Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "bank-guard"

1. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

R | 125 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

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.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Penelope Allen, Sully Boyar

Votes: 272,981 | Gross: $50.00M

2. Bird on a Wire (1990)

PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An old flame discovers her ex-boyfriend from the past is a relocated FBI informant out to stop the bad guys.

Director: John Badham | Stars: Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine, Bill Duke

Votes: 47,901 | Gross: $70.98M

3. The Getaway (1972)

PG | 123 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A recently-released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.

Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers

Votes: 35,679 | Gross: $36.73M

4. The Hidden (1987)

R | 97 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A cop and an FBI agent race for answers after law abiding people suddenly become violent criminals.

Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian, Clarence Felder

Votes: 22,593 | Gross: $9.75M

5. The Old Man & the Gun (2018)

PG-13 | 93 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

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.

Director: David Lowery | Stars: Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek, Danny Glover

Votes: 49,589 | Gross: $11.28M

6. Extreme Prejudice (1987)

R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries...

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside, Maria Conchita Alonso

Votes: 8,749 | Gross: $11.31M

7. Henry's Crime (2010)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing.

Director: Malcolm Venville | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga, James Caan, Judy Greer

Votes: 21,360 | Gross: $0.10M

8. Ride the High Country (1962)

Approved | 94 min | Drama, Western

An ex-union soldier is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.

Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Mariette Hartley, Ron Starr

Votes: 14,834

9. The Real McCoy (1993)

PG-13 | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A woman is released from prison, an expert bank robber who wants to settle down and go straight, but her parole officer and her former employer try to get her to pull one more heist.

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Kim Basinger, Val Kilmer, Terence Stamp, Gailard Sartain

Votes: 9,634 | Gross: $6.47M

10. Impulse (1984)

R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After a small earthquake in a tiny, quiet town, local citizens start to exhibit bizarre, violent and self-destructive behaviour.

Director: Graham Baker | Stars: Tim Matheson, Meg Tilly, Hume Cronyn, John Karlen

Votes: 1,706 | Gross: $2.50M

11. Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)

Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama

An aging, world-weary gangster is double-crossed and forced out of retirement when his best friend is kidnapped and their stash of eight stolen gold bars demanded as ransom.

Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Jean Gabin, René Dary, Dora Doll, Vittorio Sanipoli

Votes: 8,538 | Gross: $0.13M

12. The Great Bank Robbery (1969)

M/PG | 98 min | Comedy, Western

Three separate plans to rob a top-security bank in the western town of Friendly, Texas, circa 1880.

Director: Hy Averback | Stars: Zero Mostel, Kim Novak, Clint Walker, Claude Akins

Votes: 697

13. Four Days in September (1997)

R | 110 min | Action, Drama, History

Brazillian urban guerrilla fighters kidnap the American Ambassador. Now, the diplomat's life hangs in the balance - helplessly caught between a government unwilling to cooperate - and his fear of the captors themselves.

Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Alan Arkin, Pedro Cardoso, Fernanda Torres, Luiz Fernando Guimarães

Votes: 5,363 | Gross: $0.31M

14. Wild Horses (1995)

Unrated | 122 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A road movie that begins when a man tries to rob a bank and the bank's clerk, a yuppie, pretends the thief has kidnapped him to help him run away. While they're running away, they meet a girl who becomes part of the team.

Director: Marcelo Piñeyro | Stars: Héctor Alterio, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Cecilia Dopazo, Fernán Mirás

Votes: 1,793

15. Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)

Approved | 65 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas.

Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd, Anne Gwynne, Edward Ashley

Votes: 1,920

16. The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)

Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In 1901, a group of IRA members decides to rob the Bank of England in order to finance their movement and to embarrass the British government.

Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Aldo Ray, Elizabeth Sellars, Peter O'Toole, Kieron Moore

Votes: 949

17. La vida de nadie (2002)

PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

With a prestigious job and a loving family, Emilio (José Coronado) has the kind of life someone would kill for. But beneath it all is a horrible lie. Emilio's wife, Ágata (Adriana Ozores), ... See full summary »

Director: Eduard Cortés | Stars: Jose Coronado, Adriana Ozores, Marta Etura, Roberto Álvarez

Votes: 1,121

18. Scuola di ladri (1986)

96 min | Comedy

The incredible funny story of 3 strangers with the same last name that are drawn together by one criminal mastermind.

