20 movies like Set It Off, ordered by similarity : Den of Thieves(2018), The Silent Partner(1978), Good Time(2017), Dog Day Afternoon(1975), The Old Man & the Gun(2018), Lady Gangster(1942), Dragged Across Concrete(2018), Stockholm(2018), The Mason Brothers(2017), Hell or High Water(2016), Badlapur(2015), Henry's Crime(2010) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
USA
1996
120 Minutes
Jada Pinkett Smith Queen Latifah Vivica A. Fox Blair Underwood John C. McGinley Kimberly Elise Vincent Baum Van Baum Chaz Lamar Shepherd
detective bank teller bank robber janitor single mother brother thrilling tense bank los angeles housing project robbery unemployment police brutality romance racism poverty escape transformation love
Desperation drives four inner-city women to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting each other.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA
2018
140 Minutes
Gerard Butler Pablo Schreiber O'Shea Jackson Jr. Curtis Jackson Meadow Williams Maurice Compte Brian Van Holt Evan Jones Mo McRae Kaiwi Lyman Dawn Olivieri
robber police detective partner bank robber bank employee thief thrilling suspenseful unrestrained gutsy confident cool los angeles bank parking lot hideout vault federal reserve bank heist bank heist
An elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew clash as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Canada
1978
103 Minutes
Elliott Gould Christopher Plummer Susannah York Céline Lomez Michael Kirby Ken Pogue John Candy Gail Dahms Micheal Donoghue Jack Duffy
bank teller bank robber love interest brooding confident tense thrilling intense toronto apartment bank canada bank robbery theft schemes pursuit quest revenge rivalry love
A timid bank teller anticipates a bank robbery and steals the money himself before the crook arrives. When the sadistic crook realizes he's been fooled, he tracks down the teller and engages him in a cat-and-mouse chase for the cash.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2017
101 Minutes
Robert Pattinson Joshua Safdie Jennifer Jason Leigh Barkhad Abdi Benny Safdie Buddy Duress Cliff Moylan Souléymane Sy Savané Phil Cappadora Rose Gregorio Jibril Goodman
brother bank robber prisoner bail bondsman confident chilling intricate moving new york city street rikers island bank crime arrest redemption bank robbery family ties escape love sacrifice
After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.
Gay & Lesbian, Crime, Drama
USA
1975
130 Minutes
Al Pacino John Cazale Charles Durning Chris Sarandon Sully Boyar James Broderick Penelope Allen Carol Kane Marcia Jean Kurtz Amy Levitt Susan Peretz
bank robber detective wife lover fbi agent tense emotional witty bank new york city robbery love triangle quest escape forbidden love 1970s
Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.
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.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
62 Minutes
Faye Emerson Jacqueline Wells Frank Wilcox Roland Drew Jackie Gleason Ruth Ford Virginia Brissac Dorothy Vaughan Dorothy Adams William Hopper Vera Lewis
aspiring actress bank robber district attorney radio host inmate detective suspenseful fiery gritty prison bank hospital cell bank robbery prison life unlikely romance prison break betrayal injustice escape
Dot Burton (Faye Emerson) has acted as a decoy in a bank robbery and fails to get away. Her arrest attracts the attention of Ken Phillips (Frank Wilcox), a former childhood sweetheart who ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
Canada|UK|USA
2018
159 Minutes
Mel Gibson Vince Vaughn Tory Kittles Michael Jai White Jennifer Carpenter Thomas Kretschmann Laurie Holden Jordyn Ashley Olson Don Johnson Udo Kier Fred Melamed
corrupt police officer gangster criminal bank robbers suspenseful thrilling intense brutal gory bank police station prison crime corrupt police violence police brutality bank robbery metamorphosis rise fall
Once two overzealous cops get suspended from the force, they must delve into the criminal underworld to get their proper compensation.
Crime, Comedy, Drama
Canada|USA
2018
92 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Noomi Rapace Mark Strong Chris Heyerdahl Bea Santos Thorbjørn Harr Shanti Roney Mark Rendall John Ralston
bank robbers hostage friend bank robber prime minister police officer tense amusing offbeat dark witty heartwarming stockholm bank bank robbery stockholm syndrome hostage situation heist unlikely allies criminal past
Based on the absurd but true 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis in Stockholm that was documented in the New Yorker as the origins of the 'Stockholm Syndrome'.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2017
114 Minutes
Nazo Bravo Carlotta Montanari Tim Park Julien Cesario Steve Bethers Keith Sutliff Erica Souza Alexandria Rousset Michael Ryan Whelan Gregory Gordon Matthew Webb
brother bank robber bounty hunter confident gripping raw tense los angeles bank car bank robbery death set-up revenge investigation mystery pursuit revenge rivalry 21st century
A group of outlaws attempt to reveal their brothers killer from a neighboring gang after being set up during a bank heist.
