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Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995)
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Genre: Crime, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Johnny Destiny burns into Las Vegas in his hot Plymouth RoadRunner, stopping only to pick up a stranger stranded in the desert. But then, things aren't always as they seem. Anything can happen in that town of many possibilities...especially since there's been some weird electrical disturbances. As the stranger, fresh out of prison, tries to put his life back together--to recover his money from an old bank heist and the girl he lost in doing the job--something keeps interfering with his plans. Is it fate...or just Destiny?
Style:
road movie, talky, stylized, entertaining, humorous, semi serious, offbeat, fast, independent film, light ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime gone awry, heist, brutality, desert, multiple storylines, expectant father, gang, bank, on the run, partner, disorder, criminal heroes, chase, supernatural power, greed, friends, car chase, fugitives, chases and races, silly humor, odd couple, buddies, unlikely criminals, cons and scams, pregnancy ...
Place:
las vegas, usa
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Most similar movies to Destiny Turns on the Radio
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, realistic and independent film films with plots about disorder, heist, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, cons and scams, partner and dishonesty mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Destiny Turns on the Radio: Dream a Little Dream 2 (1995), High Hopes (2006), Scorched (2003), For Da Love of Money (2002), Madigan's Millions (1968). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dinger and Bobby's adventure start when a pair of magical sunglasses arrive at the door. Their mundane lives in L.A. get a crazy twist-but soon enough, they've got thugs on their trail who want the valuable pair for themselves. Under hot ...
Style:
teen sex comedy, sex comedy, buddy comedy, independent film, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
partner, best friend, life turned upside down, cons and scams, nothing goes right, on the run, buddies, chases and races, obsessive quest, superhuman powers, chase, mad scientist ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Hollywood hopeful Tom Murphy and his posse are pinning their dreams of success on having Tom’s famous girlfriend star in their first feature. That is, until she dumps him. Now the plan is to steal a case of government-issued marijuana, return it ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, disorder, showbiz, crime gone awry, mute or deaf, couples, hollywood, buddies, stash, nothing goes right, friendship, media ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three bank tellers. One goal: knock the place over. The ultimate inside jobs, plotted by three people with nothing to lose.
Style:
funny, melancholic, humorous, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
heist, bank robber, desert, robbery, small town, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, bank, friends, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, employee ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
nevada
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When rumors start circling that average guy Dre has come into money, everyone starts coming to get their's.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, semi serious ...
Plot:
heist, on the run, disorder, buddies, nothing goes right, cons and scams, down on your luck, stolen money, rivalry, danger, escapades, drug dealing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, exciting, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disorder, cons and scams, heist, crime gone awry, chase, dishonesty, goofy hero, partner, money, gangster, police, hooligan ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Karate meets Kalashnikovs as the uncontrollable force and the immovable object are thrown together in this bloody hilarious action comedy! Hiro's a Tokyo cyber-punk Yakuza with a simple mission: smuggle a toilet made of pure heroin to New York ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, stylized, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
chase, partner, crime gone awry, misfit partners, disorder, criminal heroes, drug dealing, odd couple, buddies, gang, friends, unlikely partners ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
57%
935
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A professional car thief pulls off the heist of a lifetime when he steals a prototype supercar.
Style:
independent film, fast, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, partner, cons and scams, car chase, disorder, rivalry, chases and races, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, chase, unlikely criminals, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The city's biggest crime lords have hatched a plan: Recruit three of the best bank robbers and hire them to go on a spree, which includes snatching a highly valued gem the bosses can claim for insurance money. Each one's working on his ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, realistic, exciting, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cons and scams, criminal heroes, partner, unlikely criminals, master criminal, dishonesty, odd couple, nothing goes right, disorder, crime gone awry, heist, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Three bank robbers, who declare themselves to be Space Travelers, take six persons as hostages when they are surrounded by the police. Among the hostages, there is a terrorist with a hidden bomb. In order to escape, the robbers ask the hostages to ...
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, crime gone awry, disorder, heroes, rivalry, danger, heist, cons and scams, obsession, stockholm syndrome, heist gone wrong, criminal ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two hoplessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the l9th century. They gain the enmity of the most famous bank Robber in the world and the affection of a crusading newspaperwoman.
Style:
humorous, offbeat, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison escape, bank robbery, victorian england, robbery, caper, female journalist, safecracker, crime gone awry, master criminal, dishonesty, odd couple ...
Time:
year 1976, victorian era, 19th century, 1890s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and only one of the robbers, Murdock, makes a clean getaway. Unfortunately, in order to do so, he is ...
Style:
neo noir, grindhouse, independent film, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
vietnam war, bank robbery, on the run, heist, caper, gangster, disorder, dishonesty, chase, chases and races, unlikely criminals, crime gone awry ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Four best friends, about to graduate from high school, must find a way to raise money to help a family member in need. When one of them discovers her banker father having an affair, the foursome plots to rob his bank during graduation ceremonies. ...
Style:
touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
graduation, financial problem, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, friendship, unlikely criminals, youth, buddies, high school, cons and scams, high school life, teenage life ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Crime, Comedy
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two British conmen in Chicago are mistaken for hired hitmen by mobsters wanting to rub out a rival gangster. Keen to make a fast buck, they pretend they are the hitmen but soon find they get more than they bargained for when the real ones turn up.
