20 movies like Skidoo, ordered by similarity : The Old Man & the Gun(2018), The Cracksman(1965), Henry's Crime(2010), Stir Crazy(1980), Hannibal Brooks(1969), 48 HRS.(1982), Down Terrace(2009), Papillon(2017), Love and Larceny(1960), Pardon Us(1931), The Big Job(1965), Logan Lucky(2017) ...
Comedy
USA
1968
97 Minutes
Jackie Gleason Groucho Marx Carol Channing Frankie Avalon Fred Clark Michael Constantine Frank Gorshin John Phillip Law
mobster wife crime boss activist warden prisoner offbeat outlandish amusing prison san francisco california lsd consciousness crime imprisonment disillusionment assassination discovery escape
Infamous psychedelic all-star comedy about ex-gangster Tony Banks, who's called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks ... See full summary »
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
Comedy
UK
1965
112 Minutes
Charlie Drake George Sanders Dennis Price Nyree Dawn Porter Eddie Byrne Finlay Currie Percy Herbert Geoffrey Keen George A. Cooper Christopher Rhodes Norman Bird
con artist locksmith wrongly accused burglar police officer gangster amusing engaging madcap offbeat crime scene prison safe wrongful conviction manipulation imprisonment escape crime deception adventure
A short, kind, very innocent and efficient locksmith is cheated by a burglar in order to rob a car and to open a safe strongbox. The police catch him and is sent to jail. Once there, some ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Action, Drama
USA
2010
108 Minutes
Keanu Reeves James Caan Vera Farmiga Judy Greer Peter Stormare Fisher Stevens Bill Duke Currie Graham David Costabile Danny Hoch
bank robber actress prisoner ex-wife thief woman amusing charming witty lighthearted melodramatic emotional united states prison bank bank robbery love love interest money prison
Released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing.
Comedy
USA
1980
111 Minutes
Gene Wilder Richard Pryor Georg Stanford Brown JoBeth Williams Miguelangelo Suarez Craig T. Nelson Barry Corbin Erland van Lidth de Jeude Lee Purcell
prisoner friend warden rodeo rider lawyer amusing cheeky outlandish jail the west united states prison escape underdog rodeo friendship escape rivalry transformation 1980s
Set up and wrongfully accused, two best friends will be sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit. However, no prison cell could keep them locked in.
Comedy, War, Drama
UK|USA
1969
101 Minutes
Oliver Reed Michael J. Pollard Karin Baal Wolfgang Preiss Helmut Lohner Peter Carsten
prisoner of war soldier englishman elephant escaped convict zookeeper charming cheeky confident endearing fascinating incredible prison camp private zoo alps munich mountain war zone world war ii prison break
A prisoner of war working at a zoo gets the chance to escape from the Germans, so he does and he takes with him the elephant that he's been caring for. Together they head for the Swiss border and freedom.
Comedy, Action
USA
1982
97 Minutes
Nick Nolte Eddie Murphy Annette O'Toole Frank McRae James Remar David Patrick Kelly Sonny Landham Brion James Kerry Sherman Jonathan Banks James Keane
police officer prisoner bank robber henchman girlfriend confident raw san francisco country road prison bar police station apartment crime murder robbery investigation culture clash mystery pursuit
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Comedy, Crime, Drama
UK
2009
93 Minutes
Robert Hill Robin Hill Julia Deakin David Schaal Tony Way Kerry Peacock Michael Smiley Mark Kempner Gareth Tunley Kali Peacock
father son uncle girlfriend mother politician rousing suspenseful witty dark house prison bedroom england organized crime betrayal family pregnancy deception discovery
A crime family looks to unmask the police informant in their midst who threatens to take down their business.
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Comedy
Italy|France
1960
94 Minutes
Vittorio Gassman Anna Maria Ferrero Dorian Gray Peppino De Filippo Mario Carotenuto Alberto Bonucci Fosco Giachetti Luigi Pavese Linda Sini Aldo Bufi Landi
con artist girlfriend actor cellmate friend amusing charming outlandish crafty italy prison vaudeville show acting theft impersonation crime con game relationships love adventure
Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant.
Comedy
USA
1931
55 Minutes
bootlegger partner warden daughter cellmate prisoner playful madcap prison office cell school field dentist's office prison life prison break prohibition impersonation friendship escape
Two guys end up in prison after attempting to sell beer to a policeman during Prohibition.