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Action, Western
USA
2016
97 Minutes
Jeff Bridges Chris Pine Ben Foster Gil Birmingham Marin Ireland Katy Mixon Dale Dickey Kevin Rankin
divorce brother son ex-convict banker texas ranger brooding raw intense texas house bank casino car office brother relationship foreclosure desperation search family
A divorced father and his ex-con older brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's ranch in West Texas.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
India
2015
123 Minutes
Varun Dhawan Nawazuddin Siddiqui Huma Qureshi Yami Gautam Divya Dutta Vinay Pathak Radhika Apte
mother son father partner wife robber brash confident dark emotional gritty intense india house car apartment police station vengeance tragic death bank robbery
An innocent man turns brutal when his family gets killed in a bank robbery and one of the perpetrators escapes. 15 years later, he begins his deadly game of vengeance.
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.
Action
Australia
1999
104 Minutes
Heath Ledger Rose Byrne Bryan Brown David Field Tom Long Tony Forrow Mariel McClorey Evan Sheaves Steven Vidler
bank robber country girl promoter gangster teen boy dark thrilling tense amusing pub strip club bank sydney red-light district crime syndicate debt bank robbery new love on the run dangerous assignment
A 19 year old finds himself in debt to a local gangster when some gang loot disappears and sets him on the run from thugs. Meanwhile two street kids start a shopping spree when they find the missing money.
Crime, Drama
France|USA
1994
96 Minutes
Eric Stoltz Julie Delpy Jean-Hugues Anglade Gary Kemp Bruce Ramsay Kario Salem Tai Thai Salvator Xuereb Gian Carlo Scandiuzzi Cecilia Peck
safecracker bank robber prostitute bank teller tense thrilling bank paris hotel heist aids friendship armed robbery escape wretched excess 1990s
The cab driver sets American Zed up with Zoe in his Paris hotel. Despite FFR1000 charged, she's an art student with day jobs e.g. bank. Safecracker Zed meets his junkie friend after 11 years to rob a bank.
Crime, Drama
USA
1954
82 Minutes
mechanic race car driver femme fatale bank robber criminal brooding intense thrilling melodramatic los angeles automobile repair shop beach beach house bank bank heist con game race car driving betrayal murder unlikely romance
An upright car mechanic falls in love with the girlfriend of a gangster. This forces him to participate in the criminal underworld.
Crime, Drama
USA
1986
109 Minutes
Emilio Estevez Demi Moore Tom Skerritt Veronica Cartwright William Allen Young Richard Minchenberg Ernie Lively Bill Henderson
bank robber girlfriend sheriff father fbi agent farmer bleak thrilling emotional american midwest bank farm car bank robbery on the run desperation injustice unlikely criminal journey love
Unable to find work after a past felony, graduate John Wisdom and his girlfriend embark on a cross-country bank-robbing spree in order to aid American farmers.
Crime, Drama
1972
98 Minutes
gangster man woman police chief bank robber drug smuggler thrilling emotional dark bank france nightclub train small town helicopter robbery drug smuggling law and order love triangle unusual friendship
A bank theft and a train robbery bring together a Frenchwoman (Catherine Deneuve), her criminal boyfriend (Alain Delon) and a detective (Richard Crenna).
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
UK|USA|Australia
2008
111 Minutes
Jason Statham Saffron Burrows Richard Lintern Stephen Campbell Moore Daniel Mays Peter Bowles Keeley Hawes Colin Salmon Peter De Jersey James Faulkner Sharon Maughan
bank robber criminal crime boss intelligence officer photographer model confident intricate thrilling gripping intense london lloyds bank repair shop trinidad paddington station yacht bank heist deception negotiation
Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry along with a treasure trove of dirty secrets.
Crime, Drama, Action
Germany
2013
118 Minutes
Nadeshda Brennicke Charly Hübner Ken Duken Niels-Bruno Schmidt Andreas Schmidt Henny Reents Heinz Hoenig Elisabeth Schwarz
robber couple woman inspector offbeat amusing cheeky cool hamburg, germany bank postwar germany bank robbery bandits love 1960s
The sudden transformation of a lower middle class woman who falls in love with a bank robber and soon becomes one herself.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.