Movies like The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
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The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
This is the funny story about two warring Mafia gangs in New York. The weaker gang use incredibly a lion to blackmail the opposite gang's "clients". The police succeeds to stop one of the gang, while the other remain without the Boss.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick, cult film
Plot:
mafia, gang, gangster, hitman, assassination attempt, disorder, silly humor, criminal heroes, goofy hero, police, lion, gang war, mother son relationship, farce, deadly, crime, crimes
Time:
year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Keyword:
gangsters
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and independent film films with plots about gangster, disorder, dishonesty, criminal heroes, hitman, mafia and cons and scams mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight: The Shipment (2001), Even Angels Eat Beans (1973), The Hollywood Sign (2001), A Rage in Harlem (1991), The Godfather: Part V (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A mob enforcer is hired to recover a shipment of Viagra gone awry.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot:
gangster, hitman, drug dealing, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, disorder, partner, sexual humor, viagra
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two nice guys, a wrestler (Bud Spencer) and an Ice-cream vendor (Giuliano Gemma) are mistaken for dangerous killers by an important local gangster, whose nickname is "Sorriso". With the help of many funny coincidences they play along with ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick, slapstick comedy
Plot:
mafia, italian mafia, odd couple, fistfight, gangster, partner, disorder, nothing goes right, goofy hero, chases and races, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
new york, chicago, usa, charleston south carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three washed-up actors must deliver the most convincing performances of their lives as part of a dangerous plot designed to finance their triumphant comeback.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
hollywood, nothing goes right, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, gangster, elderly, criminal heroes, dishonesty, disorder, cons and scams, heist, filmmaking ...
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her ...
Style:
neo noir, black comedy, crime drama, independent film, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
african american, femme fatale, black, urban, moll, racial slur, blaxploitation, anti racism, shootout, gold, transvestism, gangster ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
new york, harlem, harlem, new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Young-goo the son of mafia boss Don Carini, is too foolish to be part of the mafia elite. One day, Young-goo comes to his father and is trained by Tony V to be his father's successor. A few days later, Young-goo accidentally rescues Nancy, the ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
mafia, gangster, mob boss, disorder, family relations, rivalry, goofy hero, unlikely criminals, parents and children, uninhibited rivalry, criminal heroes, crime boss ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A couple of bumbling con men go on the lam when they can't repay a loan from the mob.
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
mobster, scam, sting operation, politician, mafia, get rich quick scheme, gangster, partner, violent content, best friend, disorder, friends ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A detective, fresh out of the academy (lowest mark in class), gets the assignment to bodyguard a spoiled rich girl reporter. She's been interviewed on TV and has questioned the virility of a mobster who kidnaps her later.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, detective
Plot:
law enforcement, french police, reporter, rescue, kidnapping, gangster, confined, dishonesty, journalism, disorder, silly humor, son ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.
Style:
light, realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty
Plot:
hitman, satire, mafia, gangster, silly humor, disorder, switching roles, on the run, opposites attract, hidden identity, dishonesty, society ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When practicing for a role, actor Jack is mistaken for the killer Ace. He doesn't realize this until it's too late and is carried off to gangster boss Leo Smooth, who wants Ace to do a job for him. Fearing for his life, Jack plays his ...
Style:
hilarious, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience:
pre-teens, date night
Plot:
mistaken identity, heist, artwork, escape, silly humor, gangster, estate, tough heroes, disorder, hitman, gang, criminal heroes ...
Time:
60s, 1930s
Place:
paris france, new york, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Grégoire Lecomte, the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake. He takes their don for a producer, and they mistake him for a hitman with whom they had ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful
Plot:
hitman, contract killer, killer, danger, criminal heroes, dishonesty, disorder, hotel, down on your luck, comedy of errors, gangster, birthday party ...
Time:
70s
Place:
cannes, paris france, riviera
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Who says crime doesn't pay? The mob will pay Jimmy Corona anything to stay away. But, then again, so would most people. His agent brushes off Jimmy's latest book proposal: detailing the conspiracy between Lee Harvey Oswald and Marylin ...
Style:
independent film, slapstick, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mafia, conspiracy, gangster, violent content, unlikely criminals, assassination, dishonesty, criminal heroes, breakup, down on your luck, murder, job ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Four retired mobsters plan one last crime to save their retirement home.
Style:
humorous, funny, stylized, witty, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, unlikely criminals, hitman, partner, farce, dishonesty, rivalry, human nature, dark humor, disorder, cons and scams, aging ...
Time:
90s
Place:
miami, usa, florida, miami beach
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicago mob boss and curry favor with organized crime in New York, the trouble begins. It isn't long before Johnny and Kamal (the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
prank telephone call, gangster, vengeance, dishonesty, sarcasm, mafia, hip hop, hitman, unemployment, gay slur, friends, disorder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City and comedy follows.
