Caper
The caper story is a subgenre of crime fiction. The typical caper story involves one or more crimes (especially thefts, swindles, or occasionally kidnappings) perpetrated by the main characters in full view of the reader. The actions of police or detectives attempting to prevent or solve the crimes may also be chronicled, but are not the main focus of the story.
The caper story is distinguished from the straight crime story by elements of humor, adventure, or unusual cleverness or audacity. The main characters often have comical idiosyncrasies and the law enforcement individuals are characterized by ineptitude or inadequacies. The criminals comically plan a crime with details unnecessary for the nature of the crime and humour is created when their personalities clash and their quirks are exposed.
The caper story is distinguished from the straight crime story by elements of humor, adventure, or unusual cleverness or audacity. The main characters often have comical idiosyncrasies and the law enforcement individuals are characterized by ineptitude or inadequacies. The criminals comically plan a crime with details unnecessary for the nature of the crime and humour is created when their personalities clash and their quirks are exposed.
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- CreatorChris DowneyJohn RogersStarsTimothy HuttonGina BellmanChristian KaneA crew of high-tech crooks attempt to steal from wealthy criminals and corrupt businessmen.
- StarsShahid KapoorVijay SethupathiAn artist who gets pulled into the murky high stakes of a con job and a fiery task force officer on the mission to rid the country of his menaces in a fast-paced, edgy one-of-a-kind thriller.
- CreatorTony JordanStarsRobert GlenisterRobert VaughnRob JarvisA motley group of London con artists pulls off a series of daring and intricate stings.
- CreatorChris DowneyJohn RogersStarsGina BellmanChristian KaneBeth RiesgrafThe Hitter, the Hacker, the Grifter and the Thief are back, this time with help from a new tech genius and corporate fixer, to take on a new kind of villain. When someone needs help, they provide...Leverage.
- CreatorKrishna D.K.Raj NidimoruStarsRajkummar RaoDulquer SalmaanAdarsh GouravIn a sleepy town, a mechanic struggles to emerge from his dead gangster father's shadow in a mission to win over the love of his life. An honest officer ends up being a chaos agent; whilst a reluctant cartel heir has an identity crisis.
- StarsNikola DjurickoDragan BjelogrlicSrdjan 'Zika' TodorovicA story of two friends and petty thieves trying to make a living, but failing in every possible way.
- CreatorGregory Thomas GarciaStarsGarret DillahuntShakira BarreraPhillip GarciaHaving been previously incarcerated, Jack moves in with his former cellmate, Rooster, and is determined to turn his life around, just at the start of a global pandemic.
- StarsMehran ModiriKamand AmirsoleimaniSiamak AnsariHedayat and Arsalan are two down and out ex-cons with a conscious who have fallen on hard times. When they hear that Meshkat, an old billionaire without any heirs, is in a coma and likely to die, they come up with a plan to once and for all relieve themselves from their misfortunes. Hedayat forges a birth certificate for Arsalan so he can claim to be a long lost nephew of Meshkat. Things, however, don't always go as smoothly as they plan...
- StarsAmbreen RaziaAllan MustafaTom DavisComedy crime caper set in London in the early 1980s, following a gang of hopeless small time crooks who through their own stupidity and poor judgement find themselves embroiled in one of the biggest gold heists in history.
- StarsAdel EmamAhmed EltohamyMohamed EmamNaji Atallah, a former egyptian diplomat in the egyptian embassy in israel, seeks revenge against israelis as he plans to rob a bank in telaviv with a squad of youths he recruited.
- CreatorJon BeckermanRob BurnettStarsDonal LogueSofía VergaraLenny VenitoA group of blue-collar guys scheme to rob a celebrity in New York City.
- CreatorJoe MarkhamJoe ParhamStarsMel GiedroycSue PerkinsKatherine ParkinsonFran and Jamie are best friends and business partners - they just happen to kill people for a living. Having stumbled into a career in contract killing, the misfit duo are definitely not your typical killers for hire.
- CreatorJessica RedenbachStarsMiranda OttoAina DumlaoLena CruzFollows the theft of a multi-million-dollar necklace and the women from different walks of life who come together to ensure that justice is served.
