Movies like After Hours

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After Hours (1985)
 7.6
 80K
After Hours (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho whom he met that evening at a coffee shop.
Style: surreal, dark comedy, black comedy, funny, atmospheric, realistic, disturbing, art house, talky, neo noir ...
Plot: twists and turns, dark humor, subway, city life, suicide, artist, mistaken identity, female nudity, nightclub, coincidence, surrealism, nightlife, murder, visceral, crime gone awry, character study, thief, farce, lifestyle, voyeur, diner, fish out of water, uncontrollable, storytelling, chase ...
Time: 20th century, year 1985, 80s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Keyword: twilight, avant-garde, oldies, poster, dreams

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Most similar movies to After Hours

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark comedy, cult classic, black comedy and realistic films with plots about murder, profanity, dark humor, cigarette smoking, violence, bar and satire mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like After Hours: Burn After Reading (2008), Barton Fink (1991), Mystery Train (1989), The Last Supper (1995), Control (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Burn After Reading (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of Linda Litzke and Chad Feldheimer, the two gym employees see a chance to make enough money for her to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of ...
Style: dark comedy, funny, black comedy, absurd, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: stupidity, espionage, paranoia, farce, divorce, infidelity, spy, gym, violence, online dating, great ending, ambition ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa, virginia, persia, america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 128K
Barton Fink (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Style: psychological, surreal, neo noir, dark comedy, cerebral ...
Plot: twists and turns, hollywood, showbiz, murder, screenwriter, neighbor, surrealism, serial killer, insanity, dark humor, film industry, filmmaking ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 90s, year 1991, year 1941
Place: los angeles, california, usa, new york, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
 7.5
 31K
Mystery Train (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Three stories are connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley.
Style: independent film, anthology, humorous, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot: hotel, tourist, train, hotel room, ghost, rock and roll, robbery, cafe, recording studio, hotel desk clerk, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, armed robbery ...
Time: year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place: memphis, tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
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 7.6
 27K
Control (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, his fellow inspectors, who are all without exception likeable characters, a rival ticket inspection team, and racing along the tracks... And a tale about love.
Style: psychological, dark comedy, surreal, atmospheric, black comedy ...
Plot: subway, train, workplace, serial killer, social misfits, dark humor, european, underground, love, musician, angel, claustrophobia ...
Time: year 2003, y2k, 21st century
Place: hungary, budapest, eastern europe, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.2
 913K
Taxi Driver (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
Style: psychological, neo noir, bleak, disturbing, cult classic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: vigilante, character study, loner, alienation, obsession, vigilantism, violence, loneliness, psychology, lone wolves, taxi, depression ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, america, harlem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
The King of Comedy (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.
Style: tragicomedy, dark comedy, black comedy, funny, talky ...
Plot: obsession, desire for fame, ambition, showbiz, character study, delusion, kidnapping, artists and showbiz, insanity, satire, psychology, television ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.1
 50K
11:14 (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of events of five different characters and five different storylines that all converge to tell the ...
Style: dark comedy, psychological, suspense, black comedy, non-linear ...
Plot: murder, dark humor, accident, twists and turns, vandalism, chase, multiple perspectives, life philosophy, obsession, creativity, police, hit and run ...
Time: year 2003, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Doom Generation (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embark on a sex and violence-filled journey through an America of psychos and quickiemarts.
Style: erotic, disturbing, dark comedy, surreal, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: lovers on the run, on the road, sex, lgbt, satanist, sex slave, surrealism, road trip, dark humor, forced sex, golden retriever, mistaken identity ...
Time: near future, 90s
Place: seattle, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 29K
Suicide Kings (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Christopher Walken shines in this cult-favorite dark comedy as Charlie, a former mobster who is abducted by five privileged young men (Sean Patrick Flanery, Johnny Galecki, Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto, Henry Thomas) desperate to raise a $2 million ransom ...
Style: dark comedy, tense, suspenseful, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, hostage, mafia, manipulation, gangster, twists and turns, mobster, organized crime, mansion, nothing goes right, confined, disorder ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 7K
Amateur (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A man wakes up in an alley, bleeding and with no memory of who he is. He stumbles into a coffee shop and is befriended by a charitable ex-nun who is failing in her attempts to write marketable pornography.
Style: art house, clever, humorous, dark comedy, independent film ...
Plot: redemption, memory loss, amnesia, philosophy, underworld, caper, memory, sexual abuse, nun, couples, love and romance, on the run ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 41K
Repo Man (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.
Style: dark comedy, surreal, black comedy, independent film, offbeat ...
Audience: teens
Plot: punk, alien, surrealism, car trunk, punk rocker, absurdism, mad scientist, car chase, conspiracy theory, punk rock, ufo, business ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984, future
Place: california, los angeles, arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A beleaguered small-business owner gets a harmonium and embarks on a romantic journey with a mysterious woman.
