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Fletch (1985)
61K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A veritable chameleon, investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher might drive his editor up the wall, but he always produces great pieces for the newspaper. When his next story is about the drug trade taking place on the beach, Fletch goes undercover as a homeless man. Unaware of Fletch's true identity, businessman Alan Stanwyk offers Fletch $50,000 to kill him. Intrigued, Fletch decides to unearth the full story behind the offer.
Style:
witty, humorous, hilarious, light, talky, entertaining, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
beach, sarcasm, journalism, car chase, reporter, disguise, investigation, undercover, dating, on the run, voice over narration, lone hero, dishonesty, cons and scams, insurance, mistaken identity, police corruption, eternal love, divorce lawyer, country club, media, mormon, chase, dog, vacation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, utah, rio de janeiro, usa, santa monica california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, funny and clever films with plots about dialogue, runaway, storytelling, chase, disorder, mentor and catastrophe mostly in Comedy, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Fletch: Quick Change (1990), Foul Play (1978), Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), Weekend at Bernie's (1989), Twins (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns up dead, Fletch becomes a suspect and must find the killer and clear his name. In the ...
Style:
hilarious, humorous, slapstick, detective, realistic ...
Plot:
sarcasm, murder, investigation, lawyer, satire, mansion, inheritance, harassment, disguise, biker gang, conspiracy, ku klux klan ...
Time:
80s
Place:
louisiana, los angeles, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When the incompetent Officer Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.
Style:
parody, funny, spoof, humorous, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family outing, date night
Plot:
satire, deadpan, stupidity, assassin, mind control, investigation, sarcasm, police, gunfight, assassination plot, terrorist, creativity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, beirut lebanon, england
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
19K
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
Style:
suspenseful, detective, humorous, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
conspiracy, murder, fall in love, amateur detective, librarian, irreverence, music conductor, karate, police investigation, assassination plot, car chase, danger ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place:
san francisco, phoenix arizona, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby ...
Style:
spoof, parody, neo noir, surreal, cult classic ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
private detective, satire, femme fatale, murder mystery, murder, world war two, investigation, chase, deadpan, list, peace, coin ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 80s, 1930s
Place:
los angeles, south america, peru
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After the theft of copies of SAT exams from a principal's office, teenage reporter Bobby Funke sets out to unmask the thief. Bobby prints an article fingering Class President Paul Moore as the thief, shredding the youth's reputation. But ...
Style:
realistic, stylized, sexy, teen, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, journalism, teenager, investigation, school, conspiracy, mentor, coming of age, police investigation, lone hero, uncover truth, teenage life ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two friends are invited for a weekend to a luxury island with their boss. The boss gets shot and nobody seems to notice, except for the two friends. In order not to become suspects of murder they treat the body as a puppet and make people believe ...
Style:
funny, humorous, black comedy, hilarious, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
dark humor, beach, murder, farce, insurance, comedy of errors, heat wave, vacation gone wrong, weekend getaway, businessman, summer job, organized crime ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, labor day
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
147K
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage ...
Style:
funny, humorous, road movie, entertaining, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, date night
Plot:
twins, road trip, buddy, contract killer, killer, male virgin, fish out of water, partner, family relations, on the road, brothers, buddies ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
usa, los angeles, arizona, austin texas, houston texas ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve because his employer is the mastermind behind the kidnapping.
Style:
humorous, absurd, light, detective, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
private detective, kidnapping, justice, law enforcement, stupidity, amateur sleuth, detective agency, female detective, father daughter relationship, dysfunctional family, multiple storylines, family business ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
santa monica california, california, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
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:
black comedy, absurd, funny, neo noir, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
bowling, dialogue, mistaken identity, slacker, hippie, weed, marijuana, great dialogue, laziness, dream, twists and turns, heart attack ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998, year 1991
Place:
los angeles, iraq, america, arizona, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
40K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same name -- is paired up with a young, freewheeling detective named Pep Streebeck. After investigating some strange robberies at the local zoo and the ...
Style:
humorous, parody, satirical, absurd, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, partner, investigation, stupidity, buddies, justice, farce, danger, goofy hero, working undercover, snake, satire ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can swindle a young American heiress out of $50,000 first.
Style:
clever, feel good, funny, humorous, surprise ending ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
con artists, rivalry, bet, competition, con men, casino, caper, cons and scams, twists and turns, farce, high society, deception ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
french riviera, france, south of france, arizona, riviera ...
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:
detective, neo noir, funny, black comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
private detective, dark humor, satire, actor, thief, murder mystery, cheerleader, buddy, accidental killing, violent, buddy cop, kidnapping ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 80s, year 1980, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, venice beach california, california, denver colorado, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Detectives Jimmy and Paul, despite nine years as partners, can still sometimes seem like polar opposites – especially when Paul's unpredictable antics get them suspended without pay. Already strapped for cash and trying to pay for his ...
Style:
buddy comedy, humorous, entertaining, funny, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
buddies, law enforcement, wedding, buddy, police investigation, buddy cop, gangster, chase, justice, money laundering, robbery, rescue ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, seattle, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
103K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.
Style:
road movie, funny, cult classic, talky, witty ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
road trip, on the road, bounty hunter, chase, race against time, hitman, train, buddy cop, odd couple, partner, chases and races, mafia ...
Time:
80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, usa, new york, manhattan new york city, chicago ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot but cannot see the perpetrator. Both are arrested, but escape to form an unlikely partnership. Being ...
Style:
funny, humorous, not serious, slapstick, feel good ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
farce, deaf, disability, chase, blindness, blind man, witness, mute or deaf, murder, friendship, deafness, odd couple ...