Director: Neri Parenti | Stars: Paolo Villaggio, Lino Banfi, Massimo Boldi, Enrico Maria Salerno

Votes: 1,391

19. Lure of the Swamp (1957)

Passed | 75 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Simon Lute ekes out a modest living chartering his skiff to tourists and guiding them through the labyrinthine bayou. When a mysterious stranger asks him to take them deep into the swamp, ... See full summary »

Director: Hubert Cornfield | Stars: Marshall Thompson, Willard Parker, Joan Vohs, Jack Elam

Votes: 79

20. Found Money (1983 TV Movie)

100 min | Comedy

Max and Sam, disillusioned with people's day-to-day callousness toward each other, and angered by a pension-stealing bank, invent The Invisible Friend, Inc. The intention was to reward kind acts, but things rarely turn out as planned.

Director: Bill Persky | Stars: Sid Caesar, Tony Devon, Michael Earl, Ron Frazier

Votes: 48

21. Stop, Look and Listen (1926)

Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Luther Meek, a young, goofy citizen of a small town, foils the manager of a stranded theatrical troupe from robbing the local bank and escaping with the loot, and wins the hand of the troupe's fair leading-lady in the process.

Director: Larry Semon | Stars: Larry Semon, Dorothy Dwan, Mary Carr, William Gillespie

Votes: 41

22. Le couteau sous la gorge (1955)

90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Pacos Le Maltais, leader of a gang,lays down the law on the quay of Marseille .He fires one of his henchmen ,Le Chinois ,who killed a woman during the last bank stickup.

Director: Jacques Séverac | Stars: Jean Servais, Madeleine Robinson, Jean Chevrier, Yves Deniaud

Votes: 37

23. Strange Triangle (1946)

Passed | 65 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A bank district supervisor relates how he has been accused of a murder involving the bank's vice-president's brother and his mysterious wife, who has long police record, and to which he intends to plead guilty.

Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Signe Hasso, Preston Foster, Anabel Shaw, Shepperd Strudwick

Votes: 150

24. Pretenses (1915)

11 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Steve, who works for a local bank, is strolling through the park on a Saturday and meets pretty young Mary. Wanting to impress her, he tells her that he is an officer in the bank, ... See full summary »

Director: James Douglass | Stars: John Sheehan, John Steppling, Carol Holloway, Sylvia Ashton

25. Come Across (1938)

Passed | 21 min | Short, Action, Adventure

A bank robber pulls off a heist and comes out with a good haul. However, he winds up being forced to give most of it to his gangland "friends" to hide him from the police, and who now turn their backs on him when his money runs out.

Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Bernard Nedell, Bernadene Hayes, Rita La Roy, Donald Douglas

Votes: 26

26. The Rifleman (1958–1963)
Episode: The Safe Guard (1958)

TV-PG | 30 min | Family, Western

A Texas gunslinger is hired to protect the bank of North Fork. When he appears at the McCain Ranch, he doesn't leave a very good impression with Lucas, and for good reason - he has a secret. Mark is proud when he sells his first pig.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Claude Akins, Marc Lawrence

Votes: 178

27. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: Bank on This (1975)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Fred and Lamont are applying for a loan to finance their purchase of Julio's former property when a pair of robbers burst into the bank.

Director: Alan Rafkin | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Howard Platt, Roscoe Orman

Votes: 118

28. The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode: The Big Squeeze (1960)

52 min | Action, Crime, Drama

For Ness, a master bank robber proves a worthy opponent. But robbing banks is not a federal offense, so Ness must get him on another charge.

Director: Roger Kay | Stars: Robert Stack, John Hoyt, Dodie Heath, Dan O'Herlihy

Votes: 93

29. The Fantastic Four (1978)
Episode: The Menace of Magneto (1978)

TV-Y7-FV | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Magneto, the pompous villain able to move metal with his mind, takes over the Fantastic Four; but Reed Richards has a plan up his stretchy sleeve.

Stars: Mike Road, Ginny Tyler, Ted Cassidy, Frank Welker

Votes: 45

30. Archer (2009–2023)
Episode: Bank Run at Mr. Bank's Bank (2022)

TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Fabian tasks the crew to retrieve the contents of a safety deposit box. As an incentive, a successful mission will result in IAA giving back ownership of the agency with sufficient operations budget for 6 months.

Director: Kim Feigenbaum | Stars: H. Jon Benjamin, Z. Gillispie, Judy Greer, Amber Nash

Votes: 482

31. Universe 8709 (2021– )
Episode: Bank Robbery (2021)

2 min | Animation

Three people rob a bank, assault the bank guard and harass the civilians that are present.

Director: J.R. Dickson