Movies like Hold-up

“Hold-up (1985) is a French-Canadian 1980s crime-comedy that stages a clownish bank robbery as performative spectacle. It frames a charismatic antihero’s theatrical theft and hostage-taking against police procedure, built around high-contrast chiaroscuro and revue-like staging. The film reframes a heist as dark entertainment, making loyalty and spectacle the story’s central cultural stakes.”