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Jonesin' (2021)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a case of mistaken identity, country boy Deke Jones gets abducted and finds himself stuck in the city, and way out of his depth, between two somewhat incompetent gangs.
Style:
independent film, tension, dark comedy, suspense, fast paced, action comedy
Plot:
fish out of water, mistaken identity, culture clash, abduction, dark humor, gang, urban, reluctant hero, hostage situation, chase, satire, nightlife, buddy, boy, gangs
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, fast paced, dark comedy and action comedy films with plots about satire, urban, mistaken identity, fish out of water, nightlife, moral ambiguity and friendship mostly in Comedy, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like Jonesin': Bombs Away (1985), The Great Fava Beans of China (2004), In the Spirit (1990), Perpetrators of the Crime (1999), Kolpachino 3: Chain (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Egypt
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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2000s
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Italy, USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: Greece
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Armenia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Country: Egypt, India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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