20 best movies like Safe Men (1998)

List of the best movies like Safe Men (1998): Amos & Andrew, Mortdecai, Showtime, The Perfect Score, Trapped in Paradise, Tough Guys, Cops & Robbersons, Jane Austen's Mafia!, Tower Heist, Cop Out.

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Markimdb: 5.7
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:36

When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver realizes his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a thief in his jail, Amos Odell a deal.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:28

    Art dealer, Charles Mortdecai, searches for a stolen painting rumored to contain a secret code that gains access to hidden Nazi gold.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genreaction, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA, Australia
    Duration01:31

    A spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based T.V. cop show.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration01:33

    Six high school seniors decide to break into the Princeton Testing Center so they can steal the answers to their upcoming SAT tests and all get perfect scores.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:51

    The Firpo Brothers can get away with anything. They just can't get away!

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    Harry Doyle and Archie Lang are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving their time, they are released from jail and have to adjust to a new life of freedom. and soon realize that they still have the pizzazz when, picking up their prison checks at a bank, they foil a robbery attempt.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrethriller, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    Hard-as-nails cop, Jake Stone moves in with the Robbersons so he can watch a hitman who has moved in next door. The Hitman is one thing—but can you survive the Robberson family.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:23

    Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genreaction, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire gets away with the perfect crime, the unlikely crew of amateur thieves enlists the help of petty crook Slide to steal the $20 million they’re sure is hidden in the penthouse.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    Detectives Jimmy and Paul, despite nine years as partners, can still sometimes seem like polar opposites – especially when Paul's unpredictable antics get them suspended without pay. Already strapped for cash and trying to pay for his daughter's wedding, Jimmy decides to sell a rare baseball card that's worth tens of thousands. Unfortunately, when the collector's shop is robbed and the card vanishes with the crook, Paul and Jimmy end up going rogue, tracking down the card and the drug ring behind its theft, all on their own time, and without any backup – except for each other.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:01

    Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:29

    An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    It's the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they're not cops. When two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    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.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:27

    After policeman Frank Dooley is framed for theft and loses his job on the force, he joins a security guard agency and teams up with inept former defense lawyer Norman Kane. When the two botch a job guarding a local warehouse, they begin to uncover corruption within the company and their union.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genreaction, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:31

    As his wedding day approaches, Ben heads to Miami with his soon-to-be brother-in-law James to bring down a drug dealer who's supplying the dealers of Atlanta with product.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genreaction, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    A crook quietly plots his revenge against the boss who murdered his brother while working for him.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an investment firm, for advice, before turning to the mob for help laundering the money. While Joey makes plans to leave the country, however, a detective is following his ever-warmer trail in order to recover the cash.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, comedy, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
    Duration01:45

    An out-of-town heist becomes a nightmare for a crew of French burglars when they mistakenly rob the head of the Chicago mafia. Unaccustomed to the ways of the American underworld, it is not long before they have the mafia, the FBI and a couple of street gangs on their backs as they attempt to make their way back to Paris.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrecomedy, adventure, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:35

    Mafia hitman Tommy Spinelli (Joe Pesci) is flying to San Diego with a bag that holds eight severed heads, which he's bringing to his superiors to prove that some troublesome rival mobsters are permanently out of the picture. When his bag gets accidentally switched at the airport, Tommy must track down his duffel bag and the 8 heads it contains.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    Earl and Baby, two young lovers with a plan to escape their small Texas town. But when Baby's dim-witted cousin Junior gets tangled up in a whole heap of trouble, Earl has just 48 hours to save the day, rescue Junior and keep his promise to get his Baby to Los Angeles in time for sweeps.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genreaction, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:05

    A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money. During the course of his investigation, he encounters various old connections, ultimately confronting the criminal responsible for Shame's expulsion from the force. He must also deal with two women, Angela, a beautiful old flame, and Peaches, his energetic but annoying sidekick.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:46

    Four retired mobsters plan one last crime to save their retirement home.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrethriller, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrecomedy, adventure, family, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    A inept courier realises he has been used by criminals to deliver money. On the run from both the criminals and police, he poses as a Scout leader and leads a scout group on a hike through the mountains.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:09

      Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices. After several failed attempts, they abduct rich businessman Victor Kershaw and convince him to sign over all his assets to them. But when Kershaw makes it out alive, authorities are reluctant to believe his story.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      Ellie DeWitt and Janis Zuckermann are admitted to the very strict FBI Training Academy. They get a hard course, in which they learn to deal with guns and to recognise crimes. They also get a physical training. It appears that Ellie is a real fighting- machine, in contrast with Janis, the great student. They have to help each other, all the way to graduation.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:43

      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.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught with the murder weapon on the scene of the crime, the two have no alibi. Thrown into prison with most of the criminals they helped convict, it appears that they are going to have to trust each other if they are to clear their names and catch the evil Perret.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrecomedy, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:31

      The National Basketball Association play-offs are taking place, and the Boston Celtics are facing the Utah Jazz in a crucial series. This is also the last year that any games will be played in the Boston Garden, which is going to be torn down after the end of the season. Mike and Jimmy, two die-hard sports fans who will risk anything for the Celtics to win, are really getting into the games...