Comedy
UK
1965
88 Minutes
Sidney James Sylvia Syms Dick Emery Lance Percival Joan Sims Jim Dale Edina Ronay Deryck Guyier Brian Rawlinson Reginald Beckwith David Horne
bank robbers prisoner police captain girlfriend airy amusing hilarious charming prison police station bank bank robbery life after prison prison release money love rise revenge quest adventure
An inept gang of bank robbers, led by George The Brain, are caught and sentenced to 15 years hard labour each. When they are released from prison they start out to collect the money they ... See full summary »
Comedy, Crime, Drama
USA|China
2017
119 Minutes
Channing Tatum Adam Driver Farrah Mackenzie Riley Keough Daniel Craig Katie Holmes Charles Halford Seth MacFarlane Jack Quaid Brian Gleeson Katherine Waterston
brother friend robber prisoner construction worker bank robber amusing brooding confident gripping madcap west virginia prison dump racetrack heist nascar hard times family honor bad luck
Two brothers attempt to pull off a heist during a NASCAR race in North Carolina.
Comedy
USA
1930
90 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Humphrey Bogart Warren Hymer Claire Luce
prisoner partner inmate parolee ex-boyfriend love interest cheeky lighthearted amusing prison town mission street cell prison break friendship prison life blackmail baseball framed
When paroled trustee Steve and former inmate Judy who try to put their criminal lives behind them are blackmailed, two career criminals come to their rescue.
Comedy
USA
1988
103 Minutes
Michelle Pfeiffer Matthew Modine Dean Stockwell Mercedes Ruehl Alec Baldwin Joan Cusack Trey Wilson Charles Napier Tracey Walter Al Lewis Maria Karnilova
crime boss gangster's wife mobster fbi agent thrilling madcap quirky long island, n.y. new york city miami mafia new love fresh start blackmail crime escape revenge pursuit 1980s
A mobster's wife hates her lifestyle, but gets a chance to change it when her husband is killed - if the Long Island mob and the FBI let her.
Comedy
USA
1976
111 Minutes
James Caan Elliott Gould Michael Caine Diane Keaton Charles Durning Lesley Ann Warren Val Avery Jack Gilford Dennis Dugan Carol Kane Kathryn Grody
thief friend entertainer prisoner gangster bank robber engaging witty playful charming lighthearted positive prison bank new york city restaurant big city home bank robbery prison break
Two hopelessly-out-of-their-class conmen attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the nineteenth century. They gain the enmity of the most famous bank robber in the world, and the ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1968
104 Minutes
Julie Christie George C. Scott Richard Chamberlain Arthur Hill Shirley Knight Pippa Scott Kathleen Widdoes Roger Bowen Richard Dysart Lou Gilbert Nat Esformes
doctor newlywed son husband ex-wife wife cool melodramatic striking san francisco hospital charity event apartment motel starting over domestic violence adultery family romance midlife crisis
An unhappily married socialite finds solace in the company of a recently divorced doctor.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
India
2006
180 Minutes
Govinda Raveena Tandon Mahima Chaudhry Mohnish Bahl Shammi Kapoor Mushtaq Khan Kiran Kumar Reema Lagoo Ananth Narayan Mahadevan Shweta Menon Satish Shah
screenwriter wealthy woman wife son father sister amusing cool hilarious lighthearted madcap outlandish house bungalow school coffee shop restaurant street love triangle arranged marriage
Sher Singh lives with his mother and handicapped sister in Punjab but moves to Mumbai, changes his name to Shekhar, meets Nisha and falls in love. When his mother asks him to return, he ... See full summary »
Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy, Animation
Spain|Canada
2016
90 Minutes
Nacho La Casa
talking animal dog cartoon character friend airy amusing witty uplifting dog house dog pound prison dogs animation prison fun comedy escape friendship adventure escape
When his family goes on vacation, a young dog finds himself at a dog prison where he must escape with the help of his new friends.
Comedy, Drama
2003
111 Minutes
Enis Beslagic Bogdan Diklic Sasa Petrovic Izudin Bajrovic Jasna Zalica Senad Basic Admir Glamocak Gordana Boban Aleksandar Seksan Hubert Kramar Ana Vilenica
police chief son bill clinton cop mobster alcoholic dark hilarious quirky bosnia serbia street police station tesanj crime kidnapping war schemes police corruption politics
President Bill Clinton's plans to visit to the town of Tesanj, Bosnia-Herzegovina, prompt the alcoholic former police chief Faruk (Enis Beslagic) to hatch a wacky plan to avenge the wartime death of his son.
Comedy, Drama
2003
111 Minutes
Enis Beslagic Bogdan Diklic Sasa Petrovic Izudin Bajrovic Jasna Zalica Senad Basic Admir Glamocak Gordana Boban Aleksandar Seksan Hubert Kramar Ana Vilenica
police chief son bill clinton cop mobster alcoholic dark hilarious quirky bosnia serbia street police station tesanj crime kidnapping war schemes police corruption politics
President Bill Clinton's plans to visit to the town of Tesanj, Bosnia-Herzegovina, prompt the alcoholic former police chief Faruk (Enis Beslagic) to hatch a wacky plan to avenge the wartime death of his son.