugar and Spice (2001)

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scrupoo Apr 3, 2026 +1

Hard Eight

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Ambitious-Ganache891 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Payback

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shrimpcest Apr 3, 2026 +1

Blue Streak

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MN_311_Excitable Apr 3, 2026 +1

Horrible Bosses

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Eklassen Apr 3, 2026 +1

Okay, here are some really recent films (2020 onward) that I think might fit, but it has been a while on a lot of them so let me know what you all think… 1. Strange Darling 2. No Other Choice 3. Caught Stealing 4. Last Stop in Yuma County 5. Crumb Catcher 6. Red Rooms 7. Love Lies Bleeding 8. The Rip 9. The Killer 10. Lowlives

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gracecase Apr 3, 2026 +1

Disorganized Crime. It's in the title and it's hysterical.

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HorizontalBob Apr 3, 2026 +1

Guy Ritchie - Snatch and Lock, Stock, and 2 Smoking Barrels Nic Cage - Red Rock West, Arizona Parker books by Westlake movies - while Parker's a professional, things are always going wrong and he gets screwed over. Parker has been played by a lot of people.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_(Stark_novels_character)

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Admirable_Permit2516 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Good time

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bTz442 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Things to do in Denver when you're dead

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eans-Ba88 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Sew torn. Maggie moore(s). Masterminds.

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Wonderful_Site5333 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Body Heat(1981) Neo Noir e***** thriller starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner(her first role). Hurt plays a sleazy smal town lawyer who starts a torrid affair with a rich man's wife. Amazing supporting cast. The Getaway-1972. Sam Peckinpah directs Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw in a violent robbery gone wrong tale.

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secret-agent-t3 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Hell or High Water. Surprised that isn't higher on the list

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JaBeXoN Apr 3, 2026 +1

Scarface & Blow

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smitty9112 Apr 3, 2026 +1

I recently watched the Korea movie, Time to Hunt. Enjoyed it a lot and think it fits in with this. A group of four teenagers rob a gambling house and then get pursued by a former cop turned contract killer.

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GodEmperorBrian Apr 3, 2026 +1

Hell or High Water

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_Trael_ Apr 3, 2026 +1

Dog's Breakfast <<-- that right there

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zudoplex Apr 3, 2026 +1

Sympathy for mr vengeance

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bindrtwine Apr 3, 2026 +1

Fargo season two nails it

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AlmightyOz Apr 3, 2026 +1

Blue Ruin

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Diglett3 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, which is the first entry in Park Chan-wook’s Vengeance Trilogy (you may be familiar with its middle entry, Oldboy) is the epitome of this. Fair warning it’s one of the most brutal watches I’ve ever had, not because it’s ultraviolent (it’s not really) but because of the sheer bleakness of what happens.

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DoubleVoice6067 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Very Bad Things 1998 should be at the top of the list

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bitesized314 Apr 3, 2026 +1

If you could enjoy detective mysteries, the Knives Out series is great.

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HeartyBeast Apr 3, 2026 +1

In Bruges

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mechant_papa Apr 3, 2026 +1

The league of gentlemen

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BookkeeperCalm9849 Apr 3, 2026 +1

I think this is most crime movies. It’s either this or Oceans 11

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BooRand Apr 3, 2026 +1

Blood simple, sorcerer, the silent partner

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thefuzzybunny1 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Hell and High Water

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tendy_trux35 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Can’t believe I haven’t seen Den of Thieves mentioned yet! Disclaimer - I haven’t seen the sequel only the first

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ILikeYourHotdog Apr 3, 2026 +1

9 to 5 with Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin. I was a kid when I saw it, but it twisted me all up with the tension.

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rud12c4aBJ_ Apr 3, 2026 +1

Home Alone 😆😆

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boot2skull Apr 3, 2026 +1

How about a professional mercenaries do a mission and several things go wrong, movie? If so, try Ronin.

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Alarming_Ad1746 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Dial M for Murder

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LimaOskarLima Apr 3, 2026 +1

If youre open to a bit more cyberpunk, Hotel Artemis is a good watch! Not exactly normal people, but definitely fits the "crime gone wrong" aspect.

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comish4lif Apr 3, 2026 +1

Quick Change

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MovieMike007 Apr 3, 2026 +1

The Hot Rock (1972) This is a fun Robert Redford and George Segal comedy.

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raresaturn Apr 3, 2026 +1

Heat

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Enkiduderino Apr 3, 2026 +1

Pain and Gain is a lot of fun.

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liquid_rotisserie Apr 3, 2026 +1

2/3 of Run Lola Run.

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cguiopmnrew Apr 3, 2026 +1

TV show: A Simple Heist

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ZBGOTRP Apr 3, 2026 +1

If you're up for a horror movie I highly recommend Don't Breathe. A group of people plan to rob the home of a blind veteran. Horror ensues. Great use of sound and suspense, but the end is a little... controversial. Still a favorite film of mine though.

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Stevo182 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Ready to Rumble Weird Science Some like it Hot

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skyline408 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Ronin should be up there.

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insomniakat Apr 3, 2026 +1

Snatch.

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Mysterious-End-2185 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Heat.

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nicolasknight Apr 3, 2026 +1

Since you specified "Everything goes wrong" Domino.

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wrdnd Apr 3, 2026 +1

Sadly, a really funny one is Small Time Crooks. I say sadly, only because it's a Woody Allen movie.

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Reasonable-Wave8093 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Fly paper, Bad Grandmas,

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drewman77 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Baby's Day Out

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hearthpig Apr 3, 2026 +1

there is a sidney lumet movie with the astonishing cast combo of: hoffman, connery, and matthew broderick. it fits your bill thematically 100%. "Family Business". unfortunately, sadly, it's also a deeeeeeeply shit movie.

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mirrorspirit Apr 3, 2026 +1

To Die For Set It Up The Panic Room Don't Say A Word The Ladykillers Sin City Abigail There's an older (1980s) movie call Special Bulletin on Youtube for free. It's about a newscast following a hostage situation in Charleston, and things absolutely go wrong to the fullest extent of the definition.

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