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, captivating, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nothing goes right, hidden identity, fall in love, mistaken identity, heist, criminal's revenge, crime gone awry, dishonesty, cons and scams, rivalry, criminal heroes, hitman ...
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A gangster's former mistress hooks up with a troupe of circus midgets who, as a sideline, rob banks and casinos.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, semi serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot:
gangster, on the run, violent content, disorder, rivalry, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, chases and races, love and romance, gang, dishonesty ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Sanjay and Akshaye, childhood friends and small time crooks rob a bank managed by Paresh. The two of them specially, Akshaye, on and off contemplates changing tracks and leaving the world of crime. Sanjay on the other hand almost every time manages ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, slapstick, fast ...
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, misfit partners, chase, cons and scams, silly humor, partner, disorder, friends, danger, love and romance, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied ...
Style:
realistic, witty, semi serious, humorous, action thriller ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, misfit partners, chase, criminal heroes, on the run, nothing goes right, disorder, partner, ex convict, bank, bank robber, car chase ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
canada, rome italy, montreal
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An out-of-town heist becomes a nightmare for a crew of French burglars when they mistakenly rob the head of the Chicago mafia. Unaccustomed to the ways of the American underworld, it is not long before they have the mafia, the FBI and a couple of ...
Style:
humorous, funny, witty, stylized, semi serious ...
Plot:
heist, gangster, mafia, brutality, crime gone awry, organized crime, robbery, caper, fbi, partner, comedy of errors, gang ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
chicago, usa, france, europe, canada
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, absurd, light, cult classic ...
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, crime gone awry, robbery, nothing goes right, buddies, bank robber, hostage, friendship, partner, disorder, friends ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Lou Diamond Phillips and Fred Gwynne team up with a gang of professional criminals who have everything it takes to rob a bank. The only things they do have going for them are a cop and his partner, who are dumber than they are! By the time the gang ...
Style:
parody, black comedy, humorous, independent film, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, lost in the woods, on the run, bank, heist, robbery, caper, sheriff, sabotage, river, law enforcement, chase ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
montana, new jersey, usa, las vegas
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence as criminals, a fateful event (and ...
Style:
humorous, crime thriller, realistic, semi serious, offbeat ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
robbery, dysfunctional family, heist, caper, dark humor, crime gone awry, hooker, sexual harassment, infidelity, female nudity, interracial, armored truck ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey, california, australia
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A former race car driver is abducted by a mysterious thief and forced to be the wheel-man for a crime that puts them both in the sights of the cops and the mob.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, on the run, unlikely criminals, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, chases and races, partner, disorder, rivalry, reluctant partners, danger, on the road ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When their money scam runs aground, a group of would-be thieves turn to kidnapping in an attempt to blackmail their target.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
corpse, kidnapping, disorder, unlikely criminals, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, down on your luck, love, partner, criminal heroes, buddies, cons and scams ...
Place:
texas, latin america, usa, mexico
Similarity:
50%
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, black comedy, witty, humorous, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, on the run, love, friendship between men, motel, psychiatric hospital, road trip, prison, gangster, heist, loser, sibling relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Jonny dreams of leaving his dead-end job as a courier. Through his childhood best friend, nephew of the notorious crime lord Ray Kreed, he wins his way into the toughest gang in North London. Hungry for action, Jonny sparks a feud between Ray's ...
Style:
brutal, semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, organized crime, gangster, police investigation, heist, crime gone awry, twists and turns, gang war, friendship, rivalry, criminal's revenge, ambition ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, realistic, humorous, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, bank, crime gone awry, on the run, unlikely criminals, master criminal, betrayal, chase, nothing goes right, criminal heroes, law enforcement, criminal's revenge ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Nelson, played by Corey Haim is a teenager who robs banks with his father in group along with two other friends. Corey Haim Is the right guy, in the right place, at the right time. All he needed was a ...fast getaway
Style:
exciting, semi serious, humorous, feel good, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
chase, partner, robbery, criminal heroes, escapades, disorder, youth, rivalry, family relations, danger, law enforcement, young heroes ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A road trip to Los Angeles inadvertently leads a young man from Wyoming into a wild maze of psychotic hit-men, racy women, jewel thieves and a salsa band.
Style:
sexy, erotic, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
road trip, dishonesty, nothing goes right, chase, criminal's revenge, gang, unlikely criminals, on the road, heist, erotica, fish out of water, coitus ...
Place:
los angeles, wyoming, california, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A kidnapped mobster (Vittorio De Sica) persuades his captors to help him rob platinum ingots from a train.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, exciting, humorous, stylized
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, kidnapping, train robbery, exploitation, gangster, mafia, disorder, criminal heroes, dishonesty, gang, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
60s
Place:
italy, europe, naples italy
Similarity:
50%
388
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Three teams of criminals share the same Brooklyn block, but each exists in a separate genre of film. The Amateurs are trapped in a 1970's anti-hero movie. The Sputniks live in black and white. The Moolies can't escape their rap video life.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
heist, dishonesty, cons and scams, disorder, gang, mafia, nothing goes right, store, hospital, escape, rivalry, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, new york
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A bank temporarily housed in a mobile home while a new building is built, looks like an easy target to break into. On the other hand, why not steal the whole bank, and rob it in a safer location.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, cynical, offbeat, witty ...
Plot:
bank, bank robbery, bank robber, robbery, humour, judiciary, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, criminal heroes, gang, chase, disorder ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
49%
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