Time:
80s
Place:
manhattan new york city, north america, new jersey, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The Coen Brothers tell the story of a absurd yet likable family with an unproductive couple as the focal point. The couple has gotten themselves into some trouble while kidnapping a baby and give Hollywood one of the most memorable chase scenes to ...
Style:
witty, humorous, funny, dark comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing
Plot:
kidnapping, satire, robbery, parenthood, screwball, baby, american football, adoption, missing child, policewoman, desert, dark humor ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Tough-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley heads to the rarified world of Beverly Hills in his beat-up Chevy Nova to investigate a friend's murder. But soon, he realizes he's stumbled onto something much more complicated. Bungling rookie ...
Style:
buddy comedy, humorous, funny, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
police, gunfight, buddy, murder, reluctant partners, fish out of water, death of friend, investigation, law enforcement, damsel in distress, cop, drug smuggling ...
Time:
year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, michigan, beverly hills, usa, detroit ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau is borrowed from the Surete on special assignment for Scotland Yard in hopes that a fresh outlook will help the government recover the loot from the Great Train Robbery, which is being used to underwrite a new ...
Style:
fast, not serious, realistic, humorous, detective ...
Plot:
pink panther, law enforcement, murder mystery, mysticism, gang, investigation, undercover, heist, bank, chaos, partner, police detective ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard, england, france, scotland, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the diamond Pink Panther disappears, the ambitious Chief Inspector Dreyfus assigns the worst police ...
Style:
humorous, light, slapstick, melancholic, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
pink panther, law enforcement, lone hero, danger, goofy hero, incompetent police, riddles and clues, police, farce, murder mystery, bank robber, investigation ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, new york, usa, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The recently deceased Mona Dearly (Bette Midler) was many things: an abusive wife, a domineering mother, a loud-mouthed neighbor and a violent malcontent. So when her car and corpse are discovered in the Hudson River, police Chief Wyatt Rash (Danny ...
Style:
black comedy, funny, humorous, dark comedy, absurd ...
Plot:
dark humor, small town, murder, murder mystery, sarcasm, investigation, drowning, suspect, waitress, small town life, goofy hero, disorder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, minnesota
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Michael Caine, Roger Moore and Sally Kirkland star as three of the most unlikely rogues to ever score a heist. Hidden away in a vault is a fortune in diamonds, payment for a secret formula two government scientists have unscrupulously sold to the ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, independent film, captivating, light ...
Plot:
scientist, cons and scams, disorder, undercover, dishonesty, nothing goes right, goofy hero, intrigue, chases and races, experiment, disguise, con artists ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Detroit cop, Axel Foley heads for the land of sunshine and palm trees to find out who shot police Captain Andrew Bogomil. Thanks to a couple of old friends, Axel's investigation uncovers a series of robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons ...
Style:
detective, humorous, entertaining, suspense, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
buddy cop, police, gunfight, police investigation, investigation, police officer, car chase, tough cop, tough guy, villainess, african american protagonist, oil rig ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, california, usa, detroit ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, China, France, Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world (and Charles Dreyfus) believe when a dead body is discovered in Clouseau's car after being shot off the road. Naturally, Clouseau knows differently, and taking advantage ...
Style:
hilarious, funny, humorous, slapstick, colorful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
pink panther, farce, law enforcement, investigation, car chase, businessman, pirate, damage, weirdo, murder mystery, clumsy, presumed dead ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, europe, paris france, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An unemployed lingerie buyer convinces her bail bondsman cousin to give her a shot as a bounty hunter. Her first assignment is to track down a former cop on the run for murder – the same man who broke her heart years before. With the help of some ...
Style:
romantic, exciting, light, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
investigation, couples, strong female character, escapades, strong female lead, missing person, bounty hunter, battle of the sexes, verbal byplay, private investigator, lone hero, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, pittsburgh, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, ...
Style:
clever, funny, humorous, cult classic, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
debt, hollywood, movie business, producer, gangster, filmmaking, gambling, dark humor, mobster, organized crime, loan shark, mafia ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
miami, los angeles, california, florida, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two escaped cons only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.
Style:
sexy, humorous, feel good, clever, captivating ...
Plot:
prison, mistaken identity, escape, religion, small town, monk, clergy, priest, monastery, on the run, fish out of water, buddies ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s, year 1935, 1930s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In the midst of a spat, film critic Terry Thorpe (William H. Macy) accidentally kills his lover. Though Thorpe covers his tracks, he raises the suspicions of a private investigator (James Cromwell), who then tries to blackmail him. Thorpe also falls ...
Style:
detective, crime thriller, neo noir, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
murder, private detective, film critic, investigation, blackmail, courtroom, filmmaking, hollywood, who done it, police investigation, uncover truth, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A diamond advocate is attempting to steal a collection of diamonds, yet troubles arise when he realizes that he is not the only one after the diamonds.
Style:
funny, dark comedy, black comedy, raunchy comedy, dramatic ...
Plot:
heist, femme fatale, zoophilia, satire, manipulation, plan gone wrong, eternal love, psychotic, outlaw, swindle, diamond, female thief ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
europe, britain, tower bridge london, london, england ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A writer of BAD detective novels is in full writers' block. He pretends to be the alibi of a beautiful woman who was arrested for murder at first thinking her innocent, but as she shows more and more interesting abilities (such as knife ...
Style:
sexy, humorous, feel good, detective, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder, book, writers, couples, dangerous attraction, danger, investigation, love and romance, who done it, fall in love, comedy of errors, circus ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1989
Place:
romania, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
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