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The Ax (2005)
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The Ax (2005)
Original name: Le Couperet
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, France, Spain
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A chemist loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.
Style: dark comedy, psychological, suspense, atmospheric, black comedy, humorous, cynical, political, dark, psychological thriller ...
Plot: serial killer, unemployment, workplace, murder, job seeking, insanity, greed, unlikely criminals, vengeful fired employee, capitalism, business, misfit, freak, labor, society, chaos, radical, big business, worker, employment, social criticism, fugitive, criminal mind, layoff, economics ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s
Place: france

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, dark comedy, humorous and black comedy films with plots about murder, deadly, dark humor, serial killer, death, psychopath and violent content mostly in Drama, Crime and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Ax: Wild Tales (2014), Four Lions (2010), A Shock to the System (1990), Novocaine (2001), Have Mercy on Us All (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 8.1
 215K
Wild Tales (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain, France, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.
Style: dark comedy, suspense, psychological, anthology, tense ...
Plot: multiple storylines, dark humor, human nature, revenge, vengeance, fighting the system, corruption, sex scene, wedding party, twists and turns, violence, coincidence ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, y2k, 21st century
Place: argentina, persia, south america, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.3
 85K
Four Lions (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) ...
Style: dark comedy, humorous, funny, black comedy, surreal ...
Audience: adult
Plot: terrorism, suicide, stupidity, farce, recruit, comedy of errors, islam, bomb, religion, goofy hero, plan gone awry, team ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire, britain, iraq, pakistan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Shock to the System (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife with one thing to look forward to: a well-deserved promotion. But when the promotion is given to a ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: murder, advertising, revenge, competition, police investigation, contests and competitions, business, workplace intrigue, advertising agency, dark humor, unlikely criminals, rise to the top ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 5.8
 12K
Novocaine (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, suspenseful, tricky, humorous ...
Plot: dentist, murder, femme fatale, drug use, betrayal, false accusation, dark humor, twists and turns, life turned upside down, frame up, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals ...
Time: year 2001
Place: wisconsin, arizona, usa, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Have Mercy on Us All (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In Paris, many citizens go to the precinct after the doors of their apartments have been sprayed with a 4 and the letters "clt". When a dweller is found mysteriously dead in his apartment, Detective Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg and his partner ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: psychopath, plague, danger, warning, riddles and clues, law enforcement, chase, murder, investigation, panic, pandemic, serial killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Louise hires a contract killer (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In this radical and endearing black comedy, a group of retrenched female factory workers decide to pool their compensation money… and hire a hit man to liquidate their boss.
Style: dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, captivating, light ...
Plot: partner, hitman, factory worker, unemployment, disorder, assassination attempt, nothing goes right, obnoxious boss, rivalry, satire, workplace, danger ...
Time: year 2008, september 11 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.7
 2K
Serial Lover (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Claire Doste is about to reach the age of 35 and has everything one dreams of, such as having four boyfriends and a creative job in a publishing house specialising in crime novels. One day, she invites all of her boyfriends to her birthday dinner so ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, dark comedy, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, dark humor, disorder, looking for love, thirty something, writers, dinner, misfit, freak, gory, blood ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Last Supper (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs.
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, witty, intense, disturbing ...
Plot: politics, sexism, death, dinner, culture clash, vigilante, serial killer, murder, assassination, brainwashing, justice, propaganda ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: iowa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 7.4
 44K
Man Bites Dog (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The activities of rampaging, indiscriminate serial killer Ben are recorded by a willingly complicit documentary team, who eventually become his accomplices and active participants. Ben provides casual commentary on the nature of his work and ...
Style: dark comedy, mockumentary, black comedy, disturbing, black and white ...
Plot: serial killer, rape, murder, brutality, found footage, gory, society, satire, rape and revenge, manipulation, macabre, visceral ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1992
Place: europe, brussels, belgium, brussels belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.7
 349
Hotel Oasis (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The life of motel owner is turned upside down by a femme-fatale lounge singer and her abusive manager.
Style: semi serious, humorous, cynical, realistic, witty ...
Plot: murder, disorder, dark humor, unlikely criminals, nothing goes right, dishonesty, cons and scams, fatal accident, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, twins, small town ...
Place: kansas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 7.2
 6K
Buffet Froid (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An absurd black comedy that cunningly reverses the conventions of the crime thriller to comment on the alienating and dehumanizing effects of contemporary urban life. Alphonse Tram is unwittingly involved in several murders despite having no memory ...
Style: surreal, dark comedy, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: murder, surrealism, unemployment, investigation, resentment, rebelliousness, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, dark humor, estrangement, police corruption, satire ...
Time: 20th century, year 1979, 70s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.8
 212
Dead Gorgeous (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The Second World War has just ended and two old friends Rose and Antonia unexpectedly meet in London's Regent Street. Rose is a frustrated housewife married to civil servant with as many secrets as he has mistresses, while Antonia is sick of ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, thrilling ...
Audience: kids
Plot: friendship, murder, unlikely criminals, infidelity, couples, spouse killer, couple relations, dishonesty, dull life, spouse in danger, female friendship, adultery ...
Time: 1940s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.3
 26K
I Stand Alone (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Butcher (known from Noe's short film Carne) has done some time in jail after beating up the guy who tried to seduce his teenage mentally-handicapped daughter. Now he wants to start a new life. He leaves his daughter in an institution and ...
Style: depressing, disturbing, psychological, bleak, controversial ...
