Movies like Fargo 1996
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Fargo (1996)
722K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!
Style:
neo noir, black comedy, dark comedy, atmospheric, suspense, offbeat, suspenseful, clever, independent film, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
snow, dark humor, small town, kidnapping, police, murder, greed, crime gone awry, police investigation, violence, satire, winter, gangster, ransom, gory, dialogue, foul language, cop, investigation, psychopath, policewoman, twists and turns, caper, deadpan, cold ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1996, year 1987
Place:
minnesota, north dakota, usa, minneapolis minnesota, persia, united states of america
Keyword:
gangsters, americana, feminist film, bruise, challenge
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out neo noir, realistic, suspense and cult classic films with plots about murder, violence, gangster, death, profanity, cop and criminal mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Fargo: A Simple Plan (1998), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), Burn After Reading (2008), Miller's Crossing (1990), No Country for Old Men (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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417K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, captivating, detective, clever ...
Plot:
dark humor, psychopath, small town, law enforcement, police investigation, cop, snow, killings, small town life, social relations, scheme, policewoman ...
Time:
2010s, year 1979, year 2014, future, year 2006 ...
Place:
minnesota, north dakota, east germany, usa
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, France, USA, Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain ...
Style:
neo noir, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
greed, snow, small town, betrayal, fbi, bag of money, heist, winter, twists and turns, character study, moral ambiguity, redemption ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1998
Place:
minnesota, usa, wisconsin
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95%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A tale of passion, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity presents him with a chance to change it.
Style:
neo noir, black and white, atmospheric, psychological, surreal ...
Plot:
murder, misfit, twists and turns, blackmail, infidelity, trial, eccentricity, deception, false accusation, life is a bitch, self discovery, couples ...
Time:
1940s, year 2001, y2k, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
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Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, virginia, persia, america ...
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94%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, corruption, irish mob, mafia, violence, blackmail, love triangle, gangster, mobster, betrayal, shootout, underworld ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1930s, 1920s, year 1990
Place:
usa, new york, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, serious, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
hitman, psychopath, shooting, desert, serial killer, peril, greed, brutality, human nature, sheriff, death, murder ...
Time:
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Place:
texas, el paso texas, mexico, austin texas, america ...
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78%
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:
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Place:
new york, persia, usa, rio de janeiro, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
2.2M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Style:
neo noir, cult classic, exciting, witty, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
gangster, dark humor, organized crime, gunfight, violence, hitman, overdose, multiple storylines, violent, killings, drug, redemption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, persia, america, peru ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
104K
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 ⇓
88%
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 ⇓
81%
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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 ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jimmy Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, stylized, clever, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
mafia, gangster, organized crime, corruption, smuggling, mentor, tough cop, tough law enforcer, gunfight, prohibition, tax evasion, prohibition era ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
chicago, usa, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, atmospheric, road movie ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, femme fatale, twists and turns, hitman, unemployment, danger, war injury, murder, greed, brutality, caper, gas station ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
texas, wyoming, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, ambiguous ending, psychological, depressing ...
Plot:
small town, police brutality, rape, small town life, loss of daughter, billboard, regret, revenge, guilty conscience, anger, suffering, death of daughter ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place:
missouri, usa, america, persia, idaho
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
372K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan—with help from a bail bondsman—to keep the money ...
Style:
suspense, dark comedy, neo noir, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gangster, stewardess, greed, heist, airport, robbery, deception, flight attendant, blaxploitation, bail bondsman, female protagonist, ex convict ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Sweden, Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that is the worst they say about him. But then nobody knows about what ...
Style:
psychological, neo noir, disturbing, surreal, bleak ...
Plot:
small town, murder, psychopath, killer, sadism, serial killer, violence, revenge, violent, deputy, danger, investigation ...
Time:
50s, year 2010, 1950s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Style:
neo noir, tense, noir, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, police corruption, murder, murder mystery, police, police detective, organized crime, fighting the system, call girl, dangerous attraction, police brutality, twists and turns ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, persia, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
161K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspense, cerebral ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, robbery, fall in love, organized crime, danger, criminal heroes, crime boss, catholic, gangster, mafia, church, criminal's revenge ...
Time:
year 2014, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, boston, brooklyn new york city, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
215K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, neo noir, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
rape, fear, lawyer, family in danger, psychology, violence, serial killer, dangerous attraction, revenge, prison, rapist, psychopath ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991
Place:
north carolina, georgia, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
How can a split-second decision change your life? While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of low-life burglar Freddy Russell. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, tense, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
twists and turns, investigation, private detective, murder, home invasion, vigilantism, father son relationship, violence, small town, intruder, unlikely partners, vengeance ...
Time:
year 2014, 80s, 20th century, year 1989
Place:
texas, midwest, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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100K
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 ⇓
100%
78K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news. He sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance but proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Style:
neo noir, independent film, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, vigilante, violence, vigilantism, murder, brutality, violent, storytelling, haunted by the past, car, disorder ...
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year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
virginia, ethiopia, usa, delaware
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
156K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.
Style:
psychological, suspense, psychological thriller, serious, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, split personality, police investigation, murder, imaginary friend, macabre, killer, schizophrenia, maniac, murder mystery, double life ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, oregon, palo alto california, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
231K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, suspenseful, tense, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, mafia, nightclub, tragic hero, drug dealing, mobster, drug, gunfight, violence, prison, drug lord ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1993, year 1975
Place:
new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, harlem, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The idyllic life of retired safecracker Gal is put at risk when a psychotic gangster from his past arrives at his villa in southern Spain, intent on bringing him out of retirement for one last job.
Style:
dark comedy, neo noir, talky, psychological, atmospheric ...
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Plot:
heist, robbery, retired, mafia, safecracker, caper, organized crime, one last job, british gangster, bank robbery, psychopath, character study ...
Time:
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Place:
spain, england, mediterranean sea, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, intense, cynical, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, gunfight, twists and turns, gangster, hostage, pregnancy, car chase, rags to riches, confined, disorder, mafia, heist ...
Time:
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Place:
bolivia, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
Style:
neo noir, funny, black comedy, dark comedy, detective ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
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100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and ...
Style:
dark comedy, suspense, non-linear, stylized, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, robbery, gangster, gang, undercover cop, psychopath, dark hero, perfect crime, organized crime, violent, caper ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, bolivia
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67%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
This is the story of Ryu, a deaf man, and his sister, who requires a kidney transplant. Ryu's boss, Park, has just laid him off, and in order to afford the transplant, Ryu and his girlfriend develop a plan to kidnap Park's daughter. Things ...
Style:
disturbing, depressing, psychological, bloody, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
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kidnapping, revenge, organ donation, gory, violent, suicide, transplant, vigilante, mute or deaf, rape and revenge, vengeance, ransom ...
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2000s, y2k, year 2003, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
95K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two policemen must join forces to take on an international drug- smuggling gang - one, an unorthodox Irish policeman and the other, a straitlaced FBI agent. Sergeant Gerry Boyle is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational and crass ...
Style:
dark comedy, talky, humorous, clever, philosophical ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
small town, police investigation, fbi, buddy cop, police corruption, buddy, blackmail, justice, gangster, character study, police, law enforcement ...
Time:
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Place:
ireland, peru, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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