Movies like The Gang of Eleven (1963)
The best movies like The Gang of Eleven (1963) are The World is Ours (2012), The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) and The Heist of the Century (2020). If The Gang of Eleven hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Heist of the Century (2020)7.7/10 from 880 votes
- NewestDeath Sardine (2026)Released 2026
- In SpanishThe World is Ours (2012)Also in Spanish
The World is Ours (2012)
El Culebra and El Cabesa, a pair of criminals, decide to take a bank at gunpoint, dressed as penitents. The plan is simple: Get in, get the money, take off all the loot quickly and catch the first flight to Brazil. But things get complicated when a man on his fifties, victim of the economic crisis goes into the bank loaded with explosives, threatening suicide. What would be the easiest shot in history, becomes a nightmare carnival.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)
The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears that go one better. They dress as police and steal from the crooks. This upsets the natural order of the police/criminal relationship and the police and the crooks join forces to catch the IPOs (Impersonating Police Officers), including an armoured car robbery in which the police must help the gangs to set a trap.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Heist of the Century (2020)
In 2006, a group of thieves performed what is considered one of the most famous and smart bank heists in the history of Argentina. How they robbed the Rio bank is as surprising as what happened afterwards. This is their story.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBandits (2001)
After escaping from prison, Joe and Terry go on a crime spree, robbing banks through Oregon and California in order to finance their scheme for a new life south of the border. Unfortunately, things get more complicated when they meet Kate, who runs into them with her car. She joins the bandits on their cross-country spree, and eventually she steals something, too: their hearts.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe King of the Neighborhood (1950)
A poor man becomes a modern Robin Hood, robbing the rich to give to the poor.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisNo manches, Frida (2016)
After being released from prison, Zequi, a bank robber, sets out to recover money buried by his accomplice; but is horrified to learn that a high school gymnasium is now over the site where the loot is hidden.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Gentlemen (2020)
American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPart-Time Lifeguards (1987)
This time, the Brigada Z gang, take a little vacation in Mar del Plata but their money is stolen. In order to enjoy their vacation, they become lifeguards and accidentally discover a band of thieves that robs Casinos. Emilio, Gino, Berugo and Alberto don't forget they're cops so they decide to investigate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe League of Gentlemen (1960)
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Grand (2007)
The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poker and follows six players who reach the final table of the world’s second most famous high stakes tournament, the Grand Championship of Poker.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Doberman Gang (1972)
After a failed bank robbery, an ex-con, an ex-waitress and a few of their friends train a pack of doberman dogs to rob a bank for them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWedding Registry (2025)
Nicolás and Antonia plan a fake wedding to share the gifts and fund their dreams.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisHigh Heels and Low Lifes (2001)
Two friends are drawn into a seedy underworld of extortion and violence when they try to blackmail a gang of bank robbers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBandidas (2006)
When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a few good heists.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTwo-Way Stretch (1960)
Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail afterwards. First however they must get out, a task made more difficult by a new, stricter prison officer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSuave Patria (2012)
Oscar and Arthur are two actors without fortune who survive unemployment with a routine street, where one represents the thief and the other to the police. Thanks to this performance are "hired" by Mr. Mauricio Tavares to play a practical joke on dangerous Don Antonio Robledo, a senior executive who suffer a fictional kidnapping for later culminate in a surprise party.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Pickup (2025)
A routine cash pickup takes a wild turn when mismatched armored truck drivers Russell and Travis are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by savvy mastermind Zoe.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFrom Noon Till Three (1976)
Bank robber Graham Dorsey spends a few hours with beautiful widow Amanda Starbuck, in which time his gang takes part in a disastrous holdup. Learning of his comrades' demise, Dorsey goes on the lam. Believing her short-term lover was killed by the law, Amanda decides to make the most of having had a liaison with the supposedly deceased desperado by writing a book about him. Much to his confusion, the still-living Dorsey watches as his name becomes legendary.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like this2 Guns (2013)
A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNaked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTi stramo - Ho voglia di un'ultima notte da manuale prima di tre baci sopra il cielo (2008)
Friedberg/Seltzer-like spoof about popular Italian teen romance movies of the aughts (such as Tre metri sopra il cielo, Come tu mi vuoi, Ho voglia di te, Notte prima degli esami, Melissa P., etc).
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Death Sardine (2026)
A scientist's attempt to resurrect the megalodon goes horribly wrong.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Plump Fiction (1997)
Four stories intersect in this violent film parody. Exterminators dress as hit men and try to protect the wife of their boss, Montello. Meanwhile, the strippers at Montello's strip club, dressed as nuns, attempt to rob him. Tag-team wrestlers steal Montello's briefcase, thinking its contents are valuable. Finally, Bumpkin, running to deliver a script, loses a lot of the pages.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisPankkineidit (TBA)
When the banking crisis of the 1990s brings a small Finnish town and the lives of its people to their knees, five bank tellers decide to take back what’s theirs—by robbing their own bank.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Plus belle l'eau de vie (2021)
The life and adventures of random people in a shit hole of Groland.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warms the hearts of Americans, and captures the attention of a group of people who want to take over the world. This evil group plots to kidnap Pat and perform experiments on her so that they can eventually shrink everyone.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisFamily Guy Presents: It's a Trap! (2010)
With the Griffins stuck again at home during a blackout, Peter tells the story of “Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.”
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAnatar (2023)
After causing the collapse of their own planet, the Anatar people of humanoid aliens who evolved from ducks, are searching for a new celestial body to call a nest. During their wanderings in space they land on Pandono, a place where living beings and nature have found their strange balance. Love, war, spaceships and space ducks are the ingredients of this grotesque modern fairy tale about accepting what is different from us.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Disaster Movie (2008)
Over the course of one evening, an unsuspecting group of twenty-somethings find themselves bombarded by a series of natural disasters and catastrophic events.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisFifty Shades of Blue with Selena Gómez (2012)
The sexually charged literary blockbuster, Fifty Shades of Grey gets adapted for the screen with Selena Gomez and Nick Kroll.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Gang of Eleven?
The closest matches to The Gang of Eleven are The World is Ours (2012), The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) and The Heist of the Century (2020). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Gang of Eleven?
Start with The World is Ours (2012), the closest match to The Gang of Eleven.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Gang of Eleven?
The Heist of the Century (2020), rated 7.7/10 by 880 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Gang of Eleven?
Death Sardine (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like The Gang of Eleven?
Yes: The World is Ours (2012), The Heist of the Century (2020) and The King of the Neighborhood (1950).
How are movies similar to The Gang of Eleven chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Gang of Eleven, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.