Style: surreal, romantic, dark comedy, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, adult
Plot: true love, depression, shyness, asperger's syndrome, brother sister relationship, mental illness, love and romance, insanity, eccentricity, complex characters, love story, sibling relationship ...
Time: year 2002, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: hawaii, los angeles, california, utah, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
 2K
Motorama (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A ten year old boy gets tired of life with abusive parents and cashes in his piggy bank and steals a Mustang. He rides off into a surreal America playing "Motorama," a game sponsored by Chimera Gas Company. He has various encounters with ...
Style: road movie, surreal, semi serious, humorous, grim ...
Plot: boy, on the road, youth, juvenile delinquent, american dream, child as adult, coming of age, partner, contests and competitions, obsessive quest, chases and races, buddies ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.9
 459K
In Bruges (2008)
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 ⇓
50%
 7.2
 100K
Wild at Heart (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
Style: surreal, road movie, black comedy, avant garde, dark comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: on the road, murder, surrealism, forbidden love, on the run, road trip, violence, sex scene, domineering mother, rape, haunted by the past, dark humor ...
Time: 90s, year 1990, 20th century, 80s
Place: new orleans, texas, austin texas, usa, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.5
 65K
The Player (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Style: suspense, dark comedy, neo noir, clever, black comedy ...
Plot: hollywood, filmmaking, film industry, murder, police investigation, blackmail, showbiz, writers, movie business, satire, murder mystery, manipulation ...
Time: 20th century, year 1992, future, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa, pasadena california
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 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 ⇓
36%
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and ...
Style: surreal, psychological, dark comedy, black comedy, psychedelic ...
Audience: date night, teens, adult
Plot: midlife crisis, existentialism, theater, surrealism, showbiz, actor, magic realism, satire, father daughter relationship, dark humor, alter ego, art ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: new york, los angeles, america, ethiopia, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 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 ⇓
36%
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.
Style: neo noir, suspense, realistic, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: robbery, dysfunctional family, heist gone wrong, blackmail, greed, adultery, nudity, murder, divorce, caper, character study, debt ...
Time: year 2007, 90s, 21st century
Place: new york, persia, usa, rio de janeiro, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Spike Jonze’s debut feature film is a love story mix of comedy and fantasy. The story is about an unsuccessful puppeteer named Craig, who one day at work finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for ...
Style: surreal, cerebral, mind bending, psychological, offbeat ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: surrealism, puppeteer, subconscious, psychology, philosophy, existentialism, satire, lesbianism, insanity, body swapping, mind control, magic realism ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place: new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.7
 202K
Adaptation. (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A love-lorn script writer grows increasingly desperate in his quest to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.
Style: satirical, absurd, black comedy, mind bending, dark comedy ...
Plot: twins, filmmaking, depression, writer's block, writers, imagination, mentally unstable, loser, existentialism, obsession, siblings relations, eccentricity ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: florida, new york, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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 7.0
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Slacker (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Presents a day in the life in Austin, Texas among its social outcasts and misfits, predominantly the twenty-something set, using a series of linear vignettes. These characters, who in some manner just don't fit into the establishment norms, ...
Style: independent film, philosophical, surreal, cult classic, entirely dialogue ...
Audience: teens
Plot: anarchist, coming of age, philosophy, slacker, loser, one day, dream, existentialism, anarchism, subculture, twenty something, teenager ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: texas, austin texas, midwest, usa, barcelona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Ice Harvest (2005)
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 ⇓
36%
 7.2
 119K
Mean Streets (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
Style: neo noir, tense, realistic, atmospheric, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, mafia, organized crime, friendship, money, character study, urban ghetto life, life philosophy, mobster, friends, urban, street gang ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: 48 hours in the life of a burnt-out paramedic. Once called Father Frank for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying ...
Style: psychological, bleak, atmospheric, serious, dark comedy ...
Plot: medical, mental illness, hospital, hallucination, ambulance, crime gone awry, rescue, redemption, haunted by the past, patient, dealing with death, misfit partners ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.3
 138K
Matchstick Men (2003)
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 ⇓
36%
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink white Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events ...
Style: neo noir, dark comedy, surreal, absurd, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: bowling, mistaken identity, weed, dialogue, slacker, hippie, marijuana, great dialogue, dream, drug, stoner, nihilism ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1998, year 1991
Place: los angeles, america, iraq, arizona, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style: clever, captivating, motivational, cynical, dramatic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: money, corruption, business, wall street, rise and fall, greed, stock market, addiction, success, stock broker, wealth, rags to riches ...
Time: 80s, year 2013, 90s, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: new york, usa, america, geneva switzerland, italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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