Movies like The Ref
If The Ref's mix of robbery, police and parent child relationship stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Ref's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Thin Man
1934 · Directed by W.S. Van Dyke · 91 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: police, dinner, christmas · Also comedy and crime
Former detective Nick Charles has retired from police work, preferring a life of cocktails, parties, and relaxation with his wealthy wife, Nora.
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Suicide Kings
1997 · Directed by Peter O'Fallon · 106 min6.6
Why you'll like itWith Denis Leary · Shares: hostage, alcoholic · Also comedy and crime · From the same decade (1990s)
Carlo, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save the sister of a friend.
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Bad Santa
2003 · Directed by Terry Zwigoff · 92 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: holiday, christmas party, christmas · Also drama and comedy
You'd better watch out - Willie T. Soke is coming to town, and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Willie's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the…
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Fargo
1996 · Directed by Joel Coen · 98 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: police, dark comedy · Also crime and drama · From the same decade (1990s)
Jerry Lundegaard is a small-town Minnesota car salesman deeply in debt and willing to do almost anything to get out. Police chief Marge Gunderson discovers a string of violent crimes as Jerry's schemes spiral out of…
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The Place Beyond the Pines
2013 · Directed by Derek Cianfrance · 140 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: parent child relationship, hostage · Also drama and crime
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
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The Drop
2014 · Directed by Michaël R. Roskam · 106 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: robbery, blackmail · Also drama and crime
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no…
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The Dark Knight Rises
2012 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 165 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: burglar, hostage · Also crime and drama
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department.
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White Heat
1949 · Directed by Raoul Walsh · 114 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: parent child relationship · Also crime and drama
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
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Raising Arizona
1987 · Directed by Joel Coen · 94 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: robbery · Also comedy and crime
When a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their lives grow more complicated than anticipated.
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Female Trouble
1976 · Directed by John Waters · 98 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: parent child relationship · Also comedy and crime
Teenage delinquent Dawn Davenport, incensed after her parents do not give her the cha-cha heels she wanted for Christmas, runs away from home.
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Panic Room
2002 · Directed by David Fincher · 111 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: hostage · Also crime and drama
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three…
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Serial Mom
1994 · Directed by John Waters · 94 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: dark comedy · Also comedy and crime · From the same decade (1990s)
Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascination with serial killers collides with her ever-so-proper code of ethics.