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:37

      Two master thieves (Brosnan and Hayek) are finally retiring after one last succesful mission. Residing in their own tropical paradise, their old nemesis, FBI Agent Stan P. Lloyd shows up to make sure they really are retired. Docked in the port is an ocean liner called the "Diamond Cruise" and Stan is convinced that they're not really retired at all, and that this is the next set up.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, crime, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:32

      The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an AM rock station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:27

      Casey has given up drug dealing for a suburban idyll in Houston, a job as an architect and a new wife. They are even planning to adopt a child. But Casey's past arrives on the doorstep in the shape of Nick, an old business partner. And all hell breaks loose!

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:19

      An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their differences, both men excel at martial arts, and utilize their formidable skills when they go up against Yoshida, a vicious yakuza drug dealer with ties to Kenner's past.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryCanada
      Duration01:30

      The Swede (Marlon Brando), a prison warden, rules his family and his prison with an iron hand in one of the coldest parts of North Dakota. When an inmate dies under mysterious circumstances, however, the FBI sends in agent Karen Polarski (Mira Sorvino) to investigate. On the home front, the sons-in-law of the Swede, Larry (Thomas Haden Church) and Bud (Charlie Sheen) accidentally discover that a train loaded with millions of dollars of unmarked currency slated to be destroyed will soon be passing through. The temptation is too great and the guys hatch a scheme to rob the train. Of course, the biggest obstacle in their way is the Swede.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:57

      Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.

      Markimdb: 4.2
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA

      25 years later after the events of Samurai Cop (1991), Detective Frank Washington is forced to team up with his long estranged partner Joe Marshall to solve a series of assassinations being committed by a secret group of female vigilante killers.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:06

      When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, musical, family, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:33

      A pint-sized cast illuminates this musical that is unlike any other ever made. Set in 1929 New York City, Bugsy Malone captures a flashy world of would-be hoodlums, showgirls, and dreamers - all played by child actors! As Tallulah, the sassy girlfriend of the owner of Fat Sam's Grand Slam Speakeasy, future superstar Jodie Foster dances and sings her way into our hearts.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, western, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

      Two championship rodeo partners travel to New York to find their missing friend, Nacho Salazar who went missing there.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genreaction, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:38

      Two garbage men find the body of a city councilman in a trash can on their route. With help from a supervisor, the duo must solve the case and find the man's killer while hiding the body from the cops.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, musical, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

      In prohibition-era Chicago, the corrupt sheriff and Guy Gisborne, a south-side racketeer, knock off the boss Big Jim. Everyone falls in line behind Guy except Robbo, who controls the north side. Although he's out-gunned, Robbo wants to keep his own territory. A pool-playing dude from Indiana and the director of a boys' orphanage join forces with Robbo; and, when he gives some money to the orphanage, he becomes the toast of the town as a hood like Robin Hood. Meanwhile, Guy schemes to get rid of Robbo, and Big Jim's heretofore unknown daughter Marian appears and goes from man to man trying to find an ally in her quest to run the whole show. Can Robbo hold things together?

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
      CountryGermany, USA
      Duration01:33

      Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as a LAPD detective

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City and comedy follows.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a bar and offers to loan him the money she's saved for remodeling, but Vic is reluctant to take it. When a long-lost cousin from Ireland shows up on his doorstep, the two team up for one last heist.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:34

      After spending 12 years in prison for keeping his mouth shut, notorious safe-cracker Dom Hemingway is back on the streets of London looking to collect what he's owed.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:28

      Two female scam artists, one low rent and the other high class, compete to swindle a naïve tech prodigy out of his fortune. A remake of the 1988 comedy "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels."

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      Care-free Charlie (Walter Matthau) cons his widower brother-in-law Herb (Jack Lemmon) into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and the luscious Liz and lovely Vivian, our heroes have lots of mis-adventures before they finally return to port.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:41

      Sam & Fordy run a credit card fraud scheme, but when they steal from the wrong man, they find themselves threatened by sadistic gangster. They need to raise £5m and pull off a daring diamond heist to clear their debt.




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