Audience: adult
Plot: loneliness, incest, butcher, revenge, violence, alienation, nihilism, insanity, existentialism, macabre, violent, obsession ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 80s
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Ripley Under Ground (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: After his friend, a hot young artist, is killed, a resourceful American man living in London covers up the crime and tries to keep the friend's name alive in order to exploit his legacy and reap millions in the process.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot: manipulation, obsession, cons and scams, murder, impostor, serial killer, cocaine, dishonesty, criminal heroes, forgery, train travel, frenchwoman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, europe, paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims. Moe Brummel is a single and harassed New York City police detective who starts to get phone calls from the strangler and builds a strange alliance ...
Style: detective, dark comedy, clever, suspenseful, spooky ...
Plot: serial killer, disguise, police investigation, jewish mother, murder, killer, politics, nypd, police, police officer, theater, cat and mouse ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
With a Friend Like Harry... (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Harry knew Michel in high school; they meet again by accident, Harry inserts himself in Michel's life... and things take a sinister turn.
Style: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot: obsession, serial killer, murder, friendship, violence, imagination, investigation, family relations, writers, couple relations, darkness, poet ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place: europe, france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 7.5
 104K
Blood Simple (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Style: neo noir, suspense, psychological, independent film, tense ...
Audience: manly, date night
Plot: murder, private detective, murder mystery, extramarital affair, adultery, crime gone awry, twists and turns, hired killer, betrayal, investigation, moral ambiguity, gunfight ...
Time: year 1984, 80s, 20th century
Place: texas, austin texas, midwest, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 5.1
 1K
R.S.V.P. (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young man invites a group of his closest friends to a party, where he proceeds to discreetly kill them all.
Style: slasher, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, dark humor, death, student, party, violence, who done it, woman in danger, college, professor ...
Place: las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A sinister tale of genius gone wrong, The Young Poisoner's Handbook chronicles a young man's descent into madness against the absurd backdrop of suburban English life. Hugh O'Conor plays Graham Young, a schoolboy from the London ...
Style: dark comedy, disturbing, witty, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: serial killer, murder, true crime, psychology, killer, dysfunctional family, mental disorder, past, serial murder, british pub, evil child, mental institution ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s, 80s, 90s
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.8
 25K
Family Plot (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Lighthearted suspense film about a phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend who encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
Style: talky, stylized, suspenseful, black comedy, suspense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: investigation, kidnapping, murder, amateur detective, dark humor, spiritualist, cons and scams, disguise, deception, psychic, car, perfect crime ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 4.7
 289
Tinseltown (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In Hollywood it's all about who you know, and the only person two friends know is a serial killer.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot: serial killer, xmas, hollywood, filmmaking, investigation, artists and showbiz, down on your luck, showbiz, murder, dark humor, christmas, spy ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
My Piece of the Pie (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: France, a factory worker, lives with her three daughters in Dunkirk. The factory where she worked has been closed, leaving France and all of her workmates without a job. She decides to go to Paris to look for work. There she finds a cleaning job at ...
Style: sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic
Plot: unemployment, speculation, power relations, culture clash, social differences, working class, maid, society, life is a bitch, job seeking, rich and poor, social satire ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, london, europe, dunkirk
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.9
 400
Possessions (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Marilyne et Bruno Caron arrivent dans un village de montagne pour emménager dans un chalet qu’ils ont loué à Patrick Castang, promoteur et propriétaire de nombreuses habitations dans la région. Contents de quitter le nord de la France pour ...
Style: psychological, serious, atmospheric, tense, realistic
Plot: unlikely criminals, partner, couples, murderous pair, destructive relationship, serial killer, murder, jealousy, wealth, mountain, village, criminal heroes ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, alps
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 6.9
 866
Whatever (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: It is a story of a depressed, isolated man stuck in a tedious but well-paying programming job.
Style: explicit, disturbing, erotic, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot: manic, existentialism, sex scene, making love, social decay, midlife crisis, software, social criticism, female pubic hair, erection, nihilism, dance lesson ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.9
 6K
Curdled (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Gabriella, a Columbian immigrant, is obsessed with understanding violent crime. The current string of murders by "The Blue Blood Killer" of affluent Miami socialites provides her with fodder for her scrapbook of death. She lands a job with ...
Style: dark comedy, disturbing, bloody, black comedy, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, dangerous attraction, murder, cleaning lady, obsession, blood, investigation, macabre, samurai sword, death, violence, idiot ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: miami, colombia, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Small Apartments (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother, and a crew of misfit characters force him on a journey where a ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, spooky, dark ...
Plot: murder, nothing goes right, misfit, disorder, dark humor, goofy hero, social misfits, lgbt, brother brother relationship, accidental death, brain tumor, tumor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Perfect Patient (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Belgium
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A true and captivating story about the biggest legal scandal in Swedish history, the story about the reporter who questioned an entire legal system. Hannes RĂ¥stam was dedicated to proving the innocence of Thomas Quick and unmask the legal chaos ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot: scandal, serial killer, journalist, psychopath, murder, nordic, injustice, investigation, false accusation, friendship, redemption, acquittal ...
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 7.8
 600K
Nightcrawler (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
Style: neo noir, psychological, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: character study, journalism, sociopath, obsession, journalist, cynicism, psychopath, morality, violence, manipulation, capitalism, employer employee relationship ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, persia, america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Columnist (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Columnist and author Femke is flooded with anonymous nasty messages and death threats on social media. One day she is completely done and decides to take revenge.
Style: suspense, humorous, dark comedy, psychological, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: revenge, female serial killer, murder, danger, disorder, comedy of errors, dark humor, massacre, law enforcement, disfigurement, farce, cliche ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 7.0
 25K
Red Rock West (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, atmospheric, road movie ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: small town, femme fatale, twists and turns, hitman, unemployment, danger, war injury, murder, greed, brutality, caper, gas station ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: texas, wyoming, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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