- CreatorPushpendra Nath MisraStarsJimmy ShergillAashim GulatiNamit DasWhen an unlikely group of misfits discovers a common enemy in the same ruthless yet superstitious politician, they plot a heist to exact revenge.
- CreatorSebastian GutierrezStarsCarla GuginoAna de la RegueraGaite JansenA criminal gang fleeing a botched jewelry heist is forced to hide out in a beach side estate where two women live in seclusion. Their world turns into a tension filled hothouse of secrets, betrayal and desire.
- StarsMarilyn CastonguayFrançois LétourneauPatrice RobitailleIn a quiet suburb of Quebec City in 1974, two couples in crisis realize that their relationships are falling apart. Infidelity and betrayal are exposed and a sequence of unexpected events will transform both couples into murderers.
- StarsMasami NagasawaMasahiro HigashideFumiyo KohinataDako (Masami Nagasawa) is a con woman who takes money from wealthy people like yakuza bosses and evil businessmen. She works with Boku-chan (Masahiro Higashide) and Richard (Fumiyo Kohinata) to carry their plans using fantastic teamwork.
- CreatorJoanna Hartwig-SkalskaAnna Novák-ZemplinskaStarsMagdalena KutaMalgorzata PotockaAnna RomantowskaAfter a failed robbery, a gang of 3 noble thieves: Zuza, Kinga and Alicja hides in a quiet nursing home. While the police are on their heels, the gang continues their activities at the center, giving its elderly residents a second youth.
- CreatorDaniel SanduStarsAlexandru PapadopolCristian BotaGavril PatruTwo municipal workers, depressed in a bar, spontaneously joke about being able to rob a bank van, in order to sound big. Trouble starts when their plan is taken at face value by a mobster, who threatens them to actually do the heist.
- StarsJuliusz ChrzastowskiLukasz GarlickiAnna IlczukA group of strangers who accidentally drive off in a car with two million zlotys, coming from a bank heist.
- CreatorMorgan O'NeillStarsAlexander BertrandKate BoxHunter Page-LochardA Queensland outback man flees his past, gets lured into Sydney's seedy underbelly and entangled in crime.
- StarsLotta TejleSissela KyleTomas von BrömssenJenny and Cecilia are two women in their 60s who live a regular middle class life in Kalmar. But when both realize that the future is anything but light for them, they decide to do something drastic, robbing a bank office in Stockholm.
- StarsOksana AkinshinaMikhail EfremovEvgeniya DobrovolskayaSix colleagues from a small real-estate firm accidentally miss their mutual flight thus miraculously avoiding the plane crash. The eluded disaster triggers the insight that none of them had a chance to live their dream. With doubts set aside, the group agrees to commit the theft. With nothing but bags full of cash, ex-clerks go on the run in pursuit of the most cherished desires and ambitions. Unfortunately, they chose to rob the wrong guy and they already became the prey. And on top of all that - there is a rat among them. The series has a unique structure with each episode introducing one of the survivors' background and features an unprecedented, star-studded Russian cast with award-winning actors from the leading roles to the smallest cameos, thus delivering an electrifying performance.
- CreatorWillis HallKeith WaterhouseStarsAdam FaithIain CuthbertsonLynn DalbyChirpy Cockney petty crook Ronald "Budgie" Bird is the main character in this British television series.
- StarsKim Min-jungChoi SiwonLee Yoo-youngYang Jung Kook is a veteran conman, but he has never been arrested. One day, his girlfriend suddenly runs off with the money they were going to use for their marriage. Yang Jung Kook is extremely upset and he goes out to drink. He meets Kim Mi Young. She is going through a hard time herself because of her boyfriend's cheating ways. Yang Jung Kook tells her that he runs a business and Kim Mi Young tells him that she works for a small company. Kim Mi Young is actually a detective. They find comfort with each other and they develop a relationship romantically. On their wedding day, Kim Mi Young reveals to Yang Jung Kook that she is actually a detective. Meanwhile, Park Hoo Ja is a mysterious woman. She runs a private loan business that she inherited from her father. Her father was swindled by Yang Jung Kook. Park Hoo Ja finds Yang Jung Kook and blackmails him into running for a national assembly seat.