Movies like Amateur 1994

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Amateur (1994)
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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, erotic, offbeat, realistic, contemplative, semi serious ...
Plot: redemption, memory loss, amnesia, caper, sexual abuse, philosophy, memory, underworld, nun, murder, love and romance, couples, on the run, haunted by the past, dishonesty, couple relations, nosy, female nudity, torture, blackmail, husband wife relationship, alley, mother superior, love triangle, eating disorder ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: new york, usa
Keyword: gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and offbeat films with plots about couples, dishonesty, love and romance, murder, couple relations, disorder and female nudity mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like Amateur: Trust (1990), Simple Men (1992), The Unbelievable Truth (1989), After Hours (1985), Surviving Desire (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Trust (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: After being thrown away from home, pregnant high school dropout Maria meets Matthew, a highly educated and extremely moody electronics repairman. The two begin an unusual romance built on their sense of mutual admiration and trust.
Style: independent film, dark comedy, surreal, cult classic, talky ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, love and romance, age difference, coming of age, bittersweet, dark humor, redemption, age-gap relationship, women, young heroes, drifter, troubled youth ...
Time: 90s, year 1990, 80s, 20th century
Place: long island, usa, new york
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100%
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Simple Men (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Bitter about being double-crossed by the women he loved, (and with the police after him to boot), Bill vows to seduce the next woman he sees, then throw her away. His brother Dennis, meanwhile, is equally determined to track down their long lost ...
Style: road movie, talky, witty, realistic, art house ...
Plot: brother brother relationship, transformation, family relations, parents and children, siblings relations, missing person, haunted by the past, obsessive quest, on the road, husband wife relationship, friendship, eccentricity ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: usa, new york, florida, maryland, pennsylvania ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where he meets Audry Hugo. No one can remember exactly what Josh did...
Style: independent film, black comedy, art house, dark comedy, talky ...
Audience: date night
Plot: ex convict, mechanic, redemption, prison, obsession, literature, friendship, drinking, greed, high school, depression, anarchist ...
Time: year 1989, 20th century, 80s, year 1988
Place: new york, new york state, long island, usa, harvard university
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ...
Plot: twists and turns, dark humor, subway, city life, suicide, artist, mistaken identity, female nudity, nightclub, coincidence, surrealism, nightlife ...
Time: 20th century, year 1985, 80s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Surviving Desire (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
Story: Jude, a college professor, is obsessed with Sophie, his student. She, in turn, is intrigued by his scholarly charm. Flirtation turns to lust and the two become lovers.
Style: retro, art house, contemplative, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: teachers and students, bookstore, teacher, age difference, writers, entertainment, book, philosophy, lovers, youth, love and romance, hopes ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: usa
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35%
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Flirt (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany, Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The same situation is played out in different cities (New York, Berlin and Japan). A lover has to choose whether to commit to a partner who is returning home. In each case there are other people involved, an ex-partner and someone else in a ...
Style: art house, independent film, talky, witty, clever ...
Audience: date night
Plot: homosexual, lgbt, loneliness, flirting, in love, infidelity, couples, dark humor, ultimatum, love triangle, gender, couple relations ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: new york, japan, asia, usa, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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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
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25%
The Last Time (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Ted Ryker is the top salesman in the New York office of a business machine company; the corporate stock lives by quarterly sales numbers, the competition is keen, and the economy may be in a downturn. Ted's company is marking time until a new ...
Style: cynical, humorous, realistic, semi serious, talky ...
Plot: infidelity, love triangle, love affair, couple relations, couples, dishonesty, hot and sexy, mind game, city life, urban, love and romance, transplant ...
Time: year 2006
Place: new york, usa, phoenix arizona, arizona, atlantic city new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Henry Fool (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister.
Style: independent film, cult classic, philosophical, dark comedy, talky ...
Plot: writers, poetry, art, poet, suicide, writer's life, bittersweet, drinking, violence, drifter, rap, sex scene ...
Time: year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place: new jersey, usa, new york, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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The Last Run (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When a young accountant is devastated after discovering his inspiringly beautiful girlfriend is cheating on him, his best friend, who's engaged to a girl he doesn't love, convinces him to go on a "run" and sleep with as many ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, sexy, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: comedy of errors, couple relations, womanizer, redemption, rebelliousness, dishonesty, addiction, one night stand, sexual relations, older woman younger man, older woman younger man relationship, infidelity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.5
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The Swindle (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Betty and Victor are a pair of scam artists. One day Betty brings in Maurice, a treasurer of a multinational company. Maurice is due to transfer 5 millions francs out of Switzerland, and Betty is convinced he plans to steal that money.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, clever, witty ...
Plot: gambling, casino, scam, hidden identity, crime gone awry, intrigue, dishonesty, disorder, gangster, betrayal, criminal heroes, mafia ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
Place: swiss alps, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.5
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Out Cold (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A comedy about an angry married couple, a private investigator, and a walk-in freezer.
Style: dark comedy, independent film, cynical, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: male pubic hair, private investigator, infidelity, halloween, partner, private detective, murder, frame up, male nudity, frozen body, hunting, love triangle ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Whatever You Say (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Bastien, an ambitious young production assistant, catches the attention of Jean-Louis, a producer of high regard, and is granted a shot at his own television show.
Style: humorous, witty, realistic, clever, semi serious ...
Plot: adultery, murder, disorder, social differences, dark humor, couples, rise to the top, couple relations, satire, husband wife relationship, suicide, accidental killing ...
Time: year 2002
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Where the Money Is (2000)
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Henry Manning (Paul Newman) has come up with a new way to break out of prison: fake a stroke and get transferred to a nursing home. It's a perfect plan, except for one thing: the woman assigned to take care of him at the nursing home, Carol Ann ...
