Movies like Leaves of Grass
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Leaves of Grass (2009)
28K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An Ivy League professor returns home, where his pot-growing twin brother has concocted a plan to take down a local drug lord.
Style:
dark comedy, stylized, intense, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, black comedy, clever, witty ...
Plot:
twins, dysfunctional family, weed, drug, road trip, brutality, twin brother, gangster, drug dealing, siblings relations, family relations, profanity, partner, petty criminal, homecoming, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, marijuana, brothers, mentor, justice, stoner, dual role, university professor, caper ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
oklahoma, usa
Keyword:
gangsters, partners, jewish
Most similar movies to Leaves of Grass
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, dark comedy, humorous and semi serious films with plots about murder, profanity, dishonesty, cons and scams, gangster, dark humor and drug mostly in Crime, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Leaves of Grass: Weeds (2005), Homegrown (1998), Criminal (2004), Death to Smoochy (2002), Novocaine (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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117K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
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Story:
Weeds is an American dark comedy-drama series created by Jenji Kohan. The central character is Nancy Botwin, a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling cannabis to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a heart attack. Over the ...
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, sitcom, witty, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, marijuana, drug dealing, drug dealer, single mother, smuggling, eccentric family, widow, unlikely criminals, family relations, dark humor, family life ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Three laborers on a Northern California marijuana plantation become increasingly paranoid when they learn that their boss has been murdered. They know enough to run, taking with them enough of the crop to pay them for services rendered. Hooking up ...
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
weed, marijuana, drug abuse, murder, mafia, gunfight, greed, drug dealing, police investigation, crime gone awry, drug addiction, corruption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, northern california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
11K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Needing a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with a perfect poker face. The two plan a big-time scam: selling a fake Silver Certificate to currency collector William Hannigan. Rodrigo distrusts his new ...
Style:
suspenseful, tricky, psychological, talky, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
con artists, twists and turns, forgery, manipulation, heist, plot twist, justice, con men, caper, crime gone awry, partner, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuscia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring hit ...
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, funny, harsh ...
Plot:
children, vengeance, television, depression, showbiz, revenge, performer's life, rivalry, artists and showbiz, success, disorder, delusion ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, salt lake city utah, coney island brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
12K
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 ⇓
49%
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Films like Weeds
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
Style:
dark comedy, neo noir, black comedy, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
christmas, stripper, strip club, femme fatale, robbery, betrayal, murder, gangster, organized crime, mobster, snow, greed ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
usa, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson is kidnapped by Thaddeus James, a young genius who claims to be Barkley's illegitimate half-brother. Motivated not so much by money as revenge, ...
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, dark comedy, suspense, black comedy ...
Plot:
kidnapping, college, professor, confined, twists and turns, cons and scams, dark humor, dishonesty, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family relations, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being ...
Style:
dark comedy, hood, stylized, harsh, talky ...
Plot:
addiction, hip hop, drug addiction, drug, urban, drug abuse, murder, heroin, gangster, justice, crime gone awry, culture clash ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa, detroit, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney, investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. ...
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, detective, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
police, police corruption, police investigation, organized crime, murder, corruption, investigation, conspiracy, betrayal, cop, moral dilemma, family relations ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, washington d.c., bronx new york city, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Dignan has hatched a hair-brained scheme for an as-yet-unspecified crime spree that ...
Style:
road movie, witty, humorous, talky, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, on the run, love, heist, motel, psychiatric hospital, road trip, gangster, bookstore, sibling relationship, disorder, self discovery ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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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 ⇓
46%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
High Times' Pot Luck is an upbeat pot caper that centers around a mobster who discovers the magic of marijuana.
Style:
semi serious, cynical, humorous, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
stoner, drug dealing, prodigy, music band, performer's life, gangster, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, unlikely criminals, drug abuse, celebrity culture, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, kentucky
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A 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 has ...
Style:
intense, stylized, melancholic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, organized crime, gangster, greed, twists and turns, drug dealing, wall street, ghetto, criminal heroes, going straight, cons and scams, mafia ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
usa, new york, miami, bronx new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Four sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.
Style:
suspense, stylized, intense, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
father son relationship, mafia, organized crime, violence, mobster, profanity, gangster, small town, twists and turns, corrupt cop, uncle nephew relationship, bag of money ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, montana, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Suspension from school, the loss of a friend, a broken heart and lack of inspiration lead to Maude's downfall in this romp through teenage error. Your teenage years are never easy… but for Maude, things couldn't be worse. Within one ...
