Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Emily Brown is a kleptomaniac with a penchant for watches. She shoplifts and has an apartment full of things she doesn't need. Nick Ruiz is a department store loss prevention specialist who dislikes his job. He needs some fast cash to start his own private security business. One day Emily enters a department store and her compulsion to steal sets her in motion. Nick catches her on tape and instead of arresting her, he becomes intrigued and pursues her. After the two have become involved, Nick forces Emily to use her unique talent to bail him out of a bad situation. The outcome results in a climactic turn of events where justice plays its hand.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Wedding Banquet
Mouth to Mouth
Dreamland
Alice
Little Voice
Cannibal Apocalypse
A Maldição do Papel
Disco Fever
The Foot Fist Way
Frontier(s)
Fuel
Empire Records
Free Enterprise
The Doom Generation
Murder Party
Puddle Cruiser
The United States of Leland
Empire
Fifty Pills
Two Hands
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Wedding Banquet
IMDB 7.2 | Mar , 1993
A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.Mouth to Mouth
IMDB 5.4 | Jun , 2005
An aimless adolescent joins several itinerant misfits who live on the fringe of society and welcome at-risk youths into their fold.Dreamland
IMDB 6.1 | Jan , 2006
A young woman who lives in a desert trailer park must choose between caring for her hapless father and sick friend or fulfilling her own destiny.Alice
IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 1990
Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of her well-established rut.Little Voice
IMDB 6.5 | Nov , 1998
After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word. She just sits in her bedroom listening to her father's collection of old records of Shirley Bassey, Marilyn Monroe and various other famous female singers. But at night time, LV sings, imitating these great singers with surprising accuracy. One night she is overheard by one of her mother's boyfriends, who happens to be a talent agent. He manages to convince her that her talent is special and arranges for her to perform at the local night club, but several problems arise.Cannibal Apocalypse
IMDB 5.6 | Aug , 1980
Released from captivity in Vietnam, two American Army officers return to civilian life and discover they have acquired an insatiable taste for human flesh. A city is terrorised... as they stalk the inhabitants to satisfy their primitive appetites.A Maldição do Papel
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2020
Disco Fever
IMDB 4 | Dec , 1978
Jaded night club owner stages the comeback of an ex-teen idol for revenge.The Foot Fist Way
IMDB 5.8 | Jun , 2006
An inept taekwondo instructor struggles with marital troubles and an unhealthy obsession with fellow taekwondo enthusiast Chuck "The Truck" Williams.Frontier(s)
IMDB 6.2 | Jul , 2007
A gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an Inn run by neo-Nazis.Fuel
IMDB 7.5 | Nov , 2008
Record high oil prices, global warming, and an insatiable demand for energy: these issues define our generation. The film exposes shocking connections between the auto industry, the oil industry, and the government, while exploring alternative energies such as solar, wind, electricity, and non-food-based biofuels.Empire Records
IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 1995
The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try to stop the store from being absorbed by a large chain.Free Enterprise
IMDB 5.9 | Jun , 1998
Young filmmakers trying to hawk a movie titled "Bradykillers" about a serial killer who goes after victims Marcia, Jan, and Cindy meet their screen idol, William Shatner. The two young men, who idolize him and in their fantasies have seen him as a shadowy fairy godfather figure, are alarmed at the reality of the middle-aged non-Captain Kirk man that they meet.The Doom Generation
IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 1995
Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embarks on a sex- and violence-filled journey through a United States of psychos and quickie marts.Murder Party
IMDB 5.6 | Oct , 2007
A random invitation to a Halloween party leads a man into the hands of a rogue collective sparking a bloodbath of mishap, mayhem and hilarity.Puddle Cruiser
IMDB 5.4 | Oct , 1996
A student falls in love with a fellow student who is defending his buddies in university court. He "proves his love" (more like his masculinity) to her by playing rugby against her ex-boyfriend.The United States of Leland
IMDB 6.5 | May , 2003
A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the prison, decides to write about Leland's case. Meanwhile, others affected by the murder, including Becky and her sister, Julie, must contend with their own problems.Empire
IMDB 6 | Dec , 2002
Big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this will be his chance to go out on top, Victor soon finds out that he's been double crossed and his last option is to get revenge.Fifty Pills
IMDB 4.8 | Apr , 2006
Unless Darren can survive New York's largest drug mogul, write a paper on Dante's "Inferno," escape three thugs chasing the wrong guy and sell fifty pills of ecstasy to make his tuition payment, he'll never date the girl of his dreams.Two Hands
IMDB 6.6 | Jul , 1999
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.