Style: clever, light, semi serious, humorous, action thriller ...
Plot: bank robbery, chase, retirement home, caper, elderly, aging, cons and scams, couples, couple relations, dishonesty, criminal heroes, nursing ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Coup de torchon (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In 1938 in the french West Africa, Lucien Cordier is a weak and corrupted policeman despised by the local bad boys. His wife is openly cheating on him and he hasn't got any self-respect anymore. But when comes the occasion, his revenge will be ...
Style: humorous, offbeat, dark comedy, black comedy, neo noir ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, infidelity, adultery, lust, colonialism, unhappy marriage, voyeur, pimp, extramarital affair, female nudity, woman in jeopardy ...
Time: pre world war two, year 1938, 1930s, 20th century, year 1981
Place: africa, france, senegal, west africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Feeling Minnesota (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Sam Clayton's (Vincent D'Onofrio) marriage to ex-stripper Freddie (Cameron Diaz) comes about when she's strong-armed into the match by Red (Delroy Lindo), a club proprietor who once did her a favor. But Freddie falls in love with ...
Style: dark comedy, independent film, black comedy, talky, clever ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love, corruption, murder, gangster, wedding, love triangle, stripper, family relations, elopement, motel, presumed dead, framed for murder ...
Time: 90s
Place: minnesota, las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Wild Target (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Into the solitary life of middle-aged hitman, Victor Meynard, come two people: Antoine, a youth who becomes Victor's apprentice, and Renée, a bold thief Victor's been hired to kill because she cheated a mobster. When circumstances prevent ...
Style: sex comedy, semi serious, realistic, offbeat, humorous ...
Plot: love and romance, male nudity, sexual content, gangster, criminal heroes, rivalry, dishonesty, forgery, danger, destiny, fight for supremacy, chaos and mayhem ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
2 B Perfectly Honest (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Business partners Frank and Josh go bankrupt after their dot-com start-up collapses before it goes online. Frank, a bachelor and broke, reluctantly moves back home to live with his parents while Josh, a hippie computer wiz who's married and has ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, clever, humorous
Plot: friends, friendship, partner, lifestyle, love and romance, odd couple, self discovery, couples, disorder, infidelity, dishonesty, nothing goes right ...
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Linguini Incident (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A waitress (Rosanna Arquette), a barman (David Bowie) and an underwear designer (Eszter Balint) try to rob a New York restaurant where two of them work.
Style: offbeat, independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: robbery, food, deaf, rock, escape artist, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, love and romance, opposites attract, fall in love, couples, disorder ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: new york, usa
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22%
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Hoods (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Angelo, together with a group of five other people, is ordered by his father, an Italian mobster, to kill the son of an enemy of his, who has destroyed one of his buildings with a bomb. The problems grow bigger when they discover that the person ...
Style: dark comedy, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mobster, child in peril, gangster, criminal heroes, introspection, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, buddies, disorder ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: new york
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22%
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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
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22%
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Almost You (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Alex and Erica Boyer are a young couple in crisis. Alex, despite his loving wife, beautiful home and high-paying job, feels trapped. When Erica has an accident that leaves her temporarily confined to a wheelchair and requiring the services of a ...
Style: independent film, cynical, talky, biting, semi serious ...
Plot: troubled marriage, wall street, midlife crisis, adultery, nurse, couples, disability, twentysomething life, infidelity, cold relationship, urban, introspection ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Ned Rifle (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Henry and Fay's son Ned sets out to find and kill his father for destroying his mother's life. But his aims are frustrated by the troublesome Susan, whose connection to Henry predates even his arrival in the lives of the Grim family.
Style: realistic, semi serious, clever, captivating, erotic ...
Plot: vengeance, rivalry, murder, escapades, obsessive quest, chases and races, parents and children, search for father, coming of age, religion, art, politics ...
Time: 21st century
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22%
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Beautiful Joe (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An extremely nice guy falls for a really bad girl
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22%
Finding Amanda (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A television producer with a penchant for drinking and gambling is sent to Las Vegas to convince his troubled niece to enter rehab.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, clever, hilarious ...
Plot: niece, rehabilitation, prostitution, gambling, couples, redemption, couple relations, love and romance, obsessive quest, rescue, no bra, uncle niece relationship ...
Time: year 2008
Place: usa, nevada, las vegas
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22%
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Forever Mine (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A hotel cabana boy falls for the wife of a powerful politico. But when she confesses to the affair, her husband determines to end it forever.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot: unfaithful wife, betrayal, couple relations, love triangle, love affair, haunted by the past, dishonesty, unfulfillment, hidden identity, murder, lovers reunited, infidelity ...
Time: 90s, year 1999
Place: florida, new york, usa, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.7
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Homegrown (1998)
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 ⇓
21%
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Bone (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A thief breaks into the home of a wealthy, happily married Beverly Hills couple. He soon finds out, though, that the couple is neither as wealthy as he thought they were and are not as happily married as they appeared.
Style: dark comedy, grindhouse, independent film, cynical, talky ...
Plot: blaxploitation, hostage, exploitation, black, african american, racial issues, african, home invasion, couples, interracial relations, social satire, dark humor ...
Time: 70s
Place: beverly hills, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Dinner at Eight (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A wry, insightful comedy of manners in which somewhat dizzy society matron Millicent Jordan arranges a dinner party to honor some visiting aristocrat while remaining oblivious to her husband's health and financial problems as well as her ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, talky, cynical, humorous ...
Plot: couple relations, nothing goes right, dishonesty, love and romance, rivalry, intrigue, couples, disorder, bad attitude, dinner party, high society, greed ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.8
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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 ⇓
21%
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