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, humorous, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
siblings relations, dysfunctional family, teenage love, teenage life, family life, family relations, best friend, parents and children, eccentric family, love and romance, family problems, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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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 ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.
Style:
psychological, feel good, entertaining, psychological thriller, twisted ...
Plot:
con artists, twists and turns, cons and scams, mental illness, con men, heist, greed, slick, plot twist, psychology, father daughter relationship, obsession ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman.
Style:
funny, dark comedy, entertaining, humorous, black comedy ...
Plot:
heist, dark humor, african american, painting, cons and scams, eccentricity, greed, culture clash, murder, con artists, friends, american football ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
mississippi, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Set in the world of mega-churches in which a former Deadhead-turned-born again-Christian finds himself on the run from fundamentalist members of his mega-church who will do anything to protect their larger-than-life pastor.
Style:
cynical, humorous, semi serious, suspenseful, funny ...
Plot:
pastor, religion, atheist, false accusation, life turned upside down, on the run, frame up, dark humor, danger, society, investigation, farce ...
Place:
usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
134K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, clever, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, safecracker, betrayal, caper, thief, bank robbery, heist, race against time, group of criminals, perfect crime, criminal's revenge, cons and scams ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
quebec, north america, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares; his foster brother, a fellow cop, tries to protect him.
Style:
melancholic, suspense, intense, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, train robbery, subway, buddy cop, perfect crime, new year's eve, arson, bank robbery, happy ending, robbery, caper, siblings relations ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal the TV station's lotto ball girl to rig the state lottery drawing. The numbers come up right, but ...
Style:
stylized, humorous, realistic, not serious, feel good ...
Plot:
lottery, small town, justice, weatherman, dark humor, criminal heroes, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals, couple relations, cons and scams, stripper, gambling ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 80s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Elmo McElroy is a streetwise American master chemist who heads to England to sell his special new formula - a powerful, blue concoction guaranteed to take you to 'the 51st state.' McElroy's new product delivers a feeling 51 times more ...
Style:
humorous, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, chemist, organized crime, gangster, drug lord, culture clash, drug, golf, drug dealing, car chase, gang war, partner ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 70s
Place:
england, los angeles, liverpool, northern england, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After escaping from jail, two teens flee to Tijuana and stay with one's childhood protector, a man masquerading as a nun.
Style:
disturbing, intense, controversial, cult classic, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, lesbian, prostitute, escape, violent, lgbt, hardcore, woman with a gun, coming of age, monster, eating disorder, prison life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mexico, latin america, tijuana mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold ...
Style:
dark comedy, disturbing, funny, black comedy, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
wedding, murder, violence, friends, justice, unlikely criminals, uncover truth, love and romance, nothing goes right, dead prostitute, investigation, wrongfully committed ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
las vegas, california, usa, los angeles, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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459K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.
Style:
neo noir, dark comedy, humorous, atmospheric, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
dark humor, hitman, guilt, haunted by the past, tourist, suicidal, friendship, death, suicide, assassin, dialogue, character study ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, future, medieval times, 21st century
Place:
belgium, bruges, ireland, europe, bolivia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The story of two brothers: one who’s devoted to his family, the other who’s obsessed with the Manson Family.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, horror comedy ...
Plot:
misfit, character study, family relations, self discovery, obsession, brother, crime scene, siblings relations, brother brother relationship, serial killer, charles manson, freak ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Following the death of his mother, J finds himself living with his estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Smurf, mother to the Cody boys. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world. But, as he soon ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, bleak, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
gangster, interrogation, violence, complex characters, justice, investigation, drug dealer, character study, vengeance, law enforcement, bad mother, power struggle ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
australia, melbourne, oceania, peru
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, Canada, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens to be sought after by two hitmen.
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, clever, realistic, black comedy ...
Plot:
kidnapping, murder, dark humor, disorder, down on your luck, comedy of errors, insurance fraud, life insurance, frozen body, winter, snow, insurance agent ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, ...
Style:
funny, humorous, clever, intense, light ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
mafia, hollywood, debt, movie business, producer, gangster, gambling, organized crime, filmmaking, caper, dark humor, cons and scams ...
Time:
90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place:
miami, los angeles, california, usa, las vegas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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