Style:
buddy comedy, semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gambling, hitman, gangster, buddies, frame up, criminal heroes, dishonesty, goofy hero, siblings relations, cons and scams, heist ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The adventures of two retired vaudeville performers who become two of the best prohibition agents in the 1920's.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
undercover, prohibition era, partner, gangster, silly humor, actor's life, espionage, criminal heroes, buddies, friends, unemployment, smuggler ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in the 1930s, an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
Style:
funny, parody, spoof, humorous, light ...
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, chase, rivalry, cons and scams, dishonesty, rise to the top, goofy hero, disorder, mobster, satire, crime boss ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher (Michael Caine) is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore (Martin Balsam) to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to more easily launder their profits. When he arrives, Fletcher finds that the bank, acquired by his ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, independent film
Plot:
finance, bank, hidden identity, criminal heroes, femme fatale, nothing goes right, dishonesty, crime gone awry, betrayal, forgery, unlikely criminals, prodigy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
switzerland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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:
cynical, semi serious, realistic, witty, offbeat ...
Plot:
bank, bank robbery, bank robber, robbery, humour, judiciary, disorder, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes, chase, gang ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Maria (Carol Kane) is the wife of a murdered Mafia bookkeeper. With her baby in tow, she tracks the hitman to the airport, intending to shoot the man. A pickpocket causes the gun to discharge prematurely, and now it's Maria who is being ...
Style:
independent film, slapstick, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
taxi, driver, chase, gangster, hitman, disorder, fall in love, dishonesty, vengeance, rivalry, chases and races, babies and infants ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
677
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Denmark
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A bookkeeper who thinks she killed three mobsters is subsequently promoted by her boss to be a hitman. |
Style:
humorous, realistic, light, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
mafia, unlikely criminals, accidental killing, mob boss, crime gone awry, mistaken identity, gangster, female protagonist, dishonesty, cons and scams, women, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith ...
Style:
humorous, funny, light, talky, intense ...
Plot:
fbi agent, gangster, small town, organized crime, witness protection, fbi, fish out of water, district attorney, switching roles, hidden identity, vengeance, hitman ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, new york, usa, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on Paolo Villaggio's books "Fantozzi" and "Il secondo, tragico Fantozzi", which are popular in Italy, this film tells the story of an unfortunate accountant's life over the course of one year, shown in a variety ...
Style:
cult classic, semi serious, realistic, humorous, slapstick
Plot:
nothing goes right, disorder, satire, acid, workplace, goofy hero, boss and employee, power relations, workplace situations, down on your luck, bad luck, new year's eve ...
Time:
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Place:
italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Iceland
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Since his mother wants to watch TV, Axel, a young auto-mechanic, must recover her remote control, accidentally taken by his punk sister Maja. During his quest, he becomes involved in the conflict between Moli, the liquor smuggler, and Aggi, a night ...
Style:
cult classic, captivating, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
gangster, gang, nothing goes right, disorder, missing person, rock, farce, club, mafia, rock music, dam, matador ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iceland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Big screen spin-off of the Seventies sitcom. Mildred Roper (Yootha Joyce, who died shortly after filming was completed) is determined to make husband George (Brian Roper) celebrate their wedding anniversary in style, at a posh hotel in London. ...
Style:
sitcom, independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
hitman, hotel, gangster, wedding, chaos and mayhem, dishonesty, couples, criminal heroes, disorder, false accusation, mistaken identity, working class
Time:
70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Set in 1920's New York City, this movie tells the story of idealistic young playwright David Shayne. Producer Julian Marx finally finds funding for the project from gangster Nick Valenti. The catch is that Nick's girl friend Olive Neal ...
Style:
light, humorous, funny, atmospheric, talky ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, backstage, murder, actor, writers, playwright, actress, rehearsal, satire, friendship, showbiz ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The leader of a group of misfits, his girlfriend and an assassin have devised a bizarre plan to smuggle stolen jewelry over the US/Mexican border. They implant the jewelry in a racing horse.
Style:
independent film, cynical, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
rock, hitman, psychopath, disorder, down on your luck, cons and scams, dishonesty, on the run, nothing goes right, criminal heroes, partner, criminal ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Sickan has a new plan. This time, the gang are going to steal a small computer micro chip which contains...
Style:
semi serious, not serious, realistic, humorous, suspenseful
Plot:
heist, european, partner, farce, cons and scams, master criminal, criminal heroes, dishonesty, gang, disorder, silly humor, gold bar ...
Time:
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Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
353
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:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The movie loosely follows the life of "Gangster No. 3", who doesn't like to be called a "Gangster" and really hates to be called "No. 3". But there's lots of tangents and side stories so it's hard to ...
Style:
semi serious, exciting, realistic, humorous